Teaching and Learning

Holistic Assessment

English Language

Teaching and Learning

STELLAR Vision:

Children Who Love Reading and Have a Strong

Foundation in the English Language

English Department Vision:

Confident and Competent Communicators

STELLAR at P3 (Semester 1)

STELLAR at P3 (Semester 2)

STELLAR Programme

Supported Reading (SR)

STELLAR Programme

Retelling (RT)

reading comprehension strategy for narrative

texts

recall of events/information, main points and

characters

listening, reading and viewing as well as

speaking, presenting and writing

actively make meaning of texts and share

their understanding with their peers

STELLAR Programme

Know - Want to know - Learnt (KWL)

mainly for non-fiction texts such as

information reports

helps pupils to extract information and relate

it to what they already know about the topic

enables pupils to understand and follow the

logic of information presented in a text and

distinguish between main ideas and details

STELLAR Programme

Writing Process Cycle (WPC)

Class writing (CW)

Group writing (GW)

Individual writing (IW)

Core Text CW GW IW

Leatherback

Turtles

(P4 Unit 11)

Information

text

White Tigers Endangered

Animals

Endangered

or

Extinct

Animals

STELLAR – Unit Lesson Plan

Holistic Assessment

Holistic Assessment: An OverviewTerm 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

Non-weighted

Assessments

Reading Aloud

Story Retelling

Non-weighted

Assessments

Readers’

Theatre

Individual

Writing

Weighted

Assessments

Mini Test

SA1

Paper 1: Writing

Paper 2: Lang

Use & Compre

Paper 3:

Listening

Comprehension

Paper 4: Oral

Communication

Weighted

Assessments

Listening

Comprehension

Mini Test

SA2

Paper 1: Writing

Paper 2: Lang

Use & Compre

Paper 3:

Listening

Comprehension

Paper 4: Oral

Communication

10% 30% 20% 40%

Speech & Drama (P3A)• Term 1 to 3

• 20 weekly sessions

Key English Programmes

Read@SKGPS Programme:• Reading Activities (Badge)

• Book BUzz, Mass Borrowing, Books ‘R’

Us (NLB collaboration)

• National Geographic magazine

(Starting in Term 2)

• Silent Reading Programme

Literature Programme

(P3A / P3B)• Stone Fox

English Fiesta!• 1-week of engaging activities exploring

& celebrating the language

• E.g. language games, Spelling Bee

contest, poetry recitation, etc.

Learning Support Programmes• School-based Dyslexic

Remediation Programme (SDR)

• Reading Remediation

Programme (RRP)

• Remedial lessons

English Fiesta

The English Department aims to

develop confident and proficientusers of the language who have strong

foundation in and love for the

English Language.

We look forward to working with you to

develop your child’s interest in learning

English.

Thank you for your TIMEand INTEREST !