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Study Tip #3:

Set up a regular study plan!

1. What study will you do on top of your homework?
2. Pick a subject a night and do a bit extra
3. Generally, if you schedule certain times of the day to study, you will get into a routine and accomplish more. If you just “fit it in” during your day, chances are that there will never be any time.
4. Make it like an appointment, for example: “Tuesday 3-4:30 P.M. — Study.”

**31 STUDY DAYS TILL EXAMS**

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Study Tip #2:

Organise your study area!!

1. Arrange all study material in an organised manner – put it in topics
2. Make sure all notes are complete!     

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 Study Tip #1: 

Create the learning environment!!

1. Find a space to be on your own
2. Use good lighting
3. Take a 10 minute break every 50 minutes
4. Short bursts of concentration repeated frequently are better one long session.
5. The brain needs recovery and recharging time, so take a break after 30 minutes for around 10 minutes. To sit and study for hours and hours is not only boring, it creates tiredness, stress, and distraction.

External NCEA assessments begin on Monday November 17. You can view the examination timetable here.

Attached are the tutorial sessions available for various subjects. If a subject is not listed, approach your teacher for help. 

Every school day there will be a new study tip available on the website. Check back frequently so you don't miss out! 

Chen Liu

Our golden boy keeps getting more golden! Chen Liu's success has been featured in Tuesday's issue of the Western Leader.

If you missed it, link to the online version here.

We have just learned that Chen Liu (Dux Litteratum 2007, Head Boy 2007) gained top marks in the country in the 2007 Biology Scholarship examination.

Chen also gained four other scholarships (read more here) and the Premier Award (read more here).

 Our congratulations once again to Chen and his family, and to his Biology teacher Ms Robin Butler-Shaw.

Chen Liu

2007's Head Boy and Dux Litteratum Chen Liu has been announced as one of eight Premier Scholars in New Zealand for 2007.

Chen will recieve a scholarship worth $10,000 per year for three years and a trip to Wellington in May to a reception hosted by the Governor General and the Minister of Education.

Chen is one of only eight students in NZ to have gained this award, which is the top award available to secondary students. To gain this distinction, students must have exceptional performance in at least three Scholarship exams.

Chen gained Outstanding in three subjects and Scholarship in two others. See the full list of Rutherford scholars here.

Our warmest congratulations to Chen and his family. Rutherford is proud of you!

Congratulations to our successful Scholarship candidates from 2007.

Chen Liu (Dux Litteratum 2007, Head Boy 2007)

Outstanding Scholarship in Biology

            Outstanding Scholarship in Mathematics with Calculus

            Outstanding Scholarship in Statistics and Modelling

            Scholarship in Chemistry

            Scholarship in Physics

Cameron Fraser (Proximae Accessit 2007)      

Outstanding Scholarship in Economics

            Scholarship in Accounting

Luke Sizer

            Outstanding Scholarship in History

Phoebe Chong

            Scholarship in Chinese

Well done to all those who entered Scholarship for 2007, whether successful or not. The Scholarship examinations are a valuable experience for all involved. Thank you to the teachers who provided additional coaching to all Scholarship candidates.  

The above students will be honoured in the Scholar's Assembly later this term, along with those who gained outstanding results in external examinations.

NCEA is the national qualification for all Year 11-13 students.

NCEA uses standards (achievement standards and unit standards) to show what students know and can do. Other certificates use unit standards.

Every standard is worth a set number of credits. You collect credits when you achieve the standard. When you have a total of 80 credits you have your NCEA at Level 1*. When you collect 60 credits at Level 2, you have your Level 2. Other certificates require different totals of credits and particular units.