P6 CURRI CULUM B RI EFI NG 2 0 19 2 6 J A N 2 0 1 9 OVERVIEW - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

P6 CURRI CULUM B RI EFI NG 2 0 19 2 6 J A N 2 0 1 9

OVERVIEW • Introduction • How Parents Can Help • Attendance • Feedback • Attire • Be a Parent Volunteer • Programmes & Events • Communicating Student’s Progress • English Matters • Mathematics Matters • Science Matters • P AM Matters

ATTENDANCE • Punctuality – Report to school in the Pavilion 1 by 7.30am • Silent Reading – Mon/Tues/ Wed: English story book – Thurs/Fri: Mother Tongue book (students exempted from MT may read English story book) • Medical and other leave – Medical Certificate – Parent’s letter or email

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PROGRAMMES & EVENTS - Science Centre Learning J ourney - Level VIA : Entrepreneurial Dare (ED) Fair - PSLE

COMMUNICATING STUDENT’S PROGRESS Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Parent- Mock Tests Mock Tests Holistic Report Teacher Card Meeting Report Book Report Book

ENGLI SH M ATTERS

11/2/2019 ENGLI SH PROGRAMME PRI MARY 6 Language Learning Area STELLAR School-based curriculum  Reading and Viewing • Supported Reading Explicit teaching of reading comprehension skills  • Retelling Newspaper in the EL class  • KWL Self-Selected Reading (includes school library • Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) programme)  Reading & Writing Journal (RWJ) Writing and Representing • Writing Process Cycle (WPC) • Process Writing • Text-Type Writing • 6 Traits of Good Writing • Text-Type Writing • Writer’s Journal / Notebook Speaking and Representing • Effective and purposeful interaction and • Stimulus-based conversation group discussion embedded in all key • ICT-integrated EL lesson (Podcast) strategies Listening and Viewing • Listening and viewing skills for understanding and critical thinking taught through all key strategies using audio and graphic stimuli Grammar Whole-Part-Whole Approach • Explicit teaching of grammar in meaningful context using STELLAR readers Vocabulary Text-Based Approach Working with Words • STELLAR readers • Visual Vocabulary • Spelling (in context) • Text-Based Approach (children’s literature)

STELLAR ST RATEGIES FOR E NGLISH L ANGUAGE L EARNING A ND R EADING STELLAR aims to strengthen both language and reading skills as well as promote a positive attitude towards reading in the foundational years through the use of learner-centred and developmentally appropriate pedagogical approaches using authentic children's literature . 11/2/2019

11/2/2019

EXPLICI T TEACHI NG OF READI NG COM PREHENSION SKI LLS • Through the use of authentic children’s literature, What’s Up newspaper & STELLAR readers • Comprehension Skills & Strategies – Inferring/Summarising etc – Surface & Deep Annotation – Question & Answer Relationship (QAR) – Supported Reading – KWL – Retelling • Reading & Writing Journal (RWJ) – Connect pupils’ thoughts and ideas in response to reading through simple writing tasks relating to text read 11/2/2019

EXPLICIT TEACHING OF READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS M A KI N G REFEREN C E T O T H E SU RFA C E & U SI N G T H E A N N O TAT I O N ST RAT EG Y T O D EEP A N N O TAT I O N M I N I P O ST ERS D U RI N G U N D ERSTA N D A N EW SPA PER A RT I C L E REA D I N G 11/2/2019

TEACHING OF 6 TRAITS OF GOOD W RITING  Traits of Good Writing ◦ Ideas ◦ Organisation ◦ Word Choice ◦ Sentence Fluency ◦ Convention ◦ Voice 11/2/2019

WRITER’S JOURNAL • Encourage students to develop their repertoire of materials for individual writing based on given topics • Encourage students to write extensively to activate schema before their actual individual writing based on given topics https://www.pinterest.com/deb040473/cafe- 11/2/2019 writers-notebook/? lp=true

W ORKI NG W I TH W ORDS: VI SUAL VOCABULARY • Learning about a new word through: – authentic setting, context or reading – understanding the characteristic(s) of the word – making inference about the meaning of the word using contextual clues – visual representation – expansion activities to learn more about the word or other words associated with it 11/2/2019

A SSESSMENT STRUCTURE (PRIMARY 6 ) Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Formative Summative Summative Summative Paper 1: Writing (55 m) Paper 1: Writing (55 m) a.Situational Writing a.Situational Writing b.Continuous Writing Teachers will conduct b.Continuous Writing formative assessments and Paper 2: Language Use & Paper 2: Language Use & provide students with Comprehension (95 m) Comprehension (95 m) constructive feedback via mock tests, PSLE Paper 3: Listening Paper 3: Listening checklists and rubrics. Comprehension (20 m) Comprehension (20 m) Formative assessments are not Paper 4: Oral (30 m) Paper 4: Oral (30 m) weighted. a.Reading Aloud a.Reading Aloud b.Stimulus-based Conversation b.Stimulus-based Conversation 100% 100% (0%) 11/2/2019

A SSESSMENT STRUCTURE (PRI MARY 6 FEL) Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Formative Summative Summative Summative Paper 1: Writing (40 m) Paper 1: Writing (40 m) a.Situational Writing a.Situational Writing b.Continuous Writing Teachers will conduct b.Continuous Writing formative assessments and Paper 2: Language Use & Paper 2: Language Use & provide students with Comprehension (60 m) Comprehension (60 m) constructive feedback via mock tests, PSLE Paper 3: Listening Paper 3: Listening checklists and rubrics. Comprehension (20 m) Comprehension (20 m) Formative assessments are not Paper 4: Oral (30 m) Paper 4: Oral (30 m) weighted. a.Reading Aloud a.Reading Aloud b.Stimulus-based Conversation b.Stimulus-based Conversation 100% 100% (0%) 11/2/2019

HOW TO SUPPORT YOUR CHI LD I N LANGUAGE LEARNI NG?  Encourage your child to read books and other materials such as the newspapers and educational magazines.  Encourage your child to talk about the book or article that he/she has just read.  Ask him/her to explain his/her inferences and support them with contextual clues.  Ask him/her to retell or summarise what he or she has just read.  Encourage your child to look up the meaning of new and challenging words in the dictionary. Get him or her to construct his or her own sentence using the new word learnt to demonstrate his or her understanding of the word. 11/2/2019

USEFUL LINKS Ministry of Education http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/syllabuses/languages English Language -and-literature/files/english-primary-secondary- Syllabus 2010 express-normal-academic.pdf Cambridge http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ Dictionary O xford Dictionaries http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/ Teaching That Makes http://www.ttms.org Sense – 6 Traits of Good W riting (Steve Peha) 11/2/2019

M ATHEM ATI CS M ATTERS

Mathematics Curriculum Approach

3 PHASES OF LEARNING • Readiness – • Prior Knowledge • Motivating contexts • Learning environment • Engagement – Activity-based learning – Teacher-directed inquiry – Direct instruction • Mastery – Motivated Practice – Reflective Review – Extended Learning

I NSTRUCTI ONAL PROGRAM M ES ( OVERVI EW ) • P6 MathsOlympiad-& E2K Programme Math O lympiad and E2K training provide opportunities for the High Progress students to be stretched in their thinking capacity Throughout the year, they participate in external competitions and carnivals. • Improving Confidence and Achievement in Numeracy (ICAN) ICAN is an MO E programme to raise confidence and improve Maths achievement of middle and low progress learners • Remediation Remedial is scheduled on Monday and it serve as a platform for teachers to work with students in a smaller group so any misconceptions can be addressed.

P6 ASSESSMENT STRUCTURE 2 0 19 Overall Weighting (100% ) SA1 SA2 Level Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 P6 Mock W ritten 100 Mock W ritten 100 N A N A (Standard) test Paper marks test Paper marks (0%) (0%) (0%) (Prelim) (100%) P6 Mock W ritten 90 marks Mock W ritten 90 marks N A N A (Foundation test Paper (0%) test Paper (100%) ) (0%) (0%) (Prelim)

20 19 PSLE STANDARD MATHEMATI CS: EXAM FORMAT N umber of N umber of N umber Paper Booklet Item Type marks per Duration questions of marks question 10 1 10 A Multiple-choice 5 2 10 1 1h 5 1 5 B Short-answer 10 2 20 Short-answer 5 2 10 2 1h 30 min Structured/ 12 3,4,5 45 Long-answer Total 47 - 100 2h 30 min N ote: The use of an approved calculator is allowed in Paper 2.

20 19 PSLE FOUNDATI ON MATHEMATI CS: EXAM FORMAT N umber N umber of N umber Paper Booklet Item Type of marks per of marks Duration questions question 10 1 10 A Multiple-choice 1 10 2 20 1h B Short-answer 10 2 20 Short-answer 10 2 20 2 1h Structured 6 3,4 20 Total 46 - 90 2h N ote: The use of an approved calculator is only allowed in Paper 2.