Briefing for Parents 2012 - Methodist Girls' School
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<strong>Briefing</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Parents</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
Primary 6<br />
Ms Suhaily
<strong>School</strong> Website<br />
www.mgs.sch.edu.sg
Outline of <strong>Briefing</strong><br />
1. Curriculum Matters & Enrichment<br />
2. Remedial / Supplementary Lessons<br />
3. Character and Citizenship Education<br />
4. Student Leadership Programme
5. PSLE<br />
Outline of <strong>Briefing</strong><br />
- PSLE Special Arrangement<br />
- PSLE Exam Format<br />
- Explanation of T-score<br />
6. Direct <strong>School</strong> Admission (DSA)<br />
7. Important Dates to Note
Curriculum Matters<br />
� Extension of P5 curriculum<br />
� Pull-out classes
Primary 6<br />
Enrichment Programmes
Curriculum Matters<br />
(English)<br />
� Literature: Introduction to<br />
Shakespeare<br />
� Little Red Dot<br />
� distributed on Tuesdays<br />
� free copy of Straits Times included
� Mathematics<br />
Curriculum Matters<br />
(Mathematics)<br />
� Olympiad Training Programme <strong>for</strong><br />
selected high ability pupils
� Science<br />
Curriculum Matters<br />
(Science)<br />
� Focus on teaching process skills and<br />
answering techniques <strong>for</strong> examination<br />
questions
� Chinese Creative & Enrichment<br />
Writing Course<br />
- 10 sessions in Semester 1<br />
- 1 h 30 min per session<br />
conducted after school<br />
Curriculum Matters<br />
(Chinese)<br />
� Learning Journey – Sun Yat Sen<br />
Nanyang Memorial Hall
Chinese Cultural and<br />
Language Camp<br />
- <strong>for</strong> Primary 6 pupils on<br />
19 June<br />
Curriculum Matters<br />
(Chinese)
(Semester 1)<br />
� Tamil Language Arts and Cultural Camp<br />
(Semester 2)<br />
� Language Trail at Sentosa<br />
Curriculum Matters<br />
(Tamil Language)
(Semester 1)<br />
Curriculum Matters<br />
(Malay Language)<br />
� Malay Language Fortnight Programme<br />
� Malay Language Arts and Cultural Camp<br />
(Semester 2)<br />
� Learning Journey to Istana Kampung Glam<br />
and Arab Street
� Art<br />
Curriculum Matters<br />
� Batik Painting<br />
� Music<br />
� Guitar<br />
(Others)
After-<strong>School</strong> Lessons
After-<strong>School</strong> Lessons<br />
Subject Day Time<br />
Science Remedial Tuesday 2 – 3 p.m.<br />
Science Supp Tuesday 2 – 3 p.m.<br />
MT Supp Wednesday 2 – 3 p.m.<br />
Higher MT Wednesday 2 – 4.00 p.m.<br />
Maths Remedial Thursday 2 – 3 p.m.<br />
English Remedial Friday 2 – 3 p.m.
Transport after CCA & Remedial<br />
3.10 pm Mr Tan Bee Soon<br />
4.10 pm<br />
After hours<br />
96793168<br />
Mr Lim Chee Kwang<br />
96884986
Primary 6<br />
Character & Citizenship<br />
Education
Character & Citizenship Education<br />
Leadership/<br />
Enterprise<br />
Leadership<br />
Development<br />
Programme<br />
Rock Climbing<br />
Citizenship Personal & Social<br />
Learning<br />
Journeys<br />
NE Quiz<br />
CIP<br />
Form Teacher Guidance<br />
Period<br />
Sexuality Education<br />
ICT Enrichment<br />
Programme<br />
Social Etiquette /<br />
Personal Grooming
GEL(FTGP)<br />
SEL Lessons<br />
Tr-Pupil<br />
Conferencing<br />
Servant<br />
Leadership<br />
Practical<br />
Lifeskills<br />
Character<br />
First<br />
Programme<br />
Character Formation Programme<br />
SEL<br />
Character<br />
First<br />
T-PC<br />
Character<br />
& Citizenship<br />
lesson Chapel<br />
Core<br />
Values<br />
Personal<br />
Qualities as an<br />
evaluation tool<br />
Devotions<br />
GEL<br />
CME<br />
Teachable<br />
Moments<br />
Partnership:<br />
<strong>Parents</strong> teach<br />
Character First<br />
MOE : FTGP<br />
& CME<br />
resources<br />
Church:<br />
Chaplain<br />
CMS: co-ordinate<br />
Chapel, Moral Ed
Nurturing Good Values<br />
Master – knowledge & skills<br />
Grow – opportunities to practise skills<br />
Serve – show & just do IT (Internalise<br />
Truths learnt; desire to do good)
Themes :<br />
MGS<br />
Leadership Programme<br />
• Qualities of a leader<br />
• Developing leadership traits
Leadership / Enterprise<br />
• Leadership Development<br />
Programme<br />
- Team Building<br />
- Decision Making Skills
Leadership / Enterprise<br />
•Rock Climbing
� Learning Journey to Little<br />
India (follow-up Social Studies<br />
project)<br />
� NE Quiz – compulsory<br />
Citizenship
Citizenship –<br />
Community Involvement Programme<br />
(CIP)<br />
� Theme : Caring <strong>for</strong> the Elderly / Needy<br />
� Donating, Packing & Distribution of<br />
food items to the needy<br />
� Each student to complete at least 6<br />
hours of CIP
Personal & Social – Sexuality<br />
Education<br />
Sexuality Education Programme<br />
(The Growing Years Series)<br />
This is a follow-up to the programme the girls<br />
had in Pr 5.<br />
•Prepares students <strong>for</strong> puberty and adolescence<br />
•Teachers will carry out the workshops.<br />
•Topics – Love vs Infatuation, Body Image
Personal & Social Skills –<br />
• Microsoft Excel<br />
ICT Programme<br />
• Photo editing using Adobe Photoshop
Examination Matters
PSLE Special Arrangements<br />
Requests <strong>for</strong> Special Arrangements / Consideration<br />
• For candidates with physical or learning disabilities which<br />
may affect their per<strong>for</strong>mance in the examination.<br />
• All applications must be accompanied by a medical report<br />
(last 3 years) from qualified professionals.<br />
• Such provision involves candidates taking the<br />
examination under a different condition and her certificate<br />
will be annotated.
PSLE Examination Format
Paper Components<br />
Paper 1<br />
Paper 2<br />
PSLE English Language<br />
Situational Writing<br />
Continuous Writing<br />
Language Use<br />
Comprehension<br />
Weighting<br />
(%)<br />
Marks Duration<br />
27.5 55 1h 10 min<br />
47.5 95 1h 50 min<br />
Listening Comprehension 10 20<br />
Oral Communication 15 30<br />
Total 100 200
Paper Components<br />
Paper 1<br />
Paper 2<br />
PSLE Foundation English Language<br />
Situational Writing<br />
Continuous Writing<br />
Language Use<br />
Comprehension<br />
Listening<br />
Comprehension<br />
Weighting<br />
(%)<br />
Marks Duration<br />
26.7 40 1h 10 min<br />
40 60 1h 20 min<br />
13.3 20<br />
Oral Communication 20 30<br />
Total 100 200
Paper Booklet Item Type<br />
1<br />
2<br />
A<br />
B<br />
Calculator<br />
Allowed<br />
PSLE Mathematics<br />
Multiplechoice<br />
Short-answer<br />
No. of<br />
qns<br />
No. of<br />
marks<br />
per qn<br />
10 1 10%<br />
5 2 10%<br />
10 1 10%<br />
5 2 10%<br />
Short-answer 5 2 10%<br />
Structured/<br />
Long-answer<br />
13 3, 4, 5 50%<br />
Weighting Duration<br />
50 min<br />
1h 40min<br />
Total 48 - 100% 2h 30min
PSLE Foundation Mathematics<br />
Paper Booklet Item Type<br />
1<br />
2<br />
A<br />
B<br />
Calculator<br />
Allowed<br />
Multiplechoice <br />
Shortanswer <br />
Shortanswer<br />
Structured<br />
/<br />
Longanswer<br />
No. of<br />
qns<br />
No. of<br />
marks<br />
per qn<br />
10 1 10%<br />
10 2 20%<br />
10 2 10%<br />
10 2 10%<br />
8 3, 4, 5 50%<br />
Weighting Duration<br />
1h<br />
1h 15min<br />
Total 48 - 100% 2h 15min
PSLE Mathematics<br />
� Calculator is allowed <strong>for</strong> Paper 2<br />
Casio FX82AU<br />
http://www.seab.gov.sg/<br />
Models used<br />
Casio FX95 SG Plus
Booklet Item type<br />
PSLE Science<br />
Number of<br />
questions<br />
Number of<br />
marks per<br />
question<br />
A MCQ 30 2 60%<br />
B<br />
Openended<br />
16 2, 3, 4 40%<br />
Weighting Duration<br />
1h 45 min<br />
Total 46 - 100% 1h 45 min
Booklet Item type<br />
PSLE Foundation Science<br />
Number of<br />
questions<br />
Number of<br />
marks per<br />
question<br />
A MCQ 16 2 45.7%<br />
B<br />
Structured<br />
Openended<br />
6 – 8<br />
6 - 8<br />
2 – 3<br />
2 - 4<br />
Weighting Duration<br />
54.3%<br />
1h 15 min<br />
Total Approx 30 - 100% 1h 15 min
PSLE Mother Tongue<br />
Paper Components<br />
Weighting<br />
(%)<br />
No. of<br />
items<br />
Marks Duration<br />
Paper 1 Composition 20 1 40 50 min<br />
Paper 2 Language Use<br />
Comprehension<br />
Listening<br />
Comprehension<br />
Oral<br />
Communication<br />
45 43 90 1h 40 min<br />
10 15 20<br />
25 3 50<br />
Total 100 62 200
PSLE Higher Mother Tongue<br />
Paper Components Weighting (%)<br />
No. of<br />
Questions<br />
Duration<br />
Paper 1 Composition 40 1 50 min<br />
Paper 2<br />
Language Use<br />
Comprehension<br />
Total 100 38<br />
60 37 1h 20 min
PSLE - a placement exam<br />
• Need to reflect the relative achievement level of pupils<br />
among their peers<br />
• Places pupils into different courses according to their<br />
academic ability<br />
• Enables posting to secondary schools by merit and as<br />
far as possible into a school of their choice
PSLE Aggregate Score
PSLE Aggregate Score<br />
What is it ?<br />
• the sum of the pupil’s T-scores<br />
in all 4 subjects
PSLE Aggregate Score<br />
What is it ?<br />
• Different subjects have<br />
different levels of difficulty<br />
• The spread of marks from the<br />
average mark, i.e. the<br />
standard deviation<br />
(spread = standard deviation)<br />
also differs
Set A: 30, 40, 50, 60, 70<br />
Set B: 35, 45, 50, 55, 65<br />
PSLE Aggregate Score<br />
What is SPREAD ?<br />
30 40 50 60 70<br />
35 45 50 55 65
A need <strong>for</strong> standardisation of<br />
the raw scores<br />
PSLE Aggregate Score<br />
Raw scores to T-Score<br />
Trans<strong>for</strong>med Score<br />
or T-Score
PSLE Aggregate Score<br />
Why is T-score necessary?<br />
• The raw mark obtained in the<br />
exam only shows how good the<br />
pupil is in that subject.<br />
• The T-score gives the relative<br />
position of a pupil’s<br />
per<strong>for</strong>mance as compared to<br />
the per<strong>for</strong>mance of all the<br />
other pupils in that subject
PSLE Aggregate Score<br />
Example<br />
H U R R A Y !<br />
I scored 85% in<br />
both English<br />
and Mother<br />
Tongue !<br />
Sarah
What is it ?<br />
PSLE Aggregate Score<br />
Sarah scores 85% in both EL and MT<br />
Her per<strong>for</strong>mance in MT<br />
is very close to that of<br />
other pupils<br />
She did much better<br />
in EL as compared to<br />
other pupils<br />
EL<br />
MT<br />
85%<br />
0 EL ave<br />
100<br />
MT ave<br />
= 60
PSLE Aggregate Score<br />
Conversion to T-Score<br />
T-Score<br />
EL MT<br />
85% 85%<br />
ave = 60<br />
50<br />
ave = 80<br />
T-Score converts average mark of each subject to a common<br />
score of 50 points. It also converts other marks taking into<br />
consideration the extent to which they differ from the average and<br />
the size of spread of the marks around the average.
PSLE Aggregate Score<br />
T-Score calculation<br />
How is T-Score calculated <strong>for</strong><br />
each subject?<br />
T<br />
=<br />
(X<br />
50 + 10<br />
- Y)<br />
Z<br />
where<br />
X: pupil’s mark <strong>for</strong> the subject<br />
Y: average mark (mean) scored by all<br />
pupils<br />
Z: standard deviation
PSLE Aggregate Score<br />
T-Score calculation<br />
Example:<br />
• Pupil’s mark (X) in exam = 50.0<br />
• Average mark (Y) scored by<br />
all pupils = 63.5<br />
• Standard deviation = 9.4<br />
T = 50 + 10 (50 – 63.5)<br />
= 35.64<br />
9.4
PSLE Aggregate Score<br />
Aggregate Score<br />
Example:<br />
Subject Total Mark Weighting T-Score<br />
EL 200 170 25% 65<br />
MT 200 152 25% 51<br />
Maths 100 75 25% 52<br />
Science 100 76 25%<br />
53<br />
Aggregate: 221
Direct<br />
<strong>School</strong> Admissions<br />
(DSA)
• DSA briefing <strong>for</strong> P6 MGS pupils<br />
• Sat, 19 May <strong>2012</strong><br />
Direct <strong>School</strong>s Admission (DSA)<br />
• Pupils with one or more talents<br />
in the following categories will<br />
be invited to apply through DSA<br />
to MGS Sec:<br />
- Sports<br />
- Music Elective Programme<br />
- Dance
Sophia Blackmore Class<br />
� SBC admission exercise <strong>for</strong> MGS<br />
Primary students<br />
� MGS P6 SBC Hast Test<br />
- 22 June <strong>2012</strong>
Important Dates (Pr 6)<br />
� Meet the <strong>Parents</strong> Session<br />
� ICAS<br />
� Extra Lessons<br />
� <strong>School</strong> Examinations<br />
� PSLE
Meet the <strong>Parents</strong> Session<br />
� Saturday 24 March <strong>2012</strong><br />
� Reservations online
International Competitions &<br />
Assessments <strong>for</strong> <strong>School</strong>s (ICAS)<br />
Paper Dates<br />
Computer Skills 10 April<br />
Science 24 April<br />
Writing 27 June<br />
English 17 July<br />
Mathematics 31 July
June Term Break<br />
Holiday Schedule<br />
Extra Lessons<br />
• Regular lessons from 18 - 22 Jun <strong>2012</strong>,<br />
8.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.<br />
September Term Break<br />
• Intensive revision from 5 – 7 Sep <strong>2012</strong>
Examination Dates<br />
Examination Dates Item<br />
Continual<br />
Assessment 1<br />
Semestral<br />
Assessment 1<br />
Preliminary<br />
Examination<br />
27 Feb – 2 Mar Written Exam<br />
19 Apr P6 Oral<br />
25 & 26 Apr Composition Exam<br />
8-14 May SA1 Exam<br />
27 Jul Oral<br />
3 Aug Listening Comprehension<br />
21 – 27 Aug Prelim Exam
PSLE Examination Dates <strong>2012</strong><br />
Date Item<br />
16 – 17 Aug PSLE EL/MT Oral Exam<br />
14 Sep PSLE Listening Comprehension<br />
27 Sept – 3 Oct PSLE Written Exam
Introduction of Key<br />
Personnel and<br />
Subject Teachers in P6
Level Advisor<br />
Head / IT & MRL<br />
Mrs Annie Fong<br />
Level Head English and<br />
Head English (covering)<br />
Ms Shamini Menon<br />
Key Personnel in P6<br />
Senior Teacher<br />
Mrs Sim Lee Hong<br />
Level Head Math (covering)<br />
Mrs Sharon Chua
Subject Teachers P6.1<br />
Math Math English English,<br />
Science<br />
Mrs Lily Teo<br />
(Form<br />
Teacher)<br />
Foundation<br />
Maths<br />
Mrs Seah<br />
Kar Min<br />
Mrs Annie<br />
Fong<br />
(Co-Form<br />
Teacher)<br />
Physical<br />
Education<br />
Ms Shamini<br />
Menon<br />
(Co-Form<br />
Teacher)<br />
Mrs Jean Lee Mrs Soo<br />
Ai Kim<br />
Mrs Chan<br />
Leng Leng<br />
Chinese Social<br />
Studies<br />
Mrs Chan<br />
Lai Har<br />
Science Art<br />
Mrs David Mrs Rita<br />
James<br />
Music<br />
Ms Claire Ling
Maths,<br />
Health Education,<br />
Social Studies<br />
Mrs Ho Yee Yong<br />
(Form Teacher)<br />
Science<br />
Subject Teachers P6.2<br />
English Chinese Language Tamil Language<br />
Mrs Annie Fong<br />
Miss Rebekah Foong<br />
(Co-Form Teacher)<br />
Art & Craft Physical Education<br />
Mrs Joan Ng Mrs Evangeline Tan Mrs Christina Loh<br />
Mdm Uma
English, Math,<br />
Health Education,<br />
Social Studies<br />
Ms Suhaily<br />
(Form Teacher)<br />
English, Science<br />
Subject Teachers P6.3<br />
Math Chinese Language Art & Craft<br />
Mrs Annie Fong<br />
Mdm Zhang Qiaoming Ms Charis Ooi<br />
Science Physical Education<br />
Mrs Chan Leng Leng Mrs Ho Yee Yong Mrs Jean Lee<br />
(Co-Form Teacher)
English, Math,<br />
Social Studies,<br />
Art<br />
Mrs Sim Lee Hong<br />
(Form Teacher)<br />
Subject Teachers P6.4<br />
Science Chinese Language Higher Chinese<br />
Mrs Julia Lee<br />
Co-Form Teacher Physical Education Health Education<br />
Mdm Norbi Mrs Eileen Ong Mrs Ho Yee Yong<br />
Mdm Ang Geok Peng Mdm Liu Biting
English, Music,<br />
Social Studies<br />
Mrs Tham Yuan<br />
Hwee<br />
(Form Teacher)<br />
English,<br />
Science<br />
Mrs Chan Leng<br />
Leng<br />
(Co-Form<br />
Teacher)<br />
Subject Teachers P6.5<br />
Chinese Higher<br />
Chinese<br />
Ms Tan<br />
May Lin<br />
Science Foundation<br />
Mathematics<br />
Mrs Joan Ng Mrs Seah<br />
Kar Min<br />
Mdm Sun Hui Mrs Sharon<br />
Chua<br />
Math Physical<br />
Education<br />
Mrs Christina<br />
Loh<br />
Math Health<br />
Education<br />
Mrs Annie<br />
Fong<br />
Tamil<br />
Mdm Uma<br />
Art<br />
Ms Suhaily Ms Charis Ooi
Maths, Music, Health<br />
Education, Social<br />
Studies<br />
Mrs Sharon Chua<br />
(Form Teacher)<br />
Subject Teachers P6.6<br />
English Chinese Language Higher Chinese<br />
Mrs Tham Yuan Hwee Mdm Ang Geok Peng Mdm Sun Hui<br />
Science Art Physical Education Co-Form Teacher<br />
Mrs Ho Yee Yong Ms Charis Ooi Mrs Jean Lee Mdm Siti Suhana
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