See below for exam information, award ceremony dates, 2020 term dates and all other MAC community notices.

EXAMS

NZQA Exam Rules and Procedures

What to bring to Exams:

• Bring your admission slip! If you lose this you must have another one printed and signed by Ms Ashton. You can print one yourself from your own NZQA student login.

• Pens (blue or black), rulers, highlighters, pencils and erasers.

• An approved calculator if required (memory cleared)

• Water in a clear unlabelled bottle

• Photo ID for Scholarship exams

What not to bring to Exams:

• Digital devices including watches of any type and cell phones (see below for an exception)

• Food

• Paper, notes, books

• Correcting fluid

Emergency Pack

• You can bring an emergency pack into the exam room and place it under your chair.

• It must be in a clear, sealable plastic bag and can contain cell phone, keys, money and medicines)

Timing:

• Arrive at least 20 minutes before the start of your exam.

• Morning exams start at 9.30am and afternoon exams start at 2.00pm

• If you are more than 30 minutes late for your exam you will not be able to enter the exam room, or sit the exam. In this case contact the NZQA teacher (Ms Ashton) as soon as possible.

Rules:

• You cannot communicate with anyone in the exam room apart from the supervisors.

• If you have any problems or need to go to the toilet, put up your hand and wait for a supervisor.

• Supervisors cannot explain questions from the exam to you.

• At all times follow the instructions of the supervisors.

• Any exam paper you do not wish to be marked, do not write on it at all.

Problems:

• If you have a problem before the exam starts (illness, accident, family crisis etc) get in touch with Ms Ashton or the school office as soon as possible.

• Any issue that causes you to miss an exam or be seriously impaired in the exam will need evidence to support it (medical certificate etc)

NZQA teacher: Ms Ashton - ashtonv@mtaspiring.school.nz or 0274250829

Please see exam timetable below. You can also access the calendar here.

A gentle reminder to please stay away from rooms 20 - 24 between 3.00 - 5.00pm so as not to disturb our students who are sitting exams during this time. 

TUTORIAL TIMETABLE 

DRAMA - EMILY MCRAE

LEVEL 1 - 3

GEOGRAPHY - BRENDAN ROBERTSON 

LEVEL 3 

Friday 15th November 11.30am - 1.30 pm

There would be no expectation for you to be there for the whole time but the first hour would be skills and the second hour would be the cultural process.

HISTORY - ED WADDINGTON

Year 12 History: Friday 22nd November, 10am - 12pm in room 28.
Year 13 History: Wednesday 20th November, 9am -11am in room 28.

ECONOMICS

For Level 2 and Level 3 Economics tutorials, please email Vicki Ashton at ashtonv@mtaspiring.school.nz 

STUDY WANAKA - ENGLISH TUITION

In the lead-up to mock and end-of-year exams, junior and NCEA English students may be in need of support or extension. ESOL tuition is also available for second language learners.

Please phone/text Tracey on 0275 809 206 or email english@studywanaka.nz

AWARD CEREMONIES 

Junior Award Ceremonies

Years 7 & 8 - Thursday 28 November, 2pm

Years 9 & 10 - Thursday 28 November, 5.30pm 

We will be providing a supervised creche again this year for people who are needing their children supervised during the award ceremonies. Details will be published in next week's newsletter. 

TERM DATES FOR 2020

Term 1: Monday 27 January to Thursday 9 April 

(Waitangi Day: Thursday 6 February)

(Otago Anniversary Day: Monday 23 March).

Term 2: Tuesday 28 April to Friday 3 July

(Queen’s Birthday: Monday 1 June)

Term 3: Monday 20 July to Friday 25 September

Term 4: Monday 12 October to Tuesday 8 December

(Labour Day: Monday 26 October)

LOST PROPERTY

So much stuff! Jackets, puffas, hoodies. Have you misplaced something?

STILL LOOKING!

If someone has accidentally picked up the wrong black Macpac size 12 puffer with zigzag stitching by the arm area, could you please hand this in at the office. 

LIBRARY UPDATES 

A gentle reminder that libraries are conducive of a study atmosphere. Coming to the library to revise and concentrate is a good habit to get into prior to exams and one that we definitely encourage. A number of students have been utilising the library for this purpose so please respect the peaceful and quiet nature of the library, especially over the study period. 

Wishing all of those sitting exams the best of luck! 

And remember to keep reading over the summer!

NZ Te Pou Muramura (formerly NZ Book Council) and NZ Cricket’s T20 summer tournament have created a reading challenge open to all students up to Year 8. This will be running until January 2020. Sign up here: https://reading-challenge.org.nz/

Florence 

Yearbook magazine production issues

This year we have had a significant amount of magazines produced with folding, cutting and stapling issues. Due to time constraints we had to give these out to students.Heartland have agreed to repair these magazines for anyone who is not happy that the production quality is up to the high standards we expect. If you would like your magazine repaired please take it into Heartland on Ardmore Street. Thank you,The Magazine Team

REMINDER

2020 Leadership Application forms for Year 11 & 12 Students : 

Timeline: 

2019 

29 November - Orientation Morning for Incoming Year 6 students - 9.30 am - 12.30 pm  

2 - 5 December - Involvement in activities programme 

6 December - Successful students, including House Leaders, notified in writing

2020

23 January - Committees meet and greet new hostel students

28 January - All successful candidates, including House Leaders involved in an orientation day at MAC. All Committee members and House Leaders presented to the students and staff at the first assembly.  

ATTENTION SCHOOL LEAVERS

If you are using your school email account as your personal email address please make sure that you create a new personal email account and ensure that important emails regarding future courses, NCEA etc are forwarded to it. As soon as you are made a leaver (6/12/2019) you will no longer be able to access your school email account. A reminder to also let your email contacts know that your email address has changed.

THANK YOU FROM THE SCHOOL 

The end of the school year is fast approaching and the school would like to thank you for your support. Families who have paid all fees and returned all books by Friday 22nd November 2019, will go into the draw for a Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 32GB Wifi valued at approx. $300.00.