Autumn 2020 IGCSE IAL and ASA Level Exams

Autumn 2020 I/GCSE, IAL and AS/A Level Exams 1. Statements of entry 2. Timetable 3. Regulations 4. Missing an exam 5. Special consideration 6. Results dates 7. Post-results services 8. Certificates

1. Check your soft copy statements of entry carefully. These will have been sent to you by email. Check again! Let me know of any issues.

2. Check your timetable carefully. You must inform me of any issues with your timetable. If issues aren’t spotted now it could lead to malpractice and disqualification.

Where do you assemble?

All written exams: SB 01/SB 02/SB 03 (TSK basement). • Be at the back of TSK 30 minutes before the start of your exam to ensure a timely start. • You must wait in your car, if possible, otherwise do not congregate with others and maintain a distance of 2 metres. • If you begin an exam late, there will be complications possibly including disqualification.

When should I arrive for the exam? At least 30 minutes before your exam

When will I enter the exam room? • Around 20 minutes before start time You must be seated at least 10 minutes before your exam

How Should I Enter? • You will initially enter through the back gate of TSK into the basement. • You must enter with a face-mask on. This face mask must be kept on for the duration of the time you are in TSK. • You will have your temperature checked upon arrival. If you fail the temperature check twice in fifteen minutes, you will not be allowed to sit the exam. • You will not be allowed to enter TSK if you are displaying Covid-19 symptoms. • You will also pass through an ethanol-based misting spray and enter a one-way system into the exam rooms. • If you have returned to Kuwait from overseas from September 01 2020 you will be asked to provide confirmation of completed quarantine procedures. • You must bring your own stationery to your exams, you will not be permitted to borrow any items of stationery. You will be permitted to use additional paper as normal. • You will be required to complete an online declaration form in advance of your exam sittings, more details on this to follow. • We would ask that you wear your BSK school uniform if you have it and please also wear your BSK photo-ID for the academic year 19 -20.

When can I leave the exam room when the exam ends? • Only after the invigilator has dismissed you. • If you need the bathroom during the exam, or have other issues, you must raise your hand wait until an invigilator comes to you.

3. Know the rules Read the Notice to Candidates posters outside the rooms (linked on the next slide). Any infringement of regulations may lead to disqualification from all subjects You must read and understand the documents linked in the following slide. Failure to do so will not be an excuse if you break the regulations.

Documents for Candidates Cambridge Exams: Candidate Warning Poster – https: //www. cambridgeinternational. org/Images/127653 -candidates-warning -poster. pdf Notice to Candidates – https: //www. cambridgeinternational. org/Images/86456 -notice-tocandidates. pdf Information for Candidates – https: //www. cambridgeinternational. org/Images/86457 -information-forcandidates. pdf

Pearson Exams: (Also applies to Cambridge) Social Media – https: //www. jcq. org. uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/DD 2489 -JCQ-Social. Media-Information-for-Candidates. pdf Candidate Warning Poster – https: //www. jcq. org. uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Warning-to-Candidates 202021. pdf Unauthorised Items – https: //www. jcq. org. uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Unauthorised-Itemsposter. pdf Information for Candidates – https: //www. jcq. org. uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IFCWritten_Examinations_FINAL. pdf Privacy Notice – https: //www. jcq. org. uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Information-for-candidates. Privacy-Notice-19 -20 -v 3. pdf Information for Candidates – NEA https: //www. jcq. org. uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IFCNE_Assessments_FINAL. pdf Information for Candidates – Coursework https: //www. jcq. org. uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IFCCoursework_Assessments_FINAL. pdf

(i) Be on time If you are late, your work may not be accepted

(ii) Don’t bring Unauthorised Items into your exam If these are found with you or near you, you may be disqualified from that subject

What are unauthorised items? 1. notes 2. papers 3. books 4. calculator case/lid 5. mobile phones* 6. any other electronic devices (e. g. wrist watches) 7. banned calculators 8. bags 9. non-transparent pencil cases 10. incorrect calculator 11. head/ear phones

(iii) Do not communicate in any way with other candidates, either verbally or non-verbally.

(iv) Follow the invigilator’s instructions at all times.

What is malpractice? Cheating / being disruptive / not following the rules in any way

BSK website http: //www. bsk. edu. kw/examinations • Timetable • This Power. Point • Coursework • Controlled assessments • Onscreen tests (ICT) • Privacy notice (personal details remain confidential) • Social media (make any statement showing knowledge of cheating: malpractice investigation. Penalties: disqualification from all subjects.

When emailing me with an examination related query, please always start the subject heading as follows, this allows me to find your details more quickly and I will prioritise these emails when I am responding.

4. What if you are absent for an exam? .

If you are absent for the speaking tests? • • • Medical note In English Stating the nature of your condition/how many days sick, These must be delivered to DNC, preferably delivered to the back of BSK but also email me any relevant information. • Sit test as soon as medically fit.

Absent for any other exam? • Medical note • In English • Stating the nature of your condition/how many days sick • These must be delivered to DNC, preferably delivered to the back of BSK but also email me any relevant information. But will I still get a grade?

Only if: • you give Mr Dan a medical certificate/other approved absence. Including for coronavirus. • you have completed at least 50% of your assessment in that subject. • If you have not sat enough of the assessment weighting, then you cannot get a grade in this series.

Example: Biology Paper 2(20%) Paper 4 (50%) Paper 5 or 6 (30%) e. g. if you missed both Paper 2 and 4, you would not get a grade. If you sit at least 50% of your assessment weighting, we can investigate special consideration for the rest though this is not guaranteed to be accepted.

If you haven’t completed 50% of your assessment? You will need to enter in a later series.

So if I have the medical and have done more than 50% of the assessment for the subject… What grade can I expect? We do not know and there are no guarantees. The exam board alone decides, and they do not discuss this with me or anyone else. It is always best to attend all exams unless your doctor advises otherwise, or the situation is truly out of your control. .

. 5. What is special consideration? .

. 5. What is special consideration? . A small adjustment may be made to your marks if you take the exam under adverse conditions, or if you missed an exam due to approved reasons.

. How small? 1 -5% only. Typically, the 5% adjustment includes scenarios as serious as the candidate being terminally ill.

6. Accessing your results

6. Accessing your results You will receive a CAIE and Edexcel password to access your results online; for Edexcel, this login will be the same as it was on your earlier results days. More information of when results will be accessible will be released in the coming weeks.

7. Post-results Services

7. Post-results Services Clerical recheck Copy of script Remark

7. Post-results Services Clerical recheck Copy of script Remark Contact Mr Dan as soon as possible after results day at: dnc@bsk. edu. kw Deadline TBC, normally within a week of results day(s). Note – the school must support a post-results service request for it to proceed. Grades can go up, down or remain unchanged as a consequence of a post-results service.

8. Certificates of Results Issued on a date TBC in 2021. Usually several months after results day.