Get Qualified Week 6
Get Qualified @ Manurewa High School
When: Week 6-8, Monday 16 November to Friday 4 December
Why: due to the impact of COVID-19 and the two-week delay in NCEA externals we have devised a programme for our senior students which differs from previous years. It takes account of student feedback as to what type of support they would like and a focus of not going on study leave until they are qualified for their next step.
What: does ‘qualified’ mean?
Qualified means collecting the qualifications you need for your positive next step in your pathway for next year 2021. For most students this will mean they have their respective Level 1, 2 or 3 qualification – some students may have their 48 credits but need to complete specific subject work to meet pre-requisites for either next year at MHS, University / further education or employment for 2021.
How: do students get signed off?
The student is to have a conversation with their Kaitiaki to ensure the Student Passport is complete. Kaitiaki will be checking the credits have been achieved on KAMAR and the student has met the pre-requites in any of the Get Qualified requirements i.e. subject endorsements, certificate endorsements, drivers license for employment etc.
Once this is done the student will take their checked completed passport to be signed off:
• by their Whanau Leader, Whanau Dean or Whanau DP
• during Akoranga 2 Thursday 12th Friday 13th November and the following week
• in the library
When the Student Passport is marked off, students will be given a letter confirming this and a copy will also be emailed home. Attendance will mark the student with the code F.
What: is the ‘alternative timetable’ talked about for Y12/13?
This is the individualised external examination preparation programme where students are in tutorials for the day before their external with their respective teacher.
If: a Y11 has finished all internals and externals, do they get released?
If they have received their qualification they will be released as per the process above, if they haven’t then they will be completing resits and/or specific workshops to support.
Get Qualified Week 6 – Week 8
All students are in their normal classes Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday completing work: any internals still to be completed and in exam prep.
Week 6 – Wednesday 18th November
Year 9 – AUT REWAlise
Year 10 – REWAlise activities
Year 11-13 – Self-directed learning either at school or at home or in an Exam, or in an Exam Prep Workshop
Week 7 – Wednesday 25th November
Year 9 – AUT REWAlise
Year 10 – Tournament Day
Year 11 – English Exam
Year 12-13 - Self-directed learning either at school or at home or in an Exam, or in an Exam Prep Workshop
Week 8 – Wednesday 2nd December
Year 9 – AUT REWAlise
Year 10 – REWAlise activities
Year 11-13 - Self-directed learning either at school or at home or in an Exam, or in an Exam Prep Workshop
The detailed external examination preparation programme will be out by the end of Week 4
Senior Students will be absent from class if they have an exam on, if they are in an external examination preparation workshop which will be the day before their exam and/or if they have been signed off on their student passport.
Thank you for all your support as we all play our part to support our senior students to ‘Get Qualified’ and Piki atu ki te rangi.
Ngaa mihi
Pete
Pete Jones | Principal
Manurewa High School
