School Values

Confidence

Resilience

Integrity Confident

Communicator

Creative

Thinker

P5 Level Matters

School

Approaches

2

• Questioning

• Storytelling

• Mindmapping

• Whole School Approach (EL)

Programme for Active Learning

Terms Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 DNA Science

Learning Journey

(Science)

P5 Camp

International Friendship Day

Investigative Science

Project – For Learning Day

P5 Photography (Show & Tell) – Grp 1

June Hols Supp classes

(24/6 – 26/6)

P5 Science Practical Exam

NE Show

P5 Photography (Show & Tell )

-Grp 2

P5 Ethnic Percussion

Performance

Food from the heart prog**

Open House**

P5 Learning Day

Sexuality Education

C.O.S.

Celebration of Success**

STRATEGIES IN TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE

1. Use of Annotations in Comprehension for a deeper level of understanding of the passage before answering the questions

2. Identification of Contextual Clues by Highlighting or Underlining or Circling and linking them using Arrows to the answers in Comprehension Cloze & Grammar MCQ

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English Practices

English WS

Grammar & Vocab

Grammar & Punctuation

Synthesis & Transformation

Listening Comprehension

Oral Handbook

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English (Oral) What parents can do at home Go through Oral Handbook with the child

Engage child in conversation about daily topics (oral

component) • Conversation (oral interaction), not monologue (one person

speaks)

• Use internationally-acceptable English

• Focus on: experiences & opinions

• Examples of topics: (refer to Oral Handbook for more)

Do you have a particular sport you enjoy? Tell me about it.

Share an experience where you helped someone.

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English (Writing) What parents can do at home

Focus: Show, Not Tell Plot development using mind map, writing curve

Focused practice

• e.g. focus on Introduction this week, focus on

Climax next week

Read more books and TAKE NOTE OF good writing

styles and expressions

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English (Grammar & Vocab) What parents can do at home Grammar & Synthesis: practice practice

practice

Vocab:

• Encourage children to read more books

• Use the dictionary for unfamiliar words

• Use pictures (or any method devised by

the child) to remember meanings of new

words

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English (Comprehension) What parents can do at home Reinforce annotation of text

• Inculcates habits of reading between the lines

Answering techniques: • Identify key words & tense in question

• Restate question mentally

• Shape the answer (draft) on the question paper

• Locate the answer and highlight it

• Write the answer, rephrasing a little must answer the

question

• Check answer for SPG

Math Class • Pupils must have a mini white board or at least

some rough papers for rough working, at all times.

• Mental Sums/Speed Math exercise book

Practices • Textbook

• Work book (Level 1)

• Topical Worksheets (Levels 2 & 3)

• Teacher-prepared WS (specific to the class)

Math Personal Revision – Train pupils on:

•Speed Math (focuses on Paper 1) – Do not allow

pupils to use calculators. Make it a daily practice of

10 – 15 questions.

•Examples of Speed Math practices:

• Multiplication and Division facts

• 4 Operations of Whole Numbers

• Convert fractions to simplest form

• Add & Subtract fractions

Points to take note when dealing with Math questions

• Read the questions carefully for understanding

• Annotate where necessary, to clarify

• Show all thought processes i.e. working

• Be organised and systematic in thoughts and on paper

• Provide units for word problems final answers

Science Strategies

• Mastery of Science Conceptual knowledge

- Use of Structure Of Knowledge (S.O.K)

- Use of mindmap and concept map

- Use of scientific experiments

• Mastery of answering process skills

- Annotate.Concept.Fact (A.C.F)

Use of Kipling Method (5W1H)

- Clarity.Accuracy.Relevance.Precision (C.A.R.P)

Science Strategies

• Science Practices

- Science Activity Book

- Science Activities Made Interesting (S.A.M.I)

- Analyse IT Booklet (Focus on process skills)

Points to take note when dealing with Science questions

• Read question carefully to understand it

• Identify and apply science concepts

• Annotate and write down your thoughts

• Give scientific answers

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Reading To cultivate reading habit and promote literary appreciation through:

• Pre-lesson Reading Time (5min before start of MT lesson) • Morning Reading (Thursday) • Reading Logs • Reading Fiesta

Cultural Awareness & Appreciation To raise pupil’s awareness & appreciation of cultural festivities and origin through:

• Mother Tongue Fortnight

• P5 China Immersion Programme • Festive Celebrations

ICT To enable self-directed and collaborative learning through:

•Mc Online

• Use of Linoit in teaching of writing

Teaching of Writing • Progressive Writing Outcomes • Sentence Structure Practices • Guided Writing Package • P6 Intervention Programme

Mother Tongue

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Suggested websites: Maths

• Onsponge.com http://www.onsponge.com/

• Maths456.com http://www.aaasurvey.com/

• Maths Heuristics http://www.mathsheuristics.com

• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives http://nlvm.usu.edu/

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Suggested websites:

Science:

http://sciberdiver.wikispaces.com/

English: http://www.usingenglish.com/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/teachingenglish/howto/