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PRIMARY 1
HOLISTIC ASSESSMENT
PARENTS’ BRIEFING
4 JANUARY 2016
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Briefing Outline
• Main aim of primary education
• Where is my child at this stage?
• How will my child be taught?
• Assessment
–Why?
–How?
• How does it benefit my child?
• How can I help my child?
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Main Aim of Primary Education
To nurture
the
whole child
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Where is my child at this stage?
• Formative years
• Early stages of learning
• Discovering abilities and talents
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Developmental Stages
Learning and
developmental
needs of children
are different at
lower and upper
primary.
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Teaching
the
whole child
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For English, my child learns to…
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For Mother Tongue, my child learns to…
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For Maths, my child learns to…
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Assessment
to support the
whole child
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Assessment is part of learning
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Assessment at P1 & P2
• Oral tasks
• Written tasks
• Activity-based tasks
• Mid-Year Exam (P1 & P2)
• End-of-Year Exam (P1)
• End-of-Year Exam (P2)
Shorter tests
More feedback
given
Wider range
of tasks
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How will you receive feedback on your
child’s progress?
Term 1 and 3 Term 2 and 4
Holistic Assessment
Portfolio only
Holistic Assessment
Portfolio
Holistic Report Card
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How will you receive feedback on your
child’s progress?
Holistic Portfolio
• Celebrate your child’s effort and
progress
• Curates your child’s choice of best
piece of work in terms of effort
invested and progress made
• Includes all core subjects i.e.
English, Mathematics and Mother
Tongue
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How will you receive feedback on your
child’s progress?
Holistic Report Card
• Reflects child’s progress in respective areas
evaluated (including personal qualities)
• Brief comments and recommendations for areas in
which the child is under-achieving in each
subject
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How will this benefit my child?
• More opportunities to
showcase learning
• Caters to wider range
of learning styles
• Regular and timely
feedback
• More confident
• Motivated to learn
• Less stressed
• Enjoys learning
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My child will be prepared to take exams at the
end of P2 having gained…
a strong foundation
confidence
a desire to learn
enjoyment of learning
steady progress
Will my child be prepared for exams?
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Do…
monitor your child’s daily work
give encouragement and support in areas for improvement
praise your child for any progress made
How can I help my child?
Don’t …
put too much emphasis on marks and grades
compare your child’s performance with that of others
give more homework than necessary, or as punishment
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Thank You!