Aiming for Excellence - 2013

Brought to you by the McAuley High School Pasifex team: Hinemoa Finau Leueta Mulipola Tereena Noomaara Vivien Raega Caylah Tongotea

What do you already know about NCEA?

Brainstorm in twos or threes what you already know about NCEA…

Understanding NCEA

All you need to know to pass NCEA at an Excellence level

To pass Level 1 this year you need to gain 80 Credits overall.

10 of these must be Literacy Credits

And another 10 must be Numeracy Credits

Credit Breakdown

Taking a step up from just passing, you should also be aiming to get course endorsements in your individual subjects.

Excellence Course endorsements are about consistently passing assessments at an Excellence level (in a particular subject).

Excellence Course Endorsements

To gain an excellence course endorsement, you need to achieve at least 14 credits at Excellence in a single subject.

At least 11 internal Excellence credits At least 3 external Excellence credits=Excellence Course Endorsement for that

subject.

(Notice how there is no such thing as Merit? You should always aim for the best!)

Excellence Course Endorsements

This is the Holy Grail. Passing NCEA Level 1 with Excellence is what you’re working towards all year.

An Excellence Certificate Endorsement is when you consistently achieve at Excellence level across ALL of your subjects.

Aim to achieve this internally = LESS STRESS DURING EXTERNALS

Excellence Certificate Endorsement

To gain NCEA Level 1 with Excellence (Certificate Endorsement), you need to gain a minimum of 50 Excellence credits across the board

E.g. 18 excellence from 11RED (all internal) 14 excellence from 11PED (all internal)

18 excellence from 11ENG (11 internal)= 50 Excellence Credits=Excellence Certificate Endorsement!!

Excellence Certificate Endorsement

(*based on compulsory subjects)

NCEA isn’t scary! As long as you have the passion to

achieve to the best of your ability, and don’t mind pushing yourself that little bit EXTRA to get results, NCEA can be a fun and exciting experience

Questionnaire

Complete as much of the Questionnaire as you can on Page 3

Part of achieving excellence is knowing what you don’t know, so…

Leave blanks when you can’t answer a question - you should be able to complete these by the end of the session

Complete Term One Plan

Use the information on the Assessment Summary sheet (or from your Assessment Outlines) to complete your individual Term One plan

11 RED

11 PED

11 ENG

11 MAA

11 SCI

11 XXX

11 XXX

90816 (6)

90970 (3)

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Where to from here…

Homework Complete your

planner for Terms 3-4

Keep track of your excellence credits as you gain them

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