Welcome to
Singapore International School of Bangkok(PU Campus)
Primary FiveParent-Teacher Meeting 1Term One of Academic Year 2016/17
30 August 2016
Agenda
▪Assessment Weightage▪General Level Matters▪ECAs and Residential Program
▪Non-Academic Matters▪Subject Matters
Assessment Weightage
Term 1 (20%)
Term 2 (30%)
Term 3 (50%)
Alternative Assessment
Summative Assessment
Alternative Assessment
Summative Assessment
Alternative Assessment
Summative Assessment
20 % 80 % 100% - - 100 %
5 LOVE 5 JOY 5 PEACE
HOMEROOM TEACHER
KRISTEN NG-KELLY LEE WAI FONG GRAHAM
O’DONELL
ENGLISH WAI FONG WAI FONG GRAHAM
MATH KRISTEN KRISTEN KRISTEN
SCIENCE EVELYN EVELYN IRENE
THAI WINAI WISH WINAI
NON-THAI SUKVEENA
CHINESE WEI CHAO XIAN ZHOU WANG LI
CHINESE LEARNING SUPPORT
CHEN XIANG (CLS1A) YU GUANGJUAN (CLS1AB) TAN JUN (CLS2)ZHOU JIANGPING (CLS3)LUO HUALI (CLS4)
P5 Teachers5 LOVE 5 JOY 5 PEACE
SOCIAL STUDIES DAVID W
ART LEMUEL
PE STEPHEN
HEALTH EDUCATION DEE
MUSIC HOWARD
COMPUTER SCIENCE ALLEN
SPEECH AND DRAMA FRANCIS
School Terms
School Holidays
Reporting Time
Hair Style
Appropriate and neat hairstyles. Girls with long hair are to tie or plait their hair. .
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Colouring of hair not encouraged
Scalps of students: very fragile and delicate
Chemicals will harm their brain development
School Cap To be worn when playing in the sunP1-P2: YellowP3-P6: Maroon
Jewellery
Any form of jewellery is strictly prohibited unless it is approved by the school
Ear studs are only allowed for girls.
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Library information
Location & hours
Borrowing (Check-out)Primary 5
• 4 items of their own choice for 2 weeks.• 1 of those 4 items can be a DVD.• Can extend for further 2 weeks ("renew").• +2 English novel assigned by English Dept• Books, magazines, DVDs, e-books
available for loan. • Reference: can borrow dictionaries,
atlases etc for 2 days.
Losses
• Student's responsibility to return.• No late fees.• After 30 days late the item is treated as lost.• Lost item fees: cost of item +฿100.• Inform library staff of loss then wait for an
invoice before paying for lost item at cashier.• Library Policies: SISB website "Library Online"
Communication
• Email: [email protected]• Email received the day before "due" @ 4:35pm.• Homeroom teachers: overdue emails Thursday.• Parents: overdue emails every Saturday 11am.• Your contact emails came from Admissions.
Website
https://sisb.follettdestiny.com
Nurse Som
In case of emergency, accidents, servere illness, the child will be sent to Pram 9 Hospital (nearest hospital
if a child has influenza, the school encourages the child to stay at home for 7 days so as not to spread to the other students.
All absences must be accompanied by medical certificates to be submitted to the Nurse/ HRTs
Important Dates:
★ Primary Online Registration Period : 24th -26th August 2016
(registration starts at 7am on 24th August and ends at 12 pm on 26th August 2016)
★ Late Registration period: 1st - 5th September 2016 (via email at [email protected] )A 1000 THB late fee applies, only leftover spaces will be offered.
★ Payment dates to secure ECA : 1st - 7th September 2016
Primary Section
Please note that the school remedial program (2.40 - 3.40 pm ) takes priority over the ECA program. Please check with your child's homeroom teacher to find out if your child has been placed in any remedial program.
Day/Week 1 2 3 4 5
School Mid-Term Break 17 - 21 October
2016
Make up week
6 7 8 9
Primary Exams Week
10
Mon12
September 2016
19 September
2016
26 September
2016
3 October
2016
10 October
2016
24 October 2016 Holiday
31 October 2016
7 November
2016
14 November
2016
21 November
2016
5 December
2016 Holiday
Tue13
September 2016
20 September
2016
27 September
2016
4 October
2016
11 October
2016
25/10/2016 (tentative
make up for 24 October's
ECAs)
1 November
2016
8 November
2016
15 November
2016
22 November
2016
6 December
2016
Wed14
September 2016
21 September
2016
28 September
2016
5 October
2016
12 October
2016
26/10/2016 (tentative
make up for Dec 5's ECAs)
2 November
2016
9 November
2016
16 November
2016
23 November
2016
7 December
2016
Thu15
September 2016
22 September
School break
29 September
2016
6 October
2016
13 October
2016
27 October 2016
(Tentative make up day
for 22 September's
ECAs)
3 November
2016
10 November
2016
17 November
2016
24 November
2016
8 December
2016
Fri16
September 2016
23 September
School break
30 September
2016
7 October
2016
14 October
2016
28 October 2016
(tentative make up day
for 23 September's
ECAs)
4 November
2016
11 November
2016
18 November
2016
25 November
2016
9 December
2016
Please note that there will be no make-up classes for absence due to personal reasons or sickness.
Make-up classes are meant for entire class cancellation due to school closure or school breaks.
ECA Term 1 Dates (10 sessions)
P5 Fieldtrip – Term 1 AY2016/17
Venue BANK MUSEUM
Date 6 OCTOBER 2016, THURSDAY
Objectives ★ To learn about the history of Thai money (both coins and banknotes)
● Understand more about Bank of Thailand’s roles & responsibilities
● Visit the Bangkhunprom Palace where Bank of Thailand Museum is situated (built in 1906)
Level
1st Pre-trip Briefing
for Parents*
2nd Pre-trip Briefing for
Parents (with
service provider)*
Pre-tripBriefing
session for students*
Trip Dates Venue Service
Provider
P5
Tue, 30 August
2016 (P5 PTM1)
Thu,19 January 2017 (P5 PTM2)
Tue, 7 March
2017
Wed- Fri,22 - 24 March
2017
Nakon Nayok
Wild Planet
P5 Residential Dates and Venue
*Tentative , subject to change
Level
PU Estimated cohort size
(as at 16 August 2016)
Level HRTs Level Subject Teachers*
SV Campus
P5 72
Kristen (level rep)
Lee Wai Fong
Graham
Allen
Wang li
Jiang Ping
Nan Nan
School nurse
1 HRT + 1
level teacher
ENGLISH
5Peace: T. Graham5Love & 5Joy: T. Wai Fong
Unit 1How to eat a poem
Unit 2 What a character
Unit 3 My Amazing Adventures
Unit 4Great Explorers
Unit 5 Our World
Objectives• For students to be equipped with a skill set pertaining to
oral communication, listening skills and structured writing
• For students to be completely familiar with expectations
and testing methods of iPSLE and or Checkpoint test
• To prepare students for Secondary education in terms of
materials explorations
• Assessment activities can include Book Reviews,
Character Analogies, etc
• Assessment will be based of the SOW and students will
be rightfully informed of the objective to be assessed.
Alternative Assessment (20%)
Summative Assessment 80%Paper 1 – Composition (40 marks)
Paper 2 – Grammar & Reading Comprehension (95 marks)
Paper 3 – Oral (20 marks)
Paper 4 – Listening Comprehension (20 marks)
Total : 175 marks
MATHEMATICS
5Love, Peace, Joy: T. Kristen
ObjectivesThe Primary Mathematics syllabus aims to
enable all pupils to:
▪ acquire mathematical concepts and skills for everyday use and for continuous learning in Mathematics
▪ develop thinking, reasoning, communication, application and metacognitive skills through a Mathematical approach to problem solving
▪ build confidence and foster interest in Mathematics
Topics in Term One● Whole Numbers (1) and (2)● Fractions (1) and (2)● Area of triangle
Alternative Assessment (20%)● Topical Quizzes● Mathematical puzzles● Creative problem solving● Deriving the formula
Homework will be given out daily when there are Mathematics Lessons
Mathematics Exam Paper Weighting
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
Paper 1 Paper 2Formative
Assessment
Paper 1 Paper 2
10 MCQ20 SAQ
8 Word Problems
10 MCQ20 SAQ
15 Word Problems
50 minutes
1 hour 50 minutes
1 hour 30 minutes
SCIENCE
5Love, Joy: T. Evelyn5Peace: T. Irene
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
Cycles Systems Systems
*topics specific to theme(s) have been provided in the termly letter
● practical tasks● concept maps● quizzes
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
Booklet A Booklet B
Alternative Assessment
Booklet A Booklet B
20 MCQ 10 OEQ 30 MCQ 14 OEQ
1 hour 20 minutes 1 hour 45 minutes
As part of progressive preparation for Cambridge Checkpoint Exam in Term 1 of Primary 6
● Term 1: Stage 3 Progression Test Papers● Term 2: Stage 4 Progression Test Papers● Term 3: Stage 5 Progression Test Papers
THAI5Joy:T. Wish
5Love & Peace: T. Bomb
NON-THAI5Love: T. Nan
5Joy: T. Puu
ภาษาไทย : Objectives for Thai
Reading• Read aloud and silent reading.• Explain the meaning of the word and poem.• Reading comprehension from the assigned stories.• Questioning and answering with reason• Summarize and analyses the story read.Writing • Hand writing• Draw concept map to lead the writing.• Writing for communication , poem.• Brief writing
Listening • Separate facts, opinions, and feelings from the story Speaking • Express knowledge and understanding from story
read, viewed and listened toLanguage • Accuracy in reading words and phrases• Sentences and spelling
Instruction Media หนังสือภาษาพาที ป.5ทักษะภาษา ป.5วรรณคดีลํานํา ป.5พจนานุกรมความสุขของกะทิ (อานนอกเวลา)
Objectives for Non-ThaiStudents have the ability to use Thai Language
with all 4 skills, including Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.
• Students are able to communicate the basic information in daily life.
• Students are able to read and write simple sentences.
• Students understand the teacher’s instruction.• Students understand the text and signs in daily life.
Thai Topics in Term One1.การอานรอยกรอง การตั้งคําถามและตอบคําถาม 2.การอานจับใจความ การพูดและเขียนแสดงความรูสึก3.คําบุพบท เครื่องหมายวรรคตอน การอานรอยแกว มารยาทในการอาน4.สวนประกอบของประโยค สํานวน คําภาษาตางประเทศ5.คําเชื่อม การยอความ การฟงและการอานงานเขียน
Non-Thai Topics 1.Q & A on personal details and extended family.2.The 3 seasons: Related celebrations3.Leisure , sport and seasonal clothing.4.Month of Year & Celebration
Formative Assessment (20%)• Worksheets• Group Activities• Show and Tell• Listening to the song• Write a story from topics• Answer the question• Mind Mapping• Brainstorm Idea
Summative Assessment (80%)At the end of term, Non-Thai students will take exam
papers as follow :
● Paper 1 Composition (20 Points)● Paper 2 Grammar and Comprehension (70 Points)● Paper 3 Oral (10 Points)● Paper 4 Listening (10 Points)
Total: 110 Points converted to 80%
CHINESE 5Love:T. Meng Weichao
5Joy: T.Peng Xianzhou 5 Peace: T. WangLi
CLS1 Topics covered in Term 12 Teaching Progress for Term 13 Learning Resources4 Chinese Assessments (AA+SA)5 Parents’ Support
1 可贵的沉默 A Commendable Silence
2 竹头木屑 Bamboo Tips and Wood Shavings
3 一次成功的实验 A Successful Experiement
4 马来鼓“贡邦” The Malay Kompang Drum
5 露营记 My Camp Journal
6 语言点力量 The Power of Language
7 给小主人的信 A Letter for My Young Master
1 《小学华文5A》 Textbook 5A 2《小学华文活动本 5A》 Activitybook 5A 3《小学华文词语手册 5A》 Dictionary 5A 4 配套练习 Exercise book 5 听力练习 Listening Package 6 作文配套 Compo Package 7 口语互动 Oral Package 8 习题纸 Supplementary Worksheets
Online Resources : 9 XueLe 10 Google Classroom
Alternative Assessments (20%):- Listen and answer questions.- Oral Reading and picture description.- Talk about videos and stories.- Picture-based writing
Summative Assessments (80%):- Paper 1: Composition (40 marks) - Paper 2: language usage and Compre (90 marks) - Paper 3:
Listening comprehension (20 marks) Oral exam (50 marks)
Total: 200 marks
1 Arrange an extra 20-30 mintues for learning Chinese daily.(Review lessons, reading textbooks and story books, watch Chinese cartoons,etc)
2 Support the students in recording their voices when doing oral assignments
3 Remind kids to prepare for spelling/dictation/unit test.
4 Check books/folders, sign and leave messages for teachers. 5 Speak Mandarin with kids, create a Chinese learning environment.(if possible)
COMPUTER SCIENCEinstead of ICT
5Love, Joy & Peace: T. Allen
“BELIEVE YOU CAN AND YOU'RE HALFWAY THERE”
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT, US President
First Unit:- The pupils plan their own simple computer
game. They design characters and backgrounds, and create a working prototype, which they develop further based on feedback they receive.
Learning Objectives:● create original artwork and sound for a game ● design and create a computer program for a
computer game, which uses sequence, selection, repetition and variables
● detect and correct errors in their computer game
● use iterative development techniques (making and testing a series of small changes) to improve their game.
Software:● Snap http://snap.berkeley.edu/
Counsellor Maya Maylina Maclang [email protected] 02-1589191 extn. 114
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Finally ……Let us work hand-in-hand to nurture these young minds and help them in their Primary Five journey.
Thank you for your patience and we look forward to your support.
Q & A Session