Examination Briefing for
P6 Parents
Welcome!
Prelim Dates
Subject
Oral (EL & MT)
English
Mathematics
Mother Tongue
Science
Listening Comprehension (EL & MT)
Date
August
August
August
August
August
August
PSLE Dates
Subject
Oral (EL & MT)
Listening Comprehension (EL & MT)
English
Mother Tongue
Mathematics
Science
Date
20, 21 August
18 September
1 October
2 October
5 October
6October
Examination Briefing for
P6 Parents
FOUNDATION
ENGLISH
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
FOUNDATION
Paper 1
Composition
40m
Paper 2
Language Use
60m
Paper 3
Listening
20 m
Paper 4
Oral Communication
30 m
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Paper 1
(1 hour 10 min)
Part 1
Situational Writing
10 m
Part 2
Continuous Writing
30 m
Total
40 m
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Paper 1
Part 1: Situational Writing (10 m)
examples:
formal email
formal letter
postcard
informal email
informal letter
message
report
speech
note
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Paper 1
Part 2 : Continuous Writing (30 m)
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A change from the current item type
4 frames instead of 3
1st to 3rd Frame – picture and helping words
4th Frame – a question mark
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Paper 2
Language Use & Comprehension
(1 hour 20 min)
BOOKLET A (MCQ)
BOOKLET B
Grammar
8m
Form Filling
5m
Punctuation
2m
Editing for Grammar
6m
Vocabulary
5m
Editing for Spelling
6m
Comprehension
(Visual Text)
5m
Comprehension
(Completion of sentences)
5m
Synthesis
3m
Comprehension Cloze
5m
Comprehension
(Passages A & B)
10 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
Paper
Item Type
No. of
questions
1
(50%)
MCQ
20
Short-answer
10
2
Short-answer
(50%)
Structured/
Calculators
Long-answer
allowed
10
Total
48
8
Duration
1 hr
1 hr 15 min
2 h 15 min
Examination Format
Paper One
Booklet
Item Type
A
MCQ
B
Short
Answer
Total
Number of
questions
Marks per
question
Weighting
10
10
10
1
2
2
10%
20%
20%
30
-
50%
Examination Format
Paper Two
Item Type
Short Answer
Structured / Long
Answer
Total
Number of
questions
Marks per
question
Weighting
10
8
2
3, 4, 5
20%
30%
18
-
50%
Support from School
• Topical Worksheets
• Topical Tests
• Heuristics
• Remedial / Supplementary
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 Mistakes
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
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
FOUNDATION STREAM
MULTIPLE CHOICE
•16 Questions
•2 Marks each
SECTION A
32 m
• 6 – 7 Questions
14 m
• 2/3 Marks
OPEN-ENDED
24 m
•6 – 8 Questions
•2/3/4 Marks
Total duration of paper : 1 h 15 min
SECTION B
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!