Partnership With Parents
ENGLISH
English Language
Home Support & Monitoring
• Encourage reading extensively
• Monitor what your child reads
• Have conversations in English daily
• Keep a notebook of new words / phrases learnt
• Monitor your child’s weekly
Spelling performance & daily
homework
Partnership With Parents
Mathematics
Mathematics
Home Support & Monitoring
• Quality practices
- Speed and accuracy (within time limits)
- Revision of concepts
• Breaking down of questions
• Verbalising his/her thought-processes
Partnership With Parents
Science
Science
Components of Standard Science Paper
One written paper (1h 45 min)
• Booklet A (60%)
- 30 multiple-choice questions
- 2 marks each
• Booklet B (40%)
-14 open-ended questions
-2, 3 or 4 marks each
Foundation Science
Components of Fdn Science Paper
One written paper (1h 15 min)
• Booklet A (32 Marks)
- 16 multiple-choice questions
- 2 marks each
• Booklet B (38 Marks)
- 6 – 8 Structured Questions
- 6 - 8 open-ended questions
Foundation Science
Word List
• Provided for PSLE and school exams
• Includes a list of common Science words
• Can be used as a reference for Structured and OE
answers
• A similar list is provided to pupils in their P6
Science Notes
Foundation Science
FOUNDATION SCIENCE WORD LIST
attract / repel
cockroach
battery
condense / condensation
blood (vessel)
conductor / insulator
boiling
contract / contraction
breathe
bulb
butterfly
carbon dioxide
chicken
circulation
(electric) current
deforestation
digestion
SAMPLE
earth
electricity / electrical circuit
energy
evaporate / evaporation
Science
Home Support & Monitoring
•
Emphasize on key words /
concepts / phrases
•
Foundation Science: learn word
list
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Get your child to identify the topic,
recall key concepts and key
words, and identify which key
phrases in their answers will be
awarded marks.
Partnership With Parents
MOTHER
TONGUE
LANGUAGE
Mother Tongue Language
Home Support & Monitoring
• Encourage usage of good phrases
(constant reminders when child is writing
compositions at home)
• Discuss with your child how the last
picture can be interpreted creatively
• Expose child to various reading materials
(improves vocabulary)
• Remind child to check the marks allocated
to each question and write appropriately
Mother Tongue Language
Home Support & Monitoring
• Child should allocate time for each question
• Remind child not to lift sentences directly
from the passages
• Encourage your child to read the passages
several times to gain better understanding
• Draw them into discussions pertaining to
school happenings, current events, friends.
DSA
Provides pupils the opportunity to
demonstrate a more diverse range of
achievements and talents which could
be considered by the participating
schools in their application for
secondary school admission
Timeline
By Sec Schools
Jun to Aug
Stage 1
Selection
+ issuance
of letters to
all
applicants
By Pri Schools
Sep
Pre-Stage 2
Data entry for
Applicants
status
(Confirmed/
Waiting +
Ranking/
Rejected Lists)
Jan to Jun – Preparation of
Portfolio, identify schools to
apply for, take note of dates and
application procedures
By PPS
Oct
Issuing of
School
Preference
Forms by
Primary
Schools
Stage 2
Exercise
School
Preference
(submission
via DSA-Sec
Internet
System)
Dec
Nov
DSA
Allocation
Reporting
at Sec
Schools
Stage 3
Results
Release
2011 DSA-Sec Exercise
Suggestions for Preparing aDSA
Portfolio for DSA
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High Ability Selection Test (HAST),
School and PSLE results,
A portfolio of student achievements,
Interview and teachers’ recommendations.
Cover Page
My DSA Portfolio
By: Child’s name
School
Class
IC Number
Date
Content Page
•Include Letter
of Introduction
My Biography
Community
Problem Solving
Project
Interest-Driven
Project
Special Interest
Topic (replace this
with topic title)
Items required to apply
for DSA
Summary of
SA1, SA2
results
Teachers’
Feedback
(Report Book)
Awards
Certificates
 Performing Arts: To prepare a piece or 2 for audition
Schools Participated in DSA for 2013
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SIS - Specialised Independent School
IP - Integrated Programme
IS - Independent School
AS - Autonomous School
NS - Niche Programme School (CCAs)
Singapore Sports School
Getting More Information
• Attend a secondary school/ JC open
house.
(Check their website for the dates.)
• Explore secondary school/ JC website of
you and your child’s choice and register
for their mailing list.
• http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/d
sa-sec/
• http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/d
sa-sec/participating-schools/