PRIMARY 6 Parent’s

Briefing

4 – 5.30pm

Agenda

• Principal’s talk

• Year Head’s talk

• Classroom Time with FTs and Co-FTs

• Introduction

• Role of the SDT Team

• Supporting your child on their academic journey

• PSLE matters

• Level Highlights

Year Head Briefing

3 broad directions

• Joy of learning *

• Entrepreneurial dare *

• Singapore Spirit

Joy of learning

• Learning through play

• Applied learning

Entrepreneurial dare

• Spirit of enterprise

• Resilience

• Adaptability

STUDENT DEVELOPMENT

TEAM

Year Head: Ms Grace Chan

Assistant Year Heads: Mr Jenfry Tseng Ms Michelle Lim

ROLE OF HPPS SDT TEAM

We oversee the design and delivery of a holistic learning experience that all students undergo throughout their 6 years of primary education.

Its key role is to provide a quality school experience for the students, with emphasis on values education and the development of students’ socio-emotional needs.

SUPPORTING YOUR

CHILD ON THEIR

ACADEMIC JOURNEY

Top 5 questions to ask your

teacher..

• Is he/she nice to the people around him/her?

• Does he/she interact well with his/her friends?

• What are his/her strengths?

• How can I grow my child’s interest in (subject)?

• How can we work together to help him?

PRELIM AND PSLE DATES

(TENTATIVE)

PRELIM SCHEDULE (2018)

(Tentative)

• 16 – 18 July: Prelim EL & MT E-Oral

• 2 Aug : Prelim LC

• 6 Aug : Prelim HMT

• 20 -28 Aug: Prelim Written Papers

PSLE SCHEDULE (2018)

(Tentative)

• 16 – 17 Aug: PSLE Oral

• 14 Sept : PSLE Listening Comprehension

• 27 -28 Sept & 1- 3 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)-(X1050T +=

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

• Ms. Grace Chan (Year Head) (chan_shi_ya_grace@moe.edu.sg )

• Mr Jenfry Tseng (Assistant Year Head)

(tseng_jenfry_jeremiah@moe.edu.sg)

• Ms Michelle Lim (Assistant Year Head)

(lim_jia_yi_michelle@moe.edu.sg )

Choosing a Secondary

School

“Choosing your

Secondary schools booklet for

admission in 2019” will be issued in

Aug/Sept 2018

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

Direct School Admission

(DSA)

Direct School Admission (DSA)

• DSA Home Page

https://www.moe.gov.sg/admissions/direct-

admissions/dsa-sec

–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

LEVEL HIGHLIGHTS

(PRIMARY 6)

• Revision classes

• Sungei Buloh learning journey

• Toy Making Project

• Post-PSLE activities

• Graduation party

Open House dates:

Nanyang Girls’ High School:

7 April (Sat)

Hwa Chong Institution:

19 May (Sat)

THANK YOU