CHONGZHENG PRIMARY SCHOOL

P6 Parents’ Briefing

10 February 2017

Overview of Sharing

1. School Vision, Mission and Values

2. PSLE matters

3. Computation of T-score

4. Choice of Secondary Schools

5. Secondary 1 Posting Exercise

6. How to support your child?

7. Q & A

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Vision An Innovative ThinkerA Gracious LeaderAn Engaged Citizen

MissionNurturing a Leader in Everyone with a Heart

to give and a Mind to grow

Values

Confidence in Ourselves

Zest for Life

Passion for Learning

Service to Community

4

Guiding Principle

Every Child Matters, Every Staff Matters

Holistic Development – Awards

and Recognition

1. Lee Kuan Yew All-rounder Excellence Award for

Primary School.

2. Edusave Character Award (ECHA)

3. Edusave Awards for Achievement, Good leadership

and Service (EAGLES)

4. School-based award:

1. Pupil of the Year

2. Pupil of the Year (Sports)

3. Pupil of the Year (Arts)

4. Caring Pupil Award

PSLE SUBJECTS

Standard Subjects Foundation Subjects

English Foundation English

Maths Foundation Maths

MT Foundation MT

Science Foundation Science

Higher MT ---

MT – Mother Tongue – CL / ML / TL

PSLE GRADES – STANDARD

GradeMark

Range Descriptor

A* >= 91 Has very good understanding

A 75 – 90

Has good understanding of the subjectB 60 - 74

C 50 – 59 Has adequate understanding of the subject

D 35 – 49 Has fair understanding of the subject

E 20 – 34 Has elementary understanding of the subject

U(ungraded)

< 20 Has not met the requirement for the minimum grade

PSLE GRADES – FOUNDATION

Grade Mark Range Brief Description

1 85 – 100 Is very good in the subject at the

foundation level

2 70 – 84 Is good in the subject at the

foundation level

3 50 – 69 Has an adequate grasp of the

subject at the foundation level

4 30 – 49 Has an elementary grasp of the

subject at the foundation level

U Below 30 Has not met the requirements at

the foundation level for the

minimum grade.

OUTLINE

PSLE is a placement examination

What is the PSLE Aggregate SCORE?

Why is T-Score used?

Definition & Calculation of T-Score

PSLE - a placement examination

Need to reflect the relative

achievement level of pupils among

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.

What is PSLE Aggregate Score?

It is a sum of scores.

What are these

scores?Are they

raw

scores?

The PSLE Aggregate Score

incorporates performances

of pupils in all 4 subjects

allows pupils to be ranked

fairly

Can raw scores be used?

NO !

Why not?

• Different subjects have different

levels of difficulty

• The spread of marks from the

average mark differs across

subjects

(spread = standard deviation)

MEASURE OF

S P R E A D

Narrow Wide

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 average

= 60

MT

MT average

= 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

T-Score

ave = 60

EL MT

ave = 80

50

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

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

EL 200 105 34

CL 200 152 51

Maths 100 67 53

Science 100 58 47

Aggregate: 185

Finally,

all pupils are ranked

according to their Aggregate

Scores

T-SCORES & GRADES:

Is it possible for a pupil with

3A* and 1A to be ranked lower

than or same as another pupil

who has only 1A* and 3As?

Yes, it is possible

Subj John’s Susan’s

Mark (Grade)

T-Score

Mark (Grade)

T-Score

EL 182 A

60 190 A*

68

MT 185 A*

70 180 A

68

MA 91 A*

60 84 A

58

SC 92 A*

56 86 A

55

Aggregate

T-Score: 246 249

Anna Bob Charlie

EL A A A

MT A A A*

MA A* A* A

SC A A* A*

Agg

Score

253 253 264

PSLE DATES

Oral Examination– Dates:

• Thursday 17 August 2017

• Friday 18 August 2017

– Time• 8.00am – 1.00pm

Listening Comprehension Examination Date: Friday 15 September 2017

Time (TBC): Mother Tongue/Fdn Mother Tongue: 9.00 – 9.40am

English/Fdn English: 11.15 – 11.50am

PSLE DATES (Tentative)

Written Examination (TBC)

(Thursday 28 September 2017)

• English/Fdn English Paper 1

• English/Fdn English Paper 2

(Friday 29 September 2017)

• Mathematics/Fdn Mathematics Paper 1

• Mathematics/Fdn Mathematics Paper 2

(Monday 2 October 2017)

• Mother Tongue/Fdn Mother Tongue Paper 1

• Mother Tongue Paper 2

(Tuesday 3 October 2017)

• Science/Fdn Science

(Wednesday 4 October 2017)

• Higher Mother Tongue Paper 1

• Higher Mother Tongue Paper 2

CHOICE OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS

In choosing secondary schools,

please consider the following

factors:

The academic ability of your child/

Special Needs

The distance between the school and

your home

A good spread of secondary schools of

different popularity

Programmes & Schemes offered

COURSES IN

SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Special / Express (S/ E- courses)

Normal (Academic) - NA course

Normal (Technical) - NT course

Integrated Programme – IP

COURSES IN

SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Sec 1 Posting Information Booklet

n Consists of 2 parts

n Part 1 ( general information ) –in August

n Part 2 (information on sec schools) in

October

(1) Option and Posting Timeline

(tentative)

OCT NOV DEC

Early Oct

24 Nov

Exercise option

24– 29 Nov

22 Dec

Report to

Sec Schools

26 Dec, 8.30am

(3) S1 Posting Exercise

• PSLE students (Non-DSA) and Unsuccessful DSA candidates

will participate in S1 Posting Exercise to opt for secondary

schools

• S1 Option is from 7 calendar days after release of PSLE results

(including Sat & Sun) if submit online OR 5 working days after

release of PSLE results (excluding Sat & Sun) if submit via

school

• Take note of the important dates and assign proxy if you are

not in Singapore during the exercise.

Option Bands

Students in the E/NA or NA/NT Bands are allowed to indicate the course of preference

Students who are in option bands must indicate a course of preference in the option form.

Course Option for borderline cases

(2) Direct School Admission (DSA)

First introduced in 2004

To promote holistic education by giving the participating schools

greater flexibility in selecting students via their own selection

criteria which can include diverse academic and non-academic

achievements and talents.

Own criteria by schools—contact schools or visit their websites

Refer to MOE website for actual dates, list of participating

schools and application procedure

http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/dsa-sec

Pre-Selection Stage

Read through the information note issued by the school

Go to the DSA-Sec website to check on the profile of the

participating schools and their admission criteria.

Consider carefully child’s strengths and select schools that best meet your needs.

Do take note of the school’s selection exercises which may incorporate tests, trials or interviews according to their published selection criteria. You could approach the school directly for further clarifications.

Selection and Exercise School

Preference Stage

Secondary school will select students based on their own admission

criteria.

Secondary schools will also issue letters informing applicants whether they have been given Confirmed Offer, placed on Waiting or Rejected.

Those with a Confirmed Offer or on the Waiting List will be issued with School Preference Form which will consolidate all the offers you have received from the various schools.

Once given a Confirmed Offer, you are guaranteed a place provided the school offers a course which you are eligible for.

DSA Allocation and Release of results

• Pupil Placement Section (MOE) will allocate students to the respective Secondary schools, based on the student choices and secondary schools’ ranking.

• DSA results were released together with PSLE results

• Successful DSA candidates: - S1 Option Form for application of Foreign Languages/Elective Programmes/Course Options

• Unsuccessful DSA candidates who did not need the intake requirement: - S1 Option Form to participate in S1 Posting Exercise

• Unsuccessful DSA candidates who are not promoted to the Sec Schools: - A letter to inform them on the outcome.

Rank all PSLE

students

by their PSLE Scores285

284

263

240 and below

By Merit :

Posting Method

FULL

By Choice

285

284

263

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

FULL

Posting Method

Postal District

Group Postal District

After 6 choices……

How Parents Can Help?

Creating the Ideal Environment

Support and Encourage

Monitor your child/homework

Talk to your child

Set targets/ goals on what your child want to

achieve.

Ensure that your child attends all activities

planned by the school - Holiday Lessons and

Morning Recall Lessons

Conclusion

Build good rapport

with the teachers

Be there for

your child

Your Child’s

Success

Monitor your

child’s progress

Work hand in

hand with school

Thank You