Competition Information
General
- This competition is open to all primary school pupils who are enrolled in the Primary Five level as of the year of the competition.
- All participants have to be registered by their primary school. No individual or private registration is allowed.
- For 2023, there is no cap on the number of participants from each school.
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The period for the registration is from 30 March to 21 April 2023.
- The registration fee per participant is $22 nett.
- There will be no refund of the registration fee.
- No calculators are allowed for this competition.
- The language medium used in this competition is English.
- The level of difficulty of the competition is pitched at the Primary School Science Syllabus. General science ability, knowledge, analytical and comprehension skills may also be tested.
- For 2023, the theory round is a 1 hour 15 minutes paper. The paper comprises two sections. The first section consists of 30 MCQs. Each question has 4 possible answers of which only one is correct. The second section consists of 10 questions with multiple correct responses.
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The syllabus and sample questions can be accessed by clicking on Sample Questions in the side bar.
- All decisions made by the organiser will be final.
Awards
- Medals will be awarded to the participants of the competition based on their scores in the Theory Round.
- Trophies will be awarded to the top three schools based on the cumulative scores of the top 5 students from the Theory Round.
- All participants will be given certificates of participation.
- Results of the competition will be made known through the respective schools. No telephone enquiry regarding results will be entertained.
Certificates
- Schools are responsible in ensuring that the names of participants are correct as the names will appear on the certificates.
- A surcharge of $15 nett will be imposed for the reprint of each certificate.
- All certificates (and medals and trophies, if any) will be delivered to the school around mid-September 2023.
Enquiries
- If you have any enquiries, please email to: spso@highsch.nus.edu.sg.