Session Rationale

Foster collaboration between parents and school

Sharing of Key Programmes

Sharing of Assessment Structure

Better understand concerns of parents on your child’s development (Feedback to improve current programmes / systems)

Outline of Briefing

Content Details

Key Programmes

Programme for Active Learning -

PAL,

7 Habits,

My Development Booklet - MDB

Assessment

Matters Assessment Plan

Feedback Session Concerns, suggestions for

improvement

Holistic Development/Education

Key Programmes - PAL

PAL (Programme for Active Learning)

Provide broad exposure and experiences

4 modules a year:

Term 1: Outdoor Education/ Chess (School Niche)

Term 2: Performing Arts (Dance)

Term 3: Sports Education

Term 4: Visual Arts

PW Strategies incorporated into PAL this year

Key Programmes – 7 Habits

7 Habits of highly effective people (whole school

approach)

1: Be Proactive 6: Synergize

2: Begin with an end in mind 7: Sharpen The Saw

3: Put First Things First

4: Think Win-Win

5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood

Key Programmes

EL/MT Learning Journey (LJ) to the Zoo(Term 1)

House Practice (Term 1)

Health & Fitness Funnanza (Term 1)

Aesthetics Learning Journey (Term 3)

SS LJ to Orchid Gardens (Term 4)

My Development Booklet (MDB)

Tie-in with #2 habit: Begin with an end in mind

Contains information about your child across six years from P1 to P6

To be filled out together WITH your child

Track development and progress of child across six years

Used during FTGP for more fruitful discussion between form teachers and students

Assessment

Assessment is carried out for 2 main

purposes

To measure students’ attainment and report

evidence of learning in different learning

areas

To support students’ learning and classroom

teaching

Holistic Assessment

Holistic Assessment aims to build the child's

confidence and desire to learn, with a focus on

knowing and developing the child as a whole.

Quantitative feedback (grades and marks) and

qualitative feedback (teacher comments) will

help your child learn about his/her strengths

and weaknesses and steps he/she could take

to improve his/her learning

Formative Assessment

A range of formative assessment strategies to evaluate students' mastery of concepts and skills

Provide students with quality feedback and plan how they will address gaps of understanding and deepen pupils' learning.

Pupils are encouraged to evaluate their progress and take responsibility for their learning through reflection, self-assessment and target-setting.

Structure of Assessment -

English

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

NIL

NIL

Reading Aloud

(20%)

Speaking (Show

and Tell) (20%)

Listening (20%)

Speaking (Show and

Tell) (20%)

Language Paper

(Vocab, Grammar,

Compre) (20%)

4 Components (Reading, Listening, Speaking,

Writing)

English Assessment at Primary 1

Skills/ Topics Term Week Weighting

READING: Reading Aloud

Term 3

Week 6 20%

SPEAKING: Show and Tell Week 8 20%

LISTENING: Listening

Comprehension

Term 4

Week 4 20%

SPEAKING: Show and Tell

Week 5 20%

LANGUAGE USE:

(Vocabulary, Grammar and Reading

Comprehension)

Week 7 20%

Assessment Criteria

READING ALOUD

Pronunciation is clear and consistently good.

Fluent, expressive reading delivered with appropriate

pauses and without hesitations.

POETRY RECITATION/ SHOW-AND-TELL

Pronunciation is clear and consistently good

Use appropriate stress pattern and rhythm.

Shows enthusiasm, is confident and able to make good

eye contact with the audience to engage them.

Structure of Assessment -

Math

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

NIL

Mini Quiz 1

Mini Quiz 2

Mini Quiz 3

Mini Quiz 4

Mini Quiz 5 (10%)

Mini Quiz 6 (20%)

Mini Quiz 7 (10%)

Mini Quiz 8 (25%)

Mini Quiz 9 (25%)

Mini Quiz 10

(10%)

Term 2 Mini Quizzes- No weighting.

Format- Dependent on topics. Some questions might use

the hands-on approach. (Example. Length: Use paperclips

to measure the given length)

Mathematics Assessment at Primary 1 Skills/ Topics Term Weighting

Mini Quiz 1

Term 2

0% Numbers to 10 Number Bonds

Mini Quiz 2

0% Ordinal Numbers Shapes and Patterns

Mini Quiz 3

0%

Addition and Subtraction to 20

Mini Quiz 4

0% Length

Mini Quiz 5

Term 3

10% Picture Graph

Mini Quiz 6

20% Numbers to 40 Addition and Subtraction to 40

Mini Quiz 8

Term 4

25%

Division Time

Mini Quiz 9

25% Numbers to 100 Addition & Subtraction within 100

Mini Quiz 10 10%

Money

Mini Quiz 7

Term 3 10% Multiplication

Mathematics Assessment at Primary 1

Structure of Assessment –

Mother Tongue

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

NIL

NIL

Listening

Comprehension

Reading Aloud

Speaking

(Picture

Description)

Speaking

(Show-and-tell)

Knowledge of

vocab, grammar

and reading

comprehension

(banding)

4 Components (Reading, Listening, Speaking,

Writing)

Mother Tongue Assessment at Primary 1

Skills/ Topics Term Weighting

READING: Reading Aloud Term 3

20%

20% SPEAKING: Picture Description

SPEAKING: Show-and-tell

Term 4

20%

LISTENING: Listening Comprehension

20%

Knowledge of Vocabulary and Grammar &

Reading Comprehension (For class

banding)

20%

Assessment Criteria

READING ALOUD

Pronunciation is clear and consistently good.

Fluent, expressive reading delivered with appropriate pauses and without hesitations.

POETRY RECITATION/ SHOW-AND-TELL

Pronunciation is clear and consistently good

Use appropriate stress pattern and rhythm.

Shows enthusiasm, is confident and able to make good eye contact with the audience to engage them.

Platforms for Communication

http://www.northlandpri.moe.edu.sg/our-programme/levels/primary-1-2016

http://www.northlandpri.moe.edu.sg/our-people/primary-1

P1 Form Teachers

1A - chua-lau_kia_sang@moe.edu.sg

1B - jilyn_chew_hui_kiang@moe.edu.sg

1C - lee_yu_jin_diane@moe.edu.sg

1D - khoo_xian_hui@moe.edu.sg

Platforms for Communication

P1 Form Teachers

1E - cheong_siew_lan_pauline@moe.edu.sg

1F - foo_hui_shan@moe.edu.sg

1G - melissa_hiang_shu_wen@moe.edu.sg

1H - chong_cheng_cheng@moe.edu.sg

P1 Year Head : Mr Ganesan Arumugan

ganesan_arumugan@moe.edu.sg