for P6 Parents - Ministry of Education

Principal’s Briefing

for

P6 Parents 11 March 2016

Programme Overview

Time Title of Speech Speaker 6.00pm –

6.25pm

Principal’s Briefing to P6

Parents

Mrs Cheng Huey Teng,

Principal

6.25pm –

6.55pm

Subject Sharing Session:

English Language

P6 Subject Teachers 7.00pm –

7.30pm


Mathematics

7.30pm –

8.00pm


Science

Feedback Form

Kindly fill up the

feedback form and

drop it in the

“feedback forms”

boxes at the end of

the session.

Singapore Education Journey

DSA

Selection of Schools

PSLE

T-Score

Timeline

Outline

Source:

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

Secondary School

Co

urse

s Availab

le

Some Conscious Choices

Direct School Admission (DSA)

To research if secondary school offer DSA and selection criteria

Secondary One Posting

After PSLE

What is DSA?

Allows students to demonstrate a wider range of talents in seeking admission to secondary schools.

Type of Schools Discretionary Places

Schools with IP or SIS (NUSHS, SST & SOTA)

Up to 100% (IP schools admit up to 50%)

Independent Schools (without IP)

20%

Autonomous Schools (without IP)

10%

Niche Programme School 5%

Direct School Admission

Based on students’ talents and achievements.

Consider both academic and non-academic areas.

Each secondary school has its own criteria for selection. Based on the qualities, such as talent in science, music or sports, that the school would like to emphasize.

To assess these qualities in applicants, schools may conduct tests, interviews or trials as necessary.

The 2016 DSA-Sec Exercise will tentatively be conducted in

July 2016

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

Updated by May 2016

2015 DSA-SEC Exercise

Application Stage

Deadline for each DSA-Sec

school may be different.

Gathering Information On Schools

Application

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

websites - Calling the schools,

and/or - Visiting the schools

- Student identifies the school(s) he/she would like to apply to.

- Student checks with

the secondary schools he/she is interested in, on how to apply.

- Submit application.

Source:

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

dsa-sec/


Stage 1: Selection

Stages

1 Jul – 31 Aug 2015

Selection by Schools Selection Outcome

Shortlisted student goes for selection tests/camps or interviews at the DSA-Sec school(s).

Student receives outcome of application from the school(s) he/she has applied to (i.e. Confirmed, Waiting List or Rejected) by 31 Aug 2015


26 Oct 2015

School Preference Form

- Students with “Confirmed” Offers or who have been put on the “Waiting List” of a school will receive a School Preference Form from their perspective primary schools.

- The form indicates the list of schools that the student have received Confirmed Offer from and/or placed on the Waiting List.

School Preference Indication

- Parents can indicate their child’s school preference(s) for up to 3 schools in the DSA-Sec School Preference Form.

- Parents can submit their child’s school preference(s) either electronically via DSA-Sec Internet System or physically to the child’s primary school.

26 Oct – 30 Oct 2015

Stage 2: Exercise School

Preference Stage


3rd/4th week of Nov 2015

Stage 3: Results Release

Stage

Results

- Student collects his/her DSA-Sec allocation result from his/her primary school, together with his/her PSLE results.

- Student who is unsuccessful in the DSA-Sec

Exercise will be notified of the outcome of the application and will participate in the Secondary One Posting Exercise.

Direct School Admission

Some popular schools of choice for DSA include: • River Valley High School,

• Nan Hua High School,

• Hwa Chong Institution,

• Nanyang Girls’ High School,

• Crescent Girls’ School,

• NUSHS, SOTA, SST, SSS

Pupils seeking DSA will have to submit applications to individual schools.

Students must achieve PSLE results that would enable them to be eligible for admission to the course offered by school.

Crest Secondary School Spectra Secondary School

Specialised schools that admit students eligible for the Normal (Technical) course. The schools offer a customised whole-school approach to suit the learning needs of its students. Apart from offering English Language, Mother Tongue Language and Mathematics as part of a four-year Normal (Technical) secondary school education, students will be able to specialise in one of four ITE Skills Certificate courses at the upper secondary level, namely Hospitality Services, Retail Services, Facility Services and Mechanical Servicing.

Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE)

PSLE – A Placement Test

Reflect relative achievement level of pupil compared to peers.

Place students into different courses based on his / her academic ability.

Enable posting to secondary school by merit and, as far as possible, school of choice.

PSLE Aggregate Score

A sum of T-Scores of all 4 subjects.

Ranking of all candidates based on academic ability.

Reflect the level of difficulty of different subjects & paper.

What is T-Score?

Results from each paper is only the raw score.

Computation of T-Score

Give the relative standing of students’ performance as compared to all other students in that subject.

Compared to his/her cohort peers.

How is Aggregate Score calculated?

By adding T-scores of the 4 subjects.

Every Subject is equally important.

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.

Subj Jordan’s Sarah’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 80 A

58

SC 92 A*

56 86 A

55

T-Score: 246 249

Sec One (S1) Posting Exercise

3 courses: Express, Normal (Academic), Normal (Technical)

Conducted immediately after the release of results in late November

Indicate their 6 choices in order of preference

- Last year’s posting aggregate ranges of the schools

- Distance from home

- Academic performance of the child

- Programmes and schemes in the schools

- Special needs of the child

Considerations when choosing secondary schools

Sec One (S1) Posting Exercise

Some Popular Secondary Schools

Express Aggregate Score (2015 Sec 1)

Lower Upper Median

River Valley High School 249 269 253

Nan Hua High School 242 260 246

Fuhua Sec School 234 266 236

Yuan Ching Sec School 215 236 219

Normal - Academic

Aggregate Score (2015 Sec 1)

Lower Upper Median

Jurong Sec School 177 199 185


Westwood Sec Sch 162 195 173

Jurong West Sec School 159 198 168


Normal - Technical

Aggregate Score (2015 Sec 1)

Lower Upper Median

Jurong Sec School 124 158 142

Jurong West Sec Sch 134 159 145


Juying Sec Sch 126 153 138


Timeline for P6 before PSLE

SA1 Prelim 1 Prelim 2

9-13 May 2016 25-29 July 2016

(Tentative)

22-26 Aug 2016

(Tentative)

Oral Examinations

(18 & 19

August)

Listening Comprehension (16 September)

Written Examinations

(29 Sep to 5 Oct)

PSLE Results Release

(First Week

School

Holidays)

PSLE 2016 Timeline

PSLE 2016 Examination Fees

• In line with the announcement by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister

for Finance, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, in his Budget speech on

23 February 2015, the national examination fees will be waived for

all Singaporean students in Government-funded schools sitting for

the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) and the Singapore-

Cambridge GCE N(T), N(A), O-Level and A-Level Examinations from

2015 onwards.

• The 2016 PSLE examination fees for the Non-Singaporean school

candidates are as follows :

Permanent Residents $60

International Students $240

Observation and Concerns

Pupils need to be more focused and made more aware of the importance of PSLE.

Pupils need to reduce the time spent on on-line games, social media etc.

Pupils should be reminded to head home straight after school and not to loiter around the school and neighbourhood.

Resources for Parents

School Information Service http://sis.moe.gov.sg/

Resources for Parents https://www.moe.gov.sg/

https://www.moe.gov.sg/

https://www.moe.gov.sg/

Resources for Parents

Uplifting the Morale

of your Child (6As)

Acceptance

Affirmation / Appreciation

Affection

Availability

Accountability

Authority

Thank you for being the pillar of

support for your child.

Your love for your child will never fail.

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