CURRICULUM BRIEFING 2018

20 JAN 2018

OVERVIEW• Introduction• Attendance• Attire• Revisions & Assignments• Administrative Matters• School Programmes• Communicating Pupils’

Progress

• Mathematics Matters• English Matters• Science Matters• How Parents Can Help• Safety and Security• Other Matters• FAQ• Online Feedback • Partnership with Parents

G E N E R A L S C H O O L M AT T E R S

ATTENDANCE• Punctuality

– Report to school in the hall by 7.30am• Silent Reading

– Mon/Tues/Wed: English story book– Thurs/Fri: Mother Tongue book (students exempted from

MT may read English story book)• Medical and other leave

– Medical Certificate– Parent’s letter or email

ATTIRE• School Attire

– Name Tags, Black School Shoes, T-shirt/shirt tucked into shorts

– PE Days– Learning Journeys

• General Appearance–Boys: neat short hair–Girls: dark green and black hair accessories(Please refer to Kidz Organiser page 12-14)

Sample of unacceptable haircut

REVISION & ASSIGNMENTS

• Daily Revision (30mins-1hour per subject)• Submit assignments promptly• Neat and legible handwriting• Corrections (done in green pen / pencil)

ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS• Collection of Forms & Payment• Submission of reply slips on date stated• Cash Payment

–seal money in envelope–Label neatly on envelope:

• Name, register no., class, amount, purpose

SCHOOL PROGRAMMES• Form Teacher Guidance Period (FTGP) on Mondays• Value Inculcation Programme (Connecto) on Mondays• 1-to-1 Teacher-Student-Relationship Session on Mondays• E-Learning Day (28 March)• VIA • P5 Camp

COMMUNICATING PUPIL PROGRESS 2018

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4Mock Test Report Book Mock Test Report Book

Parent-Teacher Meeting

Holistic Report Card

ENGLISH

Language Learning Area

STELLAR School-based curriculum

Reading and Viewing

• Supported Reading • Retelling• KWL• Sustained Silent Reading (SSR)

Explicit teaching of reading comprehension skills

Newspaper in the EL class Self-Selected Reading (includes

school library programme) Reading & Writing Journal (RWJ)

Writing and Representing

• Writing Process Cycle (WPC)• Text-Type Writing

• Process Writing (Narrative)• 5 Traits of Good Writing• Text-Type Writing• Personal Journal • Writer’s Notebook

Speaking and Representing

• Effective and purposeful interaction and group discussion embedded in all key strategies

• Stimulus-based conversation• ICT-integrated EL lesson

(Podcast)

Listening and Viewing

• Listening and viewing skills for understanding and critical thinking taught through all key strategies using audio and graphic stimuli

GRAMMAR Whole-Part-Whole Approach• Explicit teaching of grammar in meaningful context using STELLAR readers

VOCABULARY Text-Based Approach• STELLAR readers

Working with Words • Visual Vocabulary• Spelling (in context)• Text-Based Approach (children’s

literature)

ENGLISH PROGRAMME

PRIMARY 5

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EXPLICIT TEACHING OF READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS

• Through the use of authentic children’s literature, What’s Up newspaper & STELLAR readers

• Comprehension Skills & Strategies– Inferring/Summarising etc– Surface & Deep Annotation– Question & Answer Relationship (QAR)– Supported Reading – KWL– Retelling

• Reading & Writing Journal (RWJ)– Connect pupils’ thoughts and ideas in

response to reading through simple writing tasks relating to text read

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5 (+1)* Traits of Good Writing (Steve Peha)

◦ Ideas◦ Organisation◦ Word Choice◦ Sentence Fluency◦ Convention◦ Voice*

TEACHING OF 5 TRAITS OF GOOD WRITING

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WRITER’S NOTEBOOK• Encourage students to

develop their repertoire of materials for individual writing based on given topics

• Encourage students to write extensively to activate schema before their actual individual writing based on given topics

1/14/2018https://www.pinterest.com/deb040473/cafe-writers-notebook/?lp=true

• Learning about a new word through:

– authentic setting, context or reading

– understanding the characteristic(s) of the word

– making inference about the meaning of the word using contextual clues

– visual representation

– expansion activities to learn more about the word or other words associated with it

WORKING WITH WORDS:Visual Vocabulary

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English assessments (primary 5]Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

Assessment Structure for EnglishFormative Summative Formative Summative

Teachers will conduct formative assessments

and provide students with constructive feedback

via mock tests, checklists and rubrics.

Formative assessments are not

weighted.

Paper 1: Writing (27.5%)a.Situational Writingb.Continuous Writing Teachers will conduct

formative assessments and

provide students with constructive feedback via

mock tests, checklists and rubrics.

Formative assessments are not weighted.

Paper 1: Writing (27.5%)a.Situational Writingb.Continuous Writing

Paper 2: Language Use & Comprehension (47.5%)

Paper 2: Language Use & Comprehension (47.5%)

Paper 3: Listening Comprehension (10%)

Paper 3: Listening Comprehension (10%)

Paper 4: Oral (15%)a.Reading Aloudb.Stimulus-based Conversation

Paper 4: Oral (15%)a.Reading Aloudb.Stimulus-based Conversation

(0%) (100%) (0%) (100%)35% 65%

Total: 100%1/14/2018

A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ASSESSMENT COMPONENTS

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT

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Writing: Paper 1 (55 marks)

• Part 1: Situational Writing (15 marks)

Components

Task Fulfilment (6 marks)

Information is contained in stimulus.

Pick out the correct information from stimulus based on points required by

the task.

Clear understanding of PURPOSE, AUDIENCE and

CONTEXT

Language/Organisation (9 marks)

Clear presentation of ideas

Points are well-linked and well-sequenced

Minimal grammatical mistakes

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Writing: Paper 1 (55 marks)

Part 2: Continuous Writing (40 marks)

Components

Content(20 marks)

Ideas are relevant, clear, developed & interesting

Language(20 marks)

Word choice that conveys intended message

Variety of sentence structures

Meaningful links across paragraphs

• Write a composition about a given topicbased on either one or more of the 3 given pictures

• Pictures are not in sequence.

• Students write a continuous prose in either a narrative or non-narrative form

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Language Use & Reading Comprehension : Paper 2 – (95 marks)Components

Booklet Section Mark

Booklet A(28 marks)

Grammar MCQ 10 marks

Vocabulary MCQ 5 marks

Vocabulary Cloze MCQ 5 marks

Visual Text Comprehension 8 marks

Booklet B(67 marks)

Grammar Cloze 10 marks

Editing for Spelling & Grammar 12 marks

Comprehension Cloze 15 marks

Synthesis & Transformation 10 marks

Comprehension OE (with a range of item-types)

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Oral: Paper 4 (30 marks)

• Reading Aloud (10m)– Clear & consistent pronunciation– Fluent with appropriate pauses and no hesitation– Ability to vary pitch and tone

• Stimulus-based Conversation (20m)– Able to express personal opinions, ideas and

experiences clearly and effectively in a conversation in relation to a picture stimulus

– Good explanation to support interpretations– Use a wide range of vocabulary; relevant to the

context– Use a wide range of accurate sentence structures

Components

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SOME TIPS FOR PARENTS Encourage your child to read books and other materials such as

the newspapers and educational magazines. Encourage your child to talk about the book or article that

he/she has just read. Ask him/her to explain his/her inferences and support them with

contextual clues.

Ask him/her to retell or summarise what he or she has just read.

Encourage your child to look up the meaning of new and challenging words in the dictionary. Get him or her to construct his or her own sentence using the new word learnt to demonstrate his or her understanding of the word.

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USEFUL WEBSITES http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/ http://www.ttms.org

- Steve Peha’s Writing Strategies http://www.stellarliteracy.sg http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/syllabuses/languages-and-

literature/files/english-primary-secondary-express-normal-academic.pdf

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MATHEMATICS

MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMME• A rigorous instructional programme equips the students with a strong foundation in concepts, skills, thinking process and metacognition.

• Hands-on and experiential learninghelp students appreciate the importance of mathematics to solve problems in their daily life and the real world.

• A balanced assessment system gathers information about students’ learning process so that feedback can be given to the students to help them to improve and teaching approaches can be reviewed and enhanced.

RIGHT Strategy for Math Problem SolvingRead and underline Have I read and understood the problem?

Circle the numbers, Underline the keywords & Bracket the Goal of the Question (CUB)

Information gathering Have I gathered all the information?

Goal of the question What am I looking for?

Hidden information Have I formed the correct relationships with the given information?

Try it out Have I used the correct strategy?

Tick To check the Reasonableness of answersOperations and Transfer errors (ROT)

Instructional Programmes• Math HP programme (Maths Olympiad-P5 & E2K-P5)

– Math Olympiad and E2K training are the key vehicle to stretch the thinking of the High Progress students

– To provide opportunities for the High Progress students to be stretched in their thinking capacity and to participate in higher-order thinking activities such as external competitions and carnivals.

• Improving Confidence and Achievement in Numeracy (ICAN-P5)– ICAN is an MOE programme to raise confidence and improve Maths

achievement of low progress learners

topicsSemester 1 Semester 2

P5 • Whole Numbers• Operations of Whole

Numbers• Fractions and Mixed

Numbers• Multiplication of Whole

Number, Fractions and Mixed Numbers

• Fractions: Word Problems• Area of Triangle• Ratio• Volume of Cubes and

Cuboids

• Decimals• Percentage• Average• Rate• Angles• Triangles• Quadrilaterals

P5F • Whole Numbers: Place Value

• Whole Numbers: Addition and Subtraction

• Whole Numbers: Multiplication and Division

• Fractions: Introduction• Fractions: Addition and

• Decimals: Place Value• Decimals: Four Operations• Fractions: Multiplication• Time• Perimeter, Area and Volume• Rate

P5 Assessment Structure 2018Overall Weighting (100%)

Level

SA1 (35%) SA2 (65%)

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Component Component Marks

AllocationComponent Marks

AllocationComponent Marks

Allocation

P5(Standard)

Mock test(0%)

Written Paper 100 marks(35%)

Mock test(0%)

- (0%) Written Paper 100 marks(65%)

P5 (Foundation)

Mock test(0%)

Written Paper 90 marks(35%)

Mock test(0%)

*Practical Test

(0%) Written Paper

90 marks(65%)

Practical test is for P5 foundation students to reinforce basic skills.

Paper Item Type Number of questions

Number of marks

per question

Number of marks Duration

1Multiple-choice 10 1 10

1h5 2 10

Short-answer 5 1 510 2 20

2Short-answer 5 2 10

1h 30 minStructured/ Long-answer 12 3,4,5 45

Total 47 - 100 2h 30 minNote: The use of an approved calculator is allowed in Paper 2 but not Paper

P5 Standard Mathematics: Exam format

P5 Foundation Mathematics: Exam format

Paper Item TypeNumber

of questions

Number of marks per question

Number of

marks

Duration

1Multiple-choice

10 1 101h10 2 20

Short-answer 10 2 202 Short-answer 10 2 20

1hStructured 6 3,4 20

Total 46 - 90 2hNote: The use of an approved calculator is allowed in Paper 2 but not Paper

1.

Written papers

• The written papers comprises 2 papers conducted on same day with a break between the 2 papers

• The use of an approved calculators is allowed in Paper 2 but not Paper 1

FilesFile Item

Dark Blue File Topical Worksheets & Practice Paper

Light Blue File Problem Sums Worksheets

Yellow/Orange File Maths Workbook/Homework Book(if detached)

Acronym Description

CE Calculation error

FS Final Statement for word problem

MS Missing steps

SF Simplest form

SU Standard units (cm, m, km, cm2, m2 , $, g, kg …)

TE Transfer error

ANNOTATED MARKING

SCIENCE

Information on TKPS Science Curriculum

Website: http://tanjongkatongpri.moe.edu.sg/our-life-at-tkp/we-learn/science

Science Programmes

Dates for all P5 Science Field Trips:4, 5, 11 and 12 Jul (T3)

Science Programmes

Best P5 innovative products will be selected for Sony Creative Science Award Competition organised by Singapore Science Centre.

Website for competition: http://www.science.edu.sg/events/Pages/sonycreativescienceaward.aspx

Topics for P5 2018Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

Systems1.Electrical Systems2.Using Electricity3. Innovation Week

Practical TestMock Test

Cycles 1.Water & Changes of State2. The Water Cycle

SA1

Systems1.The Unit of Life - Cells2.The Plant Transport System 3.Air and the Respiratory System4.The Circulatory System

Mock test

Cycles1. Reproduction in Humans 2.Reproduction in Plants

SA2

Assessment

Format of Assessment• Science Practical Test (20 marks)

22 Feb (Thu)

• SA1 & SA2

Source: http://www.seab.gov.sg/content/syllabus/PSLE/2017_PSLE_Subject_Info/0009_2017.pdf

Topics for P5 Fdn 2018Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

Systems1. Electrical Systems 2. Innovation Week

Practical TestMock Test

Cycles 1. Water & Changes of State 2.The Water Cycle

SA1

Systems1.The Plant Transport System 2.Air and the Respiratory System3.The Human Circulatory System

Mock Test

Cycles1. Reproduction in Humans2. Reproduction in Plants

SA2

P5 Assessment Structure 2018

Level SA1 (35%) SA2 (65%)

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4Component Weighting

of SA1Component Weighting

of SA1Component Weighting

of SA2Component Weighting

of SA2

P5(Standard & Fdn)

Mock test (NW)

Written Paper (70m)

80%Mock test (NW)

Written Paper (70m)

100%Practical

Test(20m)

20%

(NW): Non-weighted

Exam Paper Format for P5 Fdn

• Similar to PSLE assessment formatSA1 & SA2 (1 h 15 minutes)Section A - 18 MCQ (36 marks)Section B - 6 to 7 Structured questions (14 marks)Section C – 5 to 6 Open-Ended questions

(20 marks)

Total marks = 70

How to support your child in the learning of Science?

PA R E N T I N V O LV E M E N T

HOW PARENTS CAN HELP• Routine to Reinforce Acceptable Work Attitude

–Completion of homework daily–Learning from corrections–Child to take PR2IDE in his or her work

• Persevere in difficult work• Respect the teacher’s assignments• Take personal responsibility in completing and filing work• Integrity in work (try yourself first, no copying from friends)• Discipline in daily work• Empathy with friends: help each other when in need

HOW PARENTS CAN HELP• Organization Skills

–Packing School Bag according to timetable–Daily Homework File for Worksheets and Letters–Importance of filing–Reinforce school values

HOW PARENTS CAN HELP• Close Monitoring of work

–Parents to sign off acknowledgement having seen the KidzOrganizer/letter/reply slips) OR where the parent’s signature stamp appears in the WB/WS/assignments/assignments

• Label all belongings• Meeting deadlines for assignments

SAFETY AND SECURITY

• Parking near School–Do not park at the season parking (red lots) at the nearby

carpark at Block 65, or park illegally obstructing traffic–Don’t block driveway of residents

• Driving in School–Drop off quickly at the 3 designated slots –Slow down at main gate and drop-off point

OTHER MATTERS

• Early Day: Wednesday ends at 12.30pm • Recess 10.30am to 10.55am• Snack Break at about 12.30pm – 12.35pm

OTHER MATTERS• School Website http://tanjongkatongpri.moe.edu.sg/home• AsknLearn Parent’s Portal

https://lms.asknlearn.com/LMS/Login_main.aspx

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