empowering mind • engaging heart • extending hands

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Empowering Mind • Engaging Heart • Extending Hands
YCKPS/P024/2021 08 February 2021 Dear Parents/Guardians,
2021 Primary 4 Assessment Matters This notification serves to provide key information such as assessment weightage, assessment dates, and assessment format, components and topics. Home support and parental encouragement are important success factors in students’ learning. Kindly ensure that your child/ward revises his/her work regularly and prepares well for all his/her assessments this year. Assessment Weightage The table below shows the weightage (in percentage) for each termly assessment.
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4
HA (Term 1) MYE HA (Term 3) EYE
0% 30% 0% 70%
HA – Holistic Assessment (non-weighted), and MYE – Mid-Year Examination (weighted), EYE – End-of-Year Examination (weighted).
Assessment Dates and Absentees for Assessments The assessment dates for the year are appended. These dates are also available under the Calendar sub-page in the school website. Please ensure that your child/ward is present on the assessment days. Students who are unwell and not able to sit for the assessment are to see a doctor and submit a valid medical certificate for their absence. Medical certificates or letters issued by Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioners will not be accepted.* Assessment Format, Components and Topics The assessment format, components and topics for the various subjects are as attached. Kindly look through the document to better assist your child/ward in preparing for the assessments. Please keep the copy for your reference throughout the year.
Examination Rules and Regulations The Examination Rules and Regulations can be found in the Student Handbook 2021 (Pages 24 to 25). Please stress the importance of compliance to the rules and regulations to your child/ward. The school takes a serious view of students who are caught cheating, attempting to cheat or helping others to cheat. For such cases, disciplinary action will be taken and the students will be awarded “zero” mark for that test or examination paper. We trust that the information provided will give you a good head start in preparing your child/ward well for the academic year. Please refer to the school website for the latest updates on assessment matters and any change(s) to this notification. Thank you. Yours in education, Mr Ng Aik Boon Principal This is a computer-generated letter and requires no signature. * Website for list of doctors registered under the “Medical/Dental Registration Act”: https://www.moh.gov.sg/content/moh_web/healthprofessionalsportal/allhealthcareprofessionals.html
Assessment Dates for 2021:
Mid-Year Examination (MYE)
23 Apr, Fri English Language and Mother Tongue Languages Oral
After school hours;
During school hours
11 May, Tue Mathematics
18 May, Tue Science
15 Oct, Fri English Language and Mother Tongue Languages Oral
After school hours;
27 Oct, Wed English Language Papers 1 and 2
During school hours
29 Oct, Fri Mother Tongue Languages Papers 1 and 2
1 Nov, Mon Science
English Language Components of the English Language Examination Paper for Primary 4:
Paper 1
(Composition Writing)
Paper Component No. of questions Marks Duration
1 Continuous Writing 1 20 50 min
2 Language Use & Comprehension
3 Listening
1 stimulus-based conversation 16 ~ 6 min
Topics covered for the examinations:
English Language (Primary 4)
1. All of P1 – P4 work 2. Possible Grammar items:
Subject-Verb agreement
Simple past tense for action completed
Past continuous tense for actions that were in progress some time in the past
Other Tenses/Aspects
Determiners – demonstratives
Preposition
Conjunction/Connectors
Titles
Canoe Diary Making Ice Cream Prince Zak & The Wise Frog
Previous titles covered A Nasty Accident Statues
Previous titles covered Sports Day What Is A Tsunami? Ruby’s Sunflower
Previous titles covered Rats’ Nests Leatherback Turtles
Non-weighted Holistic
Assessment Tasks
Non-weighted Holistic
Assessment Tasks
Reading Aloud Stimulus-based Conversation Listening Comprehension Individual Narrative Writing Language Use
Reading Aloud Stimulus-based Conversation Listening Comprehension Individual Narrative Writing Language Use
Mathematics The Mathematics examination is made up of one written paper consisting of three booklets. Format of Mathematics MYE and EYE Papers:
Section Item Type No. of
questions Marks per question
(40%)
(40%)
(20%)
The topics listed below include the corresponding topics in the course books.
Students should revise all their worksheets, including Heuristics worksheets.
The use of mathematical set is allowed (where applicable).
Students should show their working steps clearly. For questions where method marks are awarded, students may lose these marks if no working is shown.
Mathematics (Primary 4)
1. Whole Numbers 2. Factors and
Multiples 3. Four Operations
1. Whole Numbers 2. Factors and
Multiples 3. Four Operations
Money, Area & Perimeter
2. Fractions 3. Geometry:
Angles, Rectangles & Squares, Symmetry
Time, Money, Area & Perimeter
7. Non-Routine & Heuristics
Science Format of Science MYE and EYE Papers:
Booklet Item Type Number of questions Marks Duration
A Multiple-choice 28 56
Total 100
All topics listed follow the corresponding topics in the textbooks and workbooks.
Students must keep their textbooks, workbooks and all worksheets/booklets for every level until they take the PSLE in Primary 6.
Science (Primary 4)
Performance Task on Life cycles of plants
1. All of Primary 3 work
2. Life cycles of some animals
3. Life cycles of plants
4. Matter 5. Light and
shadows
2. Life cycles of some animals
3. Life cycles of plants
4. Matter 5. Light and
shadows 6. Heat and
temperature
Mother Tongue Languages – Chinese Language Components of the Chinese Language Examination Paper for Primary 4:

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1

4 8 8

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10
10 10 10 30

36 100 100
:

Non-weighted
Assessment

Non-weighted
Assessment

Mother Tongue Languages – Malay Language Format Penilaian dan Jadual Pengkhususan Kertas Peperiksaan Bagi Primari 4:
Penggal 1 Penggal 2 Penggal 3 Penggal 4
Latihan Penggunaan
FIB: Golongan Kata OE: Kefahaman
Kefahaman Mendengar
Latihan Penggunaan
Lisan Kertas 1 Kertas 2
Format Kertas Peperiksaan Bahasa Melayu (MYE and EYE):
Kertas Kandungan Jenis Item
patah perkataan)
Imbuhan MCQ 5 10 10
1 Jam
Melengkapkan Teks
(Interaksi Penulisan)
Kertas 3 Kefahaman Mendengar
kurang 10 min)
Penggal 1 Penggal 2 Penggal 3 Penggal 4
HA1 Penilaian Holistik 1
MYE Peperiksaan Semester 1
HA2 Penilaian Holistik 2
EYE Peperiksaan Semester 2
Peribahasa (1 – 20)
Mother Tongue Languages – Tamil Language Components of the Tamil Language Examination Paper for Primary 4:
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Format of Tamil Language MYE and EYE Papers:
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(60
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2

(FIB)
4 8 8

5 9 9
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3 1
3 1
3 1

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10

1 10 10

1 10 10
Total 36 100 100
Tamil (Primary 4) 1 HA (Term 1)
(MYE)
2 HA (Term 3)
(EYE)
4A 1-3

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2

4A 1-5
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- (P3A, P3B & P4A)

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