turtle turtle Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 So every year after the final practice exams, our school has an assembly where they give prizes for some IB subjects. E.g. 1 person might get a prize in Maths HL, 2 people in English SL, no-one in music, that kind of thing... How do they give prizes? Is it based solely on practice exam results, or internal assessment as well, or something else? Thanks! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolthan Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 That's unique to your schoolPrizes are only given to grade 11 students in my school because the predicted grade is used.As school ends before the IB results are revealed, giving out prizes based on the same predicted grade would be pointless HL and SL students are separated. Best in HL/Best in SL same subject etc. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle turtle Posted May 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 That's unique to your schoolPrizes are only given to grade 11 students in my school because the predicted grade is used.As school ends before the IB results are revealed, giving out prizes based on the same predicted grade would be pointless HL and SL students are separated. Best in HL/Best in SL same subject etc.So do predicted grades depend upon exams only, or the internal assessments that count towards final marks, or random pieces of work throughout the year? And thanks for the response: Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolthan Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Changes from school to school, but at mine; the term grades are averaged and are weighted accordingly (Term 2 holds a higher weightage than Term 1 as you'd have more content) The mock exams for grade 11 also holds some weightage. In each term grade, it consists of tests, mock IAs (or actual ones), but random pieces of work like homework should not count towards your predicted grade. Cheers 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibprincess Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 at my school we get an academic excellence award if we're first in a subject so that's the combination of all exams done and it's Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle turtle Posted May 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 at my school we get an academic excellence award if we're first in a subject so that's the combination of all exams done and it's They combine all exams? As in the very last exams right before the actual IB exams? And they don't take into account other IAs and things? And also, do they take into account little tests you may have throughout year 11 as well? 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King112 Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 So every year after the final practice exams, our school has an assembly where they give prizes for some IB subjects. E.g. 1 person might get a prize in Maths HL, 2 people in English SL, no-one in music, that kind of thing... How do they give prizes? Is it based solely on practice exam results, or internal assessment as well, or something else? Thanks!Umm, first thing, we are NOT in your school. My school doesn't do that, so bear that in mind. I think the best thing to do is to ask someone who's been at your school longer or a teacher or someone, because they will give you better advice.Honestly, I cannot see how without knowing if we are in the same school we can really help you.But thats just my two cents.King112 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibprincess Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 (edited) at my school we get an academic excellence award if we're first in a subject so that's the combination of all exams done and it's They combine all exams? As in the very last exams right before the actual IB exams? And they don't take into account other IAs and things? And also, do they take into account little tests you may have throughout year 11 as well? so like in ib1 we had 2 sets of exams and ia's and in ib 2 we have 2 sets of exams and ia's then at the end of ib2 we have final exams so all of our grades from each year are in a spreadsheet (ia marks and exam marks) and basically the person with the highest overall mark gets the awardso for example in ib1 i did physics sl for half the year before changing to sl. in the first exam block i got a 6 in physics sl and no one got a higher mark than a 6 in that course so i got the academic excellence award and little tests don't count. the only thing that counts is exam marks and ia marks Edited May 6, 2015 by ibprincess 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emilia1320 Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 My elementary school gave prizes for highest GPA, for math (yay), and for literature skills. My IB school doesn't give these as far as I know. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle turtle Posted May 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Thanks guys for the responses, really helped Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrodinger's CAS Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 At our school we have an award (Governor General's Ward) for the student with the highest average mark throughout Grade 12. For some reason, IB students are not allowed to be considered for this award. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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