MONDAY 2 (Day 1) – FRIDAY 6 (Day 5) November 2020

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS

Study Leave Details: Monday 2nd – Friday 6th November:

All Year 9 and Year 10 students (excluding 10JO and 10HO) have study leave Monday 2nd – Friday 6th November. 10JO and 10HO have no core examinations (as they are sitting NCEA Level 1 examinations). They have study leave Thursday 5th November to prepare for their option examination on Friday. Year 10 core examinations are in the morning and Year 9 core examinations are in the afternoon. Year 10 option examinations are Friday morning and Year 9 option examinations are Friday afternoon. The only exception to the above is full-year languages, which are on Monday and Thursday.

A copy of the examination timetable can be found below and attached to this article.

Period Times

Period 1: 9.00am – 10.15am (no form time, period one teachers will read the notices, there will be a 9.15am bell for the start of the examinations)

Period 2: 10.15am – 11.15am

Interval – 11.15am – 11.35am

Period 3: 11.35am – 12.10pm

Lunch 12.10pm – 12.50pm

Period 4: 12.55pm – 2.10pm (SSR 12.55pm – 1.10pm)

Period 5: 2.10pm – 3.10pm

Examination Times

No assembly in the morning.

Make sure you are at the hall 20 minutes before the examination starts. Students sitting their examinations in classrooms need to be at their venue 10 minutes before the start.

Morning examination: 9.15am – 11.15am (Year 10) Be at the Hall 8.55am at latest

Afternoon examination: 1.10pm – 3.10pm (Year 9) Be at the hall 12.50pm at latest

All junior core examinations are of two hours’ duration. Option examinations are one hour duration.

Note: Students in 9RS, 9WS, 10MA; 10LI have 20 minutes of extra time for their core subject examinations. Their afternoon examinations begin at 12.50pm. (No bells for these classes).

Please Note:

· The examination timetable will be on Stratus and all students will be given a copy of this information and the examination timetable.

· On Friday students with two half-year options will sit both in the one examination session.

· All students except LAC classes (and 9VE; 10NX) are in the hall for their four core subject examinations and their option examinations. The exception is full-year languages.

· Students are expected to be at the examination room at least 20 minutes before the examination.

· Students wishing to study at school will need to report to the library.

· Check you have the correct stationery requirements.

· Students who have lost study leave must report to the library as directed. A roll will be taken.

· During their study leave (Monday to Friday) any junior student with morning and afternoon examinations (only those doing full-year languages) must remain at school and report to the hall for supervised study at 11.35am. This includes bus students and day pupils who are at school to study.

· These classes have their option examinations on Friday in the hall. The exception is full year language examinations which occur Monday and Thursday in: D5; D6; D7; D8; A6. These students will be given additional information by Mrs Dickinson.

Students Who Miss Examinations:

· The Deans will organise as many catch-up examinations as possible for the Friday when option examinations are being done. However, you may be asked by your teacher or the Dean to do a missed examination earlier than this if possible.

Important Things to Remember:

· Students must wear the correct school uniform to the examinations and be appropriately groomed.

· Students are to go to the toilet before the examination commences if they need to. The supervisors are not going to let a huge number of students go to the toilet during the examination as it disrupts other students.

· Note that students are not permitted to have their own writing paper in the examination room.

· Students may not drink water during the examination.

· Students who finish exceptionally early will be instructed to make a better effort or expect to re-sit it in their own time. In such cases, the finish time will be recorded on their paper. School procedures for poor performance will be followed in such cases.

· Students who finish within 30 minutes of the end of the examination (and not before) may read their SSR book.

· All students are to remain in the hall/examination room for the full duration of the examination.