Grade 5 Scholarship Examination study plan
Grade 5 Scholarship Examination · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Environment (Environmental Studies: science, health, social studies and everyday life)
Map the Environment syllabus into six clusters: health and nutrition, plants and animals, water and weather, earth and space, social institutions and public services, and safety and first aid.
Answer 60 mixed Environment multiple-choice questions, marking each item by cluster and writing the reason for every wrong answer in one sentence.
Build a one-page fact sheet of 25 high-frequency Environment definitions and processes, using your own words rather than copied text.
Recite the 25 fact-sheet items aloud at the end of the week and mark any item you cannot explain without notes.
Your checkpoint
A 60-question Environment error log showing accuracy per cluster, the three weakest clusters named, and a completed 25-item fact sheet.
Environment (Environmental Studies: science, health, social studies and everyday life) & Mathematics
Answer 50 Environment questions on health, nutrition, plants, and animals, then correct every error with a written explanation.
Solve 40 Mathematics questions on place value, the four operations, and simple fractions under a 45-minute timer.
Re-derive 10 missed Environment facts in your own words and add them to the week-1 fact sheet.
Explain aloud the steps for two Mathematics word problems without looking at the worked solution.
Your checkpoint
Two timed sets, one Environment and one Mathematics, each scored at 75% or higher with a corrected error log.
Environment (Environmental Studies: science, health, social studies and everyday life) & Mathematics
Answer 45 Environment questions on water and weather, earth and space, and social institutions and public services.
Solve 40 Mathematics problems on measurement, time, money, and perimeter and area.
Create 20 flashcards for Environment facts that you missed in weeks 1 and 2.
Complete a 20-question mixed Mathematics drill and record the time taken and the number correct.
Your checkpoint
An 85-question combined work record with scores, a corrected error log, and 20 completed flashcards.
Mathematics
Solve 50 Mathematics word problems covering fractions, decimals, percentages, and average.
Complete a 25-question mixed Mathematics paper in 40 minutes without a calculator.
Review the Mathematics error log from weeks 2 and 3 and re-solve 15 previously missed questions.
Write a one-page procedure sheet for the five Mathematics question types you miss most often.
Your checkpoint
A timed 25-question Mathematics paper scored at 80% or higher, plus the one-page procedure sheet.
First Language – Sinhala or Tamil
Read four First Language passages and answer 20 comprehension questions, underlining the sentence in the passage that supports each answer.
Write four short compositions of 100 to 150 words: a personal letter, a description, a story, and a notice.
Revise 30 grammar and spelling items and write a correct example sentence for each.
Memorize 20 idioms or proverbs and use 10 of them correctly in sentences.
Your checkpoint
A portfolio of four corrected compositions with a teacher or self-check list showing grammar, spelling, and structure fixes.
First Language – Sinhala or Tamil & Mathematics
Complete two full First Language papers under timed conditions and score each one.
Solve 40 mixed Mathematics multiple-choice questions and correct every error.
Rewrite the three weakest week-5 compositions after correcting the marked mistakes.
Recite 20 idioms or proverbs from memory and write their meanings in the First Language.
Your checkpoint
Two timed First Language papers scored at 70% or higher and three rewritten compositions.
General Knowledge and General Ability & Environment (Environmental Studies: science, health, social studies and everyday life)
Compile a 100-item General Knowledge fact bank covering national symbols, provinces, landmarks, public services, and safety.
Answer 50 General Knowledge and General Ability questions, including 15 series, analogy, and spatial reasoning items.
Re-answer 40 Environment questions missed in weeks 1 to 3 and record the new accuracy.
Explain 10 General Ability reasoning answers aloud, stating the rule used for each.
Your checkpoint
A 100-item General Knowledge fact bank and a 40-question Environment re-test scored at 85% or higher.
First Language – Sinhala or Tamil & Mathematics & Environment (Environmental Studies: science, health, social studies and everyday life) & General Knowledge and General Ability
Complete two full-length timed mock examinations covering all four domains.
Score each mock by domain and list the two lowest-scoring topics per domain.
Re-solve 30 questions missed across both mocks, writing the correct reasoning for each.
Write a final one-page summary sheet per domain and recite the key facts from memory.
Your checkpoint
Two scored full-length mocks with a domain-by-domain score sheet and four final one-page summary sheets.
Milestones
Week 4: Environment cluster accuracy is at least 70% on a fresh 40-question set, and the timed Mathematics paper is scored at 80% or higher.
Week 6: Both timed First Language papers are scored at 70% or higher, and the 40-question Mathematics drill is scored at 75% or higher.
Week 8: Both full-length mocks are completed within the time limit, every domain is scored, and the lowest two topics in each domain are named with a correction note.