Cambridge Primary Checkpoint is designed to help students learn by providing comprehensive feedback on their strengths and weaknesses in the key curriculum areas – English, mathematics and science.

The tests are exclusively available to schools that offer Cambridge Primary and are generally taken at the end of the final year of the programme. They are marked by Cambridge and provide schools with an international benchmark for learner performance. Each learner receives a statement of achievement and a diagnostic feedback report, giving schools invaluable information and parents extra trust in the feedback they receive.

We hold two Cambridge Primary Checkpoint test series each year, covering all major areas of learning in the Cambridge Primary curriculum frameworks for English, mathematics and science.

Cambridge Primary Checkpoint Tests

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Why use Cambridge Primary Checkpoint Tests at ISM?

• They provide an international benchmark that enables both individual students and the Primary School team to monitor current attainment and identify future needs.

• To provide objective feedback on the attainment and progress of our students at ISM, which can help to inform future teachers.

• Cambridge International Examinations also produce the Year 9 Checkpoint exams and the IGCSEs (Year 11). This helps build continuity and progression across the school.

• At ISM we follow the Cambridge International Primary Curriculum for English for Years 1-6. These tests relate directly to what the students have been learning in class.

• To monitor attainment in Mathematics since the introduction of the Singapore Maths Programme.

When will the tests take place?

The tests will take place during the week beginning Tuesday 23rd April.

What will the school be doing to help my child prepare for these tests?

• Nearly all of what your child will be tested on has already been covered in class as part of our English and Maths curriculum.

• We, as teachers, have identified content that has not yet been covered and will be covering this in class over the coming weeks.

• We will also be going through past papers and helping to familiarisethe children with working under test conditions.

What can you, as parents, do to help your child prepare for these tests?

• Look through past sample papers with your child.

• Support them with the written tasks that they will be completing for homework over the next few weeks.

• Reassure them that whilst we want to see them give their very best, we, as adults, fully understand the pressures of tests, and that their results will not define their entire Year 6! Their efforts and achievements across the whole year will also be taken into account.

• Reassure them that the purpose of these tests is to find out just how much they have learned and how we can best help them in the future.

• This is an opportunity to show just how much they know and can do. We are not trying to catch them out!

The Tests

ENGLISH

• 2 papers (1 fiction and 1 non-fiction)• 1 hour for each paper

Students will be tested on their ability to do the following:

Reading

• Demonstrate understanding of implicit meaning in texts.• Recognise conventions and evaluate viewpoint, purpose, themes and

ideas in texts.• Explain, comment on and analyse the way writers use stylistic and other

features of language and structure in texts.• Demonstrate understanding of explicit meaning in texts.Writing

• Select and develop content and use register and language appropriate to genre, purpose and audience.

• Use a range of sentence structures and punctuation accurately to convey meaning and create particular effects.

• Use accurate spelling.• Structure and organise ideas coherently using sections or paragraphs.

Writing Mark Scheme

The Tests

MATHEMATICS

• Probability• Tables and Graphs• Area and Perimeter• Length, Mass and Capacity• Position and Movement (Co-ordinates and translations)• Shapes and Geometric Reasoning (2D and 3D Shapes, Angles)• Time (timetables, calendars, duration of time)• Calculation• Numbers and the number system

Students will be tested on their ability in the following areas:

• 2 papers (1 non calculator and 1 calculator allowed)• 45 minutes for each paper

REVISION MATERIALS

ENGLISH

REVISION MATERIALS

MATHEMATICS

GRADING OF CHECKPOINT EXAMS

PASS

FAIL

PAST RESULTS

Percentage of Students achieving Good or Above

2015 = 85.5%2016 = 86%2017 = 88%2018 = 89%

PAST RESULTS

PAST RESULTS

Percentage of Students achieving Good or Above

2015 = 82.5%2016 = 81%2017 = 80%2018 = 87.5%

PAST RESULTS

INTERNATONAL AVERAGE SCORES VERSUS ISM AVERAGE SCORESAverages ENGLISH READING USAGE WRITING

2015 Int. Av. 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7

ISM Average 4.4 4.0 4.5 4.6

2016 Int. Av. 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6

ISM Average 4.4 4.2 4.4 4.6

2017 Int. Av. 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6

ISM Average 4.4 4.1 4.4 4.5

2018 Int. Av. 3.7 3.7 - 3.7

ISM Average 4.6 4.4 - 4.6

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Checkpoint English Results 2015-2018

Averages MATHS GEOMETRY/ MEASURES

HANDLING DATA

NUMBER

2015 Int. Av. 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8

ISM Average 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.5

2016 Int. Av. 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8

ISM Average 4.3 4.0 3.7 4.5

2017 Int. Av. 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8

ISM Average 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4

2018 Int. Av. 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.7

ISM Average 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.7

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Checkpoint Maths Results 2015-2018

INTERNATONAL AVERAGE SCORES VERSUS ISM AVERAGE SCORES

Évaluations Nationale FrançaisesYear 6 French National Exams

Ø Les examens de l’Éducation Nationale ont été conçus par la ministère pour évaluer le niveau des enfants en fin d’école primaire (CM2 en France, classe6 à l’ISM).

Ø En France, ils ne sont pas obligatoires (è c’est moi qui les corrige).

Ø Comme ce sont des examens externes, ils nous permettent d’évaluer de manière objective les apprentissages des enfants (depuis le début de l’écoleprimaire).

Ø Nos programmes étant basés sur ceux de l’Éducation Nationale, cesexamens s’inscrivent parfaitement dans le processus d’apprentissage de vosenfants.

Ø Ils auront lieu du 13 au 17 mai.

(FRANÇAIS – maths)

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FRANÇAIS

• Examen divisé en 3 parties• 1 heure pour chaque partie• Réussite : + 50 %

Les élèves seront évalués sur toutes les compétences du programme grâce à des exercices de difficulté variée :

Ø La lecture (compréhension)

Ø L’expression écrite (contenu, structure, orthographe, grammaire, conjugaison)

Ø Leurs connaissances spécifiques

* en orthographe (dictée, par exemple)* en grammaire* en conjugaison

Ø Leur vocabulaire

PAST RESULTS

Comment être prêt pour ces examens ?

Ø Travail régulier toute l’année (faire ses devoirs, étudier ses leçons, …)

Ø Lire régulièrement

Ø Révisions (en classe et comme devoirs)

Ø Examens blancs (fin avril, début mai)