WORKING IN WORKING IN PARTNERSHIPPARTNERSHIP

Year 11: October 17Year 11: October 17thth 20122012

AIMS OF THE EVENINGAIMS OF THE EVENING To give a picture of the year ahead

including key dates and how we at school support your son or daughter.

To give some practical advice and guidance on how you as parents can support.

To demonstrate some active revision skills.

GCSE RESULTS 2012GCSE RESULTS 2012 Last year’s Year 11 achieved 96.7% 5 A*-C

grades.

Over the past 3 years 73% 5 A*-C grades including Maths and English.

Great news…… but we want ALL students to achieve their very best - 100% for all!

KEY DATESKEY DATES 6th Form Open Evening: Tuesday 20th November Mock exams commence: Friday 30th November (1

week) IB Taster Day: Monday 17th December A-level Taster Day: Tuesday 18th December Mock Results Day: Wednesday 19th December Full report: End January 2013 Parents’ Evening: Monday 11th February

We carefully track progress. We mentor and monitor individually all Year 11

students. 7 formal sessions throughout year. We offer February half-term sessions to improve

coursework/controlled conditions We offer Easter revision sessions We offer subject after-school sessions Year 12 Peer Mentor to support

HOW WE SUPPORT YOUR HOW WE SUPPORT YOUR SON/DAUGHTERSON/DAUGHTER

We support all Year 11 students on revision techniques and revision planning

We use a highly effective outside speaker to support revision techniques and to motivate

REVISION WORKSHOPS:REVISION WORKSHOPS:ALL YEAR 11 STUDENTSALL YEAR 11 STUDENTS

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The impact of parentalinvolvement on pupil

achievement

Research shows us that parents make 80% difference and school 20%

ATTENDANCE REALLY ATTENDANCE REALLY COUNTS..COUNTS..

Help to get the learning environment right Help your son or daughter to make the best

use of time Help to plan study Positive talk Talking the talk

HOW YOU CAN REALLY MAKE A HOW YOU CAN REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCEDIFFERENCE

GETTING THE LEARNING GETTING THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT RIGHTENVIRONMENT RIGHT Study area needs to be clutter free – time for a

big clean up! Internet switch off. Facebook off. Encourage lots of water/fruit Allow space to be quiet/minimise family

demands.

Students should have a revision plan. We will upload exam dates ont

www.myrevisionplan.com Students will be shown how to use

www.getrevising.co.uk for mock exams. Students should first of all plan in free time as

‘reward’. Aim for 7-9 revision sessions in a week.

STUDY SESSIONS – A GOOD STUDY SESSIONS – A GOOD MODELMODEL

POSITIVE TALKPOSITIVE TALK

BUT DID YOU KNOW…?BUT DID YOU KNOW…? The brain remembers context rather than content Everyone learns best in different ways So we need to review the information in as many

ways as possible Using memory tricks will best enable us to do this.

USING MNEMONICSUSING MNEMONICS

NOW FIND YOUR OWN NOW FIND YOUR OWN MNEMONIC…MNEMONIC…

Movement

Nutrition

Excretion

Respiration

Reproduction

Growth

Sensitivity

The 7 life processes:

MATCH UP CARDSMATCH UP CARDSOR (AURAL) DOMINOESOR (AURAL) DOMINOES

* One half

0.5 One third

0.33 One quarter

0.25 Three quarters

0.75 One tenth

0.1 One fifth

0.2 Two fifths

0.4 Two thirds

0.66 One twentieth

0.05 Three twentieths

0.15 One eighth

0.125 Three eigths

0.375 Four fifths

0.8 Seven tenths

0.7 Nine ninths

1.0 *

REVISION CARDSREVISION CARDS

Name the 4 types of erosion.Attrition, hydraulic action,

abrasion, corrosion

Name 4 LEDCs. Kenya, Indonesia, Nigeria,

Bangladesh

Causes of migration: Give 4 push factors.

Poor housing, poor access to services, low job opportunities,

high crime rate

THINKING IN PICTURES…THINKING IN PICTURES…

USE OF COLOUR AND USE OF COLOUR AND SHAPES…SHAPES…

……OR IMAGERYOR IMAGERY Un tapis (French for ‘rug’)

MIND MAPSMIND MAPS

CLIMATE CHANGE - PREDICTED

EFFECTS FOR NEXT 100 YEARS:

33◦C increase:◦C increase:

Environmental refugees

Food shortages

Amazon RF collapses.

MIND MAPSMIND MAPS 2◦C increase:2◦C increase:

Greenland melts

Polar bears extinct

Water supply affected

1◦C increase:1◦C increase:

Rare species become

extinct

Coral reefs destroyed

Island nations under

water.

USING A TUNE…USING A TUNE…

MA JOURNÉE

Je me lève, je me laveJe me brosse les dentsJe m'habille, je fais pipiet Je quitte la maison

OH!À huit heures je prends le bus

Et je vois mes amisEt quand j'arrive au collègeIl est huit heures et demie

ACRONYMSACRONYMS

Make up a tune for English revision

techniques

P E E (Point, example, explanation)

L I T (Links, ideas, techniques)

POINT, EXAMPLE, POINT, EXAMPLE, EXPLANATION…EXPLANATION…

TEACH IT…TEACH IT…A young person can review their learning by teaching it to you or a younger sibling…

Checklist…1. What’s did you learn today in…?2. What were the main points?3. What did you enjoy the most and why?4. What about…?5. What do you think you’ll do next lesson?

WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE WHY WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE WHY HOW HOW

MEMORY KEYS ~ A MEMORY KEYS ~ A SUMMARYSUMMARY

YOUR MEMORY WORKS BEST YOUR MEMORY WORKS BEST WHEN IT IS GIVEN A WORK OUT…WHEN IT IS GIVEN A WORK OUT…

Do something with the information

Review the work regularly

Review it in as many ways as possible

Encourage them to talk about

what they have done or even teach it

HOW HAS THE SESSION HOW HAS THE SESSION HELPED YOU?HELPED YOU?Do you have a better idea of the support WE can

offer your child?Do you have a clear idea of how YOU can support

your child?Do you have some practical ideas on memory

techniques?

Thank-you for attending Thank-you for attending the the

Year 11 Study Skills EveningYear 11 Study Skills Evening