Examination Briefing for P6 Parents

Welcome!

Prelim Dates

Subject Date

Oral (EL & MT) August

English August

Mathematics August

Mother Tongue August

Science August

Higher Mother Tongue August

Listening Comprehension (EL & MT) August

PSLE Dates

Subject Date

Oral (EL & MT) 20,21August

Listening Comprehension (EL & MT) 18 September

English 1 October

Mother Tongue 2 October

Mathematics 5 October

Science 6 October

Higher Mother Tongue 7 October

Examination Briefing for P6 Parents

ENGLISH

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

STANDARDSTANDARD

Paper 1 Paper 1 Composition Composition 55 m55 m

Paper 2Paper 2 Language Use Language Use 95 m95 m

Paper 3Paper 3 ListeningListening 20 m20 m

Paper 4Paper 4 Oral Communication Oral Communication 30 m30 m

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Paper 1(1 hour 10 min)

Part 1Part 1 Situational Writing 15 m15 m

Part 2Part 2 Continuous WritingContinuous Writing 40 m40 m

TotalTotal 55 m

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Paper 1Part 1: Situational Writing (15 m)

examples:

formal email formal letter postcard

informal email informal letter message

report speech note

No change

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Paper 1Part 2 : Continuous Writing (40 m)

• A change from the current item type• ONE topic, but with greater scope for writing from

different perspectives• Visuals are given to provide ideas for various

perspectives• Assessment is on writing skills, not on text type

(diary entry, narrative, information text, etc.)

NEW Format!

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Paper 2Paper 2Language Use & ComprehensionLanguage Use & Comprehension

(1 hour 50 min)(1 hour 50 min)

BOOKLET A (MCQ) BOOKLET B

Grammar 10 m10 m Grammar Cloze 10 m

Vocabulary 5 m5 m Editing for Spelling and Grammar

12 m

Vocabulary Cloze 5 m5 mComprehension Cloze 15 m

Visual Text Comprehension

8 m8 m Synthesis / Transformation

10 m

Comprehension Open-Ended

20 m

NEW Format !

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Paper 3Paper 3Listening Comprehension (20 m)Listening Comprehension (20 m)

The crowd went wild! Everyone was cheering for their favourite athlete. Tom and Nick were cheering for their good friend, Rudy. It was going to be a close race. With seconds to go, Rudy’s arm shot out and touched the edge of the pool. He did it! He was the winner!

1 2 3

NEW Format !

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Paper 4Paper 4Oral Communication (30 m)Oral Communication (30 m)

Part 1: Reading Aloud (10 m)Part 1: Reading Aloud (10 m)

Ravi walked towards the supermarket two blocks from his house. His mother had told him to buy a carton of milk. “Hmm, which one should I get?” Ravi asked himself as he looked at the rows of milk cartons. He finally made up his mind and reached out for a carton of strawberry-flavoured milk.

No change

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Paper 4Paper 4Oral Communication Oral Communication

(30 m)(30 m)

Part 2: Part 2: Stimulus-based Stimulus-based Conversation Conversation

(20 m)(20 m)

This is a merging of Picture Discussion and

Conversation

NEW Format!

Examination Briefing for P6 Parents

MATHEMATICS

MATHEMATICS

Cognitive levels at which pupils will be assessed are broadly classified as follows:

• Knowledge• Comprehension• Application & Analysis

PSLE Exam Format

Merged Examination Format

Paper One

Booklet Item Type Number of questions

Marks per question

Weighting

A MCQ 10 1 10%

5 2 10%

B Short Answer

10 1 10%

5 2 10%

Total 30 - 40%

Merged Examination Format

Paper Two

Item Type Number of questions

Marks per question

Weighting

Short Answer 5 2 10%

Structured / Long Answer

13 3, 4, 5 50%

Total 18 - 60%

Support from School

• Topical Worksheets

• Topical Tests

• Speed Tests

• Remedial / Supplementary

• Heuristics

• Allow your child to practise their practice papers under examination condition.

• Discourage your child from using calculators while practising the easy questions.

• Encourage your child to move onto the next question if they are stuck at a difficult question.

• Do not provide answers to your child immediately.

• Select some questions and allow your child to explain to you how he/she derives at the answers. If your child is able to explain his/her thinking process, your child truly understands.

Parental Involvement at Home

MATHEMATICS

Common Errors to Note

Notation for dollars and cents• 5 + 8 = $13 • $5 + 80¢ = $5.80• 5 + 80 = $5.80 x

MATHEMATICS

Equating quantities of different units• 5m + 80cm = 580 cm • 5 + 80 = 580 x

Answering in the units required

MATHEMATICS

• Not reducing to the lowest term

• Wrong use of the equality notation

3 x 2 = 6 + 2 = 8

MATHEMATICS

Any method/strategy used to solve the problem will be accepted as long as it islogical.

It does not mean that only model drawingor guess and check are the only ways.

Examination Briefing for P6 Parents

SCIENCE

SCIENCE

MERGED STREAMMERGED STREAM

SECTION A MULTIPLE CHOICE•30 Questions •2 Marks each

60 m

SECTION B OPEN-ENDED•14 Questions•2/3/4 Marks

40 m

Total duration of paper : 1 h 45 min

SCIENCE

3 Types of Questioning3 Types of Questioning

Focus on a single topic

Focus on more than 1 topic, under the same theme

Focus on more than 1 theme

Approximately equal weightage on Life Science and Physical Science

SCIENCE

Focus on a single topic

“Which part of the bar magnet is the strongest?”

Topic: Magnet (Theme: Interactions)

SCIENCE

Focus on more than 1 topic, under the same theme

Topics: Magnet & Forces, Theme: Interactions

SCIENCE

Focus on more than 1 theme

Topics: Electricity (Theme: Systems), Magnets (Theme: Interactions) & Energy (Theme: Energy)

SCIENCE

Mark allocation for Section BMark allocation for Section B

Pupils have to show understanding of concepts and correct application to attain full marks.

Case 1: “Mere mentioning of key words with wrong concept or understanding will not be awarded with marks.”

Case 2: “Correct application of principles with right concept, even with no mention of key words, can be awarded with the full marks.”

Thank you!