24 January 2025

Dear Parents/Guardians of P5 Students

P5 School-Based Assessment (SBA) for Terms 2 and 3 / End-Of- Year Examination (EYE)

Assessment is an integral part of the learning process and serves several purposes. In SLPS,
we aim to improve student learning, increase student motivation in learning, and provide
feedback to parents about their children’s progress in achieving learning outcomes outlined in
our curricular documents. It identifies their strengths and learning gaps so that students can take
ownership of their learning by focusing on meaningful feedback for improving content knowledge
mastery, and developing core skills, learning habits and values.

With the removal of the Mid-Year Examination (MYE) for all primary levels since 2023, we have
reviewed the school-based assessments and adjusted the assessment weighting accordingly.
This is part of on-going efforts to inculcate joy of learning in our students, and to move away from
an over-emphasis in academic grades. The SBA are bite-sized in nature and the assessment
information will be used by teachers to better support students in their learning progress. You
may wish to note that for 2025, there will be no SBA for Term 1 and details of the End-of-Year
Examination (EYE) will be disseminated later in Term 3.

Assessment Weighting for 2025 (Primary 5)

Semester 1 Semester 2
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4
End-of-Year
Assessment SBA 1 SBA 2
Exam (EYE)
Weighting 15% 15% 70%

Only Medical Certificates and other valid official documents are accepted for absences from
School-Based Assessment (SBA) and End-of-Year Examination (EYE). Kindly note that letters
from parents will not be accepted and there will be no make-up assessment for absentees.
Marks will not be awarded for absentees without valid documents.

If your child/ward is absent for an assessment, his/her subject teacher will pass the assessment
paper to him/her for practice. It will not be counted as a School-Based Assessment. Marks will
be pro-rated for students who submit their medical certificate (MC). A zero mark will be given for
students who are absent without a reason deemed valid by the school.

Please refer to the SBA schedule and details for Terms 2 and 3 as well as EYE schedule in
Annex A.

If you have further queries, please feel free to contact your child’s/ward’s Form Teacher.

Thank you for your continued support in your child’s/ward’s learning.

___________________
Mr Koe Ee Tiong
Principal
 Annex A

P5 School-Based Assessments (SBA)

Term 2 2025

Subject Topics/Skills Date

Language use
- Show understanding of a variety of written and
multimodal texts and use vocabulary, grammar,
punctuation and spelling appropriately in context.

Format
Wednesday
English Language - Vocabulary MCQ & Cloze
(21/5)
- Grammar MCQ & Cloze
- Visual Text Comprehension
- Editing for Spelling
- Comprehension Cloze
- Synthesis & Transformation
- Comprehension

- Numbers to 10 million
- Four operations of whole
number Thursday
Mathematics - Fractions and Division (22/5)
- Four operations of Fractions
- Area of triangles
- Volume
5S2:
- Cycles in Water Monday
- Reproduction in Animals and (19/5)
Plants
Science
- Matter 5S1, 5S3,
- Heat 5S4:
- Effects of Heat Tuesday
(20/5)
Language Paper
- Show understanding of MT language, given certain
context, including grammar and vocabulary
Mother Tongue Friday
Languages (16/5)
Format
- MCQ
- Open-ended questions
Language Paper
- Show understanding of MT language, given certain
context, including grammar and vocabulary
Higher Mother Friday
Tongue Languages (23/5)
Format
- Fill in blanks
- Open-ended questions
Term 2 2025

Subject Topics/Skills Date

- Whole numbers
- Factors and Multiples
- Fractions
Foundation - Time
Thursday (22/5)
Mathematics - Angles
- Perpendicular and parallel lines
- Squares and rectangles

- Cycles in Water
- Reproduction in Humans and
Foundation
Plants Tuesday (20/5)
Science
- Matter
- Heat
Term 3 2025

Subject Topics/Skills Date

Part 1: Situational Writing

- write a short functional piece (e.g., letter,
email,
report) to suit the purpose, audience and
context of a given situation.

Part 2: Continuous Writing Monday (18/8) to

English Language
- write a composition of at least 150 words in Wednesday (20/8)
continuous prose on a given topic. Three
pictures will be provided on the topic offering
different angles of interpretation. The
composition must be based on at least one of
these pictures.

- Decimals
- Rate
Mathematics Thursday (28/8)
- Percentage
Angles

5S2: Monday
- Plant Transport System
(25/8)
- The Human Respiratory and
Science Circulatory Systems
5S1, 5S3, 5S4:
- Plant Systems
Tuesday (26/8)
Human Systems

Composition
Mother Tongue
-Write a composition Friday (22/8)
Languages
based on a given picture

Language Paper
Higher Mother
- Fill in blank Friday (29/8)
Tongue Languages
Comprehension
Term 3 2025

Subject Topics/Skills Date

- Mixed numbers and improper

fractions
Foundation - Multiplication of fractions
Thursday (28/8)
Mathematics - Decimals
- Four operations of Decimals
- Rate

- Plant Transport System

- The Human Respiratory and Circulatory
Foundation
Systems Tuesday (26/8)
Science
- Plant Systems
- Human Systems
P5 End-of-Year Examination (EYE) (Tentative)

Term 4 2025

Subject Date

Thursday (18/9)
Mother Tongue E-Oral
(2.00pm-5.30pm)
Tuesday (23/9)
English Language Oral
(2.00pm-5.30pm)

English Language Paper 1 (Composition) Tuesday (7/10)

Mother Tongue Listening Comprehension Tuesday (7/10)

Mother Tongue Languages Paper 1 (Composition) Wednesday (8/10)

English Language Listening Comprehension Wednesday (8/10)

Science / Foundation Science Wednesday (22/10)

English Language Paper 2 (Written) Thursday (23/10)

Mother Tongue Languages Paper 2 (Written) Friday (24/10)

Mathematics / Foundation Mathematics Monday (27/10)

Higher Mother Tongue Languages Tuesday (28/10)