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Welcome to
River Valley Primary School
Download PowerPoint Slides from http//www.riverva
lleypri.moe.edu.sg
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New HOD for Mother Tongue

• Ms Ng Chin Ngoh

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Agenda

• Overview of Subject-Based Banding
• Subject Based Banding at RVPS
• SA2 Exam Format for EL/CL/Science/Math
• Use of Calculators
• Question Answer
• All slides will be available on school website.

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Subject-Based Banding
NURTURING EVERY CHILD
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What Subject-Based Banding means for your child

• Every child will be encouraged to do the subjects
  at the levels that best meet his abilities
• Removal of streams in Primary 5 and 6

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Why introduce Subject-Based Banding?

• To provide more flexibility to pupils with
  strengths and abilities that vary across subjects
• To encourage greater interaction among pupils
  with different strengths

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Why introduce Subject-Based Banding?
We recognise different abilities... and help
each student to proceed at a pace that he can
manage.

• Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam
• Minister for Education

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How does Subject-Based Banding work?
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How does Subject-Based Banding work?
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How does Subject-Based Banding work?
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How does Subject-Based Banding work?
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How does Subject-Based Banding work?
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How does Subject-Based Banding work?
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How does Subject-Based Banding work?
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How does Subject-Based Banding work?
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How does Subject-Based Banding work?
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How will PSLE scores be calculated?

• The PSLE scoring system remains unchanged
• The raw mark for each subject is converted to a
  transformed score (T-score)
• The T-score reflects the pupils standing
  relative to other pupils on a common scale

• The Aggregate Score is the sum of the T-score in
  all subjects
• Each subject carries equal weighting

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How will PSLE scores be calculated?

• The PSLE score takes into account the
• content and demand of each subject
• number of subjects taken

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Subject-Based Banding in RVPS
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Subject-Based Banding in RVPS

• To Strive for the Best
• To encourage students to do a more challenging
  curriculum
• To encourage greater interaction among pupils
  with different strengths

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How does Subject-Based Banding work in RVPS ?
Passes all 4 subjects ( EL, MT, Math, Sc)
and attains 80 marks and above for MT
(overall marks)
4 standard subjects Higher Mother Tongue
Language
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How does Subject-Based Banding work in RVPS ?
Passes 3 or all the 4 subjects ( EL, MT, Math,
Sc)
4 standard subjects
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How does Subject-Based Banding work in RVPS ?
Passes 1 or 2 of the 4 subjects ( EL, MT, Math,
Sc)
2 standard subjects and 2 foundation subjects
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How does Subject-Based Banding work in RVPS ?
Fails all the 4 subjects ( EL, MT, Math, Sc)
4 foundation subjects
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How does Subject-Based Banding work in RVPS ?
Pupils who score 70 and above for Mother Tongue
and at least 50 marks for their HMT
To continue with the same subject combination and
HMT
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How does Subject-Based Banding work in RVPS ?
Pupils who score less than 20 marks in any
standard subject (overall marks )
To switch that subject to foundation level.
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How does Subject-Based Banding work in RVPS ?
All other pupils
To continue with the same subject combination
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Possible Subject Combinations after SA 1, 2007

• 4 standard subjects and HMT(25)
• 4 standard subjects (72)
• 2 standard subjects and 2 foundation subjects
  (2)
• 4 foundation subjects (1)

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Important Dates

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English Language
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Using the language
with Confidence!
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P4 End-Of-Year Examination
Components
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P4 End-Of-Year Examination
Components
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Problem Areas

• Pupils are not familiar with the non-fiction
  texts used in the cloze passages
• SOLUTION
• Exposure to more non-fiction texts and modeling
  by teachers

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Problem Areas 2

• Pupils found it difficult to manage the lengthier
  texts
• SOLUTION
• Taught skills on how to extract salient points
  from the passage

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Problem Areas 3

• Comprehension Cloze
• SOLUTION
• Taught how to manage the information
• Emphasis on sensitivity to tenses

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How you can help them FLY!
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P4 End-Of-Year Examination

• How can you help your child?
• Encourage him to read aloud to you so that his
  fluency and expression develops.
• Remind him to be detailed in his description and
  discuss with him what he has described of the
  scene
• around him.

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P4 End-Of-Year Examination

• How can you help your child? (cont)
• Encourage him to read widely
• Encourage him to write about his thoughts, what
  he sees around him and even stories he has made
  up

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P4 End-Of-Year Examination

• How can you help your child? (cont)
• Point out interesting or useful phrases and
  expressions
• Read with him longer passages to encourage
  persistence
• See that he gets enough rest and sufficient time
  to relax

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Thank You
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• ???? (Monthly Essay Writing )
• ?????????(Weekly Remedial/Supplementary lessons)
• ?????? (Weekly magazine subscription)
• ?????????(Exposed to a range of practice papers,
• Specific worksheets on vocabulary, comprehension
  cloze, open-ended comprehension)
• ???? (Mock Exams before SA2)
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• (Emphasize on oral and listening practices)

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SCIENCE PR 4
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Components
SA2 Written Paper - 60 marks Practical Test
- 20 marks Total - 80 marks
(change to 100)
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Format
SA2 Written Paper MCQs - 15 items 30
marks Open Ended - 10 items 30
marks Total - 25 items 60 marks
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Topics
SA2 Written Paper
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Format
Practical Test (26 July 07) 4 stations - 4 qns
20 marks (1 qn (with sub parts) at each station
5 marks)
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Topics

• Practical Test
• Plants
• Magnets
• Matter
• Water

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Skills

• Practical Test
• Observing
• Comparing
• Classifying
• Measuring using apparatus

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Common Areas of Concern

• Pupils forget previous years (P3) and terms
  topics (terms 1 and 2)
• Pupils do not read the questions carefully and
  are unable to extract key information from the
  questions
• Pupils do not use the appropriate scientific
  terms
• Pupils are unable to explain their answers /
  reasoning

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What school is doing

• Teachers revise the concepts learnt with pupils
  using PowerPoint slides
• Pupils are given practice papers before CAs and
  SAs
• Teachers go through the techniques on how to
  answer certain open-ended questions and what
  scientific terms or phrases to use in the answers
• Teachers go through the steps in answering
  process skills questions, provide process skills
  worksheets
• Remedial lessons (by topics/skills) once a week

• Practical Test
• Observing
• Comparing
• Classifying
• Measuring using apparatus

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What parents can do

• Help children to set personal target
• Ensure that children spend at least 15 to 30 mins
  reading the Science notes daily
• Get children to go through the previous years
  topics, practice papers, worksheets and given
  notes (incl. Student Companion)
• Occasionally test children on what they have
  learnt via concept map, questioning, games etc.
• Get children to find out more about the topics
  via books, Internet etc.

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Thank You
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MATHEMATICS
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Semestral Assessment 2

• Duration
• - 1 hour 45 minutes
• Number of questions
• - 45 questions

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• Level of Difficulty Weighting
• Easy 20 to 40
• Average 50 to 60
• Difficult 20 to 30

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FORMAT OF S A 2
Section A Mental Sums only answers are
required Section B Multiple Choice Choose the
correct answer.

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FORMAT OF S A 2
Section C Short Answer 1 M Question A1 given
for correct answer - 2 M
Question - Relevant method mark (M1) given
if answer is wrong - Give answers according
to units given. Section D Long Answer Relevant
method marks awarded. Marks deducted for -
no unit of measurement - wrong
mathematical
statement


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• CONTENT TO BE ASSESSED
• Whole Numbers -
• Notation and Place Value
• Approximation and Estimation
• Four Operations
• Number Patterns
• Factors and Multiples
• Problems involving Whole Numbers

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• CONTENT TO BE ASSESSEDMeasurement
• Time, Money , Area and Perimeter
• 24-hour clock
• Approximation and Estimation
• Conversion of Units
• Four Operations
• Problems involving Measures
• Composite figures
• Problem Sums

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CONTENT TO BE ASSESSED

• Decimals
• Notation and Place Value
• Up to 3 decimal places
• Approximation and Estimation
• Conversion between Decimals and Fractions
• Four Operations
• Problems Sums

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• CONTENT TO BE ASSESSEDFractions
• Concept of Fractions
• Mixed Numbers Improper Fractions
• Equivalent Fractions
• Addition , Subtraction Multiplication
• Fraction of a set of objects
• Problem Sums

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• CONTENT TO BE ASSESSEDGeometry
• Perpendicular and Parallel Lines
• Angles 8- point Compass
• Properties of Rectangle and Square
• Shapes, Patterns and Symmetry
• Tessellations

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CONTENT TO BE ASSESSED

• Data Analysis
• Tables
• Line Graphs

• Combined Topics
• Problems involving a combination of topics.

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• Common Areas of Concern
• Application of the correct strategies to solve
  problems.
• Reading of angles
• Conversion and the multiplication of Fraction
• Mastery of the Multiplication Tables
• Mistakes in the calculation of time
• Pupils attitude

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• What the school is doing
• Remedial classes
• Extra practise papers for revision
• Worksheets for the application of problem solving
  heuristics (e.g. model drawing and listing.)

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What parents can do

• Ensure children do work given by teachers.
• Help children to master the multiplication
  tables
• Let pupils practise doing revision papers at
  one sitting.
• Ensure children make use of all heuristics
  taught by teachers.

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What parents can do

• Monitor what your childrens tuition teachers are
  teaching or giving them as homework.
• Encourage children to share and reflect on what
  they have been taught in school for that day.

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Thank You
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USE OF CALCULATORS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS
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RATIONALE
Use of Calculators in Primary Mathematics

• Widen the range of teaching and learning
  approaches.
• Achieve a better balance between the emphasis on
  computational skills and problem solving skills.
• Help pupils, particularly those with difficulty
  learning Mathematics, develop greater confidence
  in doing Mathematics.

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IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
Use of Calculators in Primary Mathematics

• 2008 --- P5 Mathematics and P5 Foundation
  Mathematics
• 2009 --- P6 Mathematics and P6 Foundation
  Mathematics

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2007 SYLLABUS
Use of Calculators in Primary Mathematics

• The 4 operations will continue to be emphasized
  at all levels. This will ensure that pupils
  develop basic numeric skills and acquire a strong
  foundation in arithmetic.
• Estimation and mental calculation skills will
  continue to be part of the syllabus, as these
  skills are required to check the reasonableness
  of answers obtained from calculators.

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PREPARATION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION
Use of Calculators in Primary Mathematics

• Teachers are equipped with the knowledge and
  skills to integrate and make effective use of
  calculators.
• Resources materials such as textbooks and
  teaching and learning guide have been updated in
  time for the implementation.

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IMPLEMENTATION IN RVPS
Use of Calculators in Primary Mathematics

• P4 pupils will need to purchase the calculators
  after SA 2.
• Letter will be sent to guide parents on the types
  of calculators to purchase.
• School will work with bookshop to see if
  calculators can be sold in school.
• Pupils will be taught the use of calculators to
  prepare them for P5.

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CALCULATORS IN PSLE
Use of Calculators in Primary Mathematics

• To align the assessment with the curriculum,
  calculators will be allowed in one part of the
  PSLE Mathematics and Foundation Mathematics from
  2009.

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CHANGES IN PSLE FORMAT
Use of Calculators in Primary Mathematics

• Paper 1 Non-calculator component to ensure that
  important computational skills continue to
  receive emphasis
• Paper 2 allows the use of calculators

Both papers will be taken on the same day with an
administrative break between the paper.
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TYPES OF CALCULATORS
Use of Calculators in Primary Mathematics

• Only calculators that are approved by the
  Singapore Examinations Assessment Board (SEAB)
  will be allowed in the examination.
• The list of calculators is available on SEABs
  website
• http//www.seab.gov.sg/SEAB/psle/GuidelinesCalcula
  tors.pdf

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Question Answer
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Thank You.