Henry Park Primary School - P6 Briefing Friday, 3rd February 2017

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    SA 1      Prelims      PSLE
Weeks          May       August       Sept-Oct
8&9

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)

HURRAY!

        I scored 85% in
          both English
DOLLY      and Mother
            Tongue !

Dolly scores 85% in both EL and MT

    Her performance in MT is very
    close to that of other pupils        85%

    She did much better
    in EL as compared to
    other pupils

              EL
                     MT

0                                              100
                           EL ave   MT ave
                            = 60     = 80

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?

        =  +   (X - Y)
       T 50 10
                 Z
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)

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

Subj      John’s        Susan’s
        Mark    T-    Mark    T-
       (Grade) Score (Grade) Score
EL1     182     60    190     68
         A             A*
MT      185     70    180     68
         A*            A
MA       91     60    80      58
         A*            A
SC       92     56    86      55
         A*            A
Agg T-Score: 246             249

Secondary school open house
        School                           Date
1. SOTA                    It will be open for application on 7
                           April 2017.
Register for Talent
                           Closing date for TA 2017
academy (TA)               application will be 19 May 2017, 12
                           noon (SGT).

                           SOTA Open Symposium 2017
                           Friday, 24 Feb 6.30pm

2. School of Science and   27 May 2016
                           Saturday
Technology
                           8.30-4.30pm
SST

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"