Programme 1. School Vision & Mission 2. General Information on PSLE 3. Direct School Admission (DSA) 4. Subject Areas 5. Key Level Programmes 6. Discipline & Attendance Monitoring
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Our Core Values R We demonstrate kindness in words and deeds, treating espect others as we would like to be treated. I We demonstrate moral courage and uprightness, being ntegrity consistent in word and deed. We demonstrate love and care for others through C ompassion words and deeds. H umility We demonstrate the quality of being modest. We demonstrate resilience in working E ndurance towards goals and objectives set. We demonstrate the ability to behave sensibly R esponsibility in ways that are expected of us. Integrity Compassion Humility Endurance Responsibility Respect
Information on PSLE
PSLE Dates • PSLE Oral – 15 & 16 August • PSLE LC – 20 September • PSLE Written Papers EL – 26 Sep MA – 27 Sep MT – 30 Sep SCI – 1 Oct HMT – 2 Oct
Release of PSLE Results Tentative Date: 1 st – 2 nd week of Term 4 Break Authorised person: Must be able to make decision on behalf of child & family (with letter of authorisation)
Posting to Secondary School Tentative Date: 3 rd /4 th week of December ( 18 Dec 2019) Report to Sec Schs: TBA after posting results (19 Dec 2019)
• Reflects the relative achievement level of pupils among 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.
Express 4 years GCE “O” Levels N(A) 4 or 5 years GCE “N”Levels / N(T) GCE “O” Levels (ITE)
TYPES OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS
• Government • Government-aided • Independent Schools • Special Assistance Plan (SAP) • Autonomous Schools • Specialised Schools • Vocational Schools
HOW TO CHOOSE A SECONDARY SCHOOL • Academic Criteria • Cut-off aggregate of the previous year • Child’s academic performance • Express/NA/NT • Express (offered HMT*)
SECONDARY ONE OPTION AND POSTING
SEC 1 POSTING EXERCISE • All pupils who pass the PSLE are eligible to participate in the S1 Posting Exercise. • This is with the exception of those who are successful in the DSA-Sec Exercise
• Introduced in 2004 • More flexible and broad-based education system • Promote holistic education • Greater flexibility in selecting students • Based on schools’ selection criteria
2019 Centralised DSA-Sec Application Portal 18
DSA-Sec Application Portal • DSA-Sec provides students an opportunity to enrol in a school based on their talents, potential and achievements that cannot be demonstrated through the PSLE . • To encourage students to tap on the expanded DSA opportunities, the DSA-Sec application process will be simplified • From the 2019 DSA-Sec , students will be able to apply for DSA through a centralised DSA-Sec Application Portal , using a common application form. • The portal will simplify and streamline the DSA application process, making it convenient for all students. 19
From 2019 onwards… Simplify and streamline DSA-Sec application • Reduce application hassle for students – single online application to multiple schools • Encourage more students with talent / potential to consider DSA- Sec for talent development, to tap on expanded DSA opportunities Changes • Information on P5/P6 results and CCA records taken directly by the secondary schools from the MOE systems • Removal of testimonials from online application 20
2019 DSA-Sec Application Timeline DSA-Sec Portal Secondary schools Process from this point opens on 8 May can download onwards is the same as previous year. See tentative 2019 applicants’ details 2019 DSA-Sec calendar in from the Portal Slide 11. 4 June By 31 August Time for secondary schools to shortlist and hold selection 17 June 8 May 2 weeks for HQ to consolidate Secondary schools applicants’ data and extract should have completed School Cockpit data their DSA-Sec selection DSA-Sec Portal closes on 4 Jun 2019 21
What’s in it for students 1. Centralised online applications – Applications will be centralised across all participating secondary schools. – Application window is open for four weeks from 8 May to 4 Jun 2019. – Applicants interested in SOTA and SSP will have to apply directly to the schools and follow their timelines. 2. Common application form – Parents can access the Portal using their SingPass login. Only one parent’s SingPass login is required. – Easy to complete – parents and students only have to key in contact details and their choices of talent area and school. Optional: The portal will also allow them to indicate any non-school-based achievements and activities related to the talent areas they applied for. Parents who are unable to access their SingPass can seek primary schools’ assistance . 22
How students will indicate their choices 1. Each applicant can indicate up to three choices using the DSA-Sec Portal • For each choice, they will need to indicate a secondary school and a talent area from that school • Choice order does not matter. • This encourages students and parents to consider their choices carefully and commit to them, which is what we have advised in previous DSA exercises. 2. Applicant can choose to apply to two different talent areas, under the same school • Of the three choices, a maximum of two choices can be used to apply to the same school, for two different talent areas of that school. • This is to cater to students’ multiple interests, and allow them to choose different schools which can develop their strengths and interests. • Secondary schools have the prerogative to shortlist students for the stronger area 23
How students will indicate their choices 3. Options for dual-track IP schools • Where the dual-track school offers the same DSA-Sec talent area to both tracks, the students will have the option of indicating preference for which track (IP or O-level) they are applying to, or indicating no preference. Note . Students can apply separately to SOTA and/or SSP, on top of the three choices made using the DSA-Sec Portal. 24
Examples of Choice Combinations Talent(s) School(s) A student can apply to up to Choir School A three different schools , with EXAMPLE 1 no restrictions on the talent Choir School B areas. Choir School C Talent(s) School(s) If a student choose two areas Choir School A in one school, he/she EXAMPLE 2 can apply to two different String Orchestra School A schools only . Choir School B Talent(s) School(s) A student cannot use all three Choir School A choices on one school. He/she EXAMPLE 3 can leave the third choice String Orchestra School A (Not allowed) blank or choose another Mathematics School A school. 25
2019 DSA-Sec (Tentative Calendar) Date (2019) Key Activity Remarks • 8 May (Wed) Update DSA information by DSA-Sec schools on school website • MOE issues press release and updates website for 2019 DSA-Sec • 8 May (Wed) to Online DSA-Sec Application Using DSA-Sec Portal • 4 Jun (Tue) For parents without SingPass, primary school administrator of DSA-Sec (4 weeks) portal can assist to apply on behalf. • 5 Jun (Wed) to MOE to consolidate application data, extract School Cockpit data and 14 Jun (Fri) prepare to release to DSA-Sec schools through the DSA-Sec Portal • 17 Jun (Mon) to DSA-Sec schools download application details Using DSA-Sec Portal 12 Jul (Fri) • 17 Jun (Mon) to Selection process by DSA-Sec schools – shortlist applicants, conduct Same as previous years 30 Aug (Fri) selection and issue offers based on schools’ schedule. using school-based (11 weeks) process. (NOT using the Portal) • Mid-Sep Update of DSA selection outcome by DSA-Sec schools Timeline and processes are similar to previous • Mid-Sep to end-Oct MOE prepares for DSA-Sec School Preference. years’. More details on • End Oct (1 week) Eligible students indicate DSA-Sec school preference online. how to use the Portal 3 rd week Nov • MOE release of DSA-Sec outcome will be provided in 2019. 26
Assessment Matters
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
P6 EL Examination Format Paper Component/Time Item Details Item Type Marks • 1 Writing Situational Writing Open-Ended SW:15 • (1h 10 min) Continuous Writing CW: 40 Total= 55 • 2 Language Use and Booklets A ( Grammar, Vocabulary, MCQ, Booklet A: 28 Comprehension Vocabulary Cloze & Visual Text Open-Ended (1h 50min) Comprehension) Booklet B: • Booklet B ( Grammar Cloze, Editing for 67 Spelling & Grammar, Comprehension Cloze, Synthesis & Transformation and Total=95 Comprehension) • 3 Listening Picture Matching MCQ 20 • Comprehension Comprehension ( 1 h) • 4 Oral Communication Reading Aloud Open-Ended R:10 • - Stimulus-based Conversation SBC:20 Total = 30 Total 200
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