C U R R I C U L U M B R I E F I N G 2 0 1 7

2 1 J A N 2 0 1 7

OVERVIEW • Introduction

• Attendance

• Attire

• Assignments

• Administrative Matters

• Additional Support

• General Matters

• School Programmes

• Overview of Assessment

• Communicating Pupils’

Progress

• English Matters

• Mathematics Matters

• MTL Matters

• How Parents Can Help

• Safety and Security

• Communication Platforms

• Partnership with Parents

• FAQ

• Feedback

ATTENDANCE

• Punctuality

– Be seated in the hall by 7.15 a.m.

• Silent Reading

– Daily: 7.10 a.m. to 7.30 a.m.

• Medical and other leave

– MC

– Parent’s letter or email

ATTIRE

• School Attire

– Name Tags

– PE Days

– Learning Journeys

• General Appearance

– Hair, nails, shoes

(Please refer to Kidz Organizer pg 12 & 13)

REVISION & ASSIGNMENTS

• Daily Revision (30mins-1hour per subject)

• Submit Promptly

• Neat and legible handwriting

• Corrections

ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

• Collection of Forms & Payment

• Cash Payment

– seal money in envelop

– Label neatly on envelop:

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

SCHOOL PROGRAMMES

• Form Teacher Guidance Period (FTGP)

• E-Learning Day

– 22 Mar 2017

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)

Writing and

Representing

• Writing Process Cycle (WPC)

• Text-Type Writing

• Process Writing (Narrative)

• 5 Traits of Good Writing

• Text-Type Writing

• Personal Journal

• Reading & Writing Journal (RWJ)

Speaking and

Representing

• Effective and purposeful interaction

and group discussion embedded in

all key strategies

• Stimulus-based conversation

• ICT-integrated EL lesson

(videography)

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 6

EXPLICIT TEACHING OF READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS

• 3 Comprehension Skills

– Inferring

– Summarising

– Monitoring

• Teaching Approach

– Teacher-Read Aloud

– Think Aloud protocol

– Teacher-Modeling

• Authentic Children’s Literature &

What’s Up Newspaper

• Reading & Writing Journal (RWJ)

– Connect pupils’ thoughts and

ideas in response to reading

through simple writing tasks

relating to text read

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

◦ Ideas

◦Organisation

◦Word Choice

◦ Sentence Fluency

◦Convention

◦ Voice*

TEACHING OF 5 TRAITS OF GOOD WRITING

• 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

ENGLISH ASSESSMENTS (PRIMARY 6] Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

Assessment Structure for English Formative Summative Summative

PSLE

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 Writing b.Continuous Writing

Paper 1: Writing (27.5%) a.Situational Writing b.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 Aloud b.Stimulus-based Conversation

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

(0%) (100%) (100%)

A C L O S E R L O O K A T T H E A S S E S S M E N T C O M P O N E N T S

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

ASSESSMENT

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

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 topic based 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

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)

20 marks

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

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.

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

Foundation Stage:

Primary 1 to Primary 4

• Content is common to all pupils

Orientation Stage (Subject-based Banding):

1) Primary 5 & 6 Standard Mathematics

2) Primary 5 & 6 Foundation Mathematics

• Content of the Foundation Mathematics

is a subset of the Standard Mathematics

• Foundation syllabus also repeats some

of the key topics covered in P1 to P4

P5 P6

•Whole Numbers Development of P5 topics

with Additional topics

•Fractions * Percentage

•Decimals * Area of triangle

•Measurement * Pie charts

(Length, mass, volume)

•Geometry

•Area & Volume

•Data Analysis

(Tables, graphs and average)

•Rate

MATHEMATICS ASSESSMENT STRUCTURE 2017

SA1 and Prelim are two independent assessments.

• Calculators are not allowed in Paper 1 Emphasis is on mental and manual computational skills

• Calculators are allowed in Paper 2 Facilitate computations in solving more complex questions

• Only calculators approved by the Singapore Examinations & Assessment

Board (SEAB) are allowed in the examinations • The list of approved calculators is available on the SEAB website

Paper Booklet Item

Type

No. of

Qns

Marks

per Qn

Marks Duration

1

A

MCQ

10 1 10 marks

1h 10 2 20 marks

B Short

Ans

10 2 20 marks

2

Short

Ans

10 2 20 marks

1h 15min

Structured

/ Long

Ans

8 3, 4, 5 30 marks

Total 48 - 100 marks 2h 15min

The two papers will be taken on the same day with a short break in between the

papers.

• Read the questions carefully, highlight the key

information given, e.g. shaded area / unshaded

area, give your answer in litres, etc.

• Show intermediate steps leading to the

solution with the necessary correct units and

statements

• Be familiar with all the skills in order to apply

them i.e. practice is important.

What to remind your child:

• Use of mathematical formulae and heuristics to

solve problems

• Draw model or any form of illustration when

necessary in problem-solving to help them to

understand the question and see the

relationships between the information given.

What to remind your child:

• Work closely with your child’s Math teacher

• Monitor your child’s learning closely

• Revise multiplication tables on a regular basis.

• Play mathematical games/puzzles.

• Relate Math concepts to daily situations

• Celebrate little successes

• Highlight key words in questions

• Train your child to show proper and detailed working steps

• Train your child to check answers

• Guide your child to reflect on his/her mistakes.

• Reinforce the necessity of writing neatly

• Time management

• http://www.moe.gov.sg/ (MOE Website)

• https://www.moe.gov.sg/docs/default-source/document/education/syllabuses/sciences/files/2007-mathematics-(primary)-syllabus.pdf

• http://sc-math.com/math-talk/math-practise.php (Tips)

• http://www.hometuitionagency.com.sg/blog/subjects/helping-your-child-learn-mathematics/ (Tips)

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/ (Interactive website)

• http://www.mathplayground.com/ (Online Math games)

• http://www.multiplication.com/ (Online Math games)

Information on TKPS Science Curriculum

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

Science Programmes

Dates for P6 Science Field Trip:

Topics for P6 Science 2017

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

Energy 1. Energy in food 2. Forms and uses of energy 3. Sources of energy Mock Test Interactions 1. Forces

Interactions 2. Living together 3. Food chains and food webs 4. Adaptations SA1

Interactions 5. Man’s impact on his environment Mock Test Prelim

PSLE

Assessment

Format of Assessment

• SA1, Prelim & PSLE

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

How to support your child in the learning of Science?

• To start revision of P3 to P5 Science topics now to prepare them for the Science exams. Refer to the relevant textbooks, activity books, Science Journal and worksheets, practice papers, exam papers in Science files.

• Other tips to be inserted by Science Teachers on slide (if any)

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

• Close Monitoring of work

– Parents to sign off acknowledgement having seen the Kidz

Organizer/letter/assignments/assessments/reply slips)

• Label all belongings

• Meeting deadlines for assignments

SAFETY AND SECURITY

• Driving to School

– Don’t park at zig zag line

– Don’t block driveway of residents

– Drop off quickly

– Slow down at gate and drop-off point

OTHER MATTERS

• Recess – 10.30 a.m. to 11 a.m.

• Snack Break at about 12.30 p.m.