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YEAR 11 ASSEMBLY

What’s coming up in the next few weeks? 1. Exam information 2. Year 12 Ready Program

Friday week 3 1st November

SEMESTER 2 EXAMS

The rules, the tips and the tricks

IT IMPACTS YOUR FUTURE

• Most of the subjects you take in year 12

will have an exam

• They comprise 30% of your grade in year

12

• Some Stage 1 exams will go towards your

grade

• All Exam grades will go on your report
• All exam grade may affect your subject your

Stage 2 subject selections

• The year 11 exams are an opportunity

for you to ‘preview’ what it’s like to sit an exam

• You can reflect on how you prepared to

ensure you prepare better next time

• It is also an opportunity to get familiar

with the rules associated with exams to ensure nothing goes wrong next year

ITS GOOD PRACTICE

WHAT’S THE POINT?

WHAT’S HAPPENING AND WHERE

• No classes will be scheduled during this time
• You only attend your exams that week
• You are welcome to attend school outside your exams,

please sign in or sign out if you attend school before or after an exam

• Almost all exams are in the hall
• English – most of you are in hall, some classes will be in F1/F2
• EAL will be in the Resource Centre
• Essential English will be in the Lecture theatre
• Art/Design – not an exam, just time to work on your

products, held in art room

• Electrotech – in TTC
• Exam week is in week 5 (13th – 17th June)
• Morning exams start at 9.00 (writing time starts

9.10)

• Afternoon exams start at 1.30pm (writing time

starts at 1.40pm)

• 10Ex students doing Stage 1 subjects – attend your

normal year 10 subjects except if you have an exam during that time – you will get some time off to prepare

DATES AND TIMES

THE KEY DETAILS

THE TIMETABLE

Monday 11/11/19 Tuesday 12/11/19 Wednesday 13/11/19 Thursday 14/11/19 Friday 15/11/1 m English 1.5 hrs Pure Maths 3 Pure Maths 4 Nutrition 1.5 hrs 1.5 hrs 1.5 hrs Chinese Continuers Legal Studies Pure Maths 2 Creative Technologies* Woodwork* 2 hrs 1.5 hrs 1.5 hrs Chinese background Speakers German Italian Continuers Japanese Beginners Japanese Continuers Modern Greek 1.5 hrs 2 hrs 2 hrs 1.5 hrs 2 hrs 2 hrs Accounting History Digital Technologies Electronics* m Essential English 1 hr m Physics 1.5 Psychology 2 Psychology S Woodwork* 1.5 hrs 1.5 hrs 1.5 hrs Economics EAL 1.5 hrs 1.5 hrs Biology 1 hr Essential Maths General Maths Woodwork* 1 hr 1 hr Chemistry Philosophy Woodwork*

BEFORE THE EXAMS

• What exams do I have? What times?
• What do you need for your exams? Get this stuff organised
• Calculators (spare batteries), pens, pencils, rulers, protractors, notes?
• What will be in the exam? Talk to your teachers
• Some students without exams may be required to attend school during the

exam week to complete school work

• Ensure you are in school uniform, as normal when you are at school
• Expect to help set up the hall

DURING THE EXAMS

1. Arrive at least 10 minutes before your exam start time (Over 30 minutes late - cannot enter the exam room) 2. Leave all other items (bags etc) in F3 – this room will be locked during the exams 3. Assemble outside VIBE cafe 4. Mr Naylor will call students in exam by exam and will tell you where to sit 5. You will need to have your notes and other items brought into the exam room checked by the supervising teachers 6. Fill out your exam attendance slip 7. Reading time starts at 9.00am or 1.30pm – this lasts for 10 minutes 8. Writing time starts after that

• Exams are on the desks – if there isn’t an exam on your desk you’re not sitting in the right spot!
• Some exams you will answer in the exam paper, some exams you will write in a script booklet
• Some exams have additional pages or resources for you to refer to
• All exams will have some note paper for you to use

AFTER THE EXAMS

• Take your rubbish with you
• Return items you borrowed during the exam:
• Dictionaries
• Stationary
• Return all textbooks, novels etc. to library
• Some exams may be continuing when you leave – be respectful to these students
• Stage 2 Exams are also continuing at the same time – T
• floor will be out of bounds
• Normal classes are finished for the year, Year 12 ready programme will run in week 6
• Only attend the sessions for the subject you have selected in 2020

RULES AND EXPECTATIONS

• No talking once inside the exam hall
• Follow instructions of supervising staff
• If you need to go to the toilet, inform a

supervisor and fill in the sign out/in sheet

• You may be asked to wait until another student

returns

• You are not permitted to leave if you finish early
• Notes:
• Usually one A4 page, double-sided and hand

written

• Cannot be photocopied or two pages stuck

together

• Electronic devices are not permitted
• Leave them in your bag, locked in F3 or surrender

them to the supervisors for the duration of the exam

• Must be switched off and not in your possession

during the exams.

• This includes:
• Smart watches
• Electronic dictionaries (printed ones will be

available)

• Calculators (unless permitted)
• Phones
• Fitness trackers

WHAT SHOULD I DO WHEN THINGS GO WRONG?

• Examples:
• Lateness outside your control
• Illness or injury severe enough to prevent you attending the exam
• Contact the school
• If it is due to illness, go to the doctor and get a doctor’s certificate
• If it is an acceptable reason the school may:
• Permit you to sit the exam with some additional time
• Re-schedule the exam to another day (this does not happen in Stage 2 Exams)
• Provide you with special provisions

CLASHES

• Some students have Stage 2 exams on at the same time
• Some students have two stage 1 exams on at the same time
• Some students may have a VET day at the same time as their exam
• An exam in the morning and an exam in the afternoon is NOT a clash!

What to do:

• Send a daymap message to Mr Naylor
• Attend Stage 2 exams as per the timetable
• Attend your VET day as normal (some

VET course are finished and some can negotiate alternative times) – Please communicate!

• Mr Naylor will message you in the week before the exams to tell you when to sit the

rescheduled exam

• All rescheduled exams will be during the exam week – there is no catch up time in week 6!

SPECIAL PROVISIONS

• There are a variety of reasons why you may not be disadvantaged in completing exams to the ability
• f an average student
• Special provisions are available to those students. This could be:
• Extra time
• Ability to have rest breaks
• Ability to use a computer to type your answers rather than hand-write them
• How do I get them?
• If you had them in Semester 1, you don’t need to re-apply
• Organise an appointment with Mr Naylor by sending a Daymap Message
• Usually for a short term or long term medical condition
• E.g.:
• Short term (Broken arm)
• Long term (Dyslexia)

MANAGING EXAM PRESSURE

Develop good study habits Eat and sleep well Use your Friends Speak to family and friends Recognise your stress signals

• Devise a study

plan

• Set aside a

quiet space

• Take regular

breaks

• Eat healthy

food

• Drink plenty
• f water
• Get enough

sleep

• Exercise

regularly

• Study

together

• Discuss exam

topics

• T

est each

• ther
• T

ell them how you’re going

• Let them

know when you need quiet time

• Discuss your

concerns with family and friends

• Speak to

teachers

• Take a break

STUDY TIPS

Study tip Suggested strategies Create a space  work space with table or desk  quiet with no distractions such as phones or TV  well lit and comfortable  have everything you need nearby; books, pens etc. Devise a plan  devise a timetable for the next few weeks (blank template available at Examination and Study Info)  build in planned activities, e.g. family outings  leave time available for unforeseen events  divide your time between subjects to vary your revision, mix subjects you are good at with those which are more challenging Break it down  make a weekly list of study goals for each subject and tick them off when you achieve them (blank template available at Examination and Study Info)  review and revise your weekly list  take regular breaks, 10 minutes each hour is good  summarise small sections of your work at a time  using dot points can make it easier to review the summaries nearer the time of the exam  speaking out loud may help to lock facts in your memory  things you find hard to remember can be written on sticky notes and put on doors, walls and mirrors