This term has a focus on extensions and setting up learner logins on the NZQA website

Extensions: Reminders

Extensions are awarded to students who have missed an assessment for either a school-based activity or an external event. School based activities are covered by automatic extensions. External events need some formal documentation to ensure the legitimacy of the extension.

For illness or injury, a medical certificate from a doctor or hospital is the most appropriate documentation. The school nurse can provide a one-day extension if she sees the student on the day of illness or accident. All medical certificates need to be provided in a timely manner, ideally within a week of the absence. Certificates that are provided retrospectively after this time may not be accepted.

For bereavement, the order of service from the funeral is usually sufficient and if travelling abroad copies of flight documentation helps in allocating the length of extension. If further extension is required, then a medical certificate for the student can be sought to cover absence on emotional health grounds.

For participation in national events, students will need an official letter from governing bodies involved and travel plans to show there is not a “holiday” component to the trip.

There are no extensions for technical malfunctions with regards to devices or internet cut out. Students are advised to not only store their work on their device but also to have a copy in the “cloud” and a copy on a pen drive so in the event of device failure there is a backup. We are aware that at times entire network does go down and so it is essential that students plan their time in advance and ensure they have backups of all work.

Learner Login and accessing student entries and results

In late June students will receive their unique NSN number. All students who have been entered into NCEA (including Year 10 students sitting the Literacy and Numeracy pilot standards) will be able to login to see their entries and any results that we have submitted to the NZQA database. If students have done this previously, they will not need to do this again, but it may be useful for them to try and login to make sure they can remember their username and passwords. To do this, navigate to the NZQA website...

http://www.nzqa.govt.nz

...and then follow the links shown below...

Home > NCEA > Information for students > login to see your results

From here there is a simple registration process which will give access to a listing of not only current results for internal assessments, but also a complete listing of all standards a student has been entered for in 2023. We update this every month from our school database.

If you have any queries at all, please don’t hesitate to call or email.

Kind Regards
Laura martin
mil@cashmere.school.nz