Henry Park Primary School

P6 GEP Briefing

Friday, 22 January 2016

Programme

• Introduction

• Principal’s address

• Briefing by Deputy Director, Gifted

Education, Mrs Ruth Tai

• Briefing by Head of Department, GEP

Briefing Notes

Uploaded onto the school website under

- Circulars and Forms

- P6 Term Letters and Briefing Notes

- P6 GEP Briefing Notes

Introduction

Key Personnel

Principal: Mr Chia Soo Keng

Deputy Director, Gifted Education: Mrs Ruth Tai

Vice-Principals: Ms Natalie Chen

Mrs Cheryl Tan

Mrs Ganesh

Introduction

Key Personnel

HOD GEP: Mrs Teo-Loh SM (Languages & SS)

Mrs Irene Tan (Math & Science)

Lead Teacher (Math): Ms Theresa Heng

Introduction

Subject Teachers

6R1 FT/ MA: Mrs Norah Idil

6R2 FT/ EL: Mr Collin Sebastian

6R2 co-FT/ SC: Mrs Seow Jian Jian

SS: Mrs Teo-Loh SM

Introduction

MT Teachers

6R1 co-FT/ HCL: Mr Ng Eng Peng

6R2 HCL: Mrs Tan Siew Ngee

CL: Mdm Yuan Wenjing

General Matters

1. Home- School Partnership

•Parent-Teacher Meetings

1st Meeting – 11th March

2nd Meeting – 27th May

•Teachers’ Feedback Forms

Term 2 & Term 4

Parents are encouraged to contact the teachers throughout

the year via email or to make an appointment to meet

them.

2. Assessment Format –GEP curriculum

P6 CA Mid-year

EL 50% 50%

Math 50% 50%

Science 30% 70%

CL 50% 50%

HCL 50% 50%

P6 HCL students will take both HCL & CL papers at Mid-year, Prelims & PSLE.

P6 Social

Studies

Mid Year End of year

CT 20% Keyed in as

Pass/Fail

Project 20% Keyed in as

Distinction/

Merit/

Pass/

Fail

Portfolio 30%

End of

Year

Exam

30%

3. Checkpoints in Learning

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

GEP curriculum and

assessment

Prelims

August

PSLE

Sept-Oct

PRELIM SCHEDULE (2016)

• 18-19 & 25 - 26 July : Prelim EL & MT Oral

• 12 Aug : Prelim Listening

Comprehension

• 16 Aug : P6 GEP SS EOY Exam

• 22 - 26 Aug : Prelim Written Papers

PSLE SCHEDULE (2016)

• 18 - 19 Aug: PSLE Oral

• 16 Sep: PSLE Listening Comprehension

• 29 – 30 Sept & 3 - 5 Oct: PSLE Written Papers

Other Schedule

(a) Release of PSLE results & selection of

Secondary Schools

– 1st week of Nov / Dec School Holidays

(b) Secondary Schools’ posting results

– December 2016

Other Schedule*

“Choosing your

Secondary schools’

booklet” will be issued in

Aug/Sept 2016

* Tentative

4. PSLE - A Placement Exam

• Reflects the relative achievement level

of pupils within 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.

The PSLE Aggregate Score

• Incorporates performance of pupils

in all 4 subjects

• Allows pupils to be ranked fairly

What is Transformed (T)-Score?

• It gives the relative position of a

pupil’s performance as compared to

the performance of all the other

pupils in that subject.

• The raw mark obtained in the exam

only shows how good the pupil is in

that subject, not how good he is as

compared to others .

How is T-Score calculated

for each subject?

where

X: pupil’s mark for the subject

Y: average mark (mean) scored by all

pupils

Z: spread of marks around the average

mark (standard deviation)

Z

Y) - (X 10 50 T + =

ALL SUBJECTS :

English, Math, Science

& Mother Tongue

are given equal weighting

at PSLE

5. DSA - Preparation

• Portfolio- Academics, CCAs, talents/

interests showcase, leadership qualities,

CIP

• Interview- Ongoing oral presentation &

interview skills (body language & current

affairs, personal aspirations/ viewpoints)

Parents’ Support

• DSA info- Visit choice school websites

regularly for updates

• Share interview experiences & advice with

child

• Discuss common interests, current affairs,

values (attitude towards learning/life) with

child to build confidence

7. Supplementary lessons

June classes: 30th , 31st May

22nd , 23rd June

Consultation sessions with teachers

Secondary school open house

School Date

SOTA Open

Symposium 2016

* Refer to the SOTA

website to register.

26 Feb 2016, Friday,

7-8.30pm

2. School of Science

and Technology

SST

28 May 2016, Saturday

8.30-4.30pm

If I had my child to raise all over again,

I'd build self-esteem first, and the house later.

I'd finger-paint more, and point the finger less.

I would do less correcting and more connecting.

I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my

eyes.

I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.

I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.

I would run through more fields and gaze at more

stars.

I'd do more hugging and less tugging.

-- Diane Loomans, from "If I Had My Child To Raise Over

Again"

Thank you