Subject Assessment Information 2017 (Primary 1 to 6)

Overview of Examination Structures & Weightings Level Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Primary 1 - CA1 (25%) CA2 (35%) CA3 (40%) Primary 2 CA1 (20%) CA2 (25%) CA3 (25%) SA (30%) Primary 3 SA1 (40%) SA2 (60%) Primary 4 Primary 5 CA1 (15%) SA1 (25%) Primary 6 CA1 (100%) SA (100%) Prelims (100%)/ PSLE Oral PSLE LC & Written P5 Sem 1 – 40%, Sem 2 – 60% P6 Each paper is individually weighted and has no impact on the overall. The school awards for academic achievements will be based on the Prelims results. Special Note: Pupil who is absent on the day of the exam must submit an MC when she returns or provide a parent’s letter with a valid reason that is approved. Exam schedules and test scopes for P3-P6 will be published on School Website nearer to the exams. For P1 and P2, the weighted assessment details will be informed via the subject teachers.

Primary One English Higher Chinese Mathematics * A result slip and achievement rubrics that record pupil’s learning progress will be issued at end of each term

Primary 1 English Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Speaking and Reading Oral Test Speaking Show and Tell Listening Picture-Matching Phonics Writing Penmanship Spelling Writing Test Language Use Review Test 1 (Grammar MCQ, Vocab MCQ and Grammar Cloze) Review Test 2 (Grammar MCQ, Vocab MCQ, Vocab Cloze and Comprehension MCQ) Review Test 3 (Grammar MCQ, Vocab MCQ, Grammar Cloze, Vocab Cloze, Word Order and Comprehension MCQ/OE)

Primary 1 Higher Chinese 项目 能力表现 考查项目 考查时间 听 1. 能听懂简单的问题 2. 能听懂简单的故事 3. 能找出话语的具体信息 听力理解 第二学段 第四学段 说 1. 能以完整的句子呈现内容 2. 能以正确、自然的语音语调讲述内容 3. 有自信，能积极报告 展示与讲述 第三学段   4. 能根据图画和 简单的课题说 几句话 口试 （看图说话） 5. 能用简单的华语与人交谈，并表达自己的要求、感受 （会话）

Primary 1 Higher Chinese 项目 能力表现 考查项目 考查时间 读 1. 能正确、流利、有感情地朗读短文 口试 （朗读短文） 第二学段 第四学段 写 识字写字 能辨近音字和形似字 能掌握词语运用和书写 掌握汉字的基本笔画 组词成句 看图造句 阅读理解 考查 第三学段

Primary 1 Mathematics Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Topical Review 1 Numbers to 20 Addition and Subtraction within 20 Shapes and Patterns Ordinal Numbers and Position Length Topical Review 2 Numbers to 40 Addition and Subtraction within 40 Picture Graphs Multiplication Topical Review 3 Division· Numbers to 100 Addition and Subtraction Within 100 Time Money

Primary Two English Higher Chinese Mathematics * A result slip and achievement rubrics that record pupil’s learning progress will be issued each term

Assessments (Weighted) Primary 2 Assessments (Weighted) CAs SA Total Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 20% 25% 30% 100% 70%

Primary 2 English Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 - Speaking and Reading Oral Test Speaking Show and Tell Semestral Assessment Listening Picture-Matching Phonics Writing Spelling Writing Test Language Use Review Test 1 (Grammar MCQ, Vocab MCQ and Word Order) Review Test 2 (Grammar MCQ, Vocab MCQ and Comprehension MCQ/OE) Review Test 3 (Grammar Cloze, Vocab Cloze and Comprehension MCQ/OE)

Primary 2 English End of Year Semestral Assessment (Term 4) Duration: 1 h 15 min Paper 1 : Composition 15 % Paper 2 : Language Use and Reading Comprehension 50 % Oral : Reading Aloud, Picture Discussion and Conversation 20 % Listening Comprehension : Picture Matching and Phonics 15% Total 100 %

SA Paper 2 Components : Primary 2 English Vocabulary MCQ Vocabulary Cloze Grammar MCQ Grammar Cloze Word Order Reading Comprehension (MCQ and open-ended)

Primary 2 Higher Chinese 项目 能力表现 考查项目 考查时间 听 1. 能听懂简单的问题 2. 能听懂简单的故事 3. 能找出话语的具体信息 听力理解 第一学段至第四学段 说 1. 能以完整的句子呈现内容 2. 能以正确、自然的语音语调讲述内容 3. 有自信，能积极报告 展示与讲述 第一学段 第二学段 第四学段   4. 能根据图画和 简单的课题说 几句话 口试 （看图说话） 5. 能用简单的华语与人交谈，并表达自己的要求、感受 （会话）

Primary 2 Higher Chinese 项目 能力表现 考查项目 考查时间 读 1. 能正确、流利、有感情地朗读短文 口试 （朗读短文） 第二学段 第四学段 写 识字写字 能辨近音字和形似字 能掌握词语运用和书写 掌握汉字的基本笔画 组词成句 看图造句 阅读理解 考查 第三学段

Primary 2 Higher Chinese 年终测试范围 (第四学段) 测试时间：1小时30分钟 口试 40 % 听力理解 10 % 语文应用、看图写话及阅读理解（试卷） 50 % Total 100 %

Primary 2 Higher Chinese SA Paper Components : S/No Type of Question No. of Questions Marks Weightage 1 改正错字 5 10% 2 词语选择 5% 3 填写词语 4 填写汉字／拼音 10 短文填空 6 看图写话 7 阅读理解 共 35 50 50%

Primary 2 Mathematics TERM 1 TERM 2 TERM 3 TERM 4 Topical Review 1 P1 Whole Numbers Numbers to 1000 Addition and Subtraction within 1000 One- step Word Problems: Addition and Subtraction Topical Review 2 Multiplication and Division Multiplication Tables of 2, 5 and 10 Multiplication Tables of 3 and 4 Word Problems: Multiplication and Division Length Topical Review 3 Two-Step Word Problems: Addition and Subtraction Mass Money Two- Dimensional and Three- Figures Semestral Assessment All P2 Topics

Primary 2 Mathematics SA Examination Format (Term 4) Duration : 1 h 30 min Number of questions Mark per question Total Section A : Multiple choice 10 1 m 10 marks Section B : Short-answer 16 1m - 2 m 24 marks Section C : Word Problems 4 4 m 16 marks TOTAL 50 marks

Primary Three and Four English Higher Chinese Mathematics Science

Assessments (Weighted) Primary 3 and 4 Assessments (Weighted) Semestral Assessment 1 (Term 2) 40% Semestral Assessment 2 (Term 4) 60% TOTAL 100%

English SA components Primary 3 and 4 English Paper 1 : Composition 20 % Paper 2 : Language Use 50 % Oral 16 % Listening Comprehension 14 % Total 100 % 21

Primary 3 English P3 English SA (Written) Examination Format Paper 2 (50 marks) It comprises 2 booklets: Booklet A (MCQ) Grammar 8 qns 8 m Vocabulary 6 qns 6 m Visual Text Comprehension 4 qns 4 m Total 18 qns 18 m 22

Primary 3 English Paper 2 (50 marks) Booklet B (Open-ended) Grammar Cloze [1] 4 qns 4 m Grammar Cloze [2] Comprehension Cloze Comprehension Open-Ended [1] 9 qns 10 m Comprehension Open-Ended [2] 7 qns Total 28 qns 32 m 23

Primary 4 English P4 English SA (Written) Examination Format Paper 2 (50 marks) It comprises 2 booklets: Booklet A (MCQ) Grammar 8 qns 8 m Vocabulary 6 qns 6 m Visual Text Comprehension 2 qns 2 m Total 16 qns 16 m 24

Primary 4 English Paper 2 (50 marks) Booklet B (Open-ended) Grammar Cloze [1] 4 qns 4 m Grammar Cloze [2] Synthesis and Transformation 2 qns 2 m Comprehension Cloze Comprehension Open-Ended [1] 9 qns 10 m Comprehension Open-Ended [2] 7 qns Total 30 qns 34 m 25

Primary 3 and 4 Higher Chinese Higher Chinese SA components For P3 SA1/SA2 & P4 SA1 Written paper 70 m Composition 20 m Listening Comprehension 10 m Oral 30 m Total 130 m

Primary 3 Higher Chinese P3 HCL SA1&2 Paper 2 Examination Format 序号 考查项目 考查方式 题数 分数 1 语文应用 （包括汉语拼音、辨字测验、词语选择、完成句子、句子选择） 多项选择 10 20 2 短文填空 6 3 阅读理解一 4 完成对话 5 造句 自由作答 9 阅读理解二 15 共 36 70

Primary 4 Higher Chinese P4 HCL SA1 Paper 2 Examination Format 试卷二：语文理解与应用 作答时间：1小时30分钟 序号 考查项目 考查方式 题数 分数 1 语文应用 （包括汉语拼音、辨字测验、词 语选择、完成句子、句子选择） 多项选择 10 20 2 短文填空 6 3 阅读理解（一） 7 4 完成对话 5 阅读理解（二） 自由作答 11 29 共 39 70

Primary 4 Higher Chinese P4 HCL SA2 Paper 1 Examination Format 试卷一　：作文 作答时间：40分钟 序号 考查项目 考查方式 题数 分数 1 看图作文 自由作答 15 共

Primary 4 Higher Chinese P4 HCL SA2 Paper 2 Examination Format 试卷二：语文理解与应用 作答时间：1小时 序号 考查项目 考查方式 题数 分数 1 辨字测验 多项选择 2 4 词语选择 8 3 短文填空 阅读理解一 自由作答 5 词语搭配 填充（提供选项） 6 造句 7 阅读理解二 9 共 24 45

Primary 3 Mathematics P3 Math SA1 and SA2 Examination Format Duration: 1h 45 min Section Question Type No. of Questions Total Marks A MCQ 15 x 2m 30 B Short-answer C Word problems 4 x 3m 12 2 x 4m 8 80

Primary 4 Mathematics P4 Math SA1 and SA2 Examination Format Duration: 1h 45min Section Question Type No. of Questions Total Marks A MCQ 19 x 2m 38 B Short-answer 20 x 2m 40 C Word problems 2 x 3m 6 4 x 4m 16 100

Primary 3 Science P3 Science SA1 Examination Format Duration: 1 h 15 min Format of Paper No. of Qns Total Marks Section A MCQs 15 x 2 m 30 m Section B Open-ended questions 7 20 m Total 22 50 m 33

Primary 3 Science P3 Science SA2 Examination Format Duration: 1h 30min Format of Paper No. of Qns Total Marks Section A MCQs 25 x 2 m 50 m Section B Open-ended questions 10 30 m Total 35 80 m 34

Primary 4 Science P4 Science SA1&2 Examination Formats Duration: 1 h 45 min Format of Paper No. of Qns Total Marks Section A MCQs 28 x 2 m 56 m Section B Open-ended questions 13 44 m Total 41 100 m 35

Primary Five and Six English Chinese Higher Chinese Mathematics Science

Assessments (Weighted) Primary 5 and 6 Assessments (Weighted) Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 P5 CA1 (15%) SA1 (25%) - SA2 (60%) P6 (100%) Prelims (100%) & PSLE Oral PSLE LC & Written For 2017 PSLE examination calendar and formats, please visit http://www.seab.gov.sg/

CA1 Examinations Primary 5 and 6 Subject Type of paper tested English, Chinese and Higher Chinese Paper 2 (Written) only Mathematics Full paper Science Half paper (P5) Full paper (P6)

P5 English CA1 Examination Format Primary 5 English P5 English CA1 Examination Format Booklet Item Type No. of Qns Total Marks A (MCQ) Grammar 10 10 m Vocabulary 5 5 m Vocabulary Cloze Visual Text Comprehension 8 8 m B Grammar Cloze Editing for Spelling & Grammar 12 12 m Comprehension Cloze Comprehension Total (Paper 2) 70 m

P6 English CA1 Examination Format Primary 6 English P6 English CA1 Examination Format Booklet Item Type No. of Qns Total Marks A (MCQ) Grammar 10 10 m Vocabulary 5 5 m Vocabulary Cloze Visual Text Comprehension 8 8 m B Grammar Cloze Editing for Spelling & Grammar 12 12 m Comprehension Cloze 15 15 m Synthesis / Transformation Comprehension 20 m Total (Paper 2) 95 m

Primary 5 and 6 English P5 English SA1&2 and P6 SA1&Prelims Components Marks Duration 1. Oral Reading Aloud Stimulus-Based Conversation 30 m - 2. Listening Comprehension 20 m 40 min 3. Paper 1 (MCQ - Language Use and Comprehension) 55 m 1h 10 min 4. Paper 2 (OE - Language Use and Comprehension) 95 m 1h 50 min TOTAL 200 m

Primary 5 and 6 English P5&6 English Paper 1 (SA and Prelims) Part Item Type Marks 1 Situational Writing 15 m 2 Continuous Writing 40 m Total (Paper 1) 55 m Part 1: Situational Writing (15 marks) Pupils are expected to derive information from the given text and rewrite it into another text type based on what is required. E.g. Invitation, a letter, brochure, email, report, a request etc. Part 2: Continuous Writing (40 marks) A topic, three pictures and question prompts will be given. Pupils are required to write a story of at least 150 words.

Primary 5 and 6 English P5&6 English Paper 2 (SA and Prelims) Booklet Item Type No. of Qns Total Marks A (MCQ) Grammar 10 10 m Vocabulary 5 5 m Vocabulary Cloze Visual Text Comprehension 8 8 m B Grammar Cloze Editing for Spelling & Grammar 12 12 m Comprehension Cloze 15 15 m Synthesis / Transformation Comprehension 20 m Total (Paper 2) 95 m CA1 - Paper 2 (70 marks) – Less 15 marks, taken from Comprehension Cloze and Synthesis/ Transformation It comprises 2 booklets: Booklet A (MCQ) Grammar 10 qns (10 m) Vocabulary 5 qns (5 m) Vocabulary cloze 5 qns (5 m) Visual Text Comprehension 8 qns (8 m) Booklet B Grammar Cloze 10 qns (10 m) Editing for Spelling & Grammar 12 qns (12 m) Comprehension Cloze 10 qns Comprehension 10 qns (20 m)

Chinese (P5 SA1&2 and P6 SA1&Prelims) Primary 5 and 6 Chinese Chinese (P5 SA1&2 and P6 SA1&Prelims) Components Marks Duration 1. Oral 50 m - 2. Listening Comprehension 20 m 20 min 3. Paper 1 40 m 50 min 4. Paper 2 90 m 1h 40 min TOTAL 200 m

Higher Chinese (P5 SA1&2 and P6 SA1&Prelims) Primary 5 and 6 Higher Chinese Higher Chinese (P5 SA1&2 and P6 SA1&Prelims) Components Marks Duration 1. Paper 1 40 m 50 min 2. Paper 2 60 m 1h 20min TOTAL 100 m -

Primary 5 and 6 Chinese P5 Chinese Paper 2 Examination Format (New) 共 S/N Type of Questions Assessment mode No. of Questions Marks Weighting 1 语文应用 多项选择 15 30 m 15% 2 短文填空 5 10 m 5% 3 阅读理解（一） 4 完成对话 开放式 8 m 4% 阅读理解（二） （2个篇章） （包括书面互动） 11 32 m 16% 共 40 90 45 %

Primary 5 and 6 Higher Chinese P5 Higher Chinese Paper 2 Examination Format (New) S/N Type of Questions Assessment mode No. of Questions Marks Weighting 1 综合填空 多项选择式 5 10 m 10% 2 字词改正 客观式 3 阅读理解（一） 开放式 6 16 m 16% 4 阅读理解（二） 7 24 m 24% 　　　　　　共 23 60 m 60%

Standard Mathematics (P5 CA1, SA1 and SA2) Primary 5 Mathematics Standard Mathematics (P5 CA1, SA1 and SA2) Components Marks Duration 1. Paper 1 45 m 1 h 2. Paper 2 55 m 1 h 30 min TOTAL 100 m -

Standard Mathematics Examination Format Primary 5 Mathematics Standard Mathematics Examination Format Paper Booklet Item Type No. of Qns No. of Marks per Qn Weighting 1 A MCQ 10 10% 5 2 B Short-answer 5% 20% Structured/ Long-answer 13 3, 4, 5 45% Total 47 - 100%

Standard Mathematics (P6 CA1, SA1 and Prelims) Primary 6 Mathematics Standard Mathematics (P6 CA1, SA1 and Prelims) Components Marks Duration 1. Paper 1 40 m 50 min 2. Paper 2 60 m 1h 40 min TOTAL 100 m -

Standard Mathematics Examination Format Primary 6 Mathematics Standard Mathematics Examination Format Paper Booklet Item Type No. of Qns No. of Marks per Qn Weighting 1 A MCQ 10 10% 5 2 B Short-answer Structured/ Long-answer 13 3, 4, 5 50% Total 48 - 100%

Foundation Mathematics (P6 CA1, SA1 and Prelims) Primary 6 Foundation Mathematics Foundation Mathematics (P6 CA1, SA1 and Prelims) Components Marks Duration 1. Paper 1 50 m 1 h 2. Paper 2 1h 15 min TOTAL 100 m -

Foundation Mathematics Examination Format Primary 6 Foundation Mathematics Foundation Mathematics Examination Format Paper Booklet Item Type No. of Qns No. of Marks per Qn Weighting 1 A MCQ 10 1 m 10% 2 m 20% B Short-answer 2 Structured/ Long-answer 8 3m, 4m, 5m 30% Total 48 - 100%

Primary 5 Science P5 Science CA1 Examination Format Duration of paper: 1 h 15 min Format of Paper No. of Questions Total Marks Section A MCQs 15 x 2 m 30 m Section B Open-ended questions 7 20 m Total 22 50 m 54

Primary 6 Science P6 Science CA1 Examination Format Duration of paper: 1h 45min Format of Paper No. of Questions Total Marks Section A MCQs 28 x 2 m 56 m Section B Open-ended questions 13 44 m Total 41 100 m 55

Primary 5 and 6 Science P5 SA1&2 and P6 SA1/Prelims Examination Format Duration of paper: 1h 45min Format of Paper No. of Questions Total Marks Section A MCQs 28 x 2 m 56 m Section B Open-ended questions 13 44 m Total 41 100 m 56