GCSE News

Issue 3 Week A Monday 1st April 2019

Retrieval practice—what does

this mean?

Essentially this is about how

your brain can recall and

remember information and how

we can train it to do this better

Think twice about using

highlighters

Despite being the favourite

weapon of many students

tackling revision, research

suggests they don’t work very

well. People learn and recall

information better if they

Revision techniques

Exams this week:

Wed 3rd—Fri 5th April = Y11 Welsh Oral exams

connect it to other pieces of

information. Highlighters don’t

do this, they isolate single

pieces of information. Quite

often, students end up

highlighting whole chunks and

passages of text, which can

give the appearance of having

worked hard, but is of little

value.

The 4 methods above give

examples of how better to

connect pieces of information

together from subject notes.

This week at Morriston

All Week

Form focus groups meet during

registration; by invite

Tuesday 2nd April

Y10 Physics energy revision

@3pm

Y11 Chem acids, bases+ salts @

3pm

Geog revision Tectonic

landscapes and hazards @3pm

History revision on Depression

War and Recovery @3pm

PE revision @ lunch

Comp Sc revision @3pm

Wednesday 3rd April

French revision on global

sustainability @3pm

History revision on Nazi

Germany @ 3pm

RE revision on wealth+ poverty

@ 3pm

Thursday 4th April

Y11 Physics work+energy @3pm

Y10 Chem, water @lunch

Y10+11 History revision on

Medicine @ 3pm

Coming Up

WB April 8th

Y10 mock exams week

Info also available at:

www.morriston.school.sch.uk

Twitter @MorristonComp

And on Parentmail

Impact Wales - @ImpactWales

GCSE Newyddion

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

WBQ catch up

Wk A—Y10 Biology

Wk B—Y11 Biology

WBQ catch up

PE in B block

WBQ catch up

WBQ catch up

Y10 Chemistry in

E2.11

RE SC +resits in D2.5

WBQ catch up Lunchtime

Y10 Physics in E1.23

Y11 Chemistry in E2.11

Geog in D2.3

Y10+11 History in C2.7

Y11 Computer Sc in

D2.11

French in C3.5

English in D3.6

Y10+11 History in C2.7

Y11 RE in D2.5

Y11 Physics in E1.23

English in D3.6

Y10+11 History in

C2.6

After

School

3-4.15pm

Easter Holi-

days

April 15th Y11 RE April 16th + 23rd 10-

1pm = Y11 Computer

Sc

April 17th = Y11 triple

Science all day

What the research says:

According to the Guardian,

before you do any revision:

E a t b r e a k f a s t

It is estimated that around 27%

of boys and 39% of girls skip

breakfast some or all of the

time. It’s not called the most

important meal of the day for

nothing: research has found

that skipping this meal

significantly reduces students’

attention and their ability to

recall information. Simply

having a bowl of cereal will give

students the concentration and

memory boost they need.

Start early and spread it out

Actors don’t leave their

rehearsals until the day before

opening night. Athletes don’t

only train the day before a

match. To commit something to

memory takes time. Spreading

out your revision sessions on a

particular topic is more

effective than spending the

same amount of time in one

go. This effect, known as

“spacing”, helps because it

allows time in between revision

to forget and re-learn the

material. This strategy has

been labelled as “one of the

most robust across the entire

history of experimental

research on learning and

memory”

Test Yourself Leading researchers in the

field of memory

consider testing yourself as

one of the most effective

ways to improve your

ability to recall

information . Testing

yourself also helps you

check for any gaps in your

knowledge. Practice papers

provide a good starting

point, as well as quizzing

yourself at the end of your

revision session.

GCSE Count down

There are

37

Days left until May 7th’s first GCSE exam

GCSE revision and pass classes on this week

GCSE

Lsn Monday 8th

April Tuesday 9th

April

Wednesday 10

th April

Thursday 11th

April

Friday 12th

April

1 Maths Paper 1

Higher Tier 1hr 45mins

Foundation Tier 1hr 30mins

(Theatre/Gym)

Biology

Double 1hr 15mins

Triple 1hr 45mins

(Theatre/Gym)

Physics

Double 1hr 15mins

Triple 1hr 45mins

(Theatre/Gym)

Maths Paper 2

Higher Tier 1hr 45 mins

Foundation Tier

1hr 30 mins (Theatre/Gym)

2

3 French (Reading) 1hr 15mins (Theatre)

Chemistry Double 1hr

15mins

Triple 1hr 45mins

(Theatre/Gym)

Product Design 1 hour

4

5 History (Mrs Altman)

1 hour

French (Speaking)

1 hour

History (Mrs Dix-

Lawrence)

1 hour

Textiles

55mins

Year 10 Mock Exam Timetable

Monday 8th

– Friday 12th

April 2019

All examinations will take place in classrooms unless otherwise stated.

RE examinations (40 mins) will be carried out in lessons during the week