Year 7 Exam Preparation

Year 7 Timetable - sit within class

Time	Tuesday 25th October	Wednesday 26th October	Thursday 27th October	Friday 28th October
8.10 - 10.00am		English (NM/ME)	Science
10.30-11.55am	Maths	English (KF)		Social Science

PAT will fit in around exams at the discretion of classroom teachers - there is no specific preparation to be be completed prior to sitting PATs.

Term 4 Year 7 Exam Content 2016
GETTING READY FOR WEEK 3 EXAMS: It is important to revise in preparation for our end of year exams.  In the table below you will find the areas to focus on. Your teachers will work with you to support you in the preparation for these exams.  It is important to utilise both your class and prep time well.  If you are missing any work it is your responsibility to source copies - or ask for help in doing so. Remember what you put in, you get out!
Key Learning Area	Useful Preparation:
Science	Thinking with Evidence: M&M experiment Dilution is the solution to pollution Fair testing - what makes a fair test ? Interpreting scientific diagrams Interpreting scientific text Ecology
Literacy	Parts of speech  - nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs etc Antonyms, synonyms and homonyms Commonly mis-spelt words Prefixes and Suffixes Tenses - past, present and future Punctuation Proofreading Persuasive Writing Structure, vocabulary, language features NB there will be no reading comprehension or vocabulary testing as this will be assessed in end of year PATs
Social Science	1. Identification and explanation of the Key Competencies. 2.Key Competencies and links with an example. 3.Basic General Knowledge questions related to the Rio Olympics-New Zealand Athletes, Olympic Pictograms.
Maths	Number - +/-/X and division, BEDMAS, fractions, decimals and percentages, factors, multiples, square and cubed numbers etc Geometry - characteristics of 2D and 3D shapes; drawing and measuring angles; transformation Statistics - drawing and interpreting graphs and tables Measurement - units, time, area, perimeter Problem Solving