Examination Briefing for

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Examination Briefing for P6 Parents
Welcome!
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Prelim Dates
Subject Date
Oral (EL MT) August
English August
Mathematics August
Mother Tongue August
Science August
Higher Mother Tongue August
Listening Comprehension (EL MT) August
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PSLE Dates
Subject Date
Oral (EL MT) 20,21August
Listening Comprehension (EL MT) 18 September
English 1 October
Mother Tongue 2 October
Mathematics 5 October
Science 6 October
Higher Mother Tongue 7 October
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Examination Briefing for P6 Parents
ENGLISH
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE
STANDARD STANDARD STANDARD
Paper 1 Composition 55 m
Paper 2 Language Use 95 m
Paper 3 Listening 20 m
Paper 4 Oral Communication 30 m
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Paper 1 (1 hour 10 min) Paper 1 (1 hour 10 min) Paper 1 (1 hour 10 min)
Part 1 Situational Writing 15 m
Part 2 Continuous Writing 40 m
Total Total 55 m
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE
No change
Paper 1 Part 1 Situational Writing (15 m) Paper 1 Part 1 Situational Writing (15 m) Paper 1 Part 1 Situational Writing (15 m)
examples examples examples
formal email formal letter postcard
informal email informal letter message
report speech note
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE
NEW Format!
Paper 1 Part 2 Continuous Writing (40 m)
A change from the current item type ONE topic, but with greater scope for writing from different perspectives Visuals are given to provide ideas for various perspectives Assessment is on writing skills, not on text type (diary entry, narrative, information text, etc.)
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE
NEW Format !
Paper 2 Language Use Comprehension (1 hour 50 min) Paper 2 Language Use Comprehension (1 hour 50 min) Paper 2 Language Use Comprehension (1 hour 50 min) Paper 2 Language Use Comprehension (1 hour 50 min)
BOOKLET A (MCQ) BOOKLET A (MCQ) BOOKLET B BOOKLET B
Grammar 10 m Grammar Cloze 10 m
Vocabulary 5 m Editing for Spelling and Grammar 12 m
Vocabulary Cloze 5 m Comprehension Cloze 15 m
Visual Text Comprehension 8 m Synthesis / Transformation 10 m
Comprehension Open-Ended 20 m
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE
NEW Format !
Paper 3 Listening Comprehension (20 m)
The crowd went wild! Everyone was cheering for their favourite athlete. Tom and Nick were cheering for their good friend, Rudy. It was going to be a close race. With seconds to go, Rudys arm shot out and touched the edge of the pool. He did it! He was the winner!
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE
No change
Paper 4 Oral Communication (30 m)
Part 1 Reading Aloud (10 m)
Ravi walked towards the supermarket two blocks from his house. His mother had told him to buy a carton of milk. Hmm, which one should I get? Ravi asked himself as he looked at the rows of milk cartons. He finally made up his mind and reached out for a carton of strawberry-flavoured milk.
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE
NEW Format!
Paper 4 Oral Communication (30 m)
Part 2 Stimulus-based Conversation (20 m)
This is a merging of Picture Discussion and Conversation
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Examination Briefing for P6 Parents
MATHEMATICS
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MATHEMATICS

Cognitive levels at which pupils will be assessed are broadly classified as follows
Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis
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PSLE Exam Format
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Merged Examination Format Paper One
Booklet Item Type Number of questions Marks per question Weighting
A MCQ 10 1 10
A MCQ 5 2 10
B Short Answer 10 1 10
B Short Answer 5 2 10
Total Total 30 - 40
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Merged Examination Format Paper Two
Item Type Number of questions Marks per question Weighting
Short Answer 5 2 10
Structured / Long Answer 13 3, 4, 5 50
Total 18 - 60
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Support from School

• Topical Worksheets

• Topical Tests

• Speed Tests

• Remedial / Supplementary

• Heuristics

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Parental Involvement at Home

Allow your child to practise their practice papers under examination condition. Discourage your child from using calculators while practising the easy questions. Encourage your child to move onto the next question if they are stuck at a difficult question. Do not provide answers to your child immediately. Select some questions and allow your child to explain to you how he/she derives at the answers. If your child is able to explain his/her thinking process, your child truly understands.

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MATHEMATICS
Common Errors to Note

• Notation for dollars and cents
• 5 8 13 ?
• 5 80 5.80 ?
• 5 80 5.80 x

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MATHEMATICS

• Equating quantities of different units
• 5m 80cm 580 cm ?
• 5 80 580 x
• Answering in the units required

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MATHEMATICS


Not reducing to the lowest term

• Wrong use of the equality notation
• 3 x 2 6 2 8

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MATHEMATICS


Any method/strategy used to solve the problem will be accepted as long as it is logical. It does not mean that only model drawing or guess and check are the only ways.
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Examination Briefing for P6 Parents
SCIENCE
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SCIENCE
MERGED STREAM MERGED STREAM MERGED STREAM
SECTION A MULTIPLE CHOICE 30 Questions 2 Marks each 60 m
SECTION B OPEN-ENDED 14 Questions 2/3/4 Marks 40 m
Total duration of paper 1 h 45 min
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SCIENCE
3 Types of Questioning
Focus on a single topic
Focus on more than 1 topic, under the same theme
Focus on more than 1 theme
Approximately equal weightage on Life Science and
Physical Science
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SCIENCE
Focus on a single topic
Which part of the bar magnet is the strongest?
Topic Magnet (Theme Interactions)
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SCIENCE
Focus on more than 1 topic, under the same theme

Topics Magnet Forces, Theme Interactions
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SCIENCE
Focus on more than 1 theme

Topics Electricity (Theme Systems), Magnets (Theme Interactions) Energy (Theme Energy)
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SCIENCE
Mark allocation for Section B
Pupils have to show understanding of concepts and correct application to attain full marks.
Case 1 Mere mentioning of key words with wrong concept or understanding will not be awarded with marks.
Case 2 Correct application of principles with right concept, even with no mention of key words, can be awarded with the full marks.
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Thank you!