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Principal’s Talk

&

Mingling session

Primary 6 2018

12 January 2018

5.30 pm to 7 pm

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Mission

Developing our students

holistically in a vibrant and caring

environment

Vision

Future Leaders,

Concerned Citizens

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Programme for the evening

Introduction of the P6 teachers

Principal’s Talk

Mingling session with the Primary 6 teachers

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PROGRAMME / AGENDA

PSLE Aggregate Score Explained (T-score)

Direct School Admission (DSA updates)

Secondary Education Information

Secondary One (S1) Posting

PSLE AGGREGATE

SCORE

EXPLAINED

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Tentative PSLE Dates

• Oral Thu 16th Aug

& Fri 17th Aug

• Listening Comprehension Fri 14th Sep

• Written Examination Thu 27th Sep

to Wed 3rd Oct

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WHAT IS THE PSLE?

Primary School

Leaving Examination

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PSLE – A Placement Examination

• Need to reflect the relative achievement level of students within their peers.

• Places students 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.

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T-score is out of 300.

English and Mother

Tongue are more

important than

Mathematics and

Science.

I can calculate the T-

score of my child by

adding all the marks of 4

subjects, divide by 4 and

multiply by 3.

True or False?

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What is PSLE Aggregate Score?

It is a sum of the T-score of

the 4 subjects.

It allows students to be

ranked fairly.

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Raw Scores Are Not Used

because…

• Raw scores obtained in the exam

only show how good the student is at

in that particular subject and exam,

not how good the student is as

compared to other students.

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Raw Scores Are Not Used

because…

• Different subjects have different

levels of difficulty

• Different subjects have different

spread of marks from the average

mark (i.e. different standard

deviation)

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MT

MT Ave

= 80

Her performance in MT

is very close to that of

other students.

EL

EL Ave

= 60

Wendy scores 85% in both EL and MT.

85%She did

much

better in EL

as

compared

to other

students.

(Wendy’s score )

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Therefore there is a need for

standardisation of the raw scores

Transformed Score

or T-Score

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Converting Raw Score to T-score

T-Score MT

85% Average: 80%

EL

85%

Average:60%

50

T-score converts average marks 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.

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How is T-score calculated

for each subject?

where

X : student’s mark for the subject

Y : average mark (mean) scored by all students

Z : spread of marks around the average mark

(standard deviation)

Z

Y)(X1050T

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Example:

• Student’s mark (X) in exam = 80

• Average mark (Y) scored by all students = 68

• Spread of marks (Z) around the average mark = 14

57.5814

)6880(1050T

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WHAT IS T-SCORE?• It is not the mark a student obtains in the

examination.

• It gives the relative position of a student’s performance as compared to the performance of all the other students in that subject.

• For example, a student who scored 70% in Science would not have performed as well if most other students scored higher than 70%.

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How is the Aggregate Score

calculated?

• By adding the T-scores of the 4 subjects.

Every subject

is equally important!

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• Use of marks obtained in the examination can lead to a wrong ranking of students.

• To ensure that subjects are accorded equal weighting.

• Helps to place students in the Secondary Schools and the Secondary School Course more fairly.

T-score is used instead of the raw

marks obtained because…

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• Pupil’s 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

Example:

T = 50 + 10 (50 - 68.0)

14.0= 37.14

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Example:

Subject Total Mark T-Score

EL 200 105 34

CL 200 152 51

Maths 100 67 53

Science 100 58 47

Aggregate: 185

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T-score is out of 300.

English and Mother

Tongue are more

important than

Mathematics and

Science.

I can calculate the T-

score of my child by

adding all the marks of 4

subjects, divide by 4 and

multiply by 3.

True or False?

FALSE

FALSE

FALSE

DIRECT SCHOOL

ADMISSION (DSA) Updates

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DSA-Sec Exercise

• Rationale:

– Introduced in 2004, DSA-Sec exercise promote holistic

education by giving participating secondary schools greater

flexibility in selecting students for admission outside the

centralised S1 Posting Exercise. Each participating school sets

its own criteria for selection, based on the academic and/or non-

academic areas that the school would like to emphasise.

Who can apply?

– Students with diverse academic and non-academic

achievements and talents.

http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/dsa-sec/participating-schools/

Refer to DSA-SEC Website for more details

http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/dsa-sec/participating-schools/

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2017 DSA RESULTS

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No Name Class Secondary School (DSA) Category

1 LIM TZE HERNG, LUCAS 6FANDERSON SECONDARY

SCHOOL Sports - Wushu

2 RACHEL LAU LI YING 6HANDERSON SECONDARY

SCHOOL Sports - Wushu

3 REUBEN DESH GABRIEL 6EANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL

(BARKER ROAD)Sports - Basketball

4 CHEN CHIAN CHOU JOEL 6CBUKIT BATOK SECONDARY

SCHOOL

Sports -

Badminton

5 ONG KWON KAI, KYLER 6BCLEMENTI TOWN SECONDARY

SCHOOL

Uniformed Groups

- Scouts

6 SONG JIARONG 6F HWA CHONG INSTITUTION Humanities

7 ELONZO TEO SHENG 6H NAN HUA HIGH SCHOOL Cultural Dance

8 LEOW KANG REN 6E NATIONAL JUNIOR COLLEGE Sports - Basketball

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9 CHRISTABEL JOY SIM 6GPAYA LEBAR METHODIST GIRLS’

SCHOOL (SECONDARY)Band

10 CHUAH EE ZEN 6E RIVER VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLChinese

Communication

11 VALENCIA TAN YAN YU 6F RIVER VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL Public Speaking

12DOMINIC CHONG YONG

JUN6H

SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY, SINGAPOREAcademics

13 GAN SIM RU DAYNA 6FSCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND


14KESLER KOK WENG

FONG6G

SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND


15 NG KUAN CHONG 6FSCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND


16 XAVIER HENG GEE TECK 6FSCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND


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17ATHIRAH ALFAIZ BINTE

LOQMAN6G

SCHOOL OF THE ARTS,

SINGAPOREVisual Arts

18 ERWIN CHAN JIE JUN 6GSCHOOL OF THE ARTS,

SINGAPOREVisual Arts

19 VERLENE CHEW YUN TING 6GSCHOOL OF THE ARTS,

SINGAPOREMusic - Voice

20 MAEVA LOO JIA XUAN 6CSINGAPORE CHINESE GIRLS’

SCHOOLSports - Basketball

21 SUBBNHA KALIDASAN 6GSINGAPORE CHINESE GIRLS’

SCHOOLSports - Basketball

22 LEE WAI JIUNN 6C UNITY SECONDARY SCHOOL Sports - Basketball

23MUHAMMAD FATHRIS BIN

MOHAMAD FAIZAL6D

WEST SPRING SECONDARY

SCHOOL Sports - Football

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DSA at a glanceStage Stage Name Description Period

1Selection

Schools will conduct their own selection

exercises, and inform students of the

results (Confirmed Offer, placed on

Waiting List or Rejected).

July 2018 to

August 2018

2 Exercise

School

Preference

Students may indicate their school

preferences during this stage, based on

the Confirmed Offers and Waiting List

offers they have received. Offers NOT

taken up will be considered as lapsed.

Oct 2018

3 Results

Release

The results of the DSA-Sec Exercise will

be released together with the PSLE

results.

Tentatively in

late

November

2018

SECONDARY ONE

(S1) POSTING

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If I submit my

Secondary One option

form earlier, my child

will get a place in the

secondary school first.

True or False?

If my child’s aggregate

score is out of range for

the 6 secondary schools

we have chosen, he/she

might be posted to a

nearby school with

vacancies.My child will definitely be

admitted to the school

he/she puts as first choice.

The PSLE score range for

secondary school is pre-

determined before posting.

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Timeline S1 Posting

Exercise (Tentative)

PSLE Results Release

In November

S1 Option Period

In November

S1 Information Booklet

In October

SEP OCT NOV DEC

S1 Posting Results

December

Registration at Sch

December

AUG

Collection of PSLE

certificate at Primary

School

https://www.moe.gov.sg/docs/default-source/document/education/admissions/secondary-one-

posting/2017-files/2017_S1_IB.pdf

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Understanding the Posting Process

• Posting is by MERIT, THEN CHOICE.

• Students are first ranked by their aggregate score.

• The top student will be considered for his choices first before the next student and then next, and so on.

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S1 Posting Method

PSLE Scores

285(1st student)

284 (2nd student)

243(Last vacancy)

242 and below

(move on to the next choice)

By Merit :

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• A student with a better PSLE T-score who

chooses a secondary school as his later choice

e.g. 5th or 6th choices will NOT be put at a

disadvantage as compared to another student

who chose the same school as his earlier choice

e.g. 1st choice.

• The student who has the better PSLE score will

considered for posting to each of his choices

first.

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• The PSLE score range for secondary school is

not pre-determined before posting.

• The previous years’ “cut-off-point” for each school

is the PSLE score of the last PSLE student who

was posted to the school.

• It depends on the popularity of the school.


https://www.moe.gov.sg/docs/default-source/document/education/admissions/secondary-one-

posting/2017-files/2017_S1_IB.pdf

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S1 Option form & Aggregate Eligibility Letter

• Together with the S1 Option form, students may receive a letter to inform whether the child is eligible for Special Assistance Plan Schools

• Bonus points are available for entry into these schools if the child has taken Higher Chinese in primary school

• students who are interested are advised to select SAP schools among the six school choices

Higher Chinese Grades Bonus Points

Distinction 3

Merit 2

Pass 1

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Modes for checking of posting results:

Online (with Internet Access)

- Access S1 Posting website for posting results

SMS via applicant’s mobile number (if provided by

applicants during submission of school choices)

Going to the child’s primary school.

Release of Posting Results

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Factors to consider when choosing a

secondary school

• Compatibility of child’s academic

performance with schools

– Parents may want to opt for schools that take

in students who have a similar academic

ability to that of their child’s.

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Factors to consider when choosing a

secondary school

• Compatibility of child’s academic

performance with schools

– Refer to previous year posting aggregate

ranges of the school and cut-off points

• Shows us which schools are popular

• Varies from year to year

• Ensure your 6 choices in your S1 option cover a

spread of PSLE aggregate scores

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• Affiliation

– Bukit Panjang Primary is NOT affiliated to Bukit

Panjang Government High or other secondary

schools. No priority for admission.

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• Special programmes/schemes

– Some secondary schools offer special

programmes/schemes, e.g. Music Elective

Programme, Art Elective Programme. If your

child is interested in any such programmes,

include schools that offer these programmes in

your application.

[ Refer to the “Secondary School Education” booklet for more

information on these programmes/schemes]

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• Special Assistance Plan (SAP) Schools– SAP schools nurture students to be proficient in both

English Language (EL) and Chinese Language (CL),

and to have a good understanding and appreciation of

Chinese culture. Students who have taken both EL and

CL at the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE)

may opt for SAP schools during the S1 posting

exercise, and they may be posted to these schools if

they meet the school’s cut-off PSLE aggregate. – Students posted to SAP secondary schools should offer Higher Chinese

Language (HCL) (or CL, if available) to enable them to participate

meaningfully in SAP school programmes.

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• Special needs of child

– Some secondary schools have special

facilities and resources to support students

with special needs (e.g. physical disabilities,

autistic spectrum disorder, dyslexia, hearing

impairment, visual impairment).

– Parents should include such schools in their

application if their child needs such special

support.

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For more information on the secondary schools

and the programmes/schemes, refer to the:

S1 Information Booklet (2018)https://www.moe.gov.sg/docs/default-

source/document/education/admissions/secondary-one-posting/2017-

files/2017_S1_IB.pdf

and the

Secondary School Education Booklethttps://www.moe.gov.sg/docs/default-

source/document/education/secondary/files/secondary-school-education-

booklet.pdf

https://www.moe.gov.sg/docs/default-source/document/education/admissions/secondary-one-posting/2017-files/2017_S1_IB.pdf

https://www.moe.gov.sg/docs/default-source/document/education/secondary/files/secondary-school-education-booklet.pdf

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Exercising Secondary School Options

The following groups of PSLE students who are promoted to secondary level are eligible to participate in the S1 Posting Exercise:

1. students who did not participate in the DSA-Sec Exercise – to opt for sec schools and Third Languages / Course Option eligibilities (if any).

2. students who are unsuccessful in the DSA-Sec Exercise – to opt for sec schools and Third Languages / Course Option eligibilities (if any).

3. students who are successful in the DSA-Sec Exercise with eligibility – to opt for Third Languages / Course Option eligibilities.

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Programmes Higher Mother Tongue Languages (HMT)

Third Languages

Art / Music Elective Programmes (AEP / MEP)

Elective Programme in Malay Language for Secondary Schools (EMAS)

Regional Studies Programme (RSP)


Eligibilities Edusave Entrance Scholarships for IS (EESIS)

Special Assistance Plan (SAP)

Course Option

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Edusave Entrance Scholarships for IS (EESIS)

Awarded to Singaporeans who have performed well in their

PSLE and posted to Independent Schools (IS).

Eligible students will receive a letter informing them that they are

offered EESIS

Eligible students who are interested in the scholarship should opt

for Independent Schools among their six school choices.

EESIS will be awarded to an eligible student if he/she is

admitted to an Independent School either through DSA-Sec or

S1 Posting Exercise.

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If I submit my

Secondary One option

form earlier, my child

will get a place in the

secondary school first.

True or False?If my child’s aggregate

score is out of range for

the 6 secondary schools

we have chosen, he/she

might be posted to a

nearby school with

vacancies.

My child will definitely be

admitted to the school

he/she puts as first

choice.

FALSETRUE

FALSE / TRUE

The PSLE score range for

secondary school is pre-

determined before posting.

FALSE

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