Assessments
Examination/Assessment
All subjects are regularly assessed during the year. This assessment will take many forms, i.e. examination, tests, assignments, practical work and seminars. Parents/caregivers are given assessment results at Meet-the-Teacher evenings, on request, or through reports.
Year 9 Subjects:
Regular assessment throughout the year in all subjects.
Year 10 Subjects:
Regular assessment throughout the year in all subjects. A school examination in Term Four, in some subjects
Year 11 Subjects:
The National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) (Level One).
Regular assessments throughout the year in all subjects and a national examination at the end of the year.
Year 12 Subjects:
The National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) (Level Two)
Regular assessments throughout the year in all subjects and a national examination at the end of the year.
Year 13 Subjects:
The National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) (Level Three)
Regular assessment throughout the year in all subjects and a national examination at the end of the year.
Report and Report Evenings
The school is re-designing reports to reflect curriculum changes. Reports are issued at least twice each year and there are two Meet-the-Teacher evenings for students.
Other Report Evenings
Parents/caregivers of new entrants Year 9 are invited into the school early in the year to meet staff and to be shown around the school. There is also an Open Night for prospective Year 9 pupils and their parents/caregivers in Term Three, in which subjects and departments display examples of course work and activity and where Heads of Departments and teachers are available for advice and information.
Parents/Caregivers of Year 10-12 students are invited into the school mid Term Three to discuss with staff senior school subjects choices for the following year.
One or two Career Evenings are held each year. These are normally held in the latter half of the year, in conjunction with pupils selecting courses of study for the following year.
All subjects are regularly assessed during the year. This assessment will take many forms, i.e. examination, tests, assignments, practical work and seminars. Parents/caregivers are given assessment results at Meet-the-Teacher evenings, on request, or through reports.
Year 9 Subjects:
Regular assessment throughout the year in all subjects.
Year 10 Subjects:
Regular assessment throughout the year in all subjects. A school examination in Term Four, in some subjects
Year 11 Subjects:
The National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) (Level One).
Regular assessments throughout the year in all subjects and a national examination at the end of the year.
Year 12 Subjects:
The National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) (Level Two)
Regular assessments throughout the year in all subjects and a national examination at the end of the year.
Year 13 Subjects:
The National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) (Level Three)
Regular assessment throughout the year in all subjects and a national examination at the end of the year.
Report and Report Evenings
The school is re-designing reports to reflect curriculum changes. Reports are issued at least twice each year and there are two Meet-the-Teacher evenings for students.
Other Report Evenings
Parents/caregivers of new entrants Year 9 are invited into the school early in the year to meet staff and to be shown around the school. There is also an Open Night for prospective Year 9 pupils and their parents/caregivers in Term Three, in which subjects and departments display examples of course work and activity and where Heads of Departments and teachers are available for advice and information.
Parents/Caregivers of Year 10-12 students are invited into the school mid Term Three to discuss with staff senior school subjects choices for the following year.
One or two Career Evenings are held each year. These are normally held in the latter half of the year, in conjunction with pupils selecting courses of study for the following year.