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Purpose . Pupils . ExPerience . Professional Development . Partnership.

4 March 2016

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Agenda • Principal’s Presentation

• 2015 PSLE Results

• Overview of PSLE

• Direct School Admission (DSA)

• Secondary One Posting Exercise

• Teach Your Child How To Manage Stress

• Education and Career Guidance portal (www.ecareers.sg)

• Going from Primary to Secondary: What to Expect

http://www.ecareers.sg/

PSLE RESULTS 2015



“The minimum

entry requirement

for popular

secondary schools

was raised by

between two and

eight points this

year.”

The Straits Times

December 24, 2015

“Housewife Anne Tan, 50, thought her son

had a good chance of entering National

Junior College (NJC) based on last year's

cut-off score of 254. This year, it rose to 258.

Her son, 12, whose score was 256, was

posted to his second choice, Anglo-Chinese

School (Independent).”

The Straits Times December 24, 2015

CUT-OFF POINTS UP FOR POPULAR

SECONDARY SCHOOLS

“Secondary

schools told by

MOE not to take

in pupils whose

PSLE scores

don't meet cut-

off”

The Straits Times,

December 29, 2015

“… students are posted to schools

based on objective and transparent

measures of academic merit and

appeals afterwards should be aligned to

these same principles, to be fair to the

other students”.

The Straits Times on December 29, 2015

SEC 1 POSTINGS: HARDER TO

SWITCH SCHOOLS

Overview of the PSLE

BEGINNING WITH THE END IN MIND


Purpose of PSLE

• PSLE is a “placement test”

• Purpose of the PSLE is to:

• Assess pupils’ suitability for secondary education.

• Place them in one of the appropriate secondary school courses, which match their learning pace, ability and inclination.


Terms Related to PSLE

• Grades

• Raw score, T-score, Mean, Standard

Deviation

• PSLE Aggregate Score


The PSLE Results Slip

GRADE

Aggregate

Score


What is the PSLE Grade?

GRADE


PSLE GRADING SYSTEM

(STANDARD SUBJECTS) Grade Mark Range Descriptor

A* > = 91 Has very good understanding of the

subject

A 75 – 90 Has good understanding of the subject

B 60 – 74

C 50 – 59 Has adequate understanding of the

subject

D 35 – 49 Has fair understanding of the subject

E 20 – 34 Has elementary understanding of the

subject

U < 20 Has not met the requirement for the

minimum grade


PSLE GRADING SYSTEM

(FOUNDATION SUBJECTS)

Grade Mark

Range

Descriptor

G1 85-100 Is very good at the subject at the

foundation level

G2 70-84 Is good at the subject at the foundation

level

G3 50-69 Has an adequate grasp of the subject at

the foundation level

G4 30-49 Has an elementary grasp of the subject

at the foundation level

U <30 Has not met the requirements at the

foundation level for the minimum grade

level


What is the PSLE

Aggregate Score?

Aggregate

Score


What is the PSLE

Aggregate Score?

It is a sum of the T-Score

(Transformed Score) of the

4 subjects


What is the T-Score for

each subject? If Pam scores 85% for English and

Science, does it mean that she has

done equally well for the 2 subjects?

• It depends on how all the other pupils in

the cohort fared.

• If the average marks for :

English is 80%; and Science is 55%

Hence there is a need to standardize the raw scores to take into account the relative performance of the cohort.

This is the T-Score


each subject?

The RAW marks are transformed into the

T-score based on a formula using:

• Raw marks

• Mean

• Standard Deviation



each subject?

What is “MEAN” ?

• The MEAN is the average marks scored

by all P6 pupils for a particular subject



each subject? • What is the “STANDARD DEVIATION”

• It refers to how spread out the marks of all the

pupils are

Narrow Wide

Mean : 57 marks Mean : 57 marks

Highest : 62 marks

Lowest : 55 marks Highest : 95 marks

Lowest : 23 marks

SUBJECT A SUBJECT B


each subject? • How is the T-Score calculated?

T = 50 + 10 ( X – Y )

Z

Where

X: Pupil’s mark for the subject

Y: Average mark (mean) scored by all pupils

Z: Spread of marks around the average mark

(Standard Deviation)


What is the T-Score

for each subject?

EXAMPLE

Pupil’s mark (X) in exam = 50

Average mark (Y) scored by

all pupils = 68

Spread of marks (Z) around

the average mark (Y) = 14

T = 50 + 10 (50 – 68) = 37.14

14


What is the PSLE

Aggregate Score?

Aggregate

Score

The Aggregate Score is calculated by

adding up the T-Scores for all the

subjects.


What is the PSLE

Aggregate Score?

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Subject Raw

Score X

Mean Y SD Z T-Score

English 80 50 20 65

Math 90 50 19 71

Science 90 60 15 70

MTL 80 60 15 63

Aggregate Score 263

Courses in Sec Schools

Types of courses in secondary schools:

• Express (E) – 4 years

• Normal Academic or N(A) – 5 years

• Normal Technical or N(T) – 4 years


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Types of Secondary

Schools

• Autonomous Schools (AS)

• Independent Schools (IS)

• Niche Programme Schools

• Special Assistance Plan (SAP) schools



Specialised Independent

Schools

• NUS High School of Maths & Science

• School of Science & Technology

• School of the Arts

• Singapore Sports School


Specialised Schools

• NorthLight School

• Assumption Pathway School

• Crest Secondary School

• Spectra Secondary School


Information on 2016

Direct School Admission-Secondary

(DSA-Sec) Exercise

What is DSA–Sec Exercise? • Introduced in 2004

• Participating schools are given greater flexibility in

selecting students.

• They will be able to select a percentage of their

students for admission outside of the centralised

posting system, via their own admission criteria,

which may include academic and non-academic

achievements and talents.

• Provides students the opportunity to demonstrate

a more diverse range of achievements and talents

in seeking admission to participating schools.


• The DSA-Sec Exercise is NOT a centralised

posting exercise.

• It is an admission exercise to allow participating

secondary schools to select some P6 students

for admission to Secondary One (S1) based on

their achievements and talents before the PSLE

results are released.


• Students successfully allocated to their DSA-Sec

schools will NOT be allowed to participate in the

annual S1 Posting Exercise to opt for secondary

schools and will NOT be allowed to transfer to

another school after the release of the PSLE

results.

• Successful DSA students are expected to honour

their commitments to their posted DSA schools for

the duration of the programme that they are

admitted into.


DISCRETION FOR DSA

TYPES OF SCHOOLS

Specialised Independent Schools (SIS)

Eg NUS High, SOTA, SST

100%

Schools with Integrated Programme (IP) 50%

Independent Schools (IS) without IP 20%

Autonomous Schools (AS) 10%

Schools with distinctive programmes

approved by MOE (SDP) [(include Niche

Programme (NP) / Applied Learning

Programme (ALP) / Learning for Life

Programme (LLP)

5%



Singapore Sports School

(SSP)

• If you have accepted an offer from Singapore

Sports School, you SHOULD NOT exercise any

school preference during the DSA Exercise School

Preference Stage.

• You should continue to take part in the S1 Posting

Exercise,

• If you do exercise your school preference during

the DSA Exercise School Preference Stage, your

earlier SSP offer for your child will be void.

Results Release Stage

(Late November) DSA-Sec school allocation results will be released on the

same day as the release of the PSLE results

If successful in the DSA-Sec application, the pupil will

NOT be eligible to participate in the S1 Posting Exercise to

opt for secondary schools. He/She is also NOT allowed to

transfer to another school.

If unsuccessful, the student will be provided with a S1

Option Form to participate in the S1 Posting Exercise.

Student may opt for schools that did not offer you a place

under the DSA-Sec Exercise, since only a certain

percentage of places in these schools were for the DSA-

Sec Exercise.


List of Secondary Schools Participating in 2016 DSA-Sec

Exercise — for Admission to Secondary One in 2017

• MOE website www.moe.sg/education/admissions/dsa-sec

http://www.moe.sg/education/admissions/dsa-sec



MORE INFORMATIONON

DSA-SEC EXERCISE &

SECONDARY SCHOOLS


• Respective Schools Websites

• sd

SECONDARY ONE

POSTING EXERCISE


Secondary One

Posting Exercise

Sec School Info

Booklet (Term 4)

Collection of PSLE Results / Sec One Option

Exercise

(First week of year-end

school holiday)

Sec One Posting Exercise

(within 5 working

days including

day of release of results)

Collection of Sec One

Posting Results

Choosing a

Secondary School

Factors to consider: • PSLE Aggregate

• Course recommended

• Historical cut-off scores of schools

• Special programmes offered by the secondary schools

• Your child’s academic ability

• Distance from your residential address


Special Programmes in

Secondary Schools (a) Higher Mother Tongue (HMT) Languages -

Higher Chinese/ Higher Malay/ Higher Tamil

• Offer a Mother Tongue Language at PSLE and

• Top 10% cohort or Top 11% - 30% band who meets the language criteria,

• A* grade in MTL or

• at least a Merit in the HMTL

• Eligible pupils will receive the invitation letter to apply together with the release of the PSLE results


(b) Third Language Programmes

Special Programmes in Sec Schools

Category Language Citizenship Course MTL Pre-requisite

1 Malay (Special

Programme)

No restriction

on citizenship

Top 10%,

Express,

Normal

(Academic)

Must not have offered

Malay / Higher Malay

at PSLE

Chinese (Special

Programme)

Must not have offered

Chinese / Higher

Chinese at PSLE

2 Arabic Pupil or parent

must be SC /

SPR

Nil

Bahasa Indonesia Must not have offered

Malay / Higher Malay

at PSLE

3 French / German Top 10% Nil

Japanese Must have offered

Chinese / Higher

Chinese at PSLE

(c) Other Language Programmes

Language

Programme Objective

Elective Programme in

Malay Language for

Sec Schools (EMAS)

Deepen pupil’s understanding

and appreciation of Malay

Language and culture

Regional Studies

Programme (RSP)

Learn about Southeast Asian

culture and contemporary

society


Secondary Schools


(d) Art/ Music Elective Programme (AEP / MEP)

• Applicable to Express course pupils

• Interested eligible pupils advised to select schools

offering the programme among their secondary

school choices

• Upon successful admission to the secondary

school offering the programme subsequently,

pupils to apply for it directly at the school


Secondary Schools



Secondary Schools


(d) Art/ Music Elective Programme (AEP / MEP)

In line with MOE’s approach to grow the potential and talent of students across a wider range of domains, MOE will:

• Extend the Enhanced Arts Programme (EAP) and Enhanced Music Programme (EMP) to seven more schools, and

• b) Appoint three schools that are currently hosting Art Elective Programme (AEP) or Music Elective Programme (MEP) as AEP and MEP centres. These centres will conduct lessons for students from non-AEP/MEP schools.

List of EAP and EMP Schools

Year EAP EMP

Existing EAP/EMP

schools

CHIJ Katong Convent

Nan Chiau High School Ngee Ann

Secondary School

St Andrew’s Secondary School

Chung Cheng High

School (Main)

St Margaret’s Secondary

School

2016 Naval Base Secondary School

Orchid Park Secondary School

Siglap Secondary School

Ahmad Ibrahim

Secondary School

2017 Jurong West Secondary School

New Town Secondary School

Yuhua Secondary School


Secondary Schools

For more details about EAP

and EMP Schools, visit the

following website:

http://www.moe.gov.sg/media/press/2015/05/m

ore-opportunities-for-sec-sch-students-develop-

talent-in-art-music.php


http://www.moe.gov.sg/media/press/2015/05/more-opportunities-for-sec-sch-students-develop-talent-in-art-music.php























(e) Gifted Education School-based Programme

• At secondary level, special provisions made for Gifted Education Programme (GEP) pupils in schools offering Integrated Programme (IP) and GCE ‘O’ Level tracks.

• P6 GEP pupils may opt to study in either tracks.

• Refer to S1 Information Booklet for list of schools offering respective tracks.


Secondary Schools


(f) Integrated Programme (IP)

• Some schools offer the Integrated Programme

(IP) – pupils in IP schools proceed to JC without

taking the GCE O-levels

• The Integrated Programme seeks to stretch

pupils and provide greater breadth in academic

and non-academic areas



Secondary Schools

(f) Integrated Programme (the list is not exhaustive)

IP School Academic Path

*ACS (Independent)

*St Joseph’s Institution

*Methodist Girls School

School of the Arts

International Baccalaureate

(IB) Diploma

NUS High School of Mathematics & Science NUS High School Diploma

Dunman High School

Hwa Chong Institution (Secondary)

Nanyang Girls’ High School

Raffles Institution

Raffles Girls School

River Valley High

*Cedar Girls Secondary

*Victoria School

GCE A-levels

Temasek Junior College

National Junior College

6-Year IP


Secondary Schools

(f) Integrated Programme (IP)

To see the latest list of schools that offer IP, visit the following website:

https://www.moe.gov.sg/education/secondary/other/integrated-programme


Secondary Schools






Eligibility Edusave Entrance Scholarships for IS (EESIS)

• Awarded to Singaporeans who have performed

well in PSLE and admitted to Independent

Schools

• Eligible pupils to receive Eligibility Letter

• Interested eligible pupils advised to select

Independent Schools among their secondary

school choices


Eligibility Special Assistance Plan (SAP) Schools

• Bonus points for admission to SAP schools

• Interested eligible pupils advised to select SAP schools

among their secondary school choices

• Eligible pupils to receive Eligibility Letter

Higher Chinese Grade Bonus Point

Distinction 3

Merit 2

Pass 1


Eligibility

Course Option (for borderline cases)

• Express / Normal Academic Option Band

• Normal Academic / Normal Technical Option

Band

• Pupils in option bands must exercise course

preference


Secondary One

Posting Method

Rank all pupils

by their PSLE Scores 285

284

263

240 and below

By Merit :


By Choice

285

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

A

284 B

243 C

There are many other pupils ranked above Pupil C


Secondary One

Posting Method

After 6 choices…

Manually Posted by PPS

Group Postal District

Postal Sector

Postal District

NOTE :

If there have

been changes in

your address,

please update us

as soon as

possible.


How can Parents Help • Before PSLE, choose the secondary school & set

the GOAL

• Use the SA1 results to determine the current

REALITY

• Decide on how to close or narrow the gaps and

reach the goal – OPTIONS

• Then start working on it – WHAT’S NEXT?

Subject Mean mark Maximum mark Standard

Deviation

English Language 69.7 91.5 11.1

Chinese 67.5 89.0 14.4

Malay 71.3 92.5 13.5

Mathematics 66.7 99.0 22.1

Science 66.5 92.5 16.9

Foundation English 56.1 86.0 18.1

Foundation Chinese 51.3 74.0 16.7

Foundation Malay 72.5 91.0 11.2

Foundation Math 35.6 92.0 22.4

Foundation Science 35.2 70.0 15.8

Higher Chinese 70.5 82.5 6.7

Higher Malay 76.8 83.0 7.8

PROGRESS REPORT - SA1 YEAR 2015

Primary 6

YOU WILL HAVE 6 OPTIONS TO

CHOOSE A SECONDARY SCHOOL

BUT

AFTER THAT

THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL CHOOSE

YOU !!

AFTER THE PSLE 63

P6 ADMINISTRATIVE/

EXAMINATION

MATTERS

Preliminary Examinations PSLE

(Tentative)

Oral

25 & 28 July 2016

Higher MT Papers

12 August 2016

Written Papers

22 to 25 August 2016

Listening Comprehension

26 August 2016

Oral

18 and 19 August 2016

Listening Comprehension

16 September 2016

Written Papers

29 Sep to 5 Oct 2016

Important Dates

https://www.moe.gov.sg/admissions/direct-admissions/dsa-sec/overview

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www.seab.gov.sg

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Contact

P5/6 Year Head – Mrs Shirley Puay

Phone: 6783 1191 Ext 219

Email: [email protected]

Managing PSLE Stress

Mdm Doreen Seow

School Counsellor

1. Managing Expectations

Every child is a STAR

Strengths, Talents, Abilities, Resources

What are his/her fears? Likes/dislikes?

Realistic and Achievable

2. See PSLE in the Right

Perspective

PSLE is an Assessment Tool

Most importantly, we must not destroy

their interest and love for learning

More pathways for our children to

achieving success and life long learning

Caring and conducive home environment

for our children to thrive in

3. Good Efforts = Good

Performance

Praise the efforts made

Continuously encourage and support our

children

Taste the sweetness of success

Self esteem and self confidence

enhanced

4. Love your child anyway

5 Languages of Love

Physical touch

Words of Affirmation

Acts of Service

Giving Gifts

Quality Time

5. Simple Relaxation Techniques

Deep breathing exercise

Progressive muscle relaxation

Relaxing (stress releasing) music

Visualization

Food for Thought

A Day of Worry is more

exhausting than a Week of

Work.

Education and Career

Guidance Talk

Ms Teh Soo Bin

HOD, Pupil Management


Going from Primary to

Secondary: What to Expect

Mdm Lee Lai Yong

Retired Principal



Documents

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