Assessment Information 2024

16 February 2024

Dear Parents/Guardians,

In Tampines Primary School, assessments serve as important milestones for our students. It provides an opportunity for students to revise, consolidate and apply their understanding in a formal setting. It also provides students with feedback to address and bridge their learning gaps.

We would like to share Tampines Primary’s Assessment Information so that we can work together to develop an assessment culture that builds intrinsic motivation in our students to learn within a safe environment.

We seek parents’/guardians’ support to go through the Assessment Information (kindly refer to Annexes 1 and 2) with your child(ren). Form teachers will also be briefing the students on the contents of the assessment information. The information is correct at the time of print. Should there be any changes to the information, you will be duly informed.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs Lay See Neufeld
Principal

Assessment Plan and Weighting 2024

WA: Weighted Assessment
NWA: Non-Weighted Assessment
EYE: End-of-Year Examination
PSLE: Primary School Leaving Examination

Kindly take note of the following:

1. P1 and P2 students do not sit for Weighted Assessments or End-of-Year Examinations. Non-Weighted Assessments such as termly reviews and performance tasks will be conducted for the students throughout the academic year.

2. Non-Weighted Assessments such as termly reviews and performance tasks will be conducted for P3 to P6 students throughout the academic year. More information on NWA and WA will be provided in a separate PG memo through the Year Heads.

Weighted Assessment and Examination Policy 2024

Weighted Assessments and End-of-Year Examinations (P3 to P6 students)

1. Any absence from the Weighted Assessments or Examinations must be covered by a valid medical certificate from a private or government clinic/hospital. Students are required to submit their medical certificate(s) to their Form Teachers on the day they return to school. Students who are absent without a valid reason or a medical certificate will not be awarded any marks for the assessment(s) they have missed. Medical certificates or letters issued by traditional medical practitioners will not be accepted.

2. Students who are absent with valid medical certificates will rest at home for the entire duration of their medical leave. They will be marked as absent with valid reason. Their results will be accordingly adjusted so that they are not penalised for being absent with valid reason.

3. Students who are absent for any written papers can sit for them as independent practice when they are well and back in school. However, the marks attained will not be recorded in their Holistic Development Profile (HDP) for it to be used for award purposes.

4. Students are required to be punctual for all Weighted Assessments and Examinations. Students who are late (no later than 15 minutes) can sit for the remaining duration of the papers with no additional time provided.

5. There is no make up for P3 to P6 students who are absent for their Weighted Assessments, Listening Comprehension and End-of-Year Examinations. For students who are absent from the oral component, teachers will use the reserve date(s).

6. Students who are absent for any of the language components with valid medical certificate(s)/compassionate reasons will be given Valid Reason (V.R.) for the subject.

7. Students are required to bring all necessary materials e.g., approved dictionaries, calculators, geometry sets, 2B pencils and erasers for their Weighted Assessments and Examinations. During the conduct of the Weighted Assessments and Examinations, students are not allowed to borrow stationery from other students.

8. The duration for each paper includes the time spent for reading the questions. No extra time will be provided.

9. Students are strongly encouraged to write their answers legibly without the use of any correction tape/fluid and erasable pen. They should persevere and attempt all items in the question paper(s).

10. No extra time will be provided to students who visit the washrooms during the conduct of the Weighted Assessments and Examinations.

    Code of Conduct/Behaviour

11. Students must not have in their possession:

    1. Any unauthorized electronic, communication, entertainment or gaming devices capable of capturing, storing, displaying and/or transmitting visual, audio or verbal information within the Weighted Assessment and Examination venues.

    2. Any unauthorized materials/notes even if they do not intend to use them within the Weighted Assessment and Examination venues e.g. conversion table/mathematical formula sheet printed on the math instrument box.

    3. Any calculator or dictionary that are not listed in the list of approved calculators/dictionaries.

12. Students who are found in possession of any unauthorised devices/materials are liable to the same penalty as those who are caught cheating.

13. Students should not communicate or attempt to communicate (verbal or non-verbal) with other students during the conduct of the weighted assessments and examinations and the collection of the answer scripts.

14. Students are not to remove any used/unused papers and/or answer scripts from the Weighted Assessment and Examination venues.

15. Disciplinary actions will be taken on students who cheat, attempt to cheat or misbehave during the examinations and this includes the issuance of a warning letter and/or forfeiture of the Weighted Assessment/Examination results.

16. Students who are found to have changed or attempted to change their answers on their Weighted Assessment/Examination scripts while teachers go through the papers, will face disciplinary consequences which may include having their results forfeited.