Dear all

The Math SA1 will be held on 14 May (Friday). The scope has been issued to the pupils. Please check with them. The topics covered will be from Unit 1 to 6. Please also take note that P1 to P3 work will also be tested.

For parents who have attended the Principal's talk at the beginning of the year, you would have been informed by the Math HOD that there will be a slight change of the exam format in SA1 and SA2. Please take note of the new format below:

Section A: 15 MCQ X 2M = 30M
Section B: 20 open-ended x 2M = 40M
Section C: A total of 8 problem sums - 2 questions of 3M and 6 questions of 4M = 30 M

The rationale of the change of format is to bridge the gap in standard between P4 and P5 so that our pupils will not experience a great jump when they move to P5 next year.

I have finished teaching Unit4: Angles and the pupils have completed the Topical Test. The papers will be returned to them once they have done the corrections. The pupils will also be doing 1 practice paper this week. It will be returned to them next week once I have marked and gone through with them. Please sign both Topical Test and the pracitce paper when they bring back to show you next week.

Thank you.

Regards
Mdm Toh

作文考试可以用词典

同学们，

华文作文考试可以用词典。具体的型号请见学校主页

WWW.NYPS.MOE.EDU.SG

LIST_OF_APPROVED_CHINESE_DICTIONARIES_FOR_USE_IN_2008_PSLE_update.pdf

请注意前面三种词典只可以到2009年。今年不可以用了。

谢谢

周老师

小四作文考试可以用的词典列表

http://www.nyps.moe.edu.sg/PDFs/LIST_OF_APPROVED_CHINESE_DICTIONARIES_FOR_USE_IN_2008_PSLE_update.pdf

Science updates 19th April 2010

Dear Parents,

We have completed the syllabus for the semester. While there are two activities that have not been completed yet, we will complete them and the revision booklet concurrently.

The coverage for the exam is as follows:

P4:
1) Life Cycles
2) Matter

P3:
1) Diversity (Plants and Animals)
2) Interactions (Magnets)

The pupils can also improve in their answering technique for examinations. Most structured questions require a two part answer of cause and effect. An example of this is as follows:

Q: Why didn't Joseph place his seeds in the sun?

A: Because seeds do not need sunlight.

The answer above is inadequate in providing information that fully answers the question. This answer does not fully illustrate why the answer is correct. A more appropriate answer would be as follows:

A: Germinating seeds do not require sunlight as the seed leaves provide the necessary nutrients for growth.

The key concepts have been highlighted for you in bold.

Hope this helps.

Best Regards,

Mr. Chan

Dear all

We are in the midst of completing Unit 3: Fractions. After the pupils have completed the Activity worksheets, we will be doing the supplementary worksheets. There will be a Topical Test on Fractions in Week 4 after the pupils have completed Unit 3. As with the usual practice, files will be given to the pupils to bring home once we are done with all the corrections and filing of the Unit 3 worksheets.

Just to highlight that the topic Fractions has always been a topic that pupils are generally not very confident in. Hence, I do hope they can do more practice on their own to reinforce what they learnt in class.

Thank you

Regards
Mdm Toh