SHPS GEP P5 2016

PA R E N T T E A C H E R M E E T

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

MRS CINDY SIMON

YEAR-LONG ACTIVITIES / EVENTS /

COMPETITIONS

Haiku Writing Competition

Civica Writing Competition

Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) Essay Writing

Competition
National Spelling Championships
Kids Lit Quiz
Creative Arts Programme
Wits and Words (Debate)
Various writing competitions (TBC)

E X A M I N AT I O N / A S S E S S M E N T
CA1

CA2

SA

Portfolio (Semester 1) 60%

Portfolio (Semester 2) 60%

No Portfolio

Common Test 2 40%

Paper 1
Paper 2
Paper 3
Paper 4

Total = 100%

Total Marks - 200 marks

(100%)

Common Test 1 40%

Total = 100%

NEW COMPONENT!

Common Tests (40%)

Cloze passage (15 marks)

Comprehension passage (20 marks)

Grammar (NEW!) (5 marks)

PORTFOLIO (60%)

ERP Project

Oral Performance Task

Daily Work

SYLLABUS
Concept Units

TERM 1 Mysteries

Term 2 Print Advertisements & Persuasive Writing

(Myths (HBL))

Term 3 / 4 - The Giver

A W O R D A D AY S O M E R E F I N E M E N T S

Everyone will still do A Word a Day

One day set aside to go through all the words for

the week

Words found when you are reading

QUICK WRITES
AQuick Writeis a literacy strategy which can be used in any
content area to:

developwritingfluency;

build the habit of reflection into a learning experience; and

to informally assess student thinking.

The strategy asks learners to respond in 210 minutes to an

open-ended question or prompt posed by the teacher.
I have given the class 5 minutes.

MATHEMATICS

MR DAN ANG

A S S E S S M E N T F O R M AT
Assessment

Type

Component/Marks/Duration

Weighting

- Common Test 1 Part 1

- Pen-And-Paper Test:
(Section A & B)
20 Marks
No Usage Of Calculators (30 Min)
- Common Test 1 Part 2
- Pen-And-Paper Test:
(Section C)
30 Marks
Calculators Are Allowed (50 Min)

CA1
- Common Test 1 Part 3

- Investigation:
25 Marks
(45 Min)
- Daily Assignments:
10 Marks
(Done Continuously, For
Selected Topics Only)

35%

A S S E S S M E N T F O R M AT
- Common Test 2 Part 1
(Section A & B)
- Common Test 2 Part 2

CA2

(Section C)
- Common Test 2 Part 3

- Pen-And-Paper Test:
20 Marks (35 Min)
- Pen-And-Paper Test:
30 Marks (50 Min)

15%

- Investigation: 25 Marks
(1 Hour)
- Daily Assignments: 10 Marks
(Done Continuously, For
Selected Topics Only)

SA

- End-Of-Year Examinations
Paper 1
(Sections A & B)

- Pen-And-Paper Test:
40 Marks
(50 Min)

- End-Of-Year Examinations
Paper 2
(Section C)

- Pen-And-Paper Test:
60 Marks
(1 Hour 40 Min)

50%

Total: 100%

ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE
Examination

Date

Common Test 1
(Part 3)

27th April (Wednesday)

Common Test 1
(Part 1 & 2)

9th May (Monday)

Common Test 2
(Part 3)

29th Aug (Monday)

Common Test 2
(Part 1 & 2)

21st Sept (Wednesday)

End Of Year Exam

24th Oct (Monday)

PA R T N E R S H I P W I T H PA R E N T S

Continual Revision
Worksheets returned after marking for pupils to revise

every day.
Encourage your child to seek consultation / help if he or she

is not sure of content taught in class immediately. Do not

accumulate confusion.

SCIENCE

M R S J A M AY L O H

INTRODUCTION OF TEACHER

16 years of teaching.
Taught P4, P5 and P6 GEP Science in the

past 2 years.

C L A S S E X P E C TAT I O N S
100% participation
On task with work
Submit work on time
Neat work
100% participation in New South Wales

Science Competition

P5 SCHEME OF WORK
!
Week!1!
Week!2!
Week!3!
Week!4!
Week!5!
Week!6!
Week!7!
Week!8!
Week!9!
Week!10!
)

Term!1!
Electricity)

Cell)System/)
Performance!Task!!
(2!Mar))
Life)Cycles)

Term!2!
Reproduction)in)Plants/)
Bite/size!Assessment!1!

Revision)
CT!(10!May)!
NParks)Activity)
Digestive)System/)
Interest)Driven)Project)
(IDP))

Term!3!
Reproduction)in)
human/)
Interest)Driven)Project)
(IDP))
Respiratory)&)
Circulatory)System/)
Bite/size!Assessment!2!

Photosynthesis)

Term!4!
Photosynthesis)
(Food)Chains/Food)
Webs))

Revision)

SA!(25!Oct)!
)
)
)

ASSESSMENT
Term 1
Performance
Task
(30%)

Term 2

Common Test
(60%)

Daily Work
(10%)

35% Of Overall Score

Term 3
Daily Work
(10%)
Bite-Sized
Assessments
(90%)

Term 4

Semestral
Assessment
(100%)

15% Of Overall 50% Of Overall

Score
Score

F O R M AT O F S A S C I E N C E PA P E R

Section A (MCQ)
28th Questions (56 marks)
Section B (Open-ended)
12 - 13 Questions (44 marks)

LEARNING JOURNEYS
DNA Detectives & Math Modelling
Date: 24th Feb 2016
NParks Activity
Date: May 2016

MASTER CLASS

Tier 1 - Diagnostic Quiz

Tier 2 - Performance Task
If selected, will need to go to NUS High

for lessons on his / her own.

MASTER CLASS

Tier 1 - Diagnostic Quiz

Tier 2 - Performance Task
If selected, will need to go to NUS High

for lessons on his / her own.

COMPETITIONS

RI Science Olympiad
NUS High Science Olympiad

(Selected Boys & Girls)

R E M E D I A L O N T U E S D AY
(2.15-3PM)

Based on needs and results from exams

Update on termly basis

C O L L A B O R AT I O N W I T H PA R E N T S
Reading beyond guide books

e.g. National Geographic

View Science Documentaries
Exposure to other schools exam papers.

M AY G O D B L E S S Y O U !

SOCIAL STUDIES & AFFECTIVE EDUCATION

MR ANDY NG

T H E VA L U E O F VA L U E

Friendship, like philosophy, like art,

has no value for survival.
Rather, they give value to survival.
- C. S. Lewis, Author

Movie Buffs: After the Dark

A N C I E N T C I V I L I S AT I O N

W H AT H A P P E N S I N C L A S S
www.unlearnings.wordpress.com

D O E S N T R E A L LY S TAY I N C L A S S .

ASSESSMENT
Assessment

Details

Date

Weightage

Project

4-Choose-1 Task Project

18th Apr

20%

Common
Test

Semester 1 Topics

6th May

25%

Portfolio

Personalised Portfolio:
2 Entries And Reflections

25th April,
25th July

30%

Semestral
Assessment

Semester 2 Topics

14th Oct

25%

Total: 100%

S U P P O R T F R O M PA R E N T S

1 single expectation.
Dare to Think

A F F E C T I V E E D U C AT I O N

WHEN YOU ASK GOD

FOR COURAGE AND
DETERMINATION,
DO YOU THINK HE
GIVES YOU COURAGE
AND DETERMINATION?
NO.
HE GIVES YOU

OPPORTUNITIES
TO DISPLAY
COURAGE AND
DETERMINATION.

A SCHOOL-HOME JOINT EFFORT

Character Strengths:
Observable, Repeatable Behaviour
Termly Character Strength Goal & Review
Positive: Catch them doing good
Negative: Insulate versus Isolate
If you wish, send your comments/feedback to me! :)



MDM CHONG FEE JIAU

CT1
CT2

SA



50

120


(40)
(90)
(50)
(20)


Support from Parents
Encourage your child to:
Hand in work on time
Write neatly

Give encouragement

Work together with teachers

314


1)

2)
24

3)

958 / 100.3 6.30-7.00



MRS GOH YIXIN


C H I N E S E E X A M F O R M AT

!Oral!
25%!
50 !
45%!
90
!
Language!&!
Comprehension

!
20%!
40 !
Composi7on!

!
!
Listening!
10%!
20 !

!!


LEARNING REQUIREMENTS
1.

1.Spellings on Tue

2.

2.Regular filing

3.

e-
4.

3.HomeworkZi xi, Activity

Book, worksheets, audio
recording activity (at
most 30 min), Ezhishi
4.Thumbs Up student
newspaper--cut & paste
the exercises into their
notebook


P5 CHINESE CAMP
ORGANISED BY THE GIFTED ED. BRANCH

14 / 3 / 16
Please let your child keep this day free to

attend the event :)


LEARNING REQUIREMENTS

86

1.Read aloud the textbook. Audio

version of the textbook at h7p://
xuele.moe.edu.sg
2.Encourage your child to watch the
Channel 8 news at 6.30pm
3.AcGvely revise P4-5 materials
4.Read & appreciate- to feel the
story, through how the passages
are worded, deepen impression of
good phrases by highlighGng/
joQng them down


SITES TO HELP YOUR CHILD LEARN CHINESE

http://xuele.moe.edu.sg

https://www.imtl.sg/login/index.php


H O W Y O U M AY S U P P O R T Y O U R C H I L D
Encourage your child to:
Hand in work on time
Write neatly

Prepare for Spelling

Audio Recording to Brush Up

Recognition of Characters and Pronunciation

Read Chinese books

(Thur & Fri-Mother Tongue day)

Work together with teachers

Use Mandarin to discuss daily

topics

Incorporate Chinese cultural

sites into family ou7ngs

Encourage your child to strive

for con7nuous improvement.


THANK YOU!