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Raffles Girls’ Primary School Learning…Creativity…Graciousness…Responsibility…Integrity 1

Primary 6 Briefing

8 March 2014


AGENDA

• P6 Cohort 2013

• PSLE Matters

- Secondary School Programmes

- PSLE Option Form

- Posting Exercise

• Partnership to support the students

Learning … Creativity … Gra iousness … Responsi ility … Integrity


Learning … Creativity … Graciousness … Responsibility … Integrity

The RGPS Girl

Creative Thinker

Life-long Learner

Value-based Leader


PSLE Results 2013



PLACEMENT OF PUPILS

STREAM NO. %

Express 317 91.9

Express/ Normal (Acad) 14 4.1

Normal (Acad) 12 3.5

Normal (Acad/Tech) 1 0.3

Normal (Technical) 0 0



% of Pupils achieving A*

No. of A* % of Pupils

2013

4 A* 15.7

3 A* 18.8



Subject A/A*

Subjects RGPS

2013

RGPS

2013 (Mainstream)

National

2013

English 90.7 88.6 44.4

Mathematics 72.9 66.4 45.3

Science 75.0 69.3 42.0



Subject A/A*

Subjects RGPS

2013

RGPS

2013 (Mainstream)

National

2013

Chinese 93.3 91.6 77.8

Malay 100 100 73.6

Tamil 90.5 88.2 77.6



PSLE Aggregate Score (RGPS)

2010 2011 2012 2013

Average T-Score

231.1 235.6 239.6 240.5



PSLE Aggregate Score (RGPS)

2012 2013

% of pupils getting 250 and above

45.4 48.1


Secondary Schools Posted to

‘affles Girls S hool Nanyang Girls High

Cres e t Girls S hool Methodist Girls S hool Si gapore Chi ese Girls S hool St Margaret s Se o dar

St Theresa s Se o dar

National Junior College



DIRECT SCHOOL ADMISSION

(DSA)



Objective

Direct School Admission provides pupils

an opportunity to demonstrate a more

diverse range of achievements and talents

in seeking admission to a secondary

school


DSA Exercise is for all specialised schools,

independent schools, autonomous schools

and schools with approved niche

programmes

Participating secondary schools are able to

select a certain percentage of their

students for admission outside of the

centralised sec one posting exercise

They decide their own admission criteria


Participating Schools

Specialised Schools

Schools offering an Integrated Programme (IP Schools)

Independent Schools (IS)

Autonomous Schools (AS)

Schools with Niche Programmes approved by MOE (Niche Schools) – 5%;


DSA Selection Exercises


Selection Stage

End Jun – End Aug

Exercise School Preference Stage

Mid Oct

Results Release Stage

Late-Nov


RGPS DSA Admission

Year No accepted Acceptance Offers

2009 110 124

2010 109 116

2011 114 120

2012 125 126

2013 103 110


SECONDARY SCHOOL

PROGRAMMES



Types of Programmes Offered


1. INTEGRATED PROGRAMME (IP)

• 6-year programme

• International Baccalaurete, GCE A level • Raffles I stitutio , ‘affles Girls , The Chi ese High,

Nanyang Girls High, ACS I , ‘iver Valle High, Dunman High, National Junior College, Temasek Junior College, Victoria Junior College, Cedar Se o dar , St Ni holas Girls S hool, Vi toria, Catholi High, Si gapore Chi ese Girls S hool, Methodist Girls School


Learning … Creativity … Gra iousness … Responsi ility … Integrity

2. MAINSTREAM SECONDARY EDUCATION

- GCE O & N level exams

• 4 – 5 years

• Autonomous Schools / Special Assistance Plan

Schools / Secondary Schools

• Lateral Movements between streams

• O level / Pol su je ts


3. SPECIALISED INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS


• Singapore Sports School

www.sportsschool.edu.sg

• NUS High School for Mathematics and Science

www.highsch.nus.edu.sg

• School for the Arts

www.mita.gov.sg

• School of Science & Technology

http://www.mita.gov.sg/


PSLE OPTION FORM




• Customised for each child

• Indicate 6 school choices


OPTION FORM



1. Edusave Entrance Scholarships for Independent Schools (EESIS)

• Singapore Citizens with outstanding performance will be

invited to apply

• If interested, students should opt for Independent Schools among their six choices

• EESIS will be awarded to the student if she was invited, opted and posted to an independent School



• Top 10% cohort with CL

• Top 11-30% cohort who meet the language criteria,

• EL - at least a A a d CL – A* Or

• EL - at least a A a d HCL – Distinction

• Bonus Points for admission to SAP schools

2. Special Assistance Plan (SAP) Schools



• For Express course students, they may indicate

the choice in the option form if interested

• Eligible to take up the programme provided

they are posted to the schools offering the

programme

3. Arts / Music Elective Prog



4. 3rd Languages

(For Top 10% Students with MT)

FRENCH

GERMAN

JAPANESE

Malay/Chinese

Special

Programme



3rd Languages

(For 11- 30% Students with MT)

MSP / CSP



• Students in the E/NA or NA/NT Bands

are allowed to indicate the course of

preference

• By default, it is Express for E/NA band

and NA for NA/NT band

5. Option Bands


S1 Internet System

• S1 Pin will be given together with the PSLE

results.

• Can be done using any computer with

internet access.



VERIFICATION

SLIP


POSTING METHOD

Students are emplaced in the secondary

schools after PSLE based on :

First MERIT (PSLE Aggregate Score)

then CHOICE


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Rank all PSLE students

by their PSLE Scores 270

258

223

210 and below

By Merit



FULL

By Choice

270

261

231

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

FULL

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Option For Student A (Non-GEP)

Eligible for:

EESIS

2nd

3rd

5th

Dunman High

6th

CHIJ Sec

4th

River Valley

High

1st

RGS

NJC

SCGS



Postal District

Group Postal District

After 6 choices……



* Important Pointer

• Assign a proxy if you will not be in

Singapore during the period when

PSLE results are released



FACTORS TO

CONSIDER IN

CHOOSING THE

6 SCHOOLS



Choose schools that are comparable to

our hild s a ade i a ilit

Reference

- Child s a ade i perfor a e i s hool - Se o dar s hools ut-off scores in

previous year


• Include a range of schools in the selection

1st choice – cut-off above her score

(around 5 pts)

2nd – 4th choices - cut-off within her score

5th – 6th choices – cut-off below her score

(5 – 10 pts below)


• Note the cut-off points will change

depending on demand for places &

vacancies

• If our hild s PSLE T-score is near the

s hool s ut-off, her chance in being

admitted to the school is slimmer




Child s personality / character

Distance

School programmes & school culture

Affiliated schools



Check out this website for more information on the

secondary schools : www.moe.gov.sg

Cli k S hool I for atio Servi e (right hand column of

page)

Basic Search Advanced Search

School Type

Zone

CCA Achievements

PSLE Aggregate Score


TARGETS FOR 2014 COHORT


Targets for PSLE 2014

Subject Passes A & A*

English 100% 80%

Math 97% 75%

40% (A*)

Science 100% 72%

Chinese 100% 93%

Malay 100% 93%

Tamil 100% 93%



How can we work together to support

the girls?


Parents

• Consistent messaging

• Monitor their progress – homework assignments,

class tests, SA1 results

• Set realistic targets and work out a schedule / time-

table with your child

• Moderate the work given by outside sources eg

tutor, enrichment centre, etc. Work from school

takes priority

• Provide spa es



School

• Coverage of Syllabus / Practices / Examination

Skills

• Remedial & Supplementary Lessons

• Holidays

- 25 - 27 Jun ( All pupils)

- 11 – 12 Sept (Pupils who need additional help)


PSLE Exam Dates 2014

• PSLE Oral – 14 & 15 Aug

• PSLE Listening Comprehension – 19 Sept

• PSLE Written Exam – 25 Sept – 1 Oct



Q & A


PSLE T-SCORE


PSLE - a placement exam

Need to reflect 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.


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What is PSLE Aggregate Score?

Sum of scores

Incorporates performance of

pupils in all 4 subjects

Allows pupils to be ranked fairly


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Can raw scores be used?

NO


Why Not?

Different subjects have different levels

of difficulty

So are the spread of marks from the

average mark, i.e. the standard

deviation

(spread = standard deviation)


Example : Mary scores 85% in both EL and MT

85%

EL

EL ave

= 60

MT

MT ave

= 80

Her performance in MT is very close

to that of other pupils

She did much better in

EL as compared to other

pupils

0 100


A need for standardisation of the raw

scores

Transformed Score or T-

Score


T-Score

ave = 60

EL MT

ave = 80

50

85% 85%

T-Score converts average mark of each subject to a common

score of 50 points. It also converts other marks taking into

consideration the extent to which they differ from the average

and the size of spread of the marks around the average


What is T-Score?

• It gives the relative positio 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 ark for the su je t

Y: average mark (mean) scored by all pupils

Z: spread of marks around the average

mark (standard deviation)

Z

Y) - (X 10 50 T + =


Example:

• Pupil s ark X i e a = 50.0

• Average mark (Y) scored by all pupils = 68.0

• Spread of marks (Z) around the average mark (Y)

= 14.0

T = 50 + 10 (50 - 68.0)

14.0 = 37.14


How is the Aggregate

Score calculated?

By adding the T-Scores of

the 4 subjects


Example:

Subject Total Mark T-Score

EL1 200 105 34

CL2 200 152 51

Maths 100 67 53

Science 100 58 47

Aggregate: 185


Finally,

all pupils are ranked according to their

Aggregate Scores


T-SCORES & GRADES:

Is it possible for a pupil with 3A* and 1A to be

ranked lower than another pupil who has only

1A* and 3As?

Yes, it is possible


John’s Susan’sSubj

Mark(Grade)

T-Score

Mark(Grade)

T-Score

EL1 182A

60 190A*

68

MT 185A*

70 180A

68

MA 91A*

60 80A

58

SC 92A*

56 86A

55

Aggregate T-Score: 246 249

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