Final Exams 2016

Registering in School during Exam Time Registration for exams is outside the Hall – if there is an exam in the Hall, then it will be in the Boys Stairwell. Keep quiet! At all other times when you come into the school you must sign in at office. State where you are going Rooms available for study will be displayed in Reception. This is not an opportunity for a catch up with your mates.

Paper work “Your Exams 2016” “Exam? Ask Sam” Read this carefully! Fill in the card at the back and take it into school on exam days. This is the only piece of paper you can take in with you. “Exam? Ask Sam” FAQs Getting your results

Communication during Home Study Call the School Office if there are any problems. Ask for Mr Ross in the first instance. If he is not available, ask for Mrs McGonigal or Mr Magowan. We will use the noticeboard in the corridor and the school web site for communication. Check these regularly. There are no questions too silly to ask!

Exam day Wear School Uniform. Get there early Invigilators It’s not just about rules but about ‘mindset’. Get there early You need to be registered, sitting in your seat and ready to go when the official exam time starts. We can’t adjust times by a few minutes like the prelim. Invigilators Are there to help as well as monitor. If you’re unwell, need the toilet, etc. let them know ASAP. If you think you will run out of paper, get your hand up early and ask. Don’t fill in your personal details on the new paper until after the exam has stopped. Use blue or black ink but avoid gel pens. Some exams require HB pencils.

What if? I’m late… I’m unwell before the exam… Report to the office. You can be let into the exam (provided no one has left by this time) You will not get any extra time to catch up on what you missed I’m unwell before the exam… Call the school ASAP I’m unwell during the exam… Let the invigilator know ASAP I need the toilet… Go before Ask the invigilator if you’re bursting I finish early… It is at the invigilator’s discretion whether you are allowed out early. Wait quietly and patiently if you are not allowed out early – don’t disrupt your classmates!

What if? There’s a fire alarm. Stay quietly in the room until instructed. If and when instructed, draw a line under your work and follow the instructor out of the exam room. Exam candidates congregate on the sports field next to the STEM building DO NOT talk to anyone, DO NOT text, etc. The exam rules apply here in the same way they do in the exam room.

DOs and DON’Ts Read “Your Exams 2016” carefully Look at the large poster on the noticeboard outside the Assembly Hall

Beyond the exam SQA video on what happens next

You CAN do it!

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