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PRIMARY 1

HOLISTIC ASSESSMENT

PARENTS’ BRIEFING

4 JANUARY 2016

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Briefing Outline

• Main aim of primary education

• Where is my child at this stage?

• How will my child be taught?

• Assessment

–Why?

–How?

• How does it benefit my child?

• How can I help my child?

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Main Aim of Primary Education

To nurture

the

whole child

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Where is my child at this stage?

• Formative years

• Early stages of learning

• Discovering abilities and talents

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Developmental Stages

Learning and

developmental

needs of children

are different at

lower and upper

primary.

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Teaching

the

whole child

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For English, my child learns to…

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For Mother Tongue, my child learns to…

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For Maths, my child learns to…

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Assessment

to support the

whole child

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Assessment is part of learning

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Assessment at P1 & P2

• Oral tasks

• Written tasks

• Activity-based tasks

• Mid-Year Exam (P1 & P2)

• End-of-Year Exam (P1)

• End-of-Year Exam (P2)

Shorter tests

More feedback

given

Wider range

of tasks

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How will you receive feedback on your

child’s progress?

Term 1 and 3 Term 2 and 4

Holistic Assessment

Portfolio only

Holistic Assessment

Portfolio

Holistic Report Card

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How will you receive feedback on your

child’s progress?

Holistic Portfolio

• Celebrate your child’s effort and

progress

• Curates your child’s choice of best

piece of work in terms of effort

invested and progress made

• Includes all core subjects i.e.

English, Mathematics and Mother

Tongue

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How will you receive feedback on your

child’s progress?

Holistic Report Card

• Reflects child’s progress in respective areas

evaluated (including personal qualities)

• Brief comments and recommendations for areas in

which the child is under-achieving in each

subject

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How will this benefit my child?

• More opportunities to

showcase learning

• Caters to wider range

of learning styles

• Regular and timely

feedback

• More confident

• Motivated to learn

• Less stressed

• Enjoys learning

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My child will be prepared to take exams at the

end of P2 having gained…

a strong foundation

confidence

a desire to learn

enjoyment of learning

steady progress

Will my child be prepared for exams?

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Do…

monitor your child’s daily work

give encouragement and support in areas for improvement

praise your child for any progress made

How can I help my child?

Don’t …

put too much emphasis on marks and grades

compare your child’s performance with that of others

give more homework than necessary, or as punishment

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Thank You!