ROSSHALL ACADEMYROSSHALL ACADEMY““Our School, Our Future”Our School, Our Future”

S4 Assembly25th March 2010

Our Shared Values

AspirationCompassionCreativity

IntegrityPerseverance

Respect

Integrity

Sticking to your principles or standards.

Making morally correct decisions even when not everyone else

agrees with you.

Integrity depends on

TRUST

OPENNESS HONESTY

We Show Integrity When…

We keep to our word and don’t let others down

We accept responsibility for our wrongdoing

We tell the truth even when we know we won’t be found out

We are open and honest with people We make the correct choice, to do the

right thing.

S4 SQA EXAMS 26th April – 4th June 2010You will shortly be issued with an exam guide, including a code of conduct, a timetable and an SCN (Scottish Candidate Number).Check and double check, for each subject: Which level or levels you are sitting The time of your exam The location of your exam What you need to produce before the exam, to

be allowed to sit the exam What equipment you need during the exam

Code of Conduct

All pupils are reminded of the SQA Exam Code of Conduct. Any pupil who breaks this code of conduct may be asked to leave the examination room and could be disqualified from one or more exams.

Code of Conduct: General

General

Wear school uniform to all exams Arrive in good time – about 10 minutes before the exam

starts Check you have been given the correct exam paper Read all instructions Listen carefully to all announcements / additional

instructions Write in black or dark blue pen Use a pencil for rough work, diagrams etc Remember to cross out all rough work If you feel unwell, tell the invigilator Put your name and Scottish Candidate Number on all

work Stay in the room until the exam has finished.

Conduct During Exams

Do not help any other candidate Do not get help from any other

candidate Do not talk, turn around or cause

any disturbance

Forbidden ItemsThe following items are forbidden in the examination room:

Mobile phones Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) IPods / MP3 players or other electronic devices Spell checker Calculator with inappropriate data Pencil case / calculator case Books / notes / sketches / paper

Coincident Exams

See Ms Dunlop ASAP for arrangements.

EXAM REVISION

Know what you have to do.

Make a revision plan

Revise effectively

Practise exam questions

““Our Our School,School, Our Our

Future”Future”