1 ____________________________________________________________________________ TVPS/21/018 8 th February 2021 Dear P4 Parents / Guardians, SCHOOL ASSESSMENT 2021 Assessment forms an integral part of teaching and learning for our teachers to monitor their students’ learning progress and to enable them to take corrective measures where necessary. The school carries out formative as well as summative assessments to identify learning gaps and provide rich qualitative feedback to students. Formative assessments would be carried out throughout the year while the summative assessment would only be conducted in Term 2 and Term 4. To help you better support your child/ward in their learning, the following documents are attached for your reference: 1. Annex A – Assessment Schedules 2. Annex B – Assessment format and topics 3. Annex C – Holistic Assessment Plan Please refer to our school’s Communication Book for more information on the school’s Assessment Policy, Assessment Practices and Weightings. Thank you. Yours sincerely, Mr Victor Tan Principal This is a computer generated document. No signature is required. TOWNSVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL 3 Ang Mo Kio Ave 10, Singapore 569730 Tel: 64574345 Fax: 64570141 Website: http://www.townsvillepri.moe.edu.sg Email: [email protected]
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____________________________________________________________________________ TVPS/21/018 8th February 2021 Dear P4 Parents / Guardians, SCHOOL ASSESSMENT 2021 Assessment forms an integral part of teaching and learning for our teachers to monitor their students’ learning progress and to enable them to take corrective measures where necessary. The school carries out formative as well as summative assessments to identify learning gaps and provide rich qualitative feedback to students. Formative assessments would be carried out throughout the year while the summative assessment would only be conducted in Term 2 and Term 4. To help you better support your child/ward in their learning, the following documents are attached for your reference:
1. Annex A – Assessment Schedules 2. Annex B – Assessment format and topics 3. Annex C – Holistic Assessment Plan
Please refer to our school’s Communication Book for more information on the school’s Assessment Policy, Assessment Practices and Weightings. Thank you. Yours sincerely, Mr Victor Tan Principal
This is a computer generated document. No signature is required.
TOWNSVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL 3 Ang Mo Kio Ave 10, Singapore 569730 Tel: 64574345 Fax: 64570141 Website: http://www.townsvillepri.moe.edu.sg Email: [email protected]
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ANNEX A
Townsville Primary School Primary 4 Mid - Year Examination Schedule
TERM/ WEEK
DATE SUBJECT DURATION
Term 2 Week 3
Monday 5 April 2021 - Tuesday 6 April 2021
English and Mother Tongue Oral Exam
During Curriculum time
Term 2 Week 5
Monday 19 April 2021
English Language Listening Comprehension
30 min
Tuesday 20 April 2021
Mother Tongue Language Listening Comprehension
30 min
Term 2 Week 6
Wednesday 28 April 2021
English Language Paper 1 50 min
Thursday 29 April 2021
Mother Tongue Language Paper 1
40 min
Term 2 Week 8
Monday 10 May 2021
English Language Paper 2
1 h 15 min
Tuesday 11 May 2021
Mathematics 1 h 30 min
Term 2 Week 9
Monday 17 May 2021
Mother Tongue Paper 2
1 h
Tuesday 18 May 2021
Science 1 h 30 min
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Townsville Primary School Primary 4 End of Year Examination Schedule
TERM/ WEEK
DATE SUBJECT DURATION
Term 4 Week 3
Monday 27 Sept 2021
English Language Listening Comprehension
30 min
Tuesday 28 Sept 2021
Mother Tongue Language Listening Comprehension
30 min
Term 4 Week 5
Monday 11 Oct 2021 – Tuesday 12 Oct 2021
English/Mother Tongue Oral Exam
Curriculum time
Thursday 14 Oct 2021
English Language Paper 1 50 min
Friday 15 Oct 2021
Mother Tongue Paper 1 40 min
Term 4 Week 7
Friday 29 Oct 2021
English Language Paper 2
1 h 15 min
Term 4 Week 8
Monday 1 Nov 2021
Mathematics 1 h 30 min
Tuesday 2 Nov 2021
Mother Tongue Paper 2
1 h
Term 4 Week 9
Monday 8 Nov 2021
Science 1h 30 min
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ANNEX B
Townsville Primary School Primary 4 Mid - Year Examination
Format & Topics ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Paper Item Type Weighting STELLAR Units
1 Guided Writing (picture prompts with helping words) 20%
Unit 1: Prince Zak and the Wise Frog Unit 2: Canoe Diary Unit 3: Ruby’s Flower Unit 4: Making Ice-Cream Unit 5: A Nasty Accident Unit 6: The Four Friends
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• Grammar MCQ • Vocabulary MCQ • Grammar Cloze(fill-in-the-blanks with
28 2 56 All P3 and P4 topics Diversity - Classification: Living and
Non-Living things - Plants - Animals - Fungi and Bacteria - Materials Interactions - Magnets Cycles - Life cycle of animals - Life cycle of plants - Matter Energy - Heat and Temperature - Light and Shadows Systems - Your Amazing Body as a
System - Plants and their parts
B Open-Ended
10 - 13 2 - 4 44
MOTHER TONGUE
Paper Item Type Marks Topics 1 Picture Composition 15 marks Chinese
PRIMARY FOUR (HOLISTIC ASSESSMENT PLAN 2021) ANNEX C
SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Speaking and Representing
MID YEAR EXAMINATION (MYE) 100 marks (30%) a. Listening Comprehension
(14m) (Picture Matching, Note-Taking & Listening Comprehension) b. Oral (16m) (Reading Aloud & Stimulus- Based Conversation) c. Composition (20m) d. Language Use and
Comprehension (50m) - Grammar - Vocabulary - Other language items
(Synthesis &Transformation, Spelling & Editing)
- Comprehension OE (Refer to MYE Schedule)
END OF YEAR EXAMINATION (EYE) 100 marks (50%) a. Listening
Comprehension (14m) (Picture Matching, Note-Taking & Listening Comprehension) b. Oral (16m) (Reading Aloud & Stimulus- Based Conversation) c. Composition (20m) d. Language Use and
Comprehension (50m) - Grammar - Vocabulary - Other language items
(Synthesis &Transformation, Spelling & Editing)
- Comprehension OE
(Refer to EYE Schedule)
Reading and Viewing
Reading Task (non-weighted) LO: Read aloud Primary 4 level texts (e.g. STELLAR texts) with accuracy, fluency, expression, pace and intonation
Listening and Viewing
Writing and Representing
Writing Task (non-weighted) LO: Generate, select and organize ideas for writing and representing creatively and critically for a variety of purposes, audiences and context
*LO: Learning Outcomes (Note: All task materials and feedback on performance will be filed in the student’s portfolio file after each term.)
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SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4
Topics • Numbers to 100 000
• Multiplication &
Division
• Fractions
• Angles
• Squares &
Rectangles
• Fractions
• Squares &
Rectangles
• Angles
• Decimals
• Area & Perimeter
• Tables & Line Graphs
• Time
• Symmetry
Formative Assessment
(Non-weighted)
(In addition to daily
classwork, homework and
Diagnostic Tests)
Maths Journal
Topic: 4 Operations of
Whole Numbers
Performance Task
Topic: Angles
Problem Solving Task
Topic: Decimals
Maths Journal
Topic: Tables and Line
Graphs
Weighted Assessments (%) Topical Review 1 Topical Review 2 Topical Review 3 End – of – Year
Examination
(All topics taught in the
year)
Total (100 %) 10 % 30 % 10 % 50 %
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SUBJECT: SCIENCE
Topics Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 1 Cycles - Matter
Weighted Assessment (10%): Cycles • Matter
Mid Year Examination (30%) Diversity • Plants and Animals
(P3) Cycles • Life Cycles of Animals
and Plants (P3) • Matter
Energy • Heat and Temperature
Interactions • Magnets (P3)
Weighted Assessment (10%): Energy • Light and Shadows
End of Year Examination (50%) All P3 and P4 topics Diversity • Classification: Living and Non-
Living things • Plants • Animals • Fungi and Bacteria • Materials Interactions • Magnets Cycles • Life cycle of animals • Life cycle of plants • Matter Energy • Heat and Temperature • Light and Shadows Systems • Your Amazing Body as a
System • Plants and their parts
Term 2 Diversity • Plants and Animals (P3) Cycles • Life Cycles of Animals
and Plants (P3) • Matter
Energy • Heat and Temperature
Interactions • Magnets (P3) Term 3 Energy - Light and Shadows Term 4 All P3 and P4 topics
Total (100%) 10% 30% 10% 50%
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SUBJECT: MOTHER TONGUE
Component Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Listening
Mid Year Exam (30%) a. Listening Comprehension b. Oral i. Read aloud (text/passage) ii. Picture Description iii. Conversation c. Composition d. Language Use &
Comprehension
End of Year Exam (50%) a. Listening Comprehension b. Oral i. Read aloud (text/passage) ii. Picture Description iii. Conversation c. Composition d. Language Use & Comprehension
Speaking Reading
Writing
Writing Task (10%) Picture composition
Language Use Class Test (10%) Language Use & Comprehension
