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Dates and Rules

All 8 sets are held on Thursdays. The dates for 2012 are as follows. 

  

Quiz 1 - 8 March 

Quiz 2 - 4 April

Quiz 3 - 24 May 

Quiz 4 - 28 June 

Quiz 5 - 16 August

Quiz 6 - 27 September

Quiz 7 - 1 November

Quiz 8 - 29 November 

Super Quiz - Quiz 8 will also include the 'Super Quiz' which is for those students wanting to enter the Kiwi Kids       News National competition. 

 

Each challenge will be posted/ emailed out on the Monday before administration day.

 

RULES

The following rules must be adhered to:

  • Eligibility: Children up to Year 8 are eligible to take part, and must be entered in their correct year. Students must take part in their current school year level irrespective of age. e.g an old Year 6 child would still be entered in the Year 5/6 challenge. 
  • Security: Each set of questions is provided a few days before the administration day to give you time to make sufficient copies for your pupils. The original and copies must be kept secure.
  • Preparation: Prior to each Current Event Challenge you cannot specifically prepare your students for the test. All of the questions, except those in Quiz 8, will come from the Kiwi Kids News website so if your students regularly read this they will have a good idea about the questions. Although you will have seen the questions and answers beforehand we ask for your help with this.
  • Duration: Children should be given 15 to 20 minutes to complete each set. If children finish early, you must not mark their work until after the 15 minutes.
  • No help given: You may not assist pupils during each Current Event Challenge, other than perhaps to explain the meaning of an unfamiliar word or phrase. It is important that all children throughout the country are on an equal footing.

 

  • Dates: Please administer the Current Event Challenges on the days specified where at all possible. If this is not suitable, then please arrange to do it as close as possible to this day, and standardised throughout the school if there are pupils in more than one class involved. We understand that occasionally because of school camps or sports activities the Problem Challenge set may have to be postponed to a different week.
  • Absentees: Inevitably children will miss tests for various reasons. Teachers may at their discretion allow a child to complete a challenge later, under the usual conditions, provided they are confident the child has not seen the questions or answers.