At the end of the week reports will be released for all students.

Termly Reports

Termly Reports will be made live to view on the kamar portal which can be found the school website .  Put your child's username (firstname.lastname) and your password.  If you are unsure of your password please contact the school office or your child's Ako teacher. 

Termly Reports report on the following for each of their classes, except Ako time & Year 11 Study:

• Engaged & focussed in class
• Required work is completed
• Understands the learning material
• Academic achievement in subject

All students will have these generated for them, unless there are special circumstances.

Certificate of Achievement

Junior students can also expect to receive their Certificate of Achievement for Term One - these will be emailed out at the end of the week, and will be live on the kamar portal.  Students will receive points for every subject, except Ako time, as well as for attendance.  At the end of the year they will receive further points for extra curricular involvement.  The targets for the students are:

• Excellence 1200 - 1400 credits 
• Merit 1100 - 1199 credits 
• Achieved 800 -1099 credits 

Parents that visit the site will also be able to find results for all assessments, as well as a host of other information.  It is highly recommended that parents visit this regularly.

How does Grading Work for Achieved/ Merit/ Excellence?

Junior assessments/ NCEA achievement/ unit standards make clear to teachers, students and parents the standard of work, skills and knowledge necessary to achieve. Students earn credit by fulfilling the requirements of the standard. These standards encourage high expectations. Achievement standards have been designed so that satisfactory work, good work, and truly excellent achievement can be recognised with “Achieved”, “Merit” and “Excellence” grades.

The Requirements for Achieving NCEA

To gain an NCEA certificate students must earn credits, by meeting standards in their chosen subject areas. Some standards will be assessed by the external examinations; others will be assessed by internal assessment.

NCEA Level 1

Students need to gain 80 credits at Level 1 and of those 80 credits, students will need to have gained 10 credits in English or Te Reo (literacy) and 10 credits in Mathematics (numeracy).

NCEA Level 2

Students need to gain 80 credits. Of those 80 credits, 60 must be at Level 2 or above (20 credits from their Level 1 Certificate to fulfil the requirement for Level 2). Students must also meet the requirements of Level 1 literacy and numeracy.

NCEA Level 3

Students need to gain 80 credits. Of those 80 credits, 60 must be at Level 3 or above (20 credits from their Level 2 certificate to fulfil the requirement for Level 3). Students must also meet the requirements of Level 1 literacy and numeracy.

Endorsements

Students may gain Certificates with either a Merit or Excellence endorsement or a course endorsement.

- Merit: at least 50 Merit or Excellence credits

- Excellence: at least 50 Excellence credits

Course Endorsement - when a student gains 14 credits or more in one subject (at least 3 credits must be external and 3 credits must be internal) they will gain a Achieved, Merit or Excellence course endorsement.

Gaining credits at the Merit and Excellence level of achievement is now an advantage when applying for most New Zealand universities and some are offering monetary rewards for endorsements.

Parents can also view the Ministry of Education video on how NCEA works by clicking this link.  If you have further questions, please don't hesitate to contact your child's Ako teacher.