P6 Subject Briefing

A Leader, a Keen Learner and a Friend

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

A Leader, a Keen Learner and a Friend

Examination Format (Standard EL)Paper

Component Item Type

Marks Wghting

Duration

1 Situational & Continuous

Writing

OE 55 27.5% 1 h 10 min

2 Language Use & Comprehension

OE/ MCQ 95 47.5% 1 h 50 min

3 ListeningComprehension

MCQ 20 10% About 35 min

4 Oral Communication

OE 30 15% About 10 min (5 min prep time;

about 5 min exam time)

Total

200 100%

Table of Specifications (Standard EL)Paper

Component Item Type

No. of Items

Marks Wghting

1 Situational W.

Continuous W.

OE 1

1

15

40

27.5%

2 Booklet A: • Grammar• Vocabulary• Vocabulary

Cloze• Visual Text

Comprehension

MCQ1055

8

1055

8

47.5%

Table of Specifications (Standard EL)

Paper

Component Item Type

No. of Items

Marks Wghting

2 Booklet B:• Grammar Cloze• Editing for Sp &

Grammar• Compre Cloze• Synthesis/

Transformation• Compre OE

OE1012

155

10

1012

1510

20

47.5%

3 ListeningComprehension

MCQ 20 20 10%

Table of Specifications (Standard EL)

Paper

Component Item Type

No. of Items

Marks Wghting

4 • Reading Aloud• Stimulus-based

Conversation

OE 1 passage

1 visual stimulus

10

20

15%

Total 200 100%

Examination Format (Foundation EL)Paper

Component Item Type

Marks Wghting

Duration

1 Situational & Continuous

Writing

OE 40 26.7% 1 h 10 min

2 Language Use & Comprehension

OE/ MCQ 60 40% 1 h 20 min

3 Listening Comprehension

MCQ 20 13.3% About 35 min

4 Oral Communication

OE 30 20% About 10 min (5 min prep time;

about 5 min exam time)

Total

200 100%

Table of Specifications (Foundation EL)Paper

Component Item Type

No. of Items

Marks Wghting

1 Situational W.

Continuous W.

OE 1

1

10

30

26.7%

2 Booklet A: •Grammar•Punctuation•Vocabulary•Visual TextComprehension

MCQ825

5

1055

8

40%

Table of Specifications (Foundation EL)

Paper

Component Item Type

No. of Items

Marks

Wghting

2 Booklet B:•Form Filling•Editing for Grammar•Editing for Spelling•Comprehension (Completion of sentences)•Synthesis•Comprehension Cloze•Compre OE

OE56

6

5

35

7

56

6

5

35

10

40%

Table of Specifications (Foundation EL)

Paper

Component Item Type

No. of Items

Marks Wghting

3 Listening Comprehension

MCQ 20 20 13.3%

4 • Reading Aloud

• Stimulus-based Conversation

OE 1 passage

1 visual stimulus

10

20

15%

Total 200 100%

English Language

� Greater scope for personal response in speaking and writing

� Greater focus on viewing skillsintegrated with listening and reading

�visuals � diagrams, charts, graphs and tables

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Parents should encourage their children to respond

to any authentic ‘stimulus’, like advertisements,

posters, websites and pictures.

How can parents support?

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How can parents support?

� Children do not have the time to read leisurely

- Too much homework

- Frequent enrichment lessons

� Encourage your child to read the newspapers. It will aid in:

- generation of ideas (oral & continuous writing)

- sentence construction

- spelling

How can parents support?

� Languages are alive. They can only be improved if we…

- Speak more

- Listen more

- Read more

- Write more

� Practice papers will not be as effective as daily reading and interaction

A Leader, a Keen Learner and a Friend

MATHEMATICS

A Leader, a Keen Learner and a Friend

EXAMINATION FORMAT

PSLE Primary 5 Standard MATHEMATICS

The examination consists of two written papers comprising three booklets.

Paper Booklet Item Type Number of questions

Number of marks per question

Weighting Duration

1 AMultiple-Choice

10 1 10%

50min5 2 10%

B Short- answer 10 1 10%

5 2 10%

2 Short-answer 5 2 10%1h 40min

Structured / Long- answer

13 3,4,5 50%

Total 48 - 100% 2h 30min

30 Q 50 mins1 Q less than

2 mins

PSLE Primary 5 FOUNDATION MATHEMATICS

The examination consists of two written papers comprising three booklets.

Paper Booklet Item Type Number of questions

Number of marks per question

Weighting Duration

1 A Multiple-Choice

10 1 10%

1h10 2 20%

B

Short- answer

10 2 20%

2 Short-answer 10 2 20%1h15min

Structured 8 3,4,5 30%

Total 48 - 100% 2h 15min

EXAMINATION FORMAT

30 Q 60 mins1 Q 2 mins

List of Approved Calculators

MATHEMATICS

Presentation of Answers- For Booklet B and Paper 2: all workings must be

shown in a neat and systematic manner. All critical steps must be shown.

- Guess and Check Tables

- Pupils can use any strategies that he/she is competent in to solve the problems

- Write units for all final answers

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Paper 1 Booklet B (1 Mark Qn)

E.g.

In a school, �

�of the pupils are Chinese,

�

�are Indians and

the rest are Malays. What fraction of the pupils are Malays?

1 –�

�–�

�=

�

��

______�

��____

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Paper 1 Booklet B (2 Mark Qn)

E.g.

A container which is �

�- filled with oil has a mass of 1.3 kg.

It has a mass of 2.8 kg when it is completely filled with oil.

What is the mass of the empty container?

0.8 __________kg

3 units = 2.8 – 1.3 = 1.5

1 unit = 1.5 ÷ 3 = 0.5

1.3 – 0.5 = 0.8 kg (M1, A1)

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Paper 2 (4 mark question)

Children must show all steps and workings clearly and not show them in the diagram.

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SCIENCE

A Leader, a Keen Learner and a Friend

PSLE Science 2016(Format of the paper)�

Booklet Item Type Number of

Questions

Number of

marks per

question

Weighting

A MCQ 30 2 marks 60%

B Open-Ended 14 2 to 4 marks 40%

Booklet Item Type Number of

Questions

Number of

marks per

question

Weighting

A MCQ 16 2 marks 32%

B Structured

Open-Ended

6 – 7

6 - 8

2 to 3 marks

2 to 4 marks

14%

24%

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Skills Tested� Pupils should be able to:

� Apply scientific facts, concepts and principles to new situations.

� Use one or a combination of the following basic process skills:

Observing

Comparing

Classifying

Using apparatus and equipment

Communicating

Inferring

Predicting

Analysing

Generating possibilities

Evaluating

Formulating hypothesis

Strategy for MCQ and Open-ended Questions

� Read and Understand Question

� Connect to Science Concept

� Work out the Answer

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Open-ended Questions� Make full use of time to write concepts

pertaining to the questions asked.

� Explanation must be to the point and scientific.

� Use “Science words” (usually measurable) instead of “English words”:

�“Wind helps to dry up the clothes.”� “Presence of wind increases the rate of

evaporation.”

� The warm water becomes cold.

� The warm water loses heat.

� The temperature of the warm water decreases.

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Last of All…

� Running revisions of topics from P3 to P6.

� Doing Science assessment books does not necessarily improve Science grades.

� Understanding which science concept / topic the question is testing.

� READ the questions carefully.

� Keep encouraging your child to do his/her best.

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