MeettheParents Session

1
Meet-the-Parents Session
Welcome

• P5 P6
• 9 Jan 2009

2
Prayer
3
Parents Pledge
4
Parents Pledge

• As partners in education and role models, we, the
  parents of CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls School pledge
  that
• We will support and participate wholeheartedly
  and selflessly in the activities of the school to
  achieve all round development for our daughters .

5

• We will work hand in hand with the principal and
  teachers to guide our daughters to develop a
  sense of aesthetics, social responsibility and
  moral values.
• We will be totally committed to help the school
  and our daughters in their efforts to build a
  gracious and continually progressing nation.

6
Programme

• Introduction
• Desired Outcomes of a St Nicks Girl
• Admission to SNG (Sec)
• Direct School Admission
• Updates on Science and CL Syllabus
• PSLE T-Aggregate Score
• Movement After P5
• Interaction with Form Teacher

7
New Key Personnel

• Mrs Yap Dai Jee, VP
• Mr Calvin Tay, HOD/Science
• Miss Tan Pei Pei, SH/NESS
• Covering HOD duties
• Mdm Ong Ee Hoon, SH/CL,
• Miss Cindy Ng, SH/PD,

8
Desired Outcomes of a St Nicks Girl
9
Desired Outcomes

• Who we are
• What we stand for
• What we cherish
• Why we do what we do
• What we aspire to become

10
Students Pledge

• We, the Pupils of CHIJ St.Nicholas Girls' School,
  Pledge that
• We will strive for excellence, always working
  hard to achieve all round development and
  balanced lives.
• We will be good daughters at home, loving and
  respecting our parents and all other members of
  our families.
• We will be good students in school, loving and
  respecting our principal and teachers. 
• As fellow students, we will be sisters to one
  another.
• We will, as a mission school community, strive to
  promote truth, justice, freedom and love, always
  upholding our school motto, Simple in Virtue,
  Steadfast in Duty.
• And we will be dedicated and committed to the
  security and future of our country, always
  working towards a nation that is gracious and
  continually progressing.

11
?????????

• ???????????, ?? ?? ????????
• ???????????, ???, ????,
• ????????,?????
• ????????????,???????????????
• ??????,????????? ??,?????
• ???????,????,?????????????????

12
(No Transcript)
13
(No Transcript)
14
A St Nicks Girl

• Bilingual and Bicultural
• Always Striving for Excellence
• Upholds the school values
• Gracious Respectful
• Active and Committed as a Citizen

15
2008 PSLE Results
16
Admission to SNG Sec
17
SNG Sec 1 (2009)
18
2008 P6 ? 2009 Sec 1 SNG

• No. P6 posted to SNG Sec 149
• 64.8 of 2008 P6 cohort
• 36.3 of 2009 Sec 1 cohort

19
Affiliation

• PSLE gt 250 definitely admitted
• PSLE lt 249 about 120 places reserved for
  affiliates

20
Admission to SAP School

• Top 10 of PSLE cohort
• PSLE mean aggregate score gt250
• Must offer CL or HCL at PSLE
• Must offer HCL at Sec

21
Criteria to offer HCL in Sec

• Top 11 30 of PSLE cohort
• A in CL or Merit in HCL

22
HCL Bonus Points

• For admission to SAP schools only

23
Direct School Admission (DSA)

• DSA website http//www.moe.gov.sg/esp/schadm/dsa_
  sec/

24
Objectives of DSA

• To give schools greater flexibility in the
  admission of students.
• To recognise a more diverse range of student
  achievements and talents.

25
DSA

• Participating schools may identify its areas of
  focus and choose to recognise different talents.
• They have the flexibility to decide on their
  admission criteria and set their own merit-based
  criteria for selection tests.

26
DSA-Sec Admission

• Participating schools select students for their
  discretionary places first, before the central
  posting exercise.

27
DSA-Sec Admission

• Students who have indicated their choice of
  school during the DSA exercise and been
  successfully admitted to a secondary school will
  not take part in the central posting exercise
  after the release of the PSLE results. 

28
Stages of DSA
DSA website http//www.moe.gov.sg/esp/schadm/dsa_
sec/
29
DSA for SNG (Sec)

• Sports and Games (8)
• No. of places 10 of Sec 1 enrolment (about 40
  places)

30
Responses to some of your Questions
31

• Refer to Letter to Parents dated 2 Jan Pupil
  Diary for schedule on
• Remedial, Stretch, Extended lessons
• Enrichment Programmes
• E-learning days
• CA, SA, P6 Prelim PSLE
• Key school events

32

• Preparation for PSLE
• School
• Foundation laid from P3
• Review Schemes of Work
• Banding Top 3 classes mixed ability for a
  more targeted approach in lesson delivery
• Remedial, Stretch, Extended lessons
• Life skills instilled through co-curricular
  programme eg leadership skills, time management,
  discipline, fighting spirit

33

• Preparation for PSLE
• Pupils
• Work hard, work smart
• Consistent effort
• Revise
• Practise
• Seek help
• Parents
• Support, Encourage, Motivate, Inspire

34

• P6 Extended lessons on Fridays, 2pm 4pm
• Science Math
• Complete the syllabus
• Recreational CCA suspended
• Till Term 3

35

• Early school closure
• Extended lessons
• P3 P6 during Mar holidays
• P5 P6 during Jun holidays
• Lessons resume on 9 Sep for all
• No CA2
• CA1 20, SA1 30, SA2 50

36

• Conversational Malay Course
• Nation-wide programme
• Funded by MOE
• Compulsory
• Grade reflected in Result Slip

37

• P5 Immersion Programme
• Open to all
• Subsidy to be confirmed

38

• Holding site for SNG Sec
• Former First Toa Payoh Pri Sec School _at_ Toa
  Payoh, Lorong 1

39

• PSLE Science 2010

40
Exam Format
Duration of Paper 1 hour 45 min
41
Tables of Specifications
42
Assessment Objectives
43
2010 ?????? ??/???? ????
44
??
45
????
46
?????
47
?????

• ????????????
• ????????
• ??????????
• ?????

48
?????

• ????
• ????
• ?????
• ????
• ?????

49
????

• ????
• ??/?
• ????
• ????

????
50
??

• ????
• ????
• ?????,???????
• ??
• ??????,????

51
??

• ? 30 ??
• 10 ? 20 ?

52
???????
53
???????

• ????
• A?
• B?
• ?????
• ?????

54
????- A?

• ????(????)
• ???????????

55
????- B?

• ????????????
• ????????
• ?????????????????????

56
????- B?

• ?
• ????Q1(?),?????Q2 ???

57
??/ ??????
58
??
59
The PSLE T-Score
60
The PSLE T-Score
PSLE T-Score Explained
61
The PSLE T-Score

• As a placement exam
• Needs to reflect the relative achievement level
  of pupils within their peers.
• Places pupils into different courses according to
  their academic ability
• Enables posting to secondary schools by merit and
  as far as possible into a school of their choice

62
The PSLE T-Score

• It is the combined total of her normalized
  scores for all the 4 subjects she has taken.
• The normalized score for any subject is a score
  obtained through a statistical calculation that
  takes into account how well all the other pupils
  do in the same subject in the same year.

63
The PSLE T-Score

• It gives the relative position of a pupils
  performance as compared to the performance of all
  the other pupils in that subject

• The raw mark obtained in the exam only shows how
  good the pupil is in that subject, not how good
  she is as compared to others

64
The PSLE T-Score
Why not the raw score?

• Different subjects have different levels of
  difficulty
• So are the spread of marks from the average mark,
  i.e. the standard deviation

65
Eg A pupil scores 85 in both EL and MT

• Her performance in MT is very close to that of
  other pupils

66
T-Score
EL
MT
T-Score converts average mark of each subject to
a common score of 50 points. It also converts
other marks taking into consideration the extent
to which they differ from the average and the
size of spread of the marks around the average
67
The PSLE T-Score
How is T-Score calculated for each subject?
where X pupils mark for the subject Y
average mark (mean) scored by
all pupils Z spread of marks around the
average mark (standard deviation)
68
The PSLE T-Score
Example

• Pupils mark (X) in exam 50.0
• Average mark (Y) scored by all pupils
  68.0
• Spread of marks (Z) around the
• average mark (Y) 14.0

(50 - 68.0)
T 50 10
14.0
37.14
69
The PSLE T-Score
The Aggregate Score is obtained by adding the
T-Scores of the 4 subjects.
70
The PSLE T-Score
Example
71
The PSLE T-Score
T-SCORES GRADES Is it possible for a pupil
with 3A and 1A to be ranked lower than another
pupil who has only 1A and 3As?
Yes.
72
Agg T-Score 246 249
73
School Level Plans
MTP (9 Jan)

• Sharing on P6 PSLE Preparation for 2009

• Concurrent Revision of P1 to P5 Work (Term 1
  onwards)
• Extended lessons for Maths Science (Term 1
  onwards)
• Focussed Stretch Remedial Programmes (Term 1
  onwards)

CA1
MTP (29 May)

• SA1

• Extended lessons for all subjects (Mar hols)
• Term 1 approaches continue

• Extended lessons for all subjects (Jun Sept
  hols)
• Term 1 approaches continue
• Time-table re-organisation
• Revision (Aug onwards)

MTP (4 Sept)
Prelims
74
School Level Plans
Concurrent Revision of P1 P5 Work
75
Helping our girls to excel

• Manage by Objectives (Target Setting)
• Strategize to achieve the goal
• Discipline Accountability
• Be Teachable and have a Positive Mindset I Can
  Do It!

76
Movement After P5

• Pass at least 1 subject at the end of P5 ? same
  subject combination at P6
• Fail all subjects at the end of P5 ? switch to a
  less demanding subject combination at P6

77
Movement After P5

• Pupils who take foundation subjects and do
  very well may
• Re-take P5 with upgrade of 3 or 4 foundation
  subjects to the standard level
• Proceed to P6 with upgrade of 1 or 2 foundation
  subject(s) to the standard level

78
Movement After P5

• Pupils with considerable difficulties coping
  with standard subjects may proceed to P6 with 1
  or more standard subject(s) switched to the
  foundation level.

79
Movement After P5

• Criteria for continuing to offer
• HCL at Primary 6
• At least Band 2 in CL
• Pass in HCL
• Other considerations include
• Pupils overall ability
• Pupils interest in the subject

80
Movement After P5
Note HCL Bonus points are for admission to SAP
schools only. Distinction 3 points Merit 2
points Pass 1 point (only with
an A for CL)
81
Thank you