Monday, 16 April 2012

Important SA1 matters

Dear pupils,

Here's some important SA1 details for your reference:
Dear P3 Parents / Guardians,

Please take note of the dates and topics to be tested for Semestral Assessment 1 (SA1).


Subject/Components
Date of Assessment
Topics to be tested
English

Oral
25 & 26 April 2012
(*Dates vary for different classes)
(Paper 2 Only)
Unit 1: A Kitten for the King
Unit 2: Fearless Phil
Unit 3: The Sunflower that went FLOP
Unit 4: The Wolf’s Story
Unit 5: The Mystery of the Big Wig
Unit 6: The Gruffalo
Unit 7: Stephanie Investigates
Unit 8: Thank You, Mr.T!
Composition
27 April 2012 (Fri)
Listening Comprehension
30 April 2012 (Mon)
Paper 2
9 May 2012 (Wed)
Mathematics


10 May 2012 (Thurs)
Unit 1: Numbers to 10 000
Unit 2: Addition and Subtraction within 10 000
Unit 3: Multiplication Tables
Unit 4: Multiplication & Division
Unit 5: Money
Mother
Tongue

11 May 2012
(Fri)
Chinese
Unit 1 – 9
Malay
Unit 1 – 6
Tamil
Unit 1 – 6
Science

14 May 2012
(Mon)
Unit 1: Living & Non-Living Things
Unit 2: Animals
Unit 3: Plants
Unit 4: Fungi and Bacteria
Unit 5: Materials
Social Studies Test
15 May 2012
Unit 1 - 3




The formats of the SA1 papers (English, Mathematics & Science) are as follows:

Subject
Format
Weighting

English
Language
Oral
16 marks
Composition
20 marks
Listening Comprehension
14 marks
Section A: Vocabulary MCQ
6 marks
Section B: Grammar MCQ
8 marks
Section C: Comprehension MCQ
10 marks
Section D: Grammar Cloze
8 marks
Section E: Vocabulary Cloze
4 marks
Section F: Editing for Punctuation and Spelling
2 marks
Section G: Synthesis
2 marks
Section H: Comprehension Open-Ended
10 marks
Duration of paper: 1hr 15min
Total
100 marks
Subject
Format
Weighting

Mathematics
Section A (MCQ): 20 questions X 2 marks
40 marks
Section B (Short Answer): 20 questions x 2 marks
40 marks
Section C (Problem Sums): 5 questions x 4 marks
20 marks
Duration of paper: 1hr 45min
Total
100 marks
Subject
Format
Weighting

Science
Booklet A (MCQ): 30 questions X 2 marks
60 marks
Booklet B (Short Answer/Open-Ended): 14 questions
40 marks
Duration of paper: 1hr 30min
Total
100 marks

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