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What you can do?

• Reading at home regularly for around 20 minutes can significantly improve your child's literacy. These can be from a variety of different types of texts such as: novels, short stories, newspapers, magazines, graphic novels etc.

• Help them get their bag ready the night before.  In their bag, they should have a charged device, ruler, calculator, and blue/black pen.

• Ensure they get to bed in good time, and aim for a good night's sleep

• Help them have  a good breakfast, with complex carbohydrates (e.g. Weetbix, Porridge, etc)

• Keep the mood positive in the morning

• If your student is ill in the morning, please share this information with the school's NZQA Principals Nominee, Ms Van Maren (vanmarenj@upperhutt.school.nz), their English teacher and also their Ako teacher.

• There are two sittings each year.  Your students will get another opportunity to sit the common assessment activity in Term Three.  If it is Term Three they will be able to do it next year.

If you are concerned about how your student is managing the pressure of these assessments, all please get in touch with your child's Ako teacher or Dean.

From 2024 all students will need to successfully 'pass' (gain Achieved) in these Literacy assessments.

 It is called a 'co-requisite' for NCEA Level One, Two or Three.

 This means to gain Level One, Two or Three students will need to gain sixty credits, plus the 

• Ten numeracy credits - CAA 

• Ten literacy credits - five reading and five writing 

If a student does not achieve in the common assessment activities they will be unable to be awarded NCEA Level One, Two, or Three.

Note: 

• A student may attempt this standard as many times as they want in Years 10, 11, 12, or 13, but it is only offered twice a year as set by NZQA.

• These literacy credits are different from the University Entrance literacy requirements which start normally in Year 12.