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Anglo-Chinese School (Junior)

Primary 6 Breakfast Session

21 January 2019

Theme 2019

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Psalm 1:2-3

His delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.

PERI Upgrading

Purpose

- Incorporate standard facilities under MOE PERI Committee’s

recommendations made in 2009 for all schools to raise the

quality of holistic education

- Uphold safety standards and improve flow/accessibility

PERI Upgrading

New Facilities- Student Care Centre (Ready in the course of 2020)

- Art Rooms

- Dance Studio

- Band Room

- Mathematics Room

- Learning and Behavioural Support Room

- CCA Rooms

- Teaching and Learning Laboratory

- Outdoor Learning Area

- Upgraded Playground- Additional Lifts and Ramps

PERI Upgrading

Time Frame

- To commence

in Jun 2019

- Completed by Dec 2021

The school will take the necessary measures to ensure smooth daily operations,

minimise noise and dust, and ensure the safety and security of its stakeholders

Will be distributed on 11 JanFirst collection on 7 Feb

Methodist Walk 2019

Please Support

ACSJ’s

PERI Upgrading

In partnership with Parents

• Building Our School Together• Expertise required in many areas

• For more information, contact the teacher-in-charge

• Information will be available on the school website

• Parent Liaison : Mrs Gloria Chia

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Academic Development

-- Chinese / English Oral

-- Language Hour (CL / EL)

-- Read Up Programme

-- Language Week

-- Creative Science Investigation (CSI)

Enriching School Life

- Adventure Club

- Craft @ Library

- Thinkers@Recess

Spiritual Support

- Chapel

- Parents’ Prayer Group

- Fathers’ Prayer Group

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Form and co-Form Teachers1. Provide pastoral care

and ensure well-

being of students

2. Facilitate lifeskills

lessons and one-to-

one interaction time

with students

3. Communicate with

parents and

undertake

administrative matters

Nurturing Responsibility

In our boys

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P6 ACSIAN OUTCOMES

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Value Outcome Statement

Love I care for the community I respect the school environment

I show care for others in the community

I demonstrate understanding of my

responsibility as a member of the

community

Integrity I keep my word I do as I say I will do

Loyalty I support my nation I respect my national identity

I am aware of the needs of the

community

Collaboration I contribute to my nation I contribute towards improving the lives

of others in the community

Curiosity I am willing to explore new

ideas independently

I am willing to take initiative for my own

learning

I seek answers to my own questions

Excellence I put in my best effort I am self-motivated. I set goals for

myself

I monitor my progress at least twice a

year

I refine my goals

Growing our BOYS into young GENTLEMEN,ready to LEAD and SERVE

• GAT

• Everyday responsibilities ie. role-modeling

• Post-PSLE activities ie. Grad Service

• VIA / Science Centre

• Knights of ACS

EXPECTATIONS FOR 2019

shared with P6s

• Responsibility– Self-discipline

– Others through service

• Behaviour– It is my CHOICE

– Therefore I will accept the consequences, good or bad

EXPECTATIONS FOR 2019

for parents

• PSLE is a placement exam; it does not define

our children

• To care is to discipline with love. Spare the rod,

spoil the child. Yet we are not to

exasperate(frustrate) our children

• Work with us to Educate, Rebuke, Correct,

Train, Encourage the boys– Through rules; relationships; routines

– Building of self-discipline

– Trust the school

• Attendance for the Post-PSLE activities

To care is to discipline

• Educate,

Rebuke, Correct,

Train, Encourage• Rules; Relationships;

Routines

• Self-discipline

• Trust the school

What kind of boy is the ACS boy?

“The ACS boy was an energetic, spry and unconventional creature. A sense of humour and mischief is not far from his fertile mind … Perhaps a certain kind of swagger and over self-confidence … and creativity … The light-heartedness, the sense of fun and humour. Mix this with a serious determination to excel in the classroom and in the sportsfield. Mix this further with a sense of duty and a sense of what is morally right and Godly. You have a very powerful mixture.”

Dr Tay Eng Soon 1 March 1988

PSLE Preparations : Curriculum Time1. Equip pupils with skills to solve/answer PSLE questionsAnswering techniques

Understanding the requirements of the questions

Synthesising knowledge

2. Exposing pupils to a variety of PSLE questionsTopical Worksheets

Practice papers (from other schools)

Past PSLE Papers

3. Targeted CoachingDifferent strategies for different profile of pupils

Eg: HP: More challenging/higher order questions to stretch them.

MP/LP: Building on foundation and deeper understanding of topics/concepts/skills

4. Harness creativityEncourage different methods/ways to solve problems e.g. different heuristics/methods to solve

a mathematical problem, application of science concepts to carry-out their own experiment

based on a given aim and application of creative thinking when solving/answering some

science questions.

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• After-School Programme – Thoburn & Hinch

– Monday and Thursday, starting on 24 Jan

• Holiday Supplementary Classes

– 26/6 and 27/6 (8.30am to 1.00pm)

– 12/9 and 13/9 (8.30am to 1.00pm)

Day Subject Time Thoburn – Target

Group of students

Hinch – Target

Group of students

Monday Mathematics 2 to 2.50pm Selected Selected

Monday Science 2.55 to 3.45pm Selected Selected

Thursday HMT/MT 2 to 2.50pm Selected All

Thursday English 2.55 to 3.45pm Selected Selected

PSLE Preparations : After School Support

PSLE Preparations : Timeline

English, Mathematics, Science & Mother Tongue

Term 1 Term2 Term 3 Term 4

CA

(Term 1 Week 8&9)

SA1

(Term 2 Week 7&8)

Prelims Oral (Term 3 Week 4)

Prelims LC (Term 3 Week 5)

PSLE Oral (Term 3 Week 8)

Prelims (Term 3 Week 9&10)

PSLE LC (Term 4 Week 1)

PSLE Written

(Term 4 Week 3&4)

• Complete syllabus by Term 3 Week 3

• Give students practice papers to consolidate learning till

Prelims

• Practise PSLE booklets

• Prelims paper is jointly set by ACSJ and ACSP to ensure high

standards

• Teachers help pupils practise exam techniques/skills

• 2 chances for examination conditioning – SA1 and Prelims held

in the School’s MPH in accordance to actual PSLE examination

condition

Targeted Practice :

1. Bridge learning gaps

that are surfaced from

the Prelims

performance (Item

Analysis)

2. Identify challenging

questions from other

school prelim papers

that are good for

exposure/ practice

PSLE Preparations : Actual Exams

During the actual PSLE written examinations, we support

each of our P6 boys through the following practices:

1. Pastor prays for/ prays with boys at the beginning of each

day

2. Praying parent group who cover the boys in prayers (for

protection)

3. AED (Counselling) and (LBS) are on ready mode to

provide support

4. IP HODs will refresh some key instructions (for

assurance)

5. School provides PAH as holding area (for comfort)

How Parents can help:

1. Do ensure your child attends classes (after-school, holidays,

etc.) regularly

2. Do supervise your child’s homework completion regularly.

3. Do remind your child not to lose important revision booklets/

documents prepared by the different departments.

4. Do monitor your child’s revision time after school.

5. Do limit your child’s gadget time after school.

6. Do provide positive assurance all the time to allay anxiety.

7. Do encourage your child to start his revision early and

consistently.

8. Do provide for child’s holistic well-being (nutrition, exercise,

sleep, etc.)

PSLE –

Placement Examination

• Need to reflect the relative achievement level of

students with their peers.

• Places students 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.

What is the T-Score?

• It gives the relative standing of student’s

performance as compared to the performance of

all the other level students in that subject.

• Raw score transformed into T-score

• PSLE Aggregate Score is a sum of the T-scores

and NOT raw scores of the 4 subjects.

Why not use Raw Scores?

• Different subjects have different levels of difficulty.

• The raw score obtained shows how good the

student is in that subject, not how good he is

compared to his peers.

• Scoring the same mark, say 85%, in EL and MTL

could indicate very different capability of the learner

in the respective subjects

EL

Ave = 60

MTL

Ave = 80

0

85%

John scores 85% in EL & MTL

Example

EL

MTL

His performance in MT is very close to that of his peers.

He did muchbetter in EL ascompared toother students.

T-Score

Ave = 60

EL MTL

Ave = 80

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85 85

Converts average mark of each subject to a common

score of 50 points

Converts the raw score to T-score by considering the

extent to which they differ from the average and the

size of spread of the marks around the average

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Raw Score to T-Score

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T-Score is the transformed score (that reflects the

pupil’s standing relative to other pupils in that

subject

x is the pupil’s mark

m is the average mark scored by all pupils who

sat for the subject

SD is the standard deviation (ie. the

spread of marks around the average)

T-Score = 50 + 10(x – m)

SD

Overall PSLE Score

Aggregate Score

= TEL + TMTL + TMATH + TSC

= 61 + 54 + 55 + 58

= 228

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Pupils with 4As (sample)

Pupil English Math Science MT AGG

Candidate A A A A A 219

Candidate B A A A A 225

Candidate C A A A A 228

Candidate D A A A A 235

Candidate E A A A A 243

Candidate F A A A A 248

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• After-School Programme – Thoburn & Hinch

– Monday and Thursday, starting on 24 Jan

• Holiday Supplementary Classes

– 26/6 and 27/6 (8.30am to 1.00pm)

– 12/9 and 13/9 (8.30am to 1.00pm)

Day Subject Time Thoburn – Target

Group of students

Hinch – Target

Group of students

Monday Mathematics 2 to 2.50pm Selected Selected

Monday Science 2.55 to 3.45pm Selected Selected

Thursday HMT/MT 2 to 2.50pm Selected All

Thursday English 2.55 to 3.45pm Selected Selected

PSLE Preparations : After School Support

Direct School Admission

(DSA)

• The DSA-Sec allows students to seek admission to

a secondary school on the basis of talents and

achievements that may not be demonstrated at the

Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE). The

DSA-Sec enables students to enter suitable

academic and non-academic programmes in

Secondary Schools that can develop the students

in these areas.

Entering a secondary school

PSLE/S1 Posting Process DSA-Sec

• Based on a student’s PSLE

score

• Most students enter

secondary schools this way

• Based on a diverse range of talents

and achievements in specific

academic subjects or non-academic

areas, beyond what the PSLE

recognises

• Allows students to access school

programmes to develop their talents

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Is the DSA-Sec right for my child?

If your child has specific talents which a school offers the DSA-Sec in

And is passionate about and committed to developing his/her strengths and interests

Talent

PassionCommit-ment

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DSA-Sec can support his/her development in that talent area.

DSA Portal (NEW 2019)

• Centralised online application for all Sec

Schools (except for SOTA and SSP)

• Common application form (access portal

through one of the parents’ SingPass)

• No application fees

• Student data eg. Results and CCA

participation will be obtained through the

system

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Direct School Admission

(DSA)• Students successfully allocated to their DSA

schools will not be allowed to participate in the

annual S1 Posting Exercise to opt for secondary

schools, and are expected to honour the

commitment to the allocated DSA school for the

entire duration of the programme. They will also

not be allowed to transfer to another school after

the release of the PSLE results.

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Where can I find more information on the 2019 DSA-Sec?

• Check the MOE DSA-Sec website for important dates and timelines, and for information on how DSA-Sec will be conducted.

• The updated 2019 DSA-Sec information will be published around April 2019.

• The MOE DSA-Sec website also contains information on DSA categories and secondary schools offering them.

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Posting

Must meet the cut-off points of ACS(I) and/or

ACS(BR) and must indicate ACS(I) and ACS(BR)

as first 2 choices in the option form in order to

enjoy priority for admission

Entry into affiliated schools

New – 2019 PSLE Cohort

• MOE will reserve 20% of places in each course

(Express, Normal (Academic) and Normal

(Technical) at every affiliated secondary school

for application from students who do not benefit

from affiliation priority.

• Balance MOE’s commitment to preserving our

affiliated schools’ longstanding heritage and

ethos with ensuring all publicly-funded schools

remain open to all students, regardless of

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Entry into ACS schools

ACS (Independent)

Offers IP (IB) and

Express (O-levels)

Cut-off for IP varies

from year to year

Cut-off point for Express

(Feeder schools) : 235

ACS (Barker)

Offers Express, Normal

(Academic) and Normal

(Technical) Streams

Cut-off varies from year to year

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Need to meet Cut-off Point to be admitted

20% for each course reserved for non-affiliates

(NEW - 2019 PSLE cohort)

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We aim to give…

• A memorable year

• Opportunities to build firm ties and friendships

• Sound values education

• Good preparation for academic challenges

• Experiences to prepare ACSJ students for life

ahead