CTS College Private Primary School

Overview

“Children are not things to be moulded, but are people to be unfolded” Jess Liar

The CTS College Private Primary School intends to unfold students’ minds by encouraging critical thinking and fostering their holistic development. These attributes are core elements of the New Assessment Framework which guides the restructured SEA format for 2019-2023.

Critical thinking, providing reasonings in Mathematical questions, along with the evaluative skills needed for the Comprehension and Poetry section means more emphasis needs to be placed on student’s understanding of each topic covered and how they are coherently linked.

As such, these skills should be practised from early on to allow students to become assimilated and avoid the SEA panic. This is done by utilising different learning styles to develop effective strategies for learning and improving communication. This forms the rationale behind CTS College’s Private Primary School Programme and includes mid-term and end of term revision from 1st year to standard 5.

To assist parents, guardians and students in this journey is our award-winning student support services! The institution also provides a seamless transition from primary to secondary to degree and postgraduate programmes, all in one location and with the same quality teaching and support services.

The Private Primary School Programme

• The critical thinking and holistic development aim of the programme can unfold weaker students to become stronger prepared to write SEA
• Mid-term and end of term revision is included for students from 1st year to standard 5
• Students receive a boost in confidence
• Exposes students to various learning techniques, showing that learning can be fun!
• Introduces students to techniques effectively treating with exam anxiety
• Helps parents and students deal with the exam pressures
• Prepares students for the transition into secondary school
• Exposes parents and students to alternatives to CAPE through the ABE Programme and eventual degree programme

What do students need for this course?

• Basic computational and writing skills
• A desire to learn and apply knowledge
• Motivation and confidence in one’s abilities

Who should attend?

• Students from 1st year to standard 5
• Standard 4/5 students wishing to get a head start for SEA exams and beyond
• Students seeking extra/supplemental tuition
• Students seeking entry into their preferred schools (expand skillsets with programmes offered by CTS)

What are students going to learn?

1) English Language Arts (ELA) Writing Paper

• The difference between writing techniques
• In depth knowledge and proper usage of the writing process- character development (stories); steps in report writing, letter types via interactive learning techniques
• Using and knowing when to use literary devices effectively
• Creating concise sentences
• Knowing and can use the various types of sentences effectively
• Knowledge of and proper construction of sentences and paragraphs

2) English Language Arts Paper: Spelling, Punctuation, Capitalization, Grammar and Reading Comprehension

• Creating sentences with various spelling words
• In depth knowledge of each part of speech and able to effectively use each in sentence creation
• Apply parts of speech to proper sentence construction in Creative Writing pieces
• Applying the thinking process to comprehension pieces – discussing thought process aloud then applying them to various reading pieces (interactive learning techniques)

3) Mathematics

• Learn up to 20 time tables – reinforced with multiple exercises testing the same knowledge but in different ways – using technology/interactive learning techniques
• Conversion tables – decimals and fractions made simple
• Able to express answers in statement form
• Practice using working columns
• Interpretation and breakdown of worded questions (using comprehension skills)

Course Objectives

The following will be covered:

1) English Language Arts (ELA) Writing Paper [Creative Writing]

• Demonstrate knowledge of narrative and expository writing
• Write stories and simple reports (expository)
• Use descriptive language and sensory details appropriate to stories
• Use figurative language appropriate to stories
• Use factual details appropriate to reports
• Use formal language and tone appropriate to reports
• Express written ideas clearly and coherently
• Generate a variety of sentence types
• Demonstrate accurate use of grammar, spelling and mechanics
• Demonstrate effective organisation of ideas

2) English Language Arts Paper: Spelling, Punctuation, Capitalization, Grammar and Reading Comprehension

• Reading Comprehension Thinking Process
• Objectives and Processes for Non-fiction Text
• Objectives and Processes for Literary Texts (Poems and Stories)
• Objectives and Processes for Graphic Text
• Grammar in Context
• Spelling and Vocabulary
• Capitalisation and Punctuation

3) Mathematics

• Mathematical Thinking Processes
• Distribution of Marks by Strands and Thinking Processes
• Assessment Objectives for the Mathematics Paper
• Objectives and Thinking Processes for Number
• Objectives and Thinking Processes for Measurement
• Objectives and Thinking Processes for Geometry
• Objectives and Thinking Processes for Statistics

Assessment

• Weekly verbal and written quizzes- includes mental; spelling and vocabulary test (with most commonly misspelt words; creating sentences with them); definition and usage of literary devices
• Monthly assessments that includes past paper questions/booklets but also focuses on the application of knowledge in each subject matte.
• Each assessment is timed according to SEA regulations with incorporated check over time
• Corrections and explanations are done on EACH question in tandem with the taught topic

Class Schedule

Subject	Day	Time	Monthly Cost
Mathematics	Saturdays	8:00 am to 10:00 am	$160
Language Arts	Saturdays	10:15 am to 12:15 pm	$160
Creative Writing	Saturdays	12:30 pm to 2:30 pm	$160

Semester Schedule

The Academic Year is made up of 3 terms. See the schedule below:

Term 1: Saturday 14th September, 2020 – Saturday 30th November, 2020

Term 2: Saturday 11th January – Saturday 28th March, 2020

Term 3: Saturday 25th April – Saturday 27th June, 2020

Student Support

Student and parent support as it relates to the SEA workload will be provided by the Programme Manager/Lecturer. They can easily and conveniently be contacted via telephone, WhatsApp and email.

There will be online access to all materials:

• In class hand-outs
• Past papers
• Practice questions
• Quizzes
• Model past paper solutions through a shared Google drive for parents’ easy access