St. Anthony’s Canossian Primary School

1. St. Anthony’s Canossian Primary School WELCOME TO P6 Briefing for Parents 9 Feb 2012

2. Key Personnel Sr Cecily Supervisor, Canossian Schools Mrs Eugenie Tan Principal Ms Amanda Teh Vice-Principal Mrs Corinna Foo School Staff Developer (covering VP duties) St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

3. Academic Heads Mrs Jasmine Tan Teaching & Learning Mrs Angela Tan & Ms Petrina Ng English Language Mrs Emily Tang Mathematics Ms Ros Daleena Science Mdm Siti Hidayah & Mdm Huang Shansi Mother Tongue Languages St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

4. Non-Academic Heads Mrs Agnes Lim Canossian Spirituality & Student Development Ms Susan Tham Character & Citizenry Education Ms Chua Lee Beng Sports, Arts & CCA Mdm Evi ICT St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

5. P6 Form Teachers • 6 TE Mdm Hannizah • 6 CO Mdm Aisha • 6 PR Mdm Magdalene Koh • 6 JU Mrs Patricia Hoon • 6 ST Mrs Angela Tan • 6 PI Mrs Catherine Tan St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

6. Mother Tongue Teachers • Mdm Huang SS • Ms Kok YH • Mdm Teo JN • Mdm Lotus Ong • Mdm Jennifer Lim • Mrs Yeow TH • Mrs Serene Phua • Ms Grace Yeo • Ms Siti Nurbaya • Mdm Selvarani St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

7. Briefing • PSLE 2011 Results • PSLE T-Score • Posting Matters • Affiliation • Important Dates to Note St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

8. PSLE RESULTS 2011 St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

9. Subject Results 2011 - Quantity St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

10. Subject Results 2011 - Quality St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

11. Mean Aggregate St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

12. Eligibility to Secondary School St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

13. Eligibility to Express Stream St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

14. Aggregate of =>250 St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

15. P6 T-Score St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

16. OUTLINE • PSLE is a placement exam • What is the PSLE Aggregate SCORE? • Why is T-Score used? • Definition & Calculation of T-Score St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

17. 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 St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

18. Are they raw scores? What is PSLE Aggregate Score? It is a sum of scores. What are these scores? St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

19. The PSLE Aggregate Score • incorporates performance of pupils in all 4 subjects • allows pupils to be ranked fairly St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

20. Why are RAW SCORES not used ? • 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) St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

21. MEASURE OF S P R E A D Narrow Wide St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

22. H U R R A Y ! I scored 85% in both English and Mother Tongue ! Lily St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

23. Her performance in MT is very close to that of other pupils 85% • She did much better in EL as compared to other pupils Lily scores 85% in both EL and MT EL MT 0 100 EL ave = 60 MT ave = 80 St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

24. Transformed Score or T-Score A need for standardisation of the raw scores St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

25. What is T-Score? • It gives the relative position 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 she is as compared to others St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

26. How is T-Score calculated for each subject? (X - Y)   T 50 10 Z where X: pupil’s mark for the subjectY: average mark (mean) scored by all pupils Z: spread of marks around the average mark (standard deviation) St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

27. (50 - 68.0) 14.0 Example: • Pupil’s mark (X) in exam = 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 = 37.14 St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

28. How is the Aggregate Score calculated? By adding the T-Scores of the 4 subjects St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

29. Example: Subject Total Mark T-Score EL1 200 105 34 CL2 200 152 51 Maths 100 67 53 Science 100 58 47 Aggregate: 185 St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

30. Finally, all pupils are ranked according to their Aggregate Scores St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

31. Posting to Secondary School • All pupils are ranked by merit according to their PSLE Aggregate Scores • Thus, a pupil will be considered for admission for her choice of school before another pupil who has not performed as well in the PSLE • This is subject to availability of places in the school of choice St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

32. Posting by Postal District • If the pupil fails to get into any school of her choice as she has failed to meet the cut-off score of her choices, she will be posted to a school nearest to your home • She must still meet that school’s lowest cut-off score • Therefore, if you have shifted / are planning to shift within the year, please inform the school of your new address BEFORE November St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

33. Affiliation • Affiliation ONLY applies when the 1st choice secondary school selected is St Anthony’s Canossian Secondary • If SACSS is NOT placed as the 1st choice, the pupil then does NOT enjoy the privilege of the affiliation St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

34. PSLE Results Day & Options • Mid to end of November • Collection of results from school at noon • Options for secondary school to be made online after release of results St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

35. Types of Secondary Schools • Mainstream Schools • Independent Schools • SAP Schools • Autonomous Schools • Niche Programme Schools • Specialised Schools St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

36. Programmes Offered at Various Secondary School Level • Music Elective • Art Elective • Integrated Programme leading to either the ‘A’ Levels or the International Baccalaureate Diploma • Foreign Language • Higher Mother Tongue St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

37. Considerations When Making Decision • Do take into account the following : • Previous year’s posting aggregate ranges of schools • Your child’s academic performance • Distance • Programmes and schemes offered by the school • Special needs of your child St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

38. Direct Schools’ Admissions • Allows secondary schools greater flexibility in admissions of pupils to allow for a more diverse range of pupil achievements and talents to be recognised • There are about 80 secondary schools which participate in the exercise • Both academic and non-academic areas St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

39. Stages in DSA • Selection Stage end June to late August/early September • Exercise School Preference Stage mid/late October • Results Release Stage on PSLE Results Day St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

40. Process of DSA • Obtain information on DSA-Sec schools, such as niche areas, selection criteria, dates of trials / tests / interviews, etc, through the following: • Checking the schools’ websites, • Calling the schools, and / or • Visiting the schools St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

41. Process of DSA • Student identifies the school(s) she would like to apply to • Student checks with the secondary schools she is interested in, on how to apply • Submit application St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

42. Process of DSA • Short-listed student goes for selection tests / camps or interviews at the DSA-Sec school(s) • Student receives outcome of application from the school(s) she has applied to (i.e. Confirmed, Waiting List or Rejected) by September St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

43. Process of DSA • Students with Confirmed Offers or who have been put on the Waiting List of a school will receive a School Preference Form from their respective primary schools • The form indicates the list of schools that the student has received Confirmed Offer from and/or placed on the Waiting List St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

44. Process of DSA • Parents can indicate their child's school preference(s) for up to 3 schools in the DSA School Preference Form • Parents can submit their child's school preference(s) either electronically via DSA-Sec Internet System or physically submit to the child's primary school St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

45. Process of DSA • Student collects her DSA allocation result from her primary school, together with her PSLE results • Student who is unsuccessful in the DSA-Sec Exercise will be notified of the outcome of the application and will participate in the Secondary One Posting Exercise St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

46. Take Note • Once you have accepted a Confirmed Offer, you will NOT be allowed to make appeals to other secondary schools St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

47. Most Importantly… As we have an affiliated secondary sister school, the affiliation option is a privilege in which you should exercise St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

48. Supporting Your Child St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

49. Important Dates to Note St Anthony’s Canossian Primary

50. School Preliminary Examinations St Anthony’s Canossian Primary