Henry Park Primary School

P6 Briefing

Friday, 3rd February 2017

• Ms. Grace Chan (Year Head)

(chan_shi_ya_grace@moe.edu.sg)

• Mr Sadhiq (Assistant Year Head)

(muhammad_sadhiq@moe.edu.sg)

Programme

• Primary School Education

• PSLE Matters

• Q&A

Slides will be posted on school website on

Monday, after 2pm.

Focusing on 10 years of quality basic education that goes beyond academics…

1. Broad and Inclusive Approach and Providing Each Child with a Broad and Holistic Education

2. Deep values, Deep Commitment to Singapore and Deep Foundation for Learning

3. Learning for Life and Lifelong learning

Aims of Primary Education • Nurture the whole child (holistic education) • Lay a strong foundation • Prepare the child for the future

5

PSLE

2016 PSLE Results

HPPS (%)

Overall Passes 100

Express 84.6

N(A) 13.5

N(T) 2.0

A & A* (%) Pass (%)

HPPS National HPPS National

English 67.9 44.7 99.1 96.7

Math 62.9 44.5 94.4 85.2

Science 62.7 42.3 96.5 90.6

CL 79.7 70.0 96.4 96.6

ML 82.6 70.8 100 98.1

TL 92.3 70.1 100 97.0

Hindi 100 69.9 100 96.1

Bengali 100 76.8 100 100

Panjabi 100 54.3 100 85.7

Distinction (%) Pass (%)

HPPS National HPPS National

HCL 29.3 18.2 100 97.9

HML 0.0 14.6 100 95.0

HTL 20.0 15.0 100 99.8

Checkpoints in Learning

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

Term Review

Weeks

8 & 9

SA 1

May

Prelims

August

PSLE

Sept-Oct

Details of Term Review are posted on school

website

Parent-Teacher Meetings

1st Meeting – 10th March (Fri)

2nd Meeting – 26th May (Fri) * Parents can also touch base with our teachers

anytime throughout the year via email or make an

appointment to meet them.

Supplementary Classes

• June Classes – 29th, 30th May

21st, 22nd June

• Consultation sessions with teachers

PRELIM SCHEDULE (2017)

(Tentative)

• 17-19 July: Prelim EL & MT E-Oral

• 2 Aug : Prelim Listening

Comprehension

• 11 Aug : Prelim HMT Paper

• 22 – 25 Aug : Prelim Written Papers

PSLE SCHEDULE (2017)

(Tentative) • 17 – 18 Aug : PSLE Oral

• 15 Sept : PSLE Listening Comprehension

• 28-29 Sept and 2nd – 4th October: PSLE Written

Papers

PSLE - A Placement Exam

•Reflects the relative achievement level of

pupils within their peers

•Places pupils into different courses

according to their academic ability

•Enables posting to secondary schools by

merit and as far as possible into a school

of their choice.

The PSLE Aggregate Score

• Incorporates performance

of pupils in all 4 subjects

• Allows pupils to be ranked

fairly

What is PSLE Aggregate Score?

It is a sum of scores.

What are these

scores? Are they

raw

scores?

Can raw scores be used?

NO.

Why Not?

• Different subjects have different

levels of difficulty

• So are the spread of marks from

the average mark, i.e. the

standard deviation

(spread = standard deviation)

DOLLY

I scored 85% in

both English

and Mother

Tongue !

H U R R A Y !

Dolly scores 85% in both EL and MT

85%

EL

EL ave

= 60

MT

MT ave

= 80

Her performance in MT is very

close to that of other pupils

She did much better

in EL as compared to

other pupils

0 100

A need for standardisation of

the raw scores

Transformed Score

or T-Score

What is T-Score?

• It gives the relative position of a

pupil’s performance as compared

to the performance of all the other

pupils in that subject

• The raw mark obtained in the exam

only shows how good the pupil is in

that subject, not how good he is as

compared to others

How is T-Score calculated for

each subject?

where

X: pupil’s mark for the subject

Y: average mark (mean) scored by all

pupils

Z: spread of marks around the average

mark (standard deviation)

Z

Y) - (X 10 50 T + =

Example:

• Pupil’s mark (X) in exam = 50.0

• Average mark (Y) scored by

all pupils = 68.0

• Spread of marks (Z) around

the average mark (Y) = 14.0

T = 50 + 10 (50 - 68.0)

14.0 = 37.14

How is the Aggregate

Score calculated?

By adding the T-Scores of

the 4 subjects

Example:

Subject Total Mark T-Score

EL1 200 105 34

CL2 200 152 51

Maths 100 67 53

Science 100 58 47

Aggregate: 185

ALL SUBJECTS :

English, Math, Science

& Mother Tongue

are given equal weighting

at PSLE

T-SCORES & GRADES:

Is it possible for a pupil with

3A* and 1A to be ranked lower

than another pupil who has

only 1A* and 3As?

Yes, it is possible

John’s Susan’sSubj

Mark(Grade)

T-Score

Mark(Grade)

T-Score

EL1 182A

60 190A*

68

MT 185A*

70 180A

68

MA 91A*

60 80A

58

SC 92A*

56 86A

55

Agg T-Score: 246 249

Secondary school open house

School Date

1. SOTA

Register for Talent

academy (TA)

It will be open for application on 7

April 2017.

Closing date for TA 2017

application will be 19 May 2017, 12

noon (SGT).

SOTA Open Symposium 2017

Friday, 24 Feb 6.30pm

2. School of Science and

Technology

SST

27 May 2016

Saturday

8.30-4.30pm

Choosing a Secondary

School

“Choosing your

Secondary schools booklet for

admission in 2018” will be issued in

Aug/Sept 2017

Choice of Secondary School

(Factors to consider)

Besides school’s academic standard,

there are other important factors to

consider:

• Distance

• Affiliated schools

• School programmes/CCAs

• Child’s interest & aptitude

Other Schedule*

(a) Release of PSLE results & selection of

Secondary Schools

– 1st week of Nov / Dec School Holidays

(b) Secondary Schools’ posting results

– December 2017

Direct School Admission

(DSA)

Direct School Admission (DSA)

• DSA Home Page

https://www.moe.gov.sg/admissions/dir

ect-admissions/dsa-sec/overview

–Participating Schools

–DSA Flowchart

–Frequently Asked Questions

Direct School Admission (DSA) • More Details on DSA will be released

sometime in May this year

• Check with respective secondary schools on their DSA criteria (school website)

• Pupils are advised not to attend more than 2-3 selection tests during the selection period

• Commitment to choice

Making that Choice…

• Joint-decision

• Informed decision

• Manage expectations

If I had my child to raise all over again,

I'd build self-esteem first, and the house later.

I'd finger-paint more, and point the finger less.

I would do less correcting and more connecting.

I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my

eyes.

I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.

I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.

I would run through more fields and gaze at more

stars.

I'd do more hugging and less tugging.

-- Diane Loomans, from "If I Had My Child To Raise Over

Again"