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Woodlands Ring Primary School
Primary 6 Parents’ Briefing
Science Department
18.1.2019
1. Department Outcome
2. Science Assessment Structure
3. Supporting Our Children
Contents
Every pupil to be an
Inquiring Learner
and
Ethical Practitioner
Department Outcome
Science Assessment
Structure
Booklet A
- 28 Multiple-choice questions
- 2 marks per question
- Total of 56 marks
Duration of Paper: 1 hour 45 minute
Total Possible Score: 100 marks
Format of the Science Paper
(Standard)
Booklet B- 12 to 13 Open-ended
questions
- 2, 3, 4 and 5 marks
- Total of 44 marks
Booklet A
- 18 Multiple-choice questions
- 2 marks per question
- Total of 36 marks
Duration of Paper: 1 hour 15 minute
Total Possible Score: 70 marks
Format of the Science Paper
(Foundation)
Booklet B- 13 Structured and Open –
ended questions
- 2, 3, 4 marks
- Total of 34 marks
Topics
• Knowledge with Understanding
– Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of scientific facts,
concepts and principles.
• Application of knowledge and Process Skills
– Apply scientific facts, concepts and principles to new situations
– Interpret information (including pictorial, tabular and graphical)
and investigate using one or a combination of the following
process skills:
Assessment Focus
• Generating Possibilities
• Formulating hypothesis
• Communicating
• Inferring
• Predicting
• Analysing
• Evaluating
Assessment Focus
Concept:
Understanding the
functions of the different
parts of the digestive
system.
Knowledge with Understanding
Assessment Focus
Application of knowledge and Process Skills
Context is given in
the question
Assessment Focus
Concept:
Poor heat conductor
slows down heat
flowing through them.
Process skills:
1) Interpreting
information from
graph
2) Inferring
Supporting Our Children
Science Answering Technique
What can you do
• S – Study the question carefully
• H – Highlight the keywords
• I – Identify the Science concepts
• N – Note it down
• E – Explain the answer with the appropriate Scientific terms
Science Answering
Technique – S.H.I.N.E
Science Answering technique – S.H.I.N.E (MCQ)
Science Answering technique – S.H.I.N.E
(Open-ended)
1. Revise to reinforce concepts, knowledge and
improve retention:
– Textbook & Activity Book
– Science Learning Log/Revision Guide
2. Learn from mistakes
– Take down notes and copy explanations
– Corrections in Workbooks, CA, SA. Topical
Worksheet, Process Skills Worksheet,
Supplementary Worksheets, Practice Papers
– Proper filing
3. Complete homework on time
What you can do to help…Ensure your child
4. Support school programmes:
– Attend supplementary / remedial lessons / Science Coaching Programme
5. Help your child to be interested in Science
Expand and Explore!
– Watch Science-related videos (YouTube)
– Read books and magazines on Science
– Find out more from web resources:
BBC Science, National Geographic and etc.
What you can do to help…
Science Useful Links
Thank You!
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