P6 Meet-the-Parent

Session 14 March 2015

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OUR APPROACH

Academic Programme

Focused Remediation

Small-Group teaching

Mass Lecture

Writing/Oral Practices

Revision Exercises

Holiday Programme

Well-being and Motivation

Decentralized assembly

Birthday celebrations

Inter-class games

Class excursions

Rewards for efforts

Food/Ice-Cream Treat from teachers

Breakfast with Principal 2

School Assembly

“ Commitment transforms a

promise into reality. ”

Commitment

Successful & Respectable people make

commitments

Source from Google Image

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Decentralised Assembly

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Breakfast with Principal!

… July 2015

P6 “Chill Out”

29 May 2015

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P6 “Chill Out”

P6 “Chill Out”

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“Chill Out” Session

P6 NAPFA Run – 24 Apr (Fri)

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P4/P6 Physical Fitness Test

Interaction with

Principal

“Chillax” with

parents

Breakfast with

Principal

Level

Appreciation

Inter-class

games

Career Talks

by parents

Focused

Remediation

Small-Group

teaching

Mass

Lecture

Enrichment

Programme

Revision

Exercises

Holiday

Lessons

Writing &

Oral Practices

Decentralised

Assembly

Birthday

Celebration

Recess treats

from teachers

NAPFA Run

with parents

Assembly

Programme

PSLE

PSLE - a placement exam

• To reflect the relative achievement

level of pupils within their peers.

• Enables posting to secondary

schools by merit and as far as

possible into a school of their

choice.

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The PSLE Aggregate Score

• Incorporates performance

of pupils in all 4 subjects

• It is not a raw score

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Why can’t the raw score be used?

• 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)

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A child scores 85% in both

English and Mother Tongue

Scenario

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A child scores 85% in both EL and MT

85%

EL

EL ave

= 60

MT

MT ave

= 70

0 100

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A need for standardisation of the

raw scores

Transformed Score

or T-Score

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What is T-Score?

• T-Score 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

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T-Score MT

ave = 70

85% 85%

T-Score converts average mark of each subject to

a common score of 50 points. It also converts

other marks taking into consideration the extent to

which they differ from the average and the size of

spread of the marks around the average 34

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68 ave = 60

EL

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T-Score

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 + =

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Example: MT 85%

• Pupil’s mark (X) in exam = 85

• Average mark (Y) scored by

all pupils = 75 • Spread of marks (Z) around the average

mark (Y) = 14

T = 50 + 10 (85 - 75)

14 = 57

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Example: EL 85%

• Pupil’s mark (X) in exam = 85

• Average mark (Y) scored by

all pupils = 60 • Spread of marks (Z) around the average

mark (Y) = 14

T = 50 + 10 (85 - 60)

14 = 68

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How is the Aggregate Score calculated?

By adding the T-Scores of

the 4 subjects

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Example:

Subject Total Mark T-Score

EL 200 190 68

CL 200 180 66

Maths 100 80 58

Science 100 86 55

Aggregate: 247

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T-SCORES & GRADES:

Is it possible for a pupil with

3A*1A

to be ranked lower than another

pupil who has only

1A*3As?

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Subject Pupil A Pupil B

Marks T-Score Grade Marks T-Score Grade

EL 182 60 A 190 68 A*

MT 185 67 A* 180 66 A

MA 91 61 A* 80 58 A

SC 92 56 A* 86 55 A

Aggregate

T-Score 244 247

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Bonus points for taking Higher

Mother Tongue Language

ONLY applicable if your child is in the Top 30%

of the PSLE cohort and is going to a SAP

secondary school.

Distinction – 3 points

Merit – 2 points

Pass – 1 point

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SAP schools

1. Anglican High School

2. Catholic High School

3. CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ School

4. Chung Cheng High School (Main)

5. Dunman High School

6. Hwa Chong Institution

7. Maris Stella High School

8. Nan Chiau High School

9. Nan Hua High School

10. Nanyang Girls’ High School

11. River Valley High School

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P6 Exam Schedule (2015)

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Start of SA1 Paper 1: 5 May

Start of SA1 Paper 2: 11 May

Prelim Oral: Aug

PSLE Oral :Thu 20 – Fri 21 Aug

Prelim Listening Comprehension: Aug

Prelim Written Papers: Aug

PSLE Listening Comprehension: Fri 18 Sep

PSLE Written Papers: Thu 01 – Wed 07 Oct

P6 Supplementary Class Schedule

(June 2015)

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2 to 5 Jun (Tue to Fri)

8 am to 12.30 pm (Recess 10 - 10.30 am)

Direct School Admission

(DSA)

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Direct School Admission (DSA) - Sec

DSA-Sec is an admission exercise to

allow participating schools to select some

P6 students for admission to Secondary 1

based on their achievements and talents

before the PSLE results are released.

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Can I apply for direct admission to any

secondary school?

Not all secondary schools are

participating in the DSA-Sec Exercise.

You may refer to the list of

participating schools in this year’s

exercise on the MOE Website.

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Direct School Admission Process

Selection Stage (June to Aug)

- Apply directly to school (s)

- Attend interview/test/camp to assess applicants

- Will be given confirmed offer or put on a waiting list or not successful

Sit for the PSLE (Oct)

Exercise School Preference Stage (Late Oct)

- Students to indicate their preferences

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Gathering Information on Schools

Student obtains information on DSA-Sec schools, such as niche areas, selection criteria, dates of trials / tests / interviews, etc, through the following:

Checking the schools’ websites,

calling the schools, and / or

visiting the schools

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Considerations when making decision

Since posting is done based on aggregate score first, it

is important to choose schools that are comparable to

the child’s academic ability

Last year’s posting aggregate ranges of the schools

Academic performance of the child

Distance

Affiliated schools

Programmes and schemes offered

Special needs/interests of the child 51

Important points

Parents and their child attend the schools’

open houses.

Know what the schools are offering, the

electives, the programmes for the gifted

learners, the culture of the school, the CCA

programme, etc.

Do discuss with your child of the choices

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http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/

dsa-sec/

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Course Cut Off

Express 200

Express/Normal 188

Normal Acad. 160

Normal Acad/Tech. 152

Normal Tech Below 152 and obtain at least:

- Grade E in EL or Grade 4 in FEL

- Grade E in Maths or Grade 4 in FMA

- Grade E or Grade 4 in 1 other subj

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Affiliation with Ngee Ann Sec

Cohort in NAPS Cut –off point

2014 onwards 225

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Thank you

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