TE AWAMUTU COLLEGE SENIOR ASSESSMENT WEEK 2025

Friday 29 August – Friday 5 September

STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS

  • Exam leave is for ALL Year 11, 12 and 13 students, Friday 29 August – Friday 5 September.
  • Unless in uniform and studying in the library or with a teacher, students are not to be on school grounds once they leave their exam.
  • Subjects not holding exams in the Hall may still have Achievement/Unit Standard Assessments or Reassessment opportunities. Students will be informed by their teacher and are expected to attend these.
  • NO food may be taken into assessments. Water bottles will be allowed.
  • Correct school uniform is expected in all exams, assessments and reassessment opportunities.
  • Students are expected to arrive 15 minutes before their exam (this means arriving at 8:30am or 12:00pm). Students may not leave an exam within the first hour.
  • Bags will be left outside the Hall or in the front of the classroom being used.
  • No pencil cases will be allowed into any exam, only clear plastic bags containing necessary equipment will be permitted.
  • There is to be NO communication between students inside the exam room.
  • ANY DEVICES INCLUDING ALL PHONES AND WATCHES MUST BE CONTAINED IN A CLEAR PLASTIC BAG (Emergency Evacuation Pack) and placed under the candidate’s chair. Failure to comply with these instructions is a breach of NZQA external exam regulations.
  • If students are ill or have some other crisis THEY WILL NEED TO CONTACT THE SCHOOL TO REPORT THEIR ABSENCE and make plans to complete missed exams.
  • If students have a clash of exams, they must talk to the teachers concerned and use the “catch-up” day on Friday 5 September (or on another earlier day by arrangement with teacher) to complete missed exams. Exam papers for all courses will be available in the Hall on the catch-up day.
  • It is important to do well in these exams/assessments/reassessments. Results from practice external exams will be used to provide NZQA with evidence of student ability and achievement should there be circumstances where a derived grade is required for the end of year exams. Practice exam results are also used in the calculations for school awards.
  • Attendance and a satisfactory effort are expected if students are to remain entered for the external examinations.
  • This week may be the only reassessment opportunity for some Standards so it is important that students make the most of this.

SENIOR CLASSES WILL RESUME ON MONDAY 8 SEPTEMBER.