Newsletter 23 August 2022

Newsletter 23 August 2022

Dear Parents/Caregivers

Assalaamu Alaikum WRWB

NCEA TEACHER ONLY DAY (TOD)

School will be closed for all students from years 1 – 13 on Wednesday 24 August 2022 for NCEA TOD.  Students can utilize this time to catch up with their schoolwork especially the NCEA students.

SPEECH COMPETITION 2022

Intermediate speech competition was held today at the school. Years 7-8 participants have competed in prepared and impromptu speeches. Years 5/6 competition is on Thursday 25 August from 8.30am. Winners will be announced and awarded with trophies.

Winners of both, years 5&6 and 7&8 will participate in the Mangere Inter-Schools speech competition on 31 August 2022 at Al-Madinah School.

CHANGE OF DETAILS

If any of your contact details change (address/phone contact /email address, etc.), please inform the school office.

LATENESS

Some students are coming late on a regular basis.  Majority of these students are living in close by areas namely in Mangere and Papatoetoe. The School Dean and the LSC will follow up with all late arrivals. These late comers will be put on “lunch time detention”. If lateness persists, it will be followed by “after school detention”.

RUBBISH IN SCHOOL

We are training all students to throw rubbish in the appropriate bins. Students are asked to bring as less as possible paper and/or plastic wrapped food and take all the paper & plastics back home.   Students are also expected to throw rubbish if any, in bins around the school. Parents are requested to encourage their child/children to practice similar habits at home.

SECONDARY BOYS’PRODUCTION

Merchants of Istanbul, an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Merchants of Venice will be on

8^th September at the Mangere Arts Centre from 6.30pm. Tickets are on sale for $10 from school.

Information for NCEA Students and Parents

Changes to NCEA for 2022 (information from NZQA)

The Associate Minister of Education announced changes to NCEA that recognises the impact students and teacher absences due to COVID-19 and other winter illnesses have had on teaching, learning and assessments this year. These changes help give students a fair opportunity to gain the qualification they are aiming for.

In 2022, students will be entitled to 1 Learning Recognition Credit (LRC) for every 5 credits earned through assessments, up to a maximum of:

• 10 of the LRC’s earned this year can be used towards the 80 needed for NCEA Level 1.
• 8 LRC’s earned this year can be used towards the 60 needed at Level 2 and Level 3.

To get a certificate endorsement students will need 46 credits at Merit or Excellence level, instead of the usual 50.

LRCs do not come with Merit or Excellence, so they cannot count towards an endorsement.

To be awarded University Entrance, students will need 14 credits in each of the two UE approved subjects and 12 credits in a third UE approved subject (they will also have to attain NCEA Level 3 and meet the regular literacy and numeracy requirements)

Students need to keep working to make sure that they achieve as many standards as they can. The teachers will help to track your progress.

Students do not need to do anything else to get the LRCs. NZQA will do the calculations before students get their results.

IMPORTANT DATES FOR NCEA STUDENTS

NCEA TEACHER ONLY DAY (TOD)

The school will be closed for NCEA teacher only days on the following dates:

Wednesday 24^th August (Tomorrow)

Monday 14^th November

Thursday 01^st December

PEDESTRIAN ENTRY

There is a buzzer at the pedestrian gate.  Any visitor using the pedestrian entry must press the buzzer for the gate to open from the reception.  Upon hearing the buzzer, push the gate to open or pull from inside while exiting.

NCEA END OF YEAR PRACTICE EXAMS

NCEA end of year (EoY) practice exams will take place from 21st to 30^th September 2022. Timetable will be given to NCEA students.

31/08/22 – Yr 11 NCEA MCAT Practice Exam

13/09/22 – Yr 11 NCEA MCAT (Maths) Exam

27/10/22 – Yrs 11 – 13 Digital Technology 7/11/22 – 2/12/22 – Exam NCEA Exams

It is very important for students to attend the mock exams.

16 – 19/08/22 – Math’s week for primary

MAGIC WORDS

Parents/caregivers are requested to remind your “child/children that magic words such as “Please”, You’re welcome”, “I am Sorry”, Thank You”, all begins to be learned and practiced at home.

ATTENDANCE DUES

Those parents/caregivers who have still not paid the attendance dues, please pay the attendance dues for your child/children in full immediately.

Wassalaam.

Asin Ali

Principal