Sixth Form Exam Briefing

• Review of regulations

• Look at the timetable and clashes

What will you need?

Your responsibility No tippex or any other correcting fluids

Highlighters in questions only

Now considered standardequipment

Calculators

Not too high spec

Lids taken off

Instructions taken out

See-through pencil case

Water bottle without label

Locker key only• no mobiles

• no bags• no coats

• If you bring anything else to the room it could be considered as malpractice.

• Where you need other specific materials (eg. texts for English or pre-release material for Geography), or for exams where you are not allowed a calculator, I will give you warning via a resources sheet

Individual timetables

Candidate numbers

Individual start time / room

Clashes

• Where too many papers are scheduled for the same morning or afternoon session (more than 3 hours).

• One or more of your papers will be rescheduled to the morning or afternoon of the same day.

• You will also be supervised in between morning and afternoon exams so that you do not meet anyone doing the same paper at the original start time.

• You will need to bring some revision and a packed lunch.• If you have a clash you will receive a letter confirming

the arrangements.

What if … ?

• … you are late : the Awarding Body will not accept your paper if you arrive after 10:00am or 14:30pm ; they may not accept your paper if you arrive between 09:30am and 10:00am or between 14:00pm and 14:30pm

• … you are running late : phone Reception to let us know your ETA. We will allow you the full amount of time if that is possible.

• … you are ill on the day of the exam, and you do not attend it, you will not be allowed to sit that exam at any other date. If you do decide to sit the exam, you must inform the invigilator in charge that you are unwell and he / she will act accordingly. If you feel unwell during the exam put your hand up and wait for an invigilator to attend to you.

• … there is an emergency, follow the instructions given you by the invigilator in charge.

Results

• Due Thursday 11th March 2010 12:00pm. You will need to come to the Main Hall to collect them in person.

Finally…

• Personal timetables in registers by Thursday this week

• Letters about clashes will be sent to you by post• Letters confirming extra time arrangements will

be sent in the post

• Afterwards I need to speak to :– Year 12 Business students and Year 13s re-taking

unit 1 (“Planning and Financing a Business”)– Year 13 Biology students re-sitting unit 2 (“Molecules,

Biodiversity, Food and Health”)– Year 13 Chemistry students re-sitting unit 1 (“Atoms,

Bonds and Groups”)

Instructions about study leave from Mrs Phelps…

Exam Study LeaveYear 13

A2 modules

• Afternoon exam: study leave in morning (but not on a Monday)

• Morning exam: no study leave

AS modules

• No study leave

Exam Study LeaveYear 12

Afternoon exam: study leave in morning (but not on a Monday)

Morning exam: no study leave

Year 12 and 13after an exam

• 10 minute break then go to timetabled SWGS lesson

• No need to go to BWS lesson if it has already started when you come out of the exam