Examination Briefing for
P6 Parents
Welcome!
Prelim Dates
Subject
Oral (EL & MT)
English
Mathematics
Mother Tongue
Science
Higher Mother Tongue
Listening Comprehension (EL & MT)
Date
August
August
August
August
August
August
August
PSLE Dates
Subject
Oral (EL & MT)
Listening Comprehension (EL & MT)
English
Mother Tongue
Mathematics
Science
Higher Mother Tongue
Date
20,21August
18 September
1 October
2 October
5 October
6 October
7 October
Examination Briefing for
P6 Parents
ENGLISH
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
STANDARD
Paper 1
Composition
55 m
Paper 2
Language Use
95 m
Paper 3
Listening
20 m
Paper 4
Oral Communication
30 m
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Paper 1
(1 hour 10 min)
Part 1
Situational Writing
15 m
Part 2
Continuous Writing
40 m
Total
55 m
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Paper 1
Part 1: Situational Writing (15 m)
examples:
formal email
formal letter
postcard
informal email
informal letter
message
report
speech
note
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Paper 1
Part 2 : Continuous Writing (40 m)
• A change from the current item type
• ONE topic, but with greater scope for writing from
different perspectives
• Visuals are given to provide ideas for various
perspectives
• Assessment is on writing skills, not on text type
(diary entry, narrative, information text, etc.)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Paper 2
Language Use & Comprehension
(1 hour 50 min)
BOOKLET A (MCQ)
BOOKLET B
Grammar
10 m
Grammar Cloze
10 m
Vocabulary
5m
Editing for Spelling and
Grammar
12 m
Vocabulary Cloze
5m
Comprehension Cloze
15 m
Visual Text
Comprehension
8m
Synthesis /
Transformation
10 m
Comprehension
Open-Ended
20 m
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Paper 3
Listening Comprehension (20 m)
The crowd went wild! Everyone was cheering for their
favourite athlete. Tom and Nick were cheering for their good
friend, Rudy. It was going to be a close race. With seconds
to go, Rudy’s arm shot out and touched the edge of the pool.
He did it! He was the winner!
1
2
3
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Paper 4
Oral Communication (30 m)
Part 1: Reading Aloud (10 m)
Ravi walked towards the supermarket two blocks
from his house. His mother had told him to buy a
carton of milk. “Hmm, which one should I get?” Ravi
asked himself as he looked at the rows of milk
cartons. He finally made up his mind and reached out
for a carton of strawberry-flavoured milk.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Paper 4
Oral Communication
(30 m)
Part 2:
Stimulus-based
Conversation
(20 m)
This is a merging of
Picture Discussion and
Conversation
Examination Briefing for
P6 Parents
MATHEMATICS
MATHEMATICS
Cognitive levels at which pupils will be
assessed are broadly classified as
follows:
• Knowledge
• Comprehension
• Application & Analysis
PSLE Exam Format
Merged Examination Format
Paper One
Booklet
A
B
Item Type
Number of
questions
Marks per
question
Weighting
MCQ
10
1
10%
Short
Answer
5
10
5
30
2
1
2
-
10%
10%
10%
40%
Total
Merged Examination Format
Paper Two
Item Type
Short Answer
Structured / Long
Answer
Total
Number of
questions
Marks per
question
Weighting
5
13
2
3, 4, 5
10%
50%
18
-
60%
Support from School
• Topical Worksheets
• Topical Tests
• Speed Tests
• Remedial / Supplementary
• Heuristics
Parental Involvement at Home
• Allow your child to practise their practice papers under
examination condition.
• Discourage your child from using calculators while practising the
easy questions.
• Encourage your child to move onto the next question if they are
stuck at a difficult question.
• Do not provide answers to your child immediately.
• Select some questions and allow your child to explain to you how
he/she derives at the answers. If your child is able to explain
his/her thinking process, your child truly understands.
MATHEMATICS
Common Errors to Note
Notation for dollars and cents
• 5 + 8 = $13

• $5 + 80¢ = $5.80

• 5 + 80 = $5.80
x
MATHEMATICS
Equating quantities of different units
• 5m + 80cm = 580 cm

• 5 + 80 = 580
x
Answering in the units required
MATHEMATICS
• Wrong use of the equality notation
3x2=6+2=8
• Not reducing to the lowest term
MATHEMATICS
Any method/strategy used to solve the
problem will be accepted as long as it is
logical.
It does not mean that only model drawing
or guess and check are the only ways.
Examination Briefing for
P6 Parents
SCIENCE
SCIENCE
MERGED STREAM
SECTION A
MULTIPLE CHOICE
•30 Questions
•2 Marks each
60 m
SECTION B
OPEN-ENDED
•14 Questions
•2/3/4 Marks
40 m
Total duration of paper : 1 h 45 min
SCIENCE
3 Types of Questioning
Focus on a single topic
Focus on more than 1 topic, under the same theme
Focus on more than 1 theme
Approximately equal weightage on Life Science
and Physical Science
SCIENCE
Focus on a single topic
“Which part of the bar magnet is the strongest?”
Topic: Magnet (Theme: Interactions)
SCIENCE
Focus on more than 1 topic, under the same theme
Topics: Magnet & Forces, Theme: Interactions
SCIENCE
Focus on more than 1 theme
Topics: Electricity (Theme: Systems), Magnets
(Theme: Interactions) & Energy (Theme: Energy)
SCIENCE
Mark allocation for Section B
Pupils have to show understanding of concepts and
correct application to attain full marks.
Case 1: “Mere mentioning of key words with wrong
concept or understanding will not be awarded with
marks.”
Case 2: “Correct application of principles with right
concept, even with no mention of key words, can be
awarded with the full marks.”
Thank you!