Grey High School - Awards Criteria

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Awards Criteria

Monday 6th September 2010

Awards Criteria

Colour Awards Schedule

Start of 1st Term

Academic awards for November/December examinations of the previous year.

End of 1st Term

Music awards can be considered for those Grade 11 students who achieve the standards required of them in the course of their Grade 10 year.

End of 2nd Term

Academic awards for May/June examinations.

Mid 3rd Term

Academic awards for Matric Trial examinations.

Criteria for the Award of Academic Colours

Ranking Total

For each student in Grades 10, 11 or 12, a ranking total shall be obtained:

Home Languages	ex 400
Additional Languages	ex 300
Life Orientation	ex 200
All other subjects (4)	ex 400

This gives a possible maximum of 2500 (or 2600 in the case of a student offering two Home Languages), making it possible to rank all the students in any one Grade on the basis of academic achievement.

Maximum Ranking Total

Notwithstanding the two possible maximum ranking totals of 2500 or 2600, the figure of 2500 shall be deemed to be the maximum possible in every case, thus giving students offering two Home Languages an advantage over those students offering only one Home Language, as has traditionally been the case in the past.

Academic Awards

The criteria for the awarding of full Colours and of Half-Colours is based upon ranking totals as shown in the following table:

	grade 10 november	grade 11 june	grade 11 november	grade 12 june	grade 12 trials	grade 12 finals
Half Colours Standard	1750	1750	1700	1700	1700	1700
Half Colours Standard	Awarded on the occasion of the second achievement of the standard, except that the award shall nevertheless be made if the first (and only) achievement be at Grade 12 final examination.
Colours Standard	1950	1950	1900	1900	1900	1900
Colours Standard	Awarded on the occasion of the second achievement of the standard, except that the award shall nevertheless be made if the first (and only) achievement be at Grade 12 examination.

Note: The Colours Committee reserves the right to condone one ranking total per student by a maximum of ten marks in order to facilitate an award.

Criteria for the Award of Subject Prizes at the Annual Prize-Giving

Awards are based on performances in controlled summative assessment situations, e.g. Examinations, Grade tests etc.

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