ANNOUNCEMENTS

June Examinations 2016

 Good Luck!

Dear Parents

Examination requirements

Examinations for the Grade 4 – 7 learners will begin on Monday 10 June 2014. The Grade 7 learners will write the Benchmark papers during the exam weeks.

Attached please find the necessary study lists and examination timetable relevant for your child’s grade. Please note that the Grade 4 & 5 exams are only one and a half hours long. There will be a half an hour study session before the exam begins. All learners must bring their books to study.

All text books must be handed in on the day the exam is written. If the text book is not returned, your account will be debited with the amount owed for the book.

The teacher’s will use the week prior to the exams as a revision week to help ensure that your child is on track with the required work. However, it is very important that your child spends quality time studying the various subjects in order for them to be able to write a successful examination. No homework will be given in the week prior to the exams.

Early closing during exams

School will close at 13:00 from the 10 June up to and including Wednesday 03 December. The learners will write two (2) sessions per day.

If your child is not going home at 13:00, they need to bring their books to study for the exam the next day. There will be a teacher on duty until 14:30 should your child not go home at 13:00.

In order to help your child be prepared for their examinations, please ensure that he/she has the following at school every day:

The correct and necessary stationery in a see through pencil bag / packet. No unnecessary items. A bottle of water – plain not flavored in a bottle with a push / pull cap (sports bottle).

Tissues A healthy, substantial lunch. The books or study notes for the examination to be written during the second session or the next day.

Should you have any further queries, please feel free to contact me.

Regards

Ms IG Nhlapo

HOD Intersen Phase

ipsnhlapo@yahoo.com

NB. Below is the Examination time table

     

                            Victory Primary School

EXAMINATION TIME TABLE JUNE 2016

DATE	SUBJECT	TIME	VENUE
02/06/2016	MATHEMATICS	09: 00 am	Grade 7b
03/06/2016	SETSWANA HL	09: 00 am	Grade 10a
08/06/2016	EMS	11: 00 am	Grade 7c
10/06/2016	LIFE-SKILLS	08: 30 am	Grade 9a
14/06/2016	SOCIAL SCIENCE	09:00 am	Grade 11c
15/06/2016	NS TECH	10: 00 am	Grade 10b

Grade 7 Study Lists – June 2016

Social Science

Geography:  Map Work    

·         Scale

·         Map Symbols

·         Co-Ordinates

Natural Disasters                   

·         Volcanoes

·         Causes

·         Diagram

·         Hazards and Benefits

·         Earthquakes

·         Terminology

·         Damage

·         Tsunamis

·         Whole worksheet

·         Preparing for a tsunami

·         Warning system

Population Growth and Distribution

·         Terminology

·         Life expectation

·         How to calculate and analyse birth and death rates

·         Infant mortality

·         Factors influencing all of the above

History:

Slavery at the Cape

·         What work slaves did

·         Where the slaves came from

·         Slave legacy

·         Resistance

·         End of slavery

Democracy

·         Greece (all pages)

·         France – Napoleon (what he did that was good/bad vs old system)

·         Britain (timeline)

·         America (no maps)

·         South Africa and America – Bill of rights similarities/differences