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Anglo-Chinese School (Junior)

Primary 5 & 6 Pupils

Meet-The-Parents Session

8 January 2016

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Our Vision Every ACSian a young gentleman of character,

ready for the future to lead and to serve

Our Mission To nurture our Boys with a quality, holistic education, rooted

in Christian values and strength of character, that allows each to reach his fullest potential, equipped with life skills

to face the future and to serve God and Nation.

Our Values Integrity, Love, Excellence, Curiosity, Collaboration, Loyalty

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School Values Descriptors Anchor SE

Competencies School Goals

Integrity

(in word and deed)

Obedience, truthfulness, honour

and courage

Be True to God and Self Self-awareness

Realise Personal

Potential

(Gentlemen of

Character)

(Ready for the

Future)

Excellence

(in all that we do)

Diligence, determination, self-

discipline, confidence, resilence

Be Stewards of Gifts and

Resources Self-awareness and Self-

management

Curiosity

creative & innovative, critical

thinking & problem solving,

perseverance

Be Learners for Life Self-Management

Love

(for God, Others and self)

Care & Compassion, forgiveness

Love God and Man Social Awareness and

Relationship Management Love Others

(Gentlemen of

Character) Collaboration

(a spirit of cooperation)

humility, respect, graciousness,

self- discipline

Esteem our Peers Social Awareness and

Relationship Management

Loyalty

(to nation, family and

school)

rootedness

Be Faithful in Service Responsible Decision Making

Bless the Community

(ACSIANs -

(Ready for the Future to

Lead and to Serve)

Raising

this generation for the future

• Shepherding the Child’s Heart

– Build attitudes and values

– Understanding Authority

• Grow our children into independence

(discourage ‘learned helplessness’)

• Bless the community as an individual and as a

school

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Train up a child in the way he should go:

and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 22:6

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School Direction

1. Academic Excellence

2. Character Education

3. Spirit of Service

4. Developing 21st Century Skills & Attributes

5. Total Well-Being of Pupils and Staff

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Co-Form Teachers

1. Assist Form Teachers in providing pastoral care

and ensuring well-being of students

2. Help to facilitate lifeskills lessons and one-to-

one interaction time with students

3. Assist Form Teachers in communication with

parents and administrative matters

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Academic Excellence

• Banding of Boys (Math & MT)

• Smaller Class Sizes & Pull-Out Programmes

• Subject Specialisation by Teachers

• CA1, SA1, Prelims

• CA1, SA1, CA2, SA2 (P5)

• Data Analysis & Tracking of Boys’ Performance

• Target Setting and Review

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Academic Excellence

• Supplementary Classes

– Weekly starting Monday, 25 January

– Last week of June holidays (P6)

• 20 to 22 June from 8.30am to 1pm

– September holidays (P6)

• 5 to 7 September from 8.30am to 1pm

• Remedial Classes

– Weekly starting Monday, 25 January

– First week of June holidays (P6)

• 30 & 31 May from 8am to 1pm

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CA1 Schedule

(P5 & P6)

Subject Date

Higher Mother Tongue 3 Mar

English 4 Mar

Mathematics 7 Mar

Mother Tongue 8 Mar

Science 9 Mar

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SA1 Schedule

(P5 & P6)

Subject Date

P5 Science PBA 5 Apr

P6 MT Oral 11 Apr

P6 EL Oral 14 Apr

EL Paper 1 (Compo) 18 Apr

MT Paper 1 (Compo) 20 Apr

P5 MT Oral 26 Apr

Subject Date

MT LC 28 Apr

HMT 4 May

English 5 May

Mathematics 6 May

Mother Tongue 9 May

Science 10 May

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CA2 Schedule

(P5 only)

Subject Date

Science Practical 2 Aug

English Language 22 Aug

Mathematics 23 Aug

Mother Tongue 24 Aug

Science 25 Aug

Higher Mother Tongue 26 Aug

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SA2 Schedule

(P5 only)

Subject Date

P5 EL Oral 19 Sep

P5 MT Oral 20 Sep

EL Paper 1 (Compo) 3 Oct

MT Paper 1 (Compo) 4 Oct

P5 Science PBA 11 Oct

Subject Date

MT LC 21 Oct

HMT 24 Oct

English 25 Oct

Mathematics 26 Oct

Mother Tongue 1 Nov

Science 2 Nov

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Assessment Weighting

(P5 only)

CA1 SA1 CA2 SA2

10% 30% 10% 50%

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Weighting Non-Tamil Indian Languages (NTIL)

(P5 only)

Based on MOE Guidelines

SA1 SA2

30% 70%

Parents are to communicate with the NTIL Centre directly on

matters pertaining to the subject.

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2016 School P6 Prelim Schedule Exam Type Subject Date

Oral English 14 Jul

Mother Tongue 19 Jul

Listening

Comprehension

Mother Tongue & English 22 Jul

Written

English Papers 1 & 2 22 Aug

Mathematics Papers 1 & 2 23 Aug

Mother Tongue Papers 1 & 2 24 Aug

Science 25 Aug

Higher Mother Tongue Papers 1 & 2 26 Aug

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2016 PSLE Schedule (Tentative)

Exam Type Subject Date

Oral English & Mother Tongue 18 & 19 Aug

Listening

Comprehension

Mother Tongue & English 16 Sep

Written

English Papers 1 & 2 29 Sep

Mathematics Papers 1 & 2 30 Sep

Mother Tongue Papers 1 & 2 3 Oct

Science 4 Oct

Higher Mother Tongue Papers 1 & 2 5 Oct

PSLE –

Placement Examination • Need to reflect the relative achievement

level of students with their peers.

• Places students 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.

What is the T-Score?

• It gives the relative standing of

student’s performance as compared

to the performance of all the other

level students in that subject.

• PSLE Aggregate Score is a sum of

the T-scores and NOT raw scores of

the 4 subjects.

Why not use Raw Scores? • Different subjects have different levels of

difficulty.

• The raw score obtained shows how good the

student is in that subject, not how good he is

compared to his peers.

• Scoring the same mark, say 85%, in EL and

MTL could indicate very different capability of

the learner in the respective subjects

EL

Ave = 60

MTL

Ave = 80

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85%

John scores 85% in EL & MTL

Example

EL

MTL

His performance in MT is very close to that of his peers.

He did much better in EL as compared to other students.

T-Score

Ave = 60

EL MTL

Ave = 80

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85 85

Converts average mark of each subject to a common

score of 50 points

Converts the raw score to T-score by considering the

extent to which they differ from the average and the

size of spread of the marks around the average

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Raw Score to T-Score

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T-Score is the transformed score (that reflects the

pupil’s standing relative to other pupils in that

subject

x is the pupil’s mark

m is the average mark scored by all pupils who

sat for the subject

SD is the standard deviation (ie. the

spread of marks around the average)

T-Score = 50 + 10(x – m)

SD

Overall PSLE Score

Aggregate Score

= TEL + TMTL + TMATH + TSC

= 61 + 54 + 55 + 58

= 228

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Pupils with 4As (2015)

Pupil English Math Science MT AGG

Candidate A A A A A 219

Candidate B A A A A 225

Candidate C A A A A 228

Candidate D A A A A 235

Candidate E A A A A 243

Candidate F A A A A 248

Direct School Admission

(DSA) • Introduced by the Ministry of Education in

2004.

• An admission exercise to allow participating

secondary schools to select some P6

students for admission to Secondary One.

• The selection will be based on their

achievements and talents BEFORE the

Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE)

results are released.

Direct School Admission

(DSA)

• Successful DSA-Sec students will

NOT be allowed to participate in the

S1 Posting Exercise, no matter how

well the student has performed at

PSLE.

• Students are also NOT allowed to

transfer to another school after the

release of the PSLE results.

Direct School Admission

(DSA)

For more information, please refer

to:

http://www.moe.gov.sg/educatio

n/admissions/dsa-sec/

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Secondary School Application Process

• Direct School Admission (DSA) Exercise

[Academic & Non-Academic Talent]

a) Selection June-August

b) Exercise Option October

c) Results Release November

• Secondary School Information Book October

• PSLE Results Late November

• Submission of Secondary School

Choices

3 days after

results release

• Secondary School Posting Results Mid December

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Posting

Must indicate ACS(I) and ACS(BR) as first

2 choices in the option form in order to

enjoy priority for admission

Entry into ACS schools

ACS (Independent)

Offers IP (IB) and

Express (O-levels)

Cut-off point for IP varies

from year to year

Cut-off point for Express

(Feeder schools) : 235

ACS (Barker)

Offers Express, Normal

(Academic) and Normal

(Technical) Streams

Cut-off point varies from year to year

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Need to meet Cut-off Point to be admitted

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We aim to give…

• A memorable year

• Opportunities to build firm ties and friendships

• Sound values education

• Good preparation for academic challenges

• Experiences to prepare ACSJ students for life

ahead