Exams 2014

When preparing for exams:

• Organisation is an essential part of exam preparation - know when exams are (Week 4) and in which order. A timetable will be on the blog by Thursday night of Week 1
• Specific skills and systems will help you to succeed - experiment to decide which works best for you
• Effective and relevant note taking supports understanding
• Set up a daily revision timetable - little and often is more effective than one large chunk of time.
• Do not just read your work - make notes; create bubble maps/ mind maps; identify and define key words; label diagrams; write possible exam questions - try to ask the same question in different ways - and answer them!

EXAM TIMETABLE
MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
	Social Science	Science	7NM/7CS  ENGLISH	YEAR 7 MATHS
INTERVAL
		7KF MATHS EXAM
LUNCH
	YEAR 7 ENGLISH

When sitting exams:

• Look/read through the entire paper - do the parts you are most confident of gaining marks in, first
• It is important to identify key words within questions
• Display depth of understanding in a concise manner - make sure you are answering the question
• Correlate marks in an exam with time spent on responses - don't spend too much time on questions which are not worth many marks.
• Keep an eye on the time you have. If you finish early, go back and check you have answered all questions. In Maths, checking an answer means reworking it not just looking to see it is there!

REVISION GUIDELINES:
7KF MATHS:

Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers and decimals

Divisibility rules

'Special Numbers'- factors, multiples, primes, squares, square roots

Fractions, decimals and percentages- and converting from one to the other. Applying this understanding to number and word problems

Place Value

Rounding whole and decimal numbers

Measurement- unit conversions; perimeter, area and volume

Geometry- vocabulary;angles; transformations- translation, reflection, rotation and enlargement

Statistics- interpreting data- finding range, mean(average), median and mode; drawing conclusions

Mathletics is a great way to prepare for the Maths exam - prepare by practicing. Ensure you are not completing activities in areas you know you are competent in - challenge yourself in areas you find more difficult and, if still uncertain, ASK FOR HELP!

SOCIAL SCIENCE: You will need:

An awareness of key NZ features- ' How much do you know already?' worksheet

To be able to locate and label regions of NZ and key features of them.

To be able to explain what a referendum is. There will be a section around the proposed referendum on the NZ flag.

Define and be able to identify examples of Kiwiana

Define role model and provide examples of, and identify, role models and what makes them so.

Explain what human rights are and identify, in given scenarios, which human rights are being denied/ breached- there will be multiple possible answers in each scenario so you do not need to memorise all 30 rights.

Define what the commonwealth is. You will need to compare and contrast the FIFA World Cup and the Commonwealth Games

Election 2014- key words around the general election and how NZ's voting system works.

There will be a range of question types:

• short answer
• multi-choice
• longer responses where justification of ideas is required
• double bubble maps
• diagram/map labelling

7KF ENGLISH:

Reading Comprehension and Inferencing
Parts of Speech and Grammar
Punctuation
Proofreading
Vocabulary - synonyms and antonyms
Spelling - applying rules; prefixes and suffixes

Year 7 SCIENCE:
Volcanoes

• definitions of key terms
• types of eruptions
• types of volcanoes
• refer to typed notes and worksheets on volcanoes as well as research notes

The structure of the exam may include the following:

• multiple choice
• definitions
• diagrams
• short paragraphs
• one word answers
• match the columns
• true and false
• unseen interpretive type questions applying understanding of scientific language

Be prepared. If you do what you have always done, you will get what you have always got!