Study Leave Details: Monday 2nd – Friday 6th November:
All Year 9 and Year 10 students (excluding 10JO and 10HO) have study leave Monday 2nd – Friday
6th November. 10JO and 10HO have no core examinations (as they are sitting NCEA Level 1
examinations). They have study leave Thursday 5th November to prepare for their option examination
on Friday. Year 10 core examinations are in the morning and Year 9 core examinations are in the
afternoon. Year 10 option examinations are Friday morning and Year 9 option examinations are
Friday afternoon. The only exception to the above is full-year languages, which are on Monday and
Thursday.
Period Times
Period 1: 9.00am – 10.15am (no form time, period one teachers will read the notices, there will be a 9.15am bell for the start of the examinations)
Period 2: 10.15am – 11.15am
Interval – 11.15am – 11.35am
Period 3: 11.35am – 12.10pm
Lunch 12.10pm – 12.50pm
Period 4: 12.55pm – 2.10pm (SSR 12.55pm – 1.10pm)
Period 5: 2.10pm – 3.10pm
Examination Times
No assembly in the morning.
Make sure you are at the hall 20 minutes before the examination starts. Students sitting their examinations in classrooms need to be at their venue 10 minutes before the start.
Morning examination: 9.15am – 11.15am (Year 10) Be at the Hall 8.55am at latest
Afternoon examination: 1.10pm – 3.10pm (Year 9) Be at the hall 12.50pm at latest
All junior core examinations are of two hours’ duration. Option examinations are one hour
duration.
Note: Students in 9RS, 9WS, 10MA; 10LI have 20 minutes of extra time for their core subject examinations. Their afternoon examinations begin at 12.50pm. (No bells for these classes).
