In a blink of an eye, the annual Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) is upon us again. As Primary 6 pupils get ready for the final stretch to the national examinations, the week-long September school holidays serve as both a welcome respite and an opportunity for paced, consolidated revision. Here are our recommended PSLE revision resources to help pupils face the examinations.

Maths: Practise with Routine Questions

When it comes to solving maths equations, regular practice is key to getting the hang of answering techniques. The more pupils work on similar problem sums, the better they get at it. Containing ample practice questions, the Primary Maths Homework Book series is designed to help pupils reinforce all maths concepts taught throughout the school terms, making it a handy assessment resource for final revision. We find the Review section particularly useful to summarise learning, as well as the Challenge Yourself section, which trains pupils’ reasoning skills and exposes them to higher-order thinking questions that may appear during the examination.

Chinese: Boost Creative Writing Skills

The Chinese written papers can be a headache for many pupils who struggle with creative writing. Before stepping into the examination hall, pupils should have a ready list of idioms, descriptive phrases, and emotive sentences memorised for different scenarios. To help pupils add creative flair to their compositions, the Chinese Composition Skills series for Primary 5 & 6 pupils is a useful compilation of good words, phrases, and paragraphs on feelings, characters, scenery, and more to draw upon.

Thorough preparation doesn’t just stop at memorising. Pupils should also make it a point to use these good words, phrases, and sentences in writing practice and timed mock tests before the actual examination, and in the right context. In a typical composition of 800 characters, pupils should aim to use three to five good phrases to score in the Language component.

English: Drills on Sentence Structure

Synthesis & Transformation is not merely a component in English Paper 2; having a strong foundation reflects mastery in sentence structure, grammar, and punctuation, which are the basis of English proficiency. For targeted drills, pupils can practise with Achieve Top Scores: Synthesis & Transformation. The book consists of frequently tested sentence structures such as ‘not only… but also’ and ‘either…or’, as well as examination-style practice to familiarise pupils with the format. The concise notes and detailed answer guides with explanations will further reinforce understanding of grammar concepts and support self-directed learning.

Science: Review with Concept Maps

Making sense of six years’ worth of Primary Science concepts can be overwhelming, and here’s where an all-in-one revision guide such as Supersized Science can make revision more manageable. Inclusive of notes and concept maps, this book organises content and distils key information so pupils can stay focused. Engaging and colourful visuals help to illustrate abstract concepts, while step-by-step explanations and detailed answers demonstrate the correct way to phrase responses to score full marks. Complete with formative questions found at the end of each chapter, pupils will be able to prepare well for the examination.