EXAM!
It’s only 41 days until NCEA exams start for our senior students and around the country many are starting their preliminary exams today. Life is going to be stressful in some households for the next couple of months as study gets under way in earnest.
There is plenty of material available, in both the library and on the internet, about how to study, and how to support those that are sitting the exams.
You can find the books in both our adult and teenage non-fiction sections under Call Number 371.3 (the call number is the number on the spine of our non-fiction books). Check out Smart Students Study Less or Survive Exams which are still on the shelves at some of our libraries this morning when I checked.
If you prefer to check out the Internet here are some sites that could help you:
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority site provides some sample exam papers that you can practice on.
The other New Zealand site is Study It. This is advertised as “Your one stop site for achieving in NCEA maths, science and English. Find out what you need to know, contact subject teachers, and get encouragement from other students”.
Internationally, two of the most comprehensive sites are Onion Street which is a BBC sponsored “How to Study” site and the SGS site which has the added bonus of being a multilingual site. Both have plenty of tips on how to study and handle the stress of exams.
Don’t forget that the library is a great space to study, either by yourself or in groups. Some Rodney Libraries have late nights, so if you want a change of scenery for your study, the library might work for you. And if you need to check up on anything, the information is often as close as the shelves, the internet computers or your friendly librarian.
GOOD LUCK
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