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YCKPS/P024/2021 08 February 2021 Dear Parents/Guardians,
2021 Primary 4 Assessment Matters This notification serves to
provide key information such as assessment weightage, assessment
dates, and assessment format, components and topics. Home support
and parental encouragement are important success factors in
students’ learning. Kindly ensure that your child/ward revises
his/her work regularly and prepares well for all his/her
assessments this year. Assessment Weightage The table below shows
the weightage (in percentage) for each termly assessment.
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4
HA (Term 1) MYE HA (Term 3) EYE
0% 30% 0% 70%
HA – Holistic Assessment (non-weighted), and MYE – Mid-Year
Examination (weighted), EYE – End-of-Year Examination
(weighted).
Assessment Dates and Absentees for Assessments The assessment dates
for the year are appended. These dates are also available under the
Calendar sub-page in the school website. Please ensure that your
child/ward is present on the assessment days. Students who are
unwell and not able to sit for the assessment are to see a doctor
and submit a valid medical certificate for their absence. Medical
certificates or letters issued by Traditional Chinese Medicine
(TCM) practitioners will not be accepted.* Assessment Format,
Components and Topics The assessment format, components and topics
for the various subjects are as attached. Kindly look through the
document to better assist your child/ward in preparing for the
assessments. Please keep the copy for your reference throughout the
year.
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Examination Rules and Regulations The Examination Rules and
Regulations can be found in the Student Handbook 2021 (Pages 24 to
25). Please stress the importance of compliance to the rules and
regulations to your child/ward. The school takes a serious view of
students who are caught cheating, attempting to cheat or helping
others to cheat. For such cases, disciplinary action will be taken
and the students will be awarded “zero” mark for that test or
examination paper. We trust that the information provided will give
you a good head start in preparing your child/ward well for the
academic year. Please refer to the school website for the latest
updates on assessment matters and any change(s) to this
notification. Thank you. Yours in education, Mr Ng Aik Boon
Principal This is a computer-generated letter and requires no
signature. * Website for list of doctors registered under the
“Medical/Dental Registration Act”:
https://www.moh.gov.sg/content/moh_web/healthprofessionalsportal/allhealthcareprofessionals.html
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Assessment Dates for 2021:
Mid-Year Examination (MYE)
23 Apr, Fri English Language and Mother Tongue Languages Oral
After school hours;
During school hours
11 May, Tue Mathematics
18 May, Tue Science
15 Oct, Fri English Language and Mother Tongue Languages Oral
After school hours;
27 Oct, Wed English Language Papers 1 and 2
During school hours
29 Oct, Fri Mother Tongue Languages Papers 1 and 2
1 Nov, Mon Science
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English Language Components of the English Language Examination
Paper for Primary 4:
Paper 1
(Composition Writing)
Paper Component No. of questions Marks Duration
1 Continuous Writing 1 20 50 min
2 Language Use & Comprehension
3 Listening
1 stimulus-based conversation 16 ~ 6 min
Topics covered for the examinations:
English Language (Primary 4)
1. All of P1 – P4 work 2. Possible Grammar items:
Subject-Verb agreement
Simple past tense for action completed
Past continuous tense for actions that were in progress some time
in the past
Other Tenses/Aspects
Determiners – demonstratives
Preposition
Conjunction/Connectors
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Titles
Canoe Diary Making Ice Cream Prince Zak & The Wise Frog
Previous titles covered A Nasty Accident Statues
Previous titles covered Sports Day What Is A Tsunami? Ruby’s
Sunflower
Previous titles covered Rats’ Nests Leatherback Turtles
Non-weighted Holistic
Assessment Tasks
Non-weighted Holistic
Assessment Tasks
Reading Aloud Stimulus-based Conversation Listening Comprehension
Individual Narrative Writing Language Use
Reading Aloud Stimulus-based Conversation Listening Comprehension
Individual Narrative Writing Language Use
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Mathematics The Mathematics examination is made up of one written
paper consisting of three booklets. Format of Mathematics MYE and
EYE Papers:
Section Item Type No. of
questions Marks per question
(40%)
(40%)
(20%)
Topics covered for the examinations:
The topics listed below include the corresponding topics in the
course books.
Students should revise all their worksheets, including Heuristics
worksheets.
The use of mathematical set is allowed (where applicable).
Students should show their working steps clearly. For questions
where method marks are awarded, students may lose these marks if no
working is shown.
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Mathematics (Primary 4)
1. Whole Numbers 2. Factors and
Multiples 3. Four Operations
1. Whole Numbers 2. Factors and
Multiples 3. Four Operations
Money, Area & Perimeter
2. Fractions 3. Geometry:
Angles, Rectangles & Squares, Symmetry
Time, Money, Area & Perimeter
7. Non-Routine & Heuristics
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Science Format of Science MYE and EYE Papers:
Booklet Item Type Number of questions Marks Duration
A Multiple-choice 28 56
Total 100
Topics covered for the examinations:
All topics listed follow the corresponding topics in the textbooks
and workbooks.
Students must keep their textbooks, workbooks and all
worksheets/booklets for every level until they take the PSLE in
Primary 6.
Science (Primary 4)
Performance Task on Life cycles of plants
1. All of Primary 3 work
2. Life cycles of some animals
3. Life cycles of plants
4. Matter 5. Light and
shadows
2. Life cycles of some animals
3. Life cycles of plants
4. Matter 5. Light and
shadows 6. Heat and
temperature
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Mother Tongue Languages – Chinese Language Components of the
Chinese Language Examination Paper for Primary 4:
()
()
()
√ √ √
√ √ √
(%)
1
4 8 8
()
10
10 10 10 30
36 100 100
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:
Non-weighted
Assessment
Non-weighted
Assessment
Mother Tongue Languages – Malay Language Format Penilaian dan
Jadual Pengkhususan Kertas Peperiksaan Bagi Primari 4:
Penggal 1 Penggal 2 Penggal 3 Penggal 4
Latihan Penggunaan
FIB: Golongan Kata OE: Kefahaman
Kefahaman Mendengar
Latihan Penggunaan
Lisan Kertas 1 Kertas 2
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Format Kertas Peperiksaan Bahasa Melayu (MYE and EYE):
Kertas Kandungan Jenis Item
patah perkataan)
Imbuhan MCQ 5 10 10
1 Jam
Melengkapkan Teks
(Interaksi Penulisan)
Kertas 3 Kefahaman Mendengar
kurang 10 min)
Penggal 1 Penggal 2 Penggal 3 Penggal 4
HA1 Penilaian Holistik 1
MYE Peperiksaan Semester 1
HA2 Penilaian Holistik 2
EYE Peperiksaan Semester 2
Peribahasa (1 – 20)
Peribahasa (1 – 30)
Peribahasa (1 – 30)
Peribahasa (1 – 30)
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Mother Tongue Languages – Tamil Language Components of the Tamil
Language Examination Paper for Primary 4:
1 2 3 4 √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Format of Tamil Language MYE and EYE Papers:
/
(60
)
2
(FIB)
4 8 8
5 9 9
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/
3 1
3 1
3 1
/ ) 1 10 10
10
1 10 10
1 10 10
Total 36 100 100
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Topics covered for the examinations:
Tamil (Primary 4) 1 HA (Term 1)
(MYE)
2 HA (Term 3)
(EYE)
4A 1-3
– ( )
2
4A 1-5
/
- (P3A, P3B & P4A)
- 6-8
– ( ) .