Examination Briefing for P6 Parents Welcome!

Prelim Dates SubjectDate Oral (EL & MT)August EnglishAugust MathematicsAugust Mother TongueAugust ScienceAugust Listening Comprehension (EL & MT)August

PSLE Dates SubjectDate Oral (EL & MT)20, 21 August Listening Comprehension (EL & MT)18 September English1 October Mother Tongue2 October Mathematics5 October Science6October

Examination Briefing for P6 Parents FOUNDATION ENGLISH

ENGLISH LANGUAGEFOUNDATION Paper 1 Composition40m Paper 2 Language Use 60m Paper 3 Listening 20 m Paper 4 Oral Communication 30 m

ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 1 (1 hour 10 min) Part 1 Situational Writing 10 m Part 2 Continuous Writing 30 m Total40 m

ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 1 Part 1: Situational Writing (10 m) examples: formal formal letterpostcard informal informal lettermessage reportspeechnote No change

ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 1 Part 2 : Continuous Writing (30 m) A change from the current item type 4 frames instead of 3 1 st to 3 rd Frame – picture and helping words 4 th Frame – a question mark NEW Format!

ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 2 Language Use & Comprehension (1 hour 20 min) BOOKLET A (MCQ)BOOKLET B Grammar 8 m Form Filling5 m Punctuation 2 m Editing for Grammar6 m Vocabulary 5 m Editing for Spelling6 m Comprehension (Visual Text) 5 m Comprehension (Completion of sentences) 5 m Synthesis3 m Comprehension Cloze5 m Comprehension (Passages A & B) 10 m NEW Format !

ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 3 Listening Comprehension (20 m) The crowd went wild! Everyone was cheering for their favourite athlete. Tom and Nick were cheering for their good friend, Rudy. It was going to be a close race. With seconds to go, Rudy’s arm shot out and touched the edge of the pool. He did it! He was the winner! 12 3 NEW Format !

ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 4 Oral Communication (30 m) Part 1: Reading Aloud (10 m) Ravi walked towards the supermarket two blocks from his house. His mother had told him to buy a carton of milk. “Hmm, which one should I get?” Ravi asked himself as he looked at the rows of milk cartons. He finally made up his mind and reached out for a carton of strawberry-flavoured milk. No change

ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 4 Oral Communication (30 m) Part 2: Stimulus-based Conversation (20 m) This is a merging of Picture Discussion and Conversation NEW Format!

Examination Briefing for P6 Parents MATHEMATICS

Cognitive levels at which pupils will be assessed are broadly classified as follows: Knowledge Comprehension Application & Analysis

PSLE Exam Format PaperItem TypeNo. of questions Duration 1 (50%) MCQ20 1 hr Short-answer10 2 (50%) Calculators allowed Short-answer10 1 hr 15 min Structured/ Long-answer 8 Total482 h 15 min

Examination Format Paper One BookletItem TypeNumber of questions Marks per question Weighting AMCQ10110% 10220% BShort Answer 10220% Total30-50%

Examination Format Paper Two Item TypeNumber of questions Marks per question Weighting Short Answer10220% Structured / Long Answer 83, 4, 530% Total18-50%

Support from School Topical Worksheets Topical Tests Heuristics Remedial / Supplementary

Allow your child to practise their practice papers under examination condition. Discourage your child from using calculators while practising the easy questions. Encourage your child to move onto the next question if they are stuck at a difficult question. Do not provide answers to your child immediately. Select some questions and allow your child to explain to you how he/she derives at the answers. If your child is able to explain his/her thinking process, your child truly understands. Parental Involvement at Home

MATHEMATICS Common Mistakes Notation for dollars and cents = $13 $5 + 80¢ = $ = $5.80x

MATHEMATICS Equating quantities of different units 5m + 80cm = 580 cm = 580x Answering in the units required

MATHEMATICS Equating quantities of different units 5m + 80cm = 580 cm = 580x Answering in the units required

MATHEMATICS Not reducing to the lowest term Wrong use of the equality notation 3 x 2 = = 8

MATHEMATICS Any method/strategy used to solve the problem will be accepted as long as it is logical. It does not mean that only model drawing or guess and check are the only ways.

Examination Briefing for P6 Parents SCIENCE

FOUNDATION STREAM SECTION AMULTIPLE CHOICE 16 Questions 2 Marks each 32 m SECTION B6 – 7 Questions 2/3 Marks 14 m OPEN-ENDED 6 – 8 Questions 2/3/4 Marks 24 m Total duration of paper : 1 h 15 min

SCIENCE 3 Types of Questioning Focus on a single topic Focus on more than 1 topic, under the same theme Focus on more than 1 theme Approximately equal weightage on Life Science and Physical Science

SCIENCE Focus on a single topic “Which part of the bar magnet is the strongest?” Topic: Magnet (Theme: Interactions)

SCIENCE Focus on more than 1 topic, under the same theme Topics: Magnet & Forces, Theme: Interactions

SCIENCE Focus on more than 1 theme Topics: Electricity (Theme: Systems), Magnets (Theme: Interactions) & Energy (Theme: Energy)

SCIENCE Mark allocation for Section B Pupils have to show understanding of concepts and correct application to attain full marks. Case 1: “Mere mentioning of key words with wrong concept or understanding will not be awarded with marks.” Case 2: “Correct application of principles with right concept, even with no mention of key words, can be awarded with the full marks.”

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