‘Meet-the-Parents’ Session 20 January 2017 6.00 - 8.00 pm Stephen/Circulars... · Remedial Programmes Mondays and Thursdays 2.15 pm –3.45 pm The school will be organizing another

‘Meet-the-Parents’ Session

20 January 2017

6.00 - 8.00 pm

There are some new appointment holders (names are highlighted in blue) and we would like to share this information with you as they may be communicating with you this year.

Name Appointment

Mr Thomas Koh Principal

Mr Tayeb Rajib Vice-Principal

Mr James Chew Vice-Principal (Admin)

Ms Frances Goh HOD/English Language

Mrs Audrey Yap HOD/Mathematics

Mrs Katherine Michael SH/Mathematics

Mr Wong Wai Lit HOD/Science

Mdm Herdawati Suleiman SH/Science

Mrs Ming Loh HOD/Mother Tongue

Mdm Yang Yiqun SH/Chinese Language

Mrs Danielle Hon-Selvanathen HOD/Character & Citizenship Education

Name Appointment

Mdm Yasmin Anguillia HOD/Discipline

Mdm Murni Bte Masuath HOD/ICT

Mr Stephen Tan HOD/PE, CCA & Aesthetics

Mr Sheikh Alauddin Abdul Aleem SH/PE & CCA

Mrs Annie Choy HOD/School Staff Developer

Mrs Tan Chor Kheng Year Head/P5 & P6

Mr Danny Koh Year Head/P1 & P2

Ms Norshahidah Bte Aziz Asst Year Head/P1 & P2

Mdm Dianaros Abdul Majid Lead Teacher/English Language

Mrs Jaysree Ravindran Senior Teacher/CCE

Mdm Azizah Abdul Razak Senior Teacher/English Language

Mr Wu Puwen Senior Teacher/Science

Name Appointment

Ms Rachel Lee Senior Teacher/Mathematics

Mrs Cherlyn Raeburn Senior Teacher/Educational Support

Mr Tan Yong Seng Administrative Manager

Mr Eugene Sebastian De Cruz Operations Manager

Activity Date Remarks

Blessing of Jubilee Piazza & Statue of St Stephen’s

Thu 6 Apr

Our Jubilee Piazza celebrates our nation’s milestones and also houses the Jubilee Tapestry, created in 2015 to celebrate our Jubilee Year.

60th Anniversary Mass Thu 6 Apr

For invited guests only. Parents who are keen toattend may contact the school

Stephenian Family Carnival

Sat 8 Apr

Making a comeback this year is a favourite of our stakeholders – our family carnival. There will be games and food galore. Please do support us as funds raised will go towards the construction of our Heritage Room, which will feature the history of our school.

Official Opening andBlessing of Heritage Room

Fri 17 Nov

If you know of any old boys (your husbands, brothers, fathers, uncles, grandfathers) who would like to contribute items for our Heritage Room, please do let us know. These items could include old report books, testimonials, any souvenir items with the old school logo, photos from the 1950s-70s. If they are too valuable to be donated to the school, we can scan copies of them and return them to the owner(s)

Placement Test for

suitability for education

in a secondary school

CA1 Exam 14 Feb to 28 Feb

SA1 Oral Exam 17 & 18 Apr

SA1 Exam 25 Apr to 9 May

Preliminary Oral

Exam

July

Preliminary Exam July

* Tentative (based on 2016 information). Actual dates will only be made known in November by MOE.

Event Date

Registration March

Oral Exams Thu 17 Aug & Fri 18 Aug

Listening Comprehension

Fri 15 Sep

Written Exams Thu 28 Sep to Wed 4 Oct

PSLE Results Wed 22 Nov to Fri 24 Nov *(was on Thu 24 Nov in 2016)

Posting Results Wed 20 Dec *(was on Wed 21 Dec in 2016)

Reporting to Sec Sch Thu 21 Dec *(was on Thu 22 Dec in 2016)

Requests for Access Arrangements 27 Jan

GIRO Option Forms March

Pupils’ names in Chinese Characters March

Direct School Admission Exercise May-Aug

Issue of Entry Proofs July

Option booklets (Secondary Schools) End Oct

PSLE

IP Express N(A) N(T) Northlight,

Assumptio

n Pathway

Crest,

Spectra

DSA

6 year “through

train” programm

e

For students who are unable to

progress to sec schools

Only for N(T)

students

GCE “O” Levels

after 4 yrs

GCE “N” Levels

after 4 yrs. Those who qualify will move on to 5th yr and take GCE “O” Levels

GCE “N” Levels

after 4 yrs

Two Options:

1.St Joseph’s Institution

2.St Patrick’s School

Website – www.moe.gov.sg/esp/schadm/dsa_sec

The 3 stages of DSA-Sec Exercise are:

• Selection Stage (June to August)

• Exercise School Preference Stage (October)

• Results Release Stage (late November)

We are glad to share that we achieved 100% passes in 2016 and all our Stephenians made it to secondary schools. As expected, the majority joined St Patrick’s School.

25% of our Stephenians qualified to join SJI (based on their cut off score of 238)

The top 5 schools (in terms of %) are:School Percentage of P6 cohort

St Patrick’s School 53

St Joseph’s Institution 12

Victoria 2.5

Tanjong Katong 2

ACS (I) 2

Curriculum

CCA (1st Semester)

House Practices

Meet-the-Parents Sessions

Holiday Classes (June & September)

Remedial Programmes Mondays and Thursdays

2.15 pm – 3.45 pm

The school will be organizing another MTP session sometime in May to share with you:

◦More information about PSLE & Secondary school selection process.

◦ Direct School Admission (DSA). Some schools begin their selection process at the end of May.

◦ Sharing by Principals of St Joseph’s Institution and St Patrick’s School.

For SJI international, all their vacancies are normally taken up by the end of March. Each year, we do have a few boys who will join SJI International.

They are a private school and receive no funding from MOE and thus, their fees are much higher (please refer to the next slide for their 2017 fee structure).

They have an open house on 4 March 2017 from 9 –12 pm. You may want to visit them to find out more about their school.

4 MTP Sessions in 2017◦ Fri 20 Jan (6 pm)

◦ Fri 5 May (6 pm)

◦ 25 May (date to be confirmed - after SA1, held during school hours)

◦ Sep (after Prelim Exam): on a need to basis.

Remediation lessons◦ Please give us your support◦ Held during term time and school

holidays (First 3 days during Jun vacation & First 2 days during Sep vacation)

Going overseas during term time.◦ Please try not bring your child overseas

/back to home country during term time as they will miss lessons. This is a very important year for them.

Encourage your child to talk about school life

Monitor homework and academic progress

Monitor the use of computer and Internet at home

Recognise the effort made and improvement shown by your child

Ensure that your child reads

Set (realistic) Expectations

Convey Consistent Standards

Establish Routines

Role model Discipline & Attitudes

Balance between Studies and Rest/Leisure

◦ Top Stephenians from 2016 – all were actively involved in CCAs (Track & Field, Scouts, Prefectorial Board etc).

A* ≥ 91 Has very good understanding of the subject

A 75-90 Has good understanding of the subject

B 60-74

C 50-59 Has adequate understanding of the subject

D 35-49 Has fair understanding of the subject

E 20-34 Has elementary understanding of the subject

U(ungraded)

< 20 Has not met the requirements for the minimum

grade

EXAMINATION FORMATWriting

(Paper 1)

Situational Writing (15 Marks)

Continuous Writing (40 Marks)

Duration: 1 h 10 min

Language Use &

Comprehension

(Paper 2)

Booklet A (28 Marks)

Booklet B (67 Marks)

Duration: 1 h 50 min

Listening

Comprehension

(Paper 3)

20 Marks

Duration: About 35 min

Oral Communication

(Paper 4)

Reading Aloud (10 Marks)

Conversation (20 Marks)

Duration: 5 min preparation time;

about 5 min examination time)

Be a role model, let your child see you reading.

Make suitable reading materials readily

available at home.

Insist on the use of standard English at home.

Let your child listen to good spoken English.

Provide opportunities for varied first-hand experiences; these enrich his vocabulary and offer new ideas for writing.

EXAMINATION FORMATPaper Booklet Item Type No. of

qns

Marks

per

question

Weighting Duration

1 A MCQ 10 1 10% 50min

5 2 10%

B Short –

answer

10 1 10%

5 2 10%

2 Short –

answer

5 2 10% 1h

40min

Structur

ed /

Long –

answer

13 3, 4, 5 50%

Total 48 - 100% 2h

30min

Both papers will be scheduled on the same day

with a break in between the two papers.

Paper 1 comprises two booklets. The use of

calculators is NOT allowed.

Paper 2 comprises one booklet. The use of

calculators is allowed. Adherence to MOE’s approved calculators

Both papers will be scheduled on the same day

with a break between the two papers

Paper 1 comprises two booklets. The use of

calculators is NOT allowed.

Paper 2 comprises one booklet. The use of

calculators is allowed. Adherence to MOE’s approved calculators

Check and aim for accuracy

Break up problem sum – comprehend question (highlight key information)

Attempt all questions

Be systematic in presentation of work

Remember to include standard units

Time management

Practise, practise, practise!

Two sections

Section A – 28 MCQ (56 marks)

Section B – 12-13 Open-Ended (44 marks)

(Each question carries 2,3,4 or 5 marks)

Knowledge with Understanding

(KWU) - 40%

Application of Knowledge and Process Skills

(AOK/PS) - 60%

Duration of Paper: 1 h 45 min

EXAMINATION FORMAT

Link questions to concepts. Use process

skills when answering all questions

Do not rush through the MCQ questions

(use process of elimination wherever

possible)

Time management

Read Science magazines

Make connections – science in real life

scenarios

TABLE OF SPECIFICATIONS

Oral 25%

Language Use 45%

& Comprehension

Listening 10%

Comprehension

Composition 20%

Language use &

comprehension

60%

Composition 40%

Paper 1 examination

Students are allowed to use approved

Dictionary/E-Dictionary

- E-Dictionary : Creative HansVision PX 2051

Besta All Pass 1 Computerized

Dictionary

- Approved list of Dictionaries

Dictionary / E-Dictionary

KAMUS DEWAN ( 3rd / 4TH EDITION)

- Publisher : Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka

KAMUS PELAJAR

- -Publisher : Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka

TAMIL DICTIONARIES -

RECOMMENDED BY SEAB

( Tamil – Tamil Version ONLY)

1.Kriyawin Tarkalat Tamil Akarathi

2.Tamil-Tamil Akara Muthali

3.Kazhagath Tamil Akarathi

4.Puthiya Tamil Akarathi

Encourage children to speak to family members in their Mother Tongue

Encourage your child to read good Mother Tongue books

LibrariesAudio books, electronic books,

eg. ezhishi.netPSLE Oral Listeningxuele.moe.edu.sg iMTL Portal

Information on components to be assessed will be released in Term 2.

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