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Hanley Castle High School
Year 11 GCSE Revision
Programme
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Aims for this evening
Rob Johnston (Deputy Head)
• Exam Procedures• Planning revision• Revision Strategies
Annie Picthall (Deputy Head)
• Supporting at home• Stress management
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. . . a 4-year slog . . .
“you have to keep your sights on that gold medal”
“You may have the talent to win a race, but if you
haven't thought it through properly, you won't win”
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What IS a good grade?
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Exam Procedures
Mrs. Maxine Bemand(Examinations Officer)
Mr. Ellis(Head of Key Stage 4)
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Engage Motivate Inspire
Structuring your revision
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Phase 1 Revision
Easter Holiday
Phase 1 Revision
Summer Half-term Holiday
Phase 2 Revision Exams
Exams
March
April
May
June
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GCSE REVISION
TIMETABLE
2012
Name: J. Ellis
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Planning Revision
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Time
Ret
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Receive Retain Review Recall
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Engage Motivate Inspire
Strategies that work
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Decide what type of learner you are
Visual
Spider Diagrams
TV/Videos
AuditoryDiscuss with others
Record your voice & listen to it later
Make up songs & rhymes
Kinaesthetic
Moving around
Make it active
Use a study buddy
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You remember…
READ HEAR SEE SAY DO
READ
HEAR
SEE
SAY
DO
20%30%
40%50%
60%
90%
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“How do I make it stick?”DO SOMETHING WITH IT!
Revise & top-up
Modify your notes
Practise on real exams
Look, cover, write, check
Put it in a different
form
Focus your
efforts
Bullet Points
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Annotate your notes
• Underline with colour
• Highlight key words only, not huge chunks of text
• Bubbles and boxes
Hanley Castle High School
Engage Motivate Inspire
Annotate your notes
• Underline with colour
• Highlight key words only, not huge chunks of text
• Bubbles and boxes
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Engage Motivate Inspire
Making useful revision notes
What’s it all about?
Key points
Detail
Revision cards
Mind maps
Post-its
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Mnemonic Techniques Verses – memory techniques
Territory Reparations Army War Guilt League of Nations
History - TRAWL
English = PEE in your paragraphs
My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets
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PAST PAPERSFamiliarity & technique
1.Duration?
2.Which topics?
3.What equipment are you allowed to take in? e.g. dictionaries, calculators, anthology
4.What type of answers are expected? Sentences? Paragraphs? Essays?
5.Get into the examiner’s mind!
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Active revision using ICT
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Login : hanley
Password : divides
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Music – friend of foe?
Reduces emotional stress
Distracts
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Who will support you?
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Supporting your success
Teachers
Parents
You
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Revision programme & exam timetable
Quiet space
Emotional support
Online revision
Help at home
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Logon: parent password: pelican1326
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Logon: parent password: pelican1326
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Logon: parent password: pelican1326
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Stress Management
1. Take Mini Breaks2. Get organised3. Exercise4. Pace not race5. Talk to friends6. Make a list of everything that is worrying you.7. Don’t become over tired8. Only revise when you are in a calm positive
mood9. Eat sensibly10.Talk positively to yourself
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Year 11 GCSE Revision
Programme