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Study Advice

Families can make a difference both to the result and to the morale of the exam candidate. Some of the following suggestions may help you to help them.

Making Time

Reduce paid work hours
Limit social activities
Limit hobbies/sports to a reasonable level
Reduce household chores
Avoid rapid family changes of plan. The student needs to predict the time available in order to take control.

Time Management

Use a year planner for key dates
Make a weekly work/study plan with the student.
Help the student to break big subjects into topic-sized chunks
Allocate 2 or 3 x 50 minute work/study spells on school nights and on one day of a weekend. (This is a rough estimate. Even 20 minute spells can be a start. It depends on the student’s work habit and concentration span.)

Offer Help

Check notes
Ask questions
Explain/read difficult parts of texts.

Positive Interest

Focus on the effort rather than the result
Encourage confidence. (Some students find it helpful to see themselves as an “expert” prepared to reveal what they know to an interested examiner.)
Enlist the help of the wider family or friends. (The people who ask about the results could be encouraged to phone in during the preparation and encourage the effort. This is a great opportunity for the interested aunt, uncle or grandparent.)

Health and Happiness

Good food at regular times
Some sport or exercise
Regular sleep
Love and support

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Enrolment Information

For enrolment information, please go to our enrolment pages. There you will also find a "Request an Enrolment Pack" form. Please complete this if you would like to request an enrolment pack. Please note, we can only accept enrolment applications for students living within our zone.

Summer Sports Registration

All Summer Sports Registrations are due Friday 3 February.

A green form was posted during the holidays in a pack with other school relevent information. If you have misplaced or did not receive the form, please download a copy from the 'Sports Offered and Information' section of this website..

Stationery

To make life easier for you for Back to School, we have teamed up with School Supplies Direct so that you can buy all your school stationery needs over the Internet or by mail order. Click here to access the website: www.myschool.co.nz

Warehouse Stationery Support Your School programme: visit www.warehousestationery.co.nz to download Onslow College's unique voucher. By presenting this voucher when you purchase school stationery from Warehouse Stationery, Onslow College will be awarded BlueBiz Rewards Points which help us to get more resources for the school.

Community Consultation Feedback

Peter Leggat met with groups of randomly selected parents in October to gather their feedback on what Onslow is currently doing well and what we can improve on. Check out the summarised feedback here.

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