OUTLINE OF EXAMS for 2016

 2016 year 7 & 8   Exam outline: Dates and content.  – Most content is Curriculum Level 4. 

Monday 31 October	English	Recognise and understand figurative language- metaphors, similes, personification Put together two or more pieces of information from text Correctly punctuate all sentences, including capital letters Use a wider range of other punctuation correctly such as: dashes, parentheses, hyphens, semicolons and colons Always use speech marks and proper paragraphs with dialogue Use contractions Use  commas for lists, direct speech, and  separating clauses and phrases Persuasive features of language - language and images
Monday  31 October	Science	Earthquakes Volcanoes Chemistry – states of matter, periodic table --- mixtures, physical and chemical change
Wednesday 2 November	Enviro	Timeline of rubbish Fairtrade Air pollution
Wednesday 2 November	Health	Hauora    Bank of friendship        Self Esteem     Assertive behaviour   Rules of hockey                     Implied messages in advertising.
Friday 4th November	Maths	All the basic multiplication and division facts up to 10 × 10, factors and multiples Know and use fraction, decimal and percentage conversions for halves, thirds, quarters, fifths and tenths Square numbers to 100 and the matching square roots Define 2 and 3 D shapes and identify nets for these. To solve problems involving directions and movement Patterns using the language of transformation including rotation using degrees – 45, 90, 135 and 180. Solve problems using area, volume and surface area of regular shapes . Interpret charts, tables and graphs. Create and interprete graphs including pie graphs and frequency tables.  Finding angles of quadrilaterals, triangle and intersecting lines. Find and predict outcomes using probability
Friday 4th November	Social Sciences	NZ geography – label a map correctly – know locations and names of main island, mountains, rivers  and key cities NZ disaster. Using the given headings tell about a NZ disaster you studied: people, responses  and the safety precautions in place now. Responding to an incident – write a safety outline for an incident.  NZ Government - Parliament today-  /  voting  /  Roles in government . Maori  - Mihi  and marae protocol  and vocabulary