P6 PARENTS BRIEFING SCIENCE

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P6 PARENTS BRIEFINGSCIENCE

• AGENDA
• CURRICULUM MATTERS
• SUPPLEMENTARY / ENRICHMENT LESSONS
• EXAMINATION MATTERS
• MONITORING AND ASSISTANCE

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Curriculum Matters

• PSLE Coverage
• P3 to P6 Work / Content
• Science Process Skills

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Process Skills

• Basic
• - Observing
• - Comparing
• - Classifying
• - Measuring and using
• apparatus / equipment
• - Communicating
• - Inferring
• - Predicting
• - Analysing
• - Generating
• - Evaluating
• - Making hypothesis

• Integrated
• - Creative Problem
• Solving
• - Decision Making
• - Investigation

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Curriculum matters

• Mid Term 3, syllabus completion.
• Revision comprises mainly past-year papers (ACS
  as well as other schools), PSLE booklet
• On-going preparation includes
• Topical notes
• Topical Spelling list
• Topical worksheets
• Topical tests
• Process skills worksheets
• Quality vs. quantity

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Weekly Supplementary Lessons (Mon. / Tues. /
Thurs.)

• Current P6 Work
• Revision of P3 to P5 Work

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Enrichment Lessons

• Science of flight
• Optional, a class of 30 boys each
• 5 lessons (Hands-on activities)
• Wednesday afternoons
• (2 4 pm)
• Fees about 150 (10 hours of instructions)-
  EduSave

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EXAM. MATTERS

• FORMAT OF PAPER
• 60 APPLICATION (requires process skills), 40
  KNOWLEDGE (requires memorising of facts with
  understanding)
• 30 MCQ x 2 m each (60 m), 16 Open-Ended
• (40 m)
• 1hr 45 mins
• P3 to P6 syllabus

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Marks allocation for Schools Semestral Exams.
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Points to note

• Section A
• To examine the options given carefully before
  choosing the best possible one.
• Diagrams, pictures, graphs, tables, etc. given
  are for deriving additional information.these
  need to be studied carefully.

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• Section B To be precise and concise in the
  answers.
• To give answers as required
  (Who, What, Where, Why, When,
  How?)
• Concepts MUST be correct and clearly
  expressed. (No deduction if
• grammatically incorrect provided idea/concept
  is clear).
• Key words DO NOT Right Answer
• When key words are spelt incorrectly, marks
  will be deducted.
• If additional information which is wrong is
  included, marks will also be deducted.
• Diagrams, pictures, graphs, tables, etc. given
  are for deriving additional information.thes
  e need to be studied carefully.
• When examples are required, give the obvious
  correct ones !

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Monitoring and Assistance

• Help to ensure that child knows the text book
  content through and through
• Important to ensure that child learns key words
  (Spelling)
• P3 to P5 content must be re-learned
• Help child use concept map to link concepts
• Monitor work especially workbooks (application
  based)need to pay attention to corrections
• Work with the teacher to even out pressure
• (2 extremes)

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THANK YOUazman_b_mohamad_dali_at_moe.edu.sg
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