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MAYFLOWER PRIMARY SCHOOL 200, ANG MO KIO AVENUE 5

SINGAPORE 569878

TELEPHONE: 64520849 FAX: 64534116

http://www.mayflowerpri.moe.edu.sg

30 January 2018 Notification: 016/2018

Dear Parents / Guardian,

School Assessment Plans and Schedules for All Students

As shared with all parents during the Sharing cum Interaction Session by Form and Co Form Teachers,

the school has refined our School Assessment plans to place greater emphasis on Formative

Assessments (FAs) which will encourage our students to take greater ownership for their learning.

From 2018, Continual Assessments (CAs) will be replaced by FAs. The goal of FA is to monitor student

learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by teachers to improve their teaching and by

students to improve their learning. In MFPS, FAs are not weighted. This allows us to have greater

flexibility to design alternative modes of assessment apart from pen and paper tests to best meet

students’ learning needs.

Although FAs are not weighted, we would like to empahsise to all parents/guardians and students, the

importance of instilling the habit of regular revision in our young charges as this will help them to

consolidate their learning on a daily basis.

Enclosed with this letter is a copy of the examination policy, detailed assessment plan and schedule for

2018. Please acknowledge receipt of the assessment plan and schedule for your child/ward by returning

the reply slip to his/her form teacher.

For further clarifications, you may contact the Form Teacher/Co Form Teacher or Year Head.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

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Mrs Lim-Chua Siow Ling

Principal

Formative Assessment (Term 1)

Term 1 Subject Level

Week 8 English Language P3-6

Foundation English Language P5-6 FDN

Mathematics P3-6

Foundation Mathematics P5-6 FDN

Week 9 Mother Tongue Languages P3-6

Foundation Mother Tongue Languages P5-6 FDN

Science P3-6

Foundation Science P5-6 FDN

Week 10 Higher Mother Tongue Languages P5-6 HMT

Note: 1) Formative assessment is not weighted.

2) Actual assessment dates of the various subjects will be notified by subject teachers nearer to date.

Semestral Assessment 1

Term 2 Date Subject Level

Week 5 17 Apr (Tue)

Oral Exam: Mother Tongue Languages

Foundation Mother Tongue Languages

P5

P5FDN

Oral Exam: English Language

Foundation English Language

P6

P6FDN

19 Apr (Thur)

Oral Exam: English Language

Foundation English Language

P5

P5FDN

Oral Exam: Mother Tongue Languages P4*

Week 6 24 Apr (Tue) Oral Exam: English Language P4

25 Apr (Wed) English Language Paper 1 (Standard and Foundation)

Mother Tongue Languages Paper 1

P3-6, P5-6 FDN

P3-6

26 Apr (Thur)

& 27 Apr (Fri)

Oral Exam: Mother Tongue Languages

Foundation Mother Tongue Languages

P6*

P6 FDN*

Week 7 30 Apr (Mon) Listening Comprehension: English Language & Mother

Tongue Languages (Standard and Foundation)

P3-6, P5-6FDN

2 May (Wed) Higher Mother Tongue Languages Paper 1 P5 & P6 HMT

Week 8 7 May (Mon) English Language Paper 2 (Standard and Foundation) P3-6, P5-6 FDN

8 May (Tue) Mathematics (Standard and Foundation) P3-6, P5-6 FDN

9 May (Wed) Mother Tongue Languages Paper 2

Foundation Mother Tongue Paper 1

P3-6

P5-6 FDN

10 May (Thur) Science (Standard and Foundation) P3-6, P5-6FDN

11 May (Fri) Higher Mother Tongue Languages Paper 2 P5 & P6 HMT

*These schedules will supersede the dates in the pupil calendar dated 2 Jan 2018 (Notification no.

001/2018)

ASSESSMENTS FOR PRIMARY 3 (2018)

Please take note of the following: 1. Pupils who are absent during the semestral assessments must produce a valid medical

certificate for the day. No marks will be given for the paper if pupils are absent without a valid medical certificate. Pupils who are absent for any assessment will have to submit their valid medical certificates to their form teachers immediately upon returning to school the next day.

2. In line with PSLE guidelines, pupils are not allowed to bring mobile phones or any other electronic devices capable of storing and displaying visual or verbal information into the examination room as this will be construed as attempting to cheat.

3. Pupils who attempt to cheat during an assessment will not be awarded any marks for the paper. 4. Latecomers will not be given additional time. Latecomers who miss the paper entirely will not

be allowed to sit for the paper and no marks will be awarded to them.

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

Weighting 0% 30% 0% 70%

Assessment Formative Assessment

Semestral Assessment Formative Assessment

Semestral Assessment

Term 1 Formative Assessment

Subject English Mathematics Science Mother Tongue Scope Performance Task

Oral Presentation based on a given stimulus (4 pictures in series/sequence)

Pen and Paper Topical Review on Numbers to 10 000 and Addition & Subtraction within 10 000

Pen and Paper Topical Test on Classification of Living and Non-Living things, Plants, Animals, Fungi and Bacteria

Pen & Paper Language Use & Comprehension CL: Lesson 1 to 3 ML: Unit 1 & 2 TL: Unit 1 to 3

Term 3 Formative Assessment

Subject English Mathematics Science Mother Tongue Scope Pen and Paper

Composition

Performance Task Length, Mass and Volume, Time and Fractions

Project work Materials

Pen and Paper Composition

ASSESSMENTS FOR PRIMARY 3 (2018)

Semestral Assessment 1 - Examinable Item Types / Topics

English Mathematics Science Paper 1 – Composition Continuous Writing Paper 2 – Language Use & Comprehension Grammar MCQ, Vocabulary MCQ, Vocabulary Cloze, Grammar Cloze, Sentence Combining, Comprehension 1 and Comprehension 2 Paper 3 - Listening Comprehension Picture Matching, Sequencing, Note-taking and Comprehension Paper 4 (Oral Communication)

Reading Aloud and Stimulus-Based Conversation

Multiple Choice Questions, Short-answer Questions & Long-answer Questions P3 Topics: ● Numbers to 10 000 ● Addition and Subtraction

within 10 000 ● Multiplication Tables of 6, 7, 8

and 9 ● Multiplication and Division ● Money

Previous years’ topics

Multiple Choice Questions and Open-ended Questions P3 Topics ● Classification of Living (Plants

and Animals) and Non-Living things

● Cycles in Plants and Animals ● Plant parts and function ● Fungi and Bacteria

Chinese Malay Tamil

试卷一：作文

看图写段

试卷二：语文应用与阅读理解

（第 1 课至第 7 课）

辨字测验、词语选择、

短文填空、词语搭配、

仿写／扩写句子、组句成段、

阅读理解一（选择题）、

理解问答（开放式）

试卷三：听力

听音选音节、听话选图、

听力理解

试卷四：口试

朗读、看图说话、会话

Kertas 1: Karangan Karangan Berdasarkan Gambar Kertas 2: Penggunaan Bahasa dan Kefahaman ● Imbuhan ● Peribahasa ● Golongan Kata ● Kefahaman 1 ● Kefahaman 2 Kertas 3: Kefahaman Mendengar

● Memadankan Gambar ● Kefahaman Mendengar

Berdasarkan Teks Kertas 4: Lisan

● Bacaan Lantang ● Penerangan Berdasarkan

Gambar ● Perbualan Berkaitan dengan

Gambar

தாள் 1: படக்கட்டுரை தாள் 2 ம ாழிக்கூறுகள், மெய்யுள், முன்னுணர்வுக் கருத்தறிதல், சுயவிரடக் கருத்தறிதல் தாள் 3 ககட்டல் கருத்தறிதல் தாள் 4 வாய்ம ாழி - படத்ரத விவரித்தல், உரையாடல்

ASSESSMENTS FOR PRIMARY 3 (2018)

Semestral Assessment 2 - Examinable Item Types / Topics

English Mathematics Science Paper 1 – Composition Continuous Writing Paper 2 – Language Use & Comprehension Grammar MCQ, Vocabulary MCQ, Vocabulary Cloze, Grammar Cloze, Sentence Combining, Comprehension 1 and Comprehension 2 Paper 3 - Listening Comprehension Picture Matching, Sequencing, Note-taking and Comprehension Paper 4 (Oral Communication)

Reading Aloud and Stimulus-Based Conversation

Multiple Choice Questions, Short Answer Questions & Long Answer Questions P3 Topics

Numbers to 10 000

Addition and Subtraction within 10 000

Multiplication Tables of 6, 7, 8 and 9

Multiplication and Division

Money

Length, Mass and Volume

Time

Fractions

Angles

Perpendicular Lines and Parallel Lines

Perimeter and Area

Bar Graphs Previous years’ topics Note: Please bring Math instrument set for SA2.

Multiple Choice Questions and Open-ended Questions All P3 topics

Classification of Living (Plants and Animals) and Non-Living things

Cycles in Plants and Animals

Plant parts and function

Fungi and Bacteria

Materials

Digestive System

Chinese Malay Tamil

试卷一：作文

看图写段

试卷二：（第 1 课至第 16 课）

辨字测验、词语选择、

短文填空、词语搭配、

仿写／扩写句子、组句成段、

阅读理解一（选择题）、

理解问答（开放式）

试卷三：听力

听音选音节、听话选图、

听力理解

试卷四：口试

朗读、看图说话、会话

Kertas 1: Karangan Karangan Berdasarkan Gambar Kertas 2: Penggunaan Bahasa dan Kefahaman ● Imbuhan ● Peribahasa ● Golongan Kata ● Kefahaman 1 ● Kefahaman 2 Kertas 3: Kefahaman Mendengar

● Memadankan Gambar ● Kefahaman Mendengar

Berdasarkan Teks Kertas 4: Lisan

● Bacaan Lantang ● Penerangan Berdasarkan

Gambar ● Perbualan Berkaitan dengan

Gambar

தாள் 1: படக்கட்டுரை தாள் 2 ம ாழிக்கூறுகள், மெய்யுள், முன்னுணர்வுக் கருத்தறிதல், சுயவிரடக் கருத்தறிதல் தாள் 3 ககட்டல் கருத்தறிதல் தாள் 4 வாய்ம ாழி - படத்ரத விவரித்தல், உரையாடல்

ASSESSMENTS FOR PRIMARY 3 (2018)

Format of Papers

English Mathematics Science Paper 1 Duration: 50 min Composition continuous Writing (20 mks) Paper 2 Duration: 1 h 15 min Language Use and Comprehension (50 mks) Paper 3 Duration: 20 min Listening Comprehension (14 marks) Paper 4 Duration: 10 min (including 5 min of Silent Reading) Reading Aloud and Stimulus-Based Conversation (16 mks) Total : 100 marks

SA1 & SA2 Duration : 1 h 45 min Section A Multiple Choice Questions (20 mks) Section B Short-answer Questions (44 mks) Section C Long-answer Questions (16 mks) Total : 80 marks

SA1 Duration : 1hr Booklet A Multiple Choice Questions (30 mks) Booklet B Open-Ended Questions (20 mks) Total : 50 marks SA2 Duration : 1hr 30 min Booklet A Multiple Choice Questions (50 mks) Booklet B Open-Ended Questions (30 mks) Total : 80 marks

Chinese Malay Tamil

试卷一：作文（15 分）

看图写段

作答时间：40 分钟

试卷二：

语文应用与阅读理解（45 分）

作答时间：1 小时

试卷三：听力（10 分）

听音选音节、听力理解

试卷四：口试（30 分）

朗读篇章、看图说话、会话

Kertas 1: Karangan Markah: 15 Masa: 40 minit Kertas 2: Penggunaan Bahasa dan Kefahaman Markah: 45 Masa: 1 jam Kertas 3: Kefahaman Mendengar Markah: 10

● Memadankan Gambar (4m) ● Kefahaman Mendengar

Berdasarkan Teks (6m) Kertas 4: Lisan Markah: 30

● Bacaan Lantang (10m) ● Penerangan Berdasarkan

Gambar (10m) ● Perbualan Berkaitan dengan

Gambar (10m)

தாள் 1: படக்கட்டுரை : 15 திப்மபண்கள் 40 நி ிடங்கள் தாள் 2: 45 திப்மபண்கள் 1 ணி தாள் 3 ககட்டல் கருத்தறிதல்: (10 திப்மபண்கள்) தாள் 4 வாய்ம ாழி- 30 திப்மபண்கள் வாய்விட்டு வாெித்தல், படத்ரத விவரித்தல், உரையாடல்

ASSESSMENTS FOR PRIMARY 3 (2018)

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Acknowledgement Slip for Assessment for Primary 3

I acknowledge receipt of the Assessment Plan for Primary 3 time-table (Semester 1) and the

examinable topics/components (Semester 1 and 2).

Name of pupil: ___________________________________(_____) Class: 3 ____

Name of parent:________________________ Signature of Parent: ____________

(Please submit this portion)

Acknowledgement Slip for Assessment for Primary 3

I acknowledge receipt of the Assessment Plan for Primary 3 time-table (Semester 1) and the

examinable topics/components (Semester 1 and 2).

Name of pupil: ___________________________________(_____) Class: 3 ____

Name of parent:________________________ Signature of Parent: ____________

(Please submit this portion)

Acknowledgement Slip for Assessment for Primary 3

I acknowledge receipt of the Assessment Plan for Primary 3 time-table (Semester 1) and the

examinable topics/components (Semester 1 and 2).

Name of pupil: ___________________________________(_____) Class: 3 ____

Name of parent:________________________ Signature of Parent: ____________

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