ST STEPHEN’S SCHOOL DUNCRAIG
EXAMINATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS
Examinations and Externally Set Tasks
Wear your school uniform to all examinations. PE uniform is acceptable for written examinations in the exam period but it must be worn PERFECTLY. For practical examinations, check requirements with your teacher prior. The Externally Set Task is completed in school time, and so normal school uniform should be worn.
Bring your SmartRider Card, which will have your ID number, to all exams. Bring only the appropriate equipment, including spare pens, pencils, calculator and batteries. Ball point pens must be used, no gel pens. Equipment must be in a clear plastic bag, no pencil cases. Check requirements with your teachers prior to exams.
Be outside the examination room (or the classroom for an Externally Set Task) at least 20 minutes before the start time. Students will usually be let in before “reading time” actually starts. Enter the room in silence.
Check the seating plan, if there is one, so that you know which row to sit in.
Do not bring any unauthorised materials into the room. This includes mobile phones, smart watches and any other mobile technologies or unauthorised calculators.
You will be provided with only standard answer booklets (or paper if allowed), where you can do any planning work and these will be handed in. Rough work needs to be clearly labelled as such.
Follow instructions from the supervisor. Failure to adhere to the supervisor’s instructions can be a breach of exam rules.
In the case of a breach of the guidelines, penalties as outlined in the school Assessment Policy and the SCSA WACE Manual will be applied.
If you need to leave the room temporarily, please put your hand up and wait until a supervisor comes to speak to you.
Keep calm outside the examination room before entering. It is important that you are calm and that you allow others to be calm.
Should you become very unwell on the day of an examination or Externally Set Task, please phone Student Services on 9243 2101 and obtain a medical certificate. If at all possible, it is preferable that you come in and sit the assessment if you can.
