Talk for Primary 6 Parents Friday 25 January 2019 Programme - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Talk for Primary 6 Parents

Friday 25 January 2019

Programme

• Preparation for PSLE
• PSLE T-score
• Selection of Secondary Schools

PREPARATION FOR PSLE

Teachers identify important content and finish syllabus by Term 2 give students lots of practice  PSLE style questions  past-year PSLE questions / questions from other schools give rememdial/supplementary lessons

PREPARATION FOR PSLE

Parents can  Support the teacher’s approach and programme  expect there will be a lot more homework esp for P6  Support the remedial/supp programme

Parents’ support

• Encourage your child to aim high and be there when

they don’t do well or are discouraged

• Set goals with your child
• Punctuality and attendance
• Ensure your child has a proper study place at home

and encourage him / her to complete all homework

• Ensure your child has the habit of doing his / her own

revision

PSLE T-score

PSLE - A Placement Exam

 Needs to reflect the relative achievement level of students within their peers.  Places students into different courses according to their academic ability  Enables posting to secondary schools by merit and as far as possible into a school of their choice.

The PSLE Aggregate Score

It  Is a sum of scores that incorporates performance

• f students in all 4 subjects

 Is not the raw scores of the subjects  Allows students to be ranked fairly

Why we cannot use raw scores?

• Different subjects have different levels of difficulty
• For 1 subject many students may score around the

average mark while for another many may score above or below the average mark

DOLLY

I scored 85% in both English and Mother Tongue ! H U R R A Y !

Dolly’s Example:  Dolly scores 85% in both EL and MT at the PSLE  The average marks for MT of all students who took the PSLE is 80%.  The average marks for EL of all students who took the PSLE is 60%.

Dolly’s Example  Comparing her results with other students who took the PSLE  Dolly’s MT marks are very close to the others; Dolly’s EL is higher than the others  Therefore Dolly did better in EL compared to MT.

A need for standardisation

• f the raw scores

Transformed Score or T-Score

What is T-Score?

 It gives the relative position of a student’s performance as compared to the performance of all the other students in that subject  The raw mark obtained in the exam only shows how good the student is in that subject, not how good he is as compared to others

How is T-Score calculated for each subject? where X: student’s mark for the subject Y: average mark (mean) scored by all students Z: spread of marks around the average mark (standard deviation)

Z Y)

• (X

10 50 T + =

Example:  Student’s mark (X) in exam = 50.0  Average mark (Y) scored by all students = 68.0  Spread of marks (Z) around the average mark (Y) = 14.0 T = 50 + 10 (50 - 68.0) 14.0 = 37.14

How is the Aggregate Score calculated? By adding the T-Scores of the 4 subjects

Example: Subject Total Mark T-Score EL 200 105 34 CL 200 152 51 Maths 100 67 53 Science 100 58 47 Aggregate T-Score 185

Finally, all students are ranked according to their Aggregate Scores

Selection of Secondary Schools

THE SECONDARY COURSES

 Express Course  Four year course  Students study English, Mother Tongue & a range

• f other subjects

 If the student has done well in MT, can opt to do HMT

THE SECONDARY COURSES

 Normal Academic Course  Four to five year course  Students will study English, Mother Tongue and a range of other subjects  At the end of the fourth year, students will sit for GCE ‘N’ Level Exam  Those who do well will proceed to the fifth year and then sit for the GCE ‘O’ Level Exam

THE SECONDARY COURSES

 Normal Technical Course Four to five year course Students will study English, Basic Mother Tongue and a range of other subjects At the end of the fourth year, they will sit for the GEC ‘N’ Level Exam

This curriculum prepares them for a technical- vocational education at the Institute of Technical Education (ITE).

Rank all PSLE students by their PSLE Scores

285 284 263 240 and below

By Merit :

S1 Posting Method

FULL

284 263

By Choice

285

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

FULL

S1 Posting Method

Posta tal Distric rict Group up Posta tal District rict

After 6 choices……

BONUS POINTS FOR ADMISSION TO SAP SCHOOLS  Top 30% students who pass Higher Chinese Language will be given bonus points for admission to the Special Course in the SAP schools.  Bonus Points:  Distinction 3  Merit 2  Pass 1

Direct-School Admission (DSA)

 Secondary schools such as  Integrated Programme Schools  Independent Schools  Autonomous Schools  Schools with specific ALP/LLP (Niche)  Allowed to take in a certain percentage of students before they take the PSLE exams

Direct-School Admission (DSA)

 These secondary schools set their own criteria such as academic results, CCA achievements and certain skills and talents, etc.  School will inform the students when the DSA exercise starts and parents and students must apply on their to the different schools.

Education & Career Guidance Portal (ECG Portal)

An MOE ECG Portal to all Primary Schools The ECG primary Portal is meant for Primary 5 and 6 students The portal aims to create greater awareness about career options as well as educational pathways available to the students

• Students could explore information featured in the portal

through

• colourful illustrations and personalised avatars
• a series of fun and interactive games that would help them

discover more about their strengths, interests and values in relation to the world of work.

• There is also a “Find your favourite school” search function that

allows students to search for and compare schools that matched their desired criteria such as CCAs, aggregate scores and locations.

Education & Career Guidance Portal (ECG Portal)

Education & Career Guidance Portal (ECG Portal)

• Parents played a key role in influencing their child’s
• decision. It is important for parents to be involved in

their child’s education and career development by guiding them when they made decisions.

• The ECG portal will be a fun tool children could

conduct research with their parents and this would help both parties in gathering information.

ECG Portal for Students - MySkillsFuture

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