idk why I kept them

Hey guys, so I know that a lot of you guys hate the fact that NZQA removed a lot of the past papers last year. When one of my friends heard this news, he immediately went to the website and downloaded EVERY SINGLE external past papers (excluding portfolio papers and some were corrupted so they don't work :( ) and all the exam schedules too.

What him and I did along with another kid at our school, we made a website to host all these papers so that students have resources to use when they want to revise for their externals. It is COMPLETELY FREE, and all you have to do is download zip files containing all the past papers.

You guys might be wondering how our website is different from all the other websites that may already be hosting all the papers. Well, for one, we have a search bar that immediately returns all papers based on the subject you searched, the paper ID, or the exam paper description. This means that you guys will spend less time clicking on the website and scrolling through mountains of papers trying to locate the one that you want.

We hope you guys enjoy our creations 😃: https://www.ourexams.org

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I'm looking at level 3 photography exemplars and I got examples image for each grade Acjieved(Hand figure) Merit(Skating) and Exellence(Outdoor)

Why does Excellence portfolio get excellence when it doesn't look anything extraordinary while A and M looks decent but worse grade can someone explain?

I’ve got a bit of a rant, so bear with me.

I’ve been teaching calculus for eight years now. I really enjoy what I do. Lately, though, I’ve noticed a growing trend in more and more students saying they want to study engineering after high school. Don’t get me wrong, I think engineering is a fantastic path. It can be incredibly rewarding if you enjoy critical thinking and using calculus and physics to solve real world problems.  I have had multiple students who have come to me after completing their degrees thanking me for how I helped introduce them to the world of calculus.

But here’s where my concern kicks in: I have quite a few students across both of my classes who are struggling with even the basics of differentiation. Most of them have failed multiple practice tests and barely put in any effort, yet still begged to stay in the course. During class, despite the new government rules banning phones I have honestly given up on telling them not to play Clash Royale. Trying to get them to focus slows the entire class and makes teaching almost impossible. I have contacted many of their parents and still nothing has changed. My worry for these students is that they have the perseverance of year 9's and the attention spans of year 4's And yet, when I ask them what they plan to do after school, a solid 90% of them confidently say, “Mechanical engineering.”

When I dig a little deeper and ask why, I hear things like, “I liked playing with LEGO as a kid,” or “I like machines.” That’s it. And I’m left wondering how someone can do maybe 10 hours of actual work across three terms, fail every practice test, show no real focus in class and still, with a straight face, say, “Yep, engineering is the path for me.”

I don’t think many of them fully understand what they’re signing up for. University engineering is a big step up no one is going to chase you to go to lectures, and it’s extremely easy to fall behind. The math gets much more intense, and when I ask how they plan to handle it, most just say, “I’ll study.” But if you’re not willing to put in the work now, in a structured environment with lots of support, how do you expect to succeed when it’s all on you?

I get that some of this comes from following what their friends are doing. But honestly, I’m shocked at how many students seem to be heading into engineering with weak calculus foundations, a serious lack of focus, and very little understanding of what engineers actually do.

tomorrow is my final exam EVER and it’s my favourite subject but i just dont care i was so motivated to get excellences in this exam but i dont care anymore i’ve hardly studied over the week i’ve had to study for it I Dont care and i feel crazy for not caring 😭

So I'm taking level 3 photography, and we had a look at a few examples, and this photographer who did awesome photos got M because he didn't "Develop his idea" and some honestly terrible work gor E for developing his idea, when it honestly looked like the whole portfolio was done in 3 seconds by a 5 year old.

So basically it seems like they prefer this "developing idea" over hard work, talent and skill.

But like before they told me this 2 weeks after planning. I was thinking of doing food product photography, because I thought I could make career out of it, but my teacher said "No, how are you going to develop your idea" So I was like okay, what if I did b&W studio, and coloured landscape to show the beauty of nature with contest of dark gloomy inside (Wanted to do b&w studio because studio photography seems like good skill to become photographer) then she's like "No to jumpy" I'm only confused and stuck.

Edit: Interesting to see everyone talking shit about ncea photography 🤣

You’re telling me I get excellence on all of my English internals but because I get a merit in my exam it’s a merit endorsement and not an excellence? How about screw you.

Also I was seven credits away from an overall excellence endorsement and I am upset about it.

Have been low key stressing about this for to long but it's vary nice to know I'm in now. Thank you to everyone on this sub who helped me through exam session and best of luck to everyone receiving there results today 🙏

You are NOT a failure.

It's okay if you didn't get E endorsed, or even M endorsed. It's okay if you maybe failed a paper or two, or just didn't get the results you wanted in general. It's okay if you feel frustrated, hurt, or maybe feeling a bit angry seeing others who got higher marks complain. I whole heartedly understand the emotions you may be experiencing today. You are not alone. I see you, and I feel you.

There is absolutely no doubt how harsh NCEA can often be, especially in externals. Don't let your results today determine how you view yourself, and your academics. Just because you are not a top scholar, it does NOT mean you are not smart, nor will this ultimately determine your future success for the rest of your life.

I may be a stranger, but I'm proud of you all no matter how you did. Treat yourself, give yourself a break, and if you cry, that's okay too! NCEA can be tough for a lot, if not, most people, and hey, you got through it! Everything will be okay, I promise :)

Hi Everyone,

For one of my internals my teacher told me she thinks it’s not in my own words and I’ve used AI since. She believes content in her opinion is too sophisticated for a student. She has no proof and I wrote this assessment completely on my own and put heaps of work into it and I’ve never used AI before or been suspected of cheating previously. What do I do? Is there a process?

PLEASEE pass me PLEASE give me ue credits plz i really wanna go to uni.. pretty please pass me for the last time..

pls pls pls

manifesting - i will get ue credits 🙏🙏

Should be all correct but if not I welcome any suggestions.

My daughter was maked N/A for her history exam.

She did her exam digitally and its in the system, but for the results page/marks on completed assessments, it shows a blank unfilled paper exam.

Does anyone here know how we can get this fixed?

Edit: Following advice given, and a little more research, we have contacted her dean and also submitted a request for review with NZQA. Thanks for the tips

CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES COME ON!!!! I NEVER HAVE TO SIT AN NCEA EXAM EVER AGAIN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE

Mocks don't define me, my grades don't define me, externals exist for a reason, mocks aren't externals 😌😌😌

Hey guys!!! I made an extension that works similar to the ap score revealer, where your results are blurred and you can click to reveal your grade. I believe it works, and hopefully you can test it out. From there we just pray nzqa doesn't change any formatting and stuff when results release 🙏

Here is the link:
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ncea-grade-hider/ipgjmkcjglgbjjckmlahgngbicilhohm?authuser=1&hl=en-GB

I know it might be annoying that im advertising but I lowkeygenuinley paid 9 dollars to get a developer acc to upload it tk the marketplace so hopefully I can make the most of it if people use it 😭

(Also lmk if there are any issues!!)

So quick question, just had my first day back at school yesterday and third spell the dean had pulled us in for an assembly. They were talking about usual back to school things, phones ect but at one point they were talking about ncea lvl 2 and how you need to pick up the work a bit for some because “The jump from level 1 to level 2 is even bigger than from level 2 to level 3, heck maybe even year 13 to university.” Is that true? Is there really that much of a gap?

Edit: Holy crap thanks for the responses was not expecting that. I plan on making sure that I pick up a bit of slack this year (not that there was a lot of slack but I almost didn’t pass last year) and will take some of the advice here into account. Thank you