As students gear up towards the end of the year slew of exams, the first and (probably the one with the least amount of practice) they will have, will be the Oral component. In Primary 5, this component now consists of 30 marks, a jump from 16 marks in P4. It can be a great way to add on to your total mark. On the flip side, it can also be a way to jeopardise your English target grade, especially for next year’s new PSLE marking scheme.
To prepare for this component, we test our students individually in class (during the time that they write out their compositions) and also together as a class so that they can hear other responses from their classmates. Students follow the TREES approach as a guideline. Adding in their own humour and style are welcomed!
At home, parents can help their children by getting to read up on certain themes or even testing them at home like in an examination.
To give parents a better idea on what to work on with their children, below is the list of SBC themes that the Primary 6 2020 at our centre worked on.
I usually categorise the main topics under:
- Personal/Responsibility & Family
- Charity
- Environment
- School
- Community
- Health (Food)
The questions and themes are taken from past year’s SA1 and Preliminary Oral examinations from my students’ different schools.
Below is the list of themes that I worked on with my PSLE 2020 students throughout the year to prepare them for their PSLE Oral. We were lucky this year as the theme of performance appeared on Day 2 of the PSLE oral examination.
The oral posters and questions I create change year by year to mirror new content and current events.
I hope that the list can guide parents who are helping their P5 students at home with this component.
List of 27 SBC Themes 2020
Technology
1. Gadget Addiction
2. Cyber Bullying
Responsibility
3. Lost & Found
Community
4. Public Transport
Responsibility
5. Free Pet Shop
Personal & Family
6. Children’s carnival
7. Birthday Parties
Personal & Family
8. Newspapers
9. Occupations
10.Performance
Community
11. Outdoor movie night
12. Community Club
13. Celebrations
14. Singapore
15. Covid-19
School
16. Camps
17. Annual Sports Day
18. Classroom
Environment
19. Recycling
20. Water conservation
Charity
21. Book Donation
22. Volunteering
23. Charity Event
Food
24. Healthy cookies
25. Supplements and vitamins
Poster analysis
26. Dengue
27. Dance
Check the other articles from this section
- Primary 5 Oral Preliminary Questions 2017
- List of SA2 Oral Topics – P5 2016
- P5 and P6 English Saving Oral model
- P5 Stimulus-Based Conversations Health & Chores
- A Birthday Party Stimulus-Based Conversation
- Stimulus-Based Conversation model on Performances
- Types of questions for Primary 5 & 6 Stimulus-Based Conversation
- Stimulus Based Conversation Travel P5
- Stimulus-based conversation practice on the theme of magazines
- Unpacking the PSLE Oral & P5 Oral – Recycling
- Primary 5 English SA2 Oral model: Toys
- Primary 5 English Oral Key questions
- P5 Oral Annual Science Fair
- P5 Stimulus-Based Conversation Theme Responsible park user
- P5 Stimulus-based Conversation Themes to practice at home
- P5 English Oral Model Crime
- P5/P6 Stimulus-based conversation – article on global warming
- P5 English Oral model Recycling
- Stimulus-based Conversation TREES approach
- P5 English Oral model A Competition
2023 P5 English tuition timetable
Branch | Day | Start time | End time |
---|---|---|---|
Bukit Timah | THU | 3 pm | 5 pm |
Bukit Timah | SUN | 12 pm | 2 pm |
Hougang Pelikat | WED | 5 pm | 7 pm |
Hougang Pelikat | SAT | 1.30 pm | 3.30 pm |
Hougang Pelikat | SAT | 3.30 pm | 5.30 pm |