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Welcome Supporting your child through their exams We will get started shortly
Welcome
• Alan Smith – Deputy Principal Curriculum
• Craig Morrison – Assistant Principal Curriculum
• Mike McKnight – IB Diploma Coordinator
Please hold questions to the end, where we will use the Q&A box
Alan Smith Term 4 – Key dates • Exams • Study leave • Last days of lessons for senior students • End-of-year events
IB Diploma Students – Year 13 • Last day of lessons – Tuesday 19 October • IB exam session begins Friday 22 October • The first exam involving Scots College students is Monday 25 October (Labour Day) • Covid 19 – Level 3 plans exist, operating two separate bubbles • The last exam is on Wed 10 November; IBO hold the following two days for contingencies • Senior School Prize Giving – Thursday 18 November
IB Diploma Students – Year 12 • School based exams from Monday 8 November to Friday 12 November • Senior School Prize Giving – Thursday 18 November • Last day of lessons – Monday 22 November
NCEA Students – Years 12 & 13 • Last day of lessons – Thursday 11 November • Study leave begins Friday 12 November • Senior School Prize Giving – Thursday 18 November • NCEA exam session begins Monday 22 November • The last exam is on Tuesday 14th December • There are various deadlines for outstanding internal assessments; students must check these with their teachers
Year 11 • Senior School Prize Giving – Thursday 18 November • Last day of lessons – Tuesday 23 November • For most students their first external assessment will be mathematics on Thursday 25 November • Year 11 students do not have study leave • Each student will have, at most, one external assessment (approximately 1 hour in length) for some of their subjects
End of Year Events • House Dinners – various dates between Mon 25 October and Thu 4 November • Advent service – Sun 21 November • Leavers Dinner (Year 13 students) – Tue 30 November
Potential disruption to upcoming events
Preparing for NCEA Examinations • Qualification framework • Preparing for exams • Exam Day • Results
Craig Morrison
Preparing for NCEA
Examinations
Qualification FrameworkChanges Due to the Pandemic
NCEA Level Pass
• Level 1:
• Credits earned at Level 2 will simultaneously count towards your Level 1
certificate when you reach 80 Level 1 and Level 2 credits including learning
recognition credits.
• Level 2:
• 60 Level 2 credits plus 20 from any other level including learning recognition
credits
• Level 3:
• 60 credits at Level 3 plus 20 from either Level 2 or Level 3 including learning
recognition creditsCourse Endorsements • 14 credits (at least 3 internal credits and 3 external credits) at Merit or Excellence for a course endorsement • NEW for 2021 – Achieved endorsement if 14 credits or more for a course (at least 3 internal credits and 3 external credits)
NCEA Level Endorsements
• 50 credits at Merit or Excellence for a level endorsement
• L2 students in 2021 – your M and E at L2 will count also towards
your L1 endorsement certificate
• You cannot ‘back fill’ M & Es from your current NCEA level to ‘make up for’
credits at a previous level once you have passed that levelUniversity Entrance • Level 3 certificate (60 credits in 2021 can including learning recognition credits) • Any 14 credits in at least 3 approved UE subjects (this may be different to a school ‘course’) • UE literacy and numeracy requirements met
Mike McKnight Preparing for NCEA Examinations Preparing for Exams
Suggested Study Tips
Start early and plan what you need to Spaced study sessions
review • Little and often is better than
• Set up a timetable for study cramming in one session.
• Create a life schedule so you know • Revisit and review to check
how much time is left over understanding on regular basis (2-3
• Make sure to include time to socialize days)
and relax • Interleaving – switch between topics
to see similarities, differences, and
• Have a checklist of topics that need to be links
covered
• Course Outlines or T&L guidelines on • Study in a space that you are most
NZQA comfortable in and least distracted
• Be active between study sessionsSuggested Study Tips • Organise your study area • Light – Natural if possible • Space • Sound – music may help but remember – exams are held in silence! • Best time to study? Research suggests 10am - 2pm and 4pm - 10pm • Least effective? 4am - 7am https://www.psb-academy.edu.sg/blog/best-time-to-study
Suggested Study Tips
• Know what to expect!
• Topics - is it memorization, concepts, or problem solving that is needed?
• Types of questions – multichoice, short answer, essay, or problem solving?
• Value of each type of question – know what the command terms require (explain,
discuss, justify etc.)
• Apply 80/20 rule – 80% of your grade will come from 20% of your study …. What is
most important to know?
• Practice questions and model answers – without props to see areas needing
strengthening
• Overlearn the important aspects
Source: https://youtu.be/UIMI4Hh4PxU?list=RDCMUCGGtl3nZmwzcfwHY4ck_G0Q
How to Study for ExamsSuggested Study Tips
• Usual visual organisational aids and summary techniques
• Good website is https://ssol.tki.org.nz/Social-studies-1-10/Teaching-and-learning/Effective-teaching-
in-social-studies/Teaching-strategies/graphic_organisers
• Mind maps
• Fishbone
• Cause and consequence wheel
• Summarising notes https://help.open.ac.uk/summarising-your-work
• Reduce topics to A4 pages
• Lists and acronyms
• Concepts, contexts, content
• Ask yourself ‘why’ and ‘how’ questions
• Dual code …. Words and Visuals
• Practice retrieving knowledge unaided – helps highlight what isn’t yet knownSuggested Study Tips ANSWER • Ask, explain, connect • No Cramming • Switch words and visuals • Words and Visuals • Examples • Recall what you know Source: https://youtu.be/CPxSzxylRCI How to Study Effectively for School or College [Top 6 Science-Based Study Skills]
Suggested Study Tips Practice with previous exams NZQA website https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/subjects/ (scroll to Resources for externally assessed standards) • Teaching and Learning Guides – summarises content and concepts that are assessed • Assessment Specifications – check for clues as to what will be in the exam • Exam papers – look for commonalities in questions, command words, and content • Past digital exams – can practise using the NZQA tool • Exemplars – usually model answers from actual student answers • Assessment schedules – look at structure of answers and steps towards Merit and Excellence • Assessment Report – clues to what is being done well or poorly written by the examiner
Suggested Study Tips Organise study groups with friends • Explain your answers to others (like they are a 4-year-old) • Share knowledge • Peer check answers • Motivate and encourage • Practice languages on others • Competitions and quizzes like Kahoot
Suggested Study Tips Consider your well-being • Regular Breaks (10 minutes per hour) • Eat well and drink water • Seek natural light • Exercise • Get plenty of sleep Source: https://www.topuniversities.com/student-info/health-and-support/exam- preparation-ten-study-tips
Helpful study resources
Students should check with their teacher for specific ones for their subject.
• https://learncoach.com/
• https://www.educationperfect.com/
• https://studyit.govt.nz/
• https://studytime.co.nz/
• https://studypass.com/
• https://www.khanacademy.org/
• https://www.tutor2u.net/
• Infinityplusone - youtube channel for NCEA maths.
Info for students with SAC on the day
These slides will be emailed out to all Senior School ParentsBeing prepared for exam day • All materials ready including spare pens and batteries. No phones or watches. • ID card with photo and examination slip • Laptop charged if using • Logged into NZQA with username and password so can access digital platform • Arrive half an hour before the exam • Read all questions and resource boxes first • Answer all questions even if not sure • Plan answers before writing • Drink water (clear bottle only with no labels). Take a break if you have time. • Do best standard first
NCEA results – using the NZQA website Log on to NZQA (www.nzqa.govt.nz) using your NSN number
Preparing for IB Examinations
IB Exam Preparation - Resources • Teachers Onenotes - contain all resources that are used throughout the two years of the course • Kognity – many course have an online text which have resources questions and clearly explain the learning outcomes of the course. • Past topic tests and assessments – Students should have received back tests, assignments, practice exams which indicate strengths and areas for improvement. • IBO exam past paper questions – these are often used in topic tests so will only be available to students after the course is finished.
Revision Technique • Past papers are good for the students to see the types of questions that can be asked – most topic tests and practice exams are made up of these. • It should not be used as the sole technique for revision. • Students should revise topic areas and use other techniques as have been mentioned in NCEA • Past papers should be the last stage of revision – these questions have been asked before and are unlikely to be asked again.
Exam Technique – Use of reading time • In the Diploma students will get five minutes reading time before starting the exam, this time is not counted in the overall timing of the exam. • Students are not to write but can start making mental notes, if there is a choice of questions to be completed they should start figuring out which questions ot answer and which ones to leave.
Exam technique – Ordering of answering questions • Students do not have to start at Q1 and work their way through the exam. • It is better for students during their reading time to order the questions into those questions they definitely know, sort of know and don’t know. • Students should complete the ones they definitely know first, then the ones they sort of know and finally those they do not know – this gives time for them to think through the ones they don’t know and not forget those they do.
Exam technique – Command terms • Each question starts with a command term which tells them what they need to do for that question. • There are three main types Easy – eg State, Define, Draw Medium – eg Decribe, Outline, Identify Hard – eg Compare, Deduce, Discuss, Explain • Each of these have a specific definition that the students must use to answer the specific question – each subject has its own definition. • Students must learn, practice and use these when answering exam questions
Exam Technique • In questions 1 mark equates to 1 relevant point. • So longer answer questions require more points to be presented. • There are usually more relevant points than marks awarded. • Two correct answers could look totally different to each other depending on the command term. • Students can not be awarded more marks than indicated on the question. • It is important for students to plan out long answer questions.
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