Plain-English guides for Singapore parents preparing P5 / P6 children for the Primary School Leaving Examination. Scoring system, secondary school choice, study strategy — straight answers, no fluff.
A plain-English guide to the PSLE Achievement Level (AL) scoring system: what the bands mean, how the total score is calculated, and two worked examples of how a score becomes a secondary school posting.
SEAB Exam Guide series, part 1. The full PSLE Chinese (华文) format, part by part: Oral 口试 50 marks (reading aloud 20 + video conversation 30), Listening 听力 20, Paper 1 Writing 40, Paper 2 语文应用与阅读理解 90 — total 200. What your child actually does in the exam room, plus the key focus areas and how to practise each part.
How your child's PSLE score becomes a secondary school placement: the S1 Posting algorithm, the tie-break order, the new Posting Groups under Full Subject-Based Banding, DSA, IP, and how to build the 6-school choice list.
SEAB Exam Guide series, part 2. The 2026 PSLE Mathematics format — Paper 1 (no calculator, 50 marks) and Paper 2 (calculator, 50 marks), now equally weighted. Plus the three real syllabus changes for 2026 (Speed removed, Average and Ratio moved to P6), the concepts that break most P6 students topic by topic, and what to actually practise.
SEAB Exam Guide series, part 3. The full PSLE English (EL, 0001) format, paper by paper: Paper 1 Writing 50 marks (25%), Paper 2 Language Use & Comprehension 90 marks (45%), Paper 3 Listening 20 marks (10%), Paper 4 Oral 40 marks (20%) — total 200. What each paper actually asks, where marks quietly leak, and how to practise each part.
What a 'cut-off score' actually means, where to find the official MOE numbers each year, how to read them as a planning input, and a band-by-band overview of where Singapore secondary schools sit.
Foundation Chinese (基础华文, 0025) is a different exam, not an easier version of the same one — 100 marks, no writing paper, and 85% of the grade on 口试 and 听力. This is what the weighting really means, what the AL A–C grade cap costs on the PSLE score, and the one honest question that decides whether Foundation helps your child or holds them back.
"Careless" maths mistakes in Primary 6 are rarely random — they're the same few traps repeating. A quick guide for Singapore parents: the 6 common patterns, how to find your child's, and a 3-step checking routine.
PSLE 2026, subject by subject: English Oral 12 Aug, Mother Tongue Oral 13 Aug, English + MT Listening on 15 Sep, then Written — English 24 Sep, Maths 25, MT 28, Science 29, Higher MT 30 Sep. Sourced from the SEAB calendar, with a live countdown in the PSLE Alex app dashboard.
Practical habits for getting accurate, useful answers from any AI study assistant — give context, show an example, ask for working, and manage the conversation. Works with PSLE Alex, ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.