Year 11. What s on this week? Revision sessions spring 2013

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1 Year 11 What s on this week? sessions spring 2013

2 Timings Before school am pm pm

3 What s on this week? Monday 29 April Subject Topic Staff Room Before school Music AOS 1 Notation BMa F14 Tuesday 30 April Subject Topic Staff Room Before school Geography Exam skills CWo F37 PE - GCSE Skeletal system TPi G20 Science - B3 Food production HWh G13 Business Studies CMe & JMe U09 Citizenship Discussion based SNi F32 Dance Practical - major choreography & set dance LMi Dance studio Drama - GCSE Unit 3 revision EIs G22 English - Language Writing to argue / persuade English staff English dept English - Literature Relationships poetry English staff English dept Geography - Higher A* - C Human NLe F37 Geography - Foundation Human DBr F29

4 Tuesday 30 April Subject Topic Staff Room cont d PE - GCSE Cardiovascular system JCo G25 Product Design Exam preparation EWa & MLa F07 Religious Studies Targets RCh F33 Religious Studies 3JS F28 Science - C2 Making salts HSc G12 Science - P3 Exam preparation MSa G11 Science BTEC Catch up JSb G02 Wednesday 1 May Subject Topic Staff Room Before school Art GCh & CGr Child Development Research task CMi F08 Graphics SMa Maths - A / A* grade Converting recurring decimals to fractions SBo G18 Maths -B grade Fractions including decimals to fractions EMc G26 Maths - C grade & below - boys Fractions and ratios SDo G18

5 Wednesday 1 May Subject Topic Staff Room cont d Maths - C grade & below - girls Fractions and ratios LRi G25 Maths - Foundation Fractions and ratios JYa G19 MFL - French & Spanish MTa MCa JGa U01 U02 U05 Music General cuts of music BMa F14 PE - GCSE Performance enhancing drugs LWl G20 Product Design Controlled Assessment EWa & MLa F07 / G08 Science - B3 Food production HSc G03 Science - C2 Making salts MSa G11 Science - P3 Exam preparation BFl G12 Textiles SBl Thursday 2 May Subject Topic Staff Room Before school Business Studies - Higher Tier CMe U09 Science - B2 Retake WDr G16

6 Thursday 2 May Subject Topic Staff Room Art GCh & CGr Citizenship General support SNi F32 Dance Theory paper preparation - choreography & 10 mark questions LWi Dance studio Food Technology CMi F08 Graphics SMa History - invitation CBu F31 History - invitation SDe F30 History - invitation JTy F35 History - A / A* GEa F34 MFL - French & Spanish MTa MCa JGa U01 U02 U05 PE - GCSE Performance enhancing drugs & risk assessment TPi G20 Science - B3 Food production STr G14 Science - C2 Making salts SHo G02 Science - P3 Exam preparation BFl G12 Textiles SBl

7 Friday 3 May Subject Topic Staff Room Before school Media Studies JGm G37 Geography - Higher A* - C Physical DBr F37 Geography - Foundation Physical NLe F29 Science - C2 Making salts HWh G13 Science - C3 Organic chemistry SHo G02 Due in this week

8 Ten Top tips for and Passing Exams Readiness is all. is about preparing for the exam. Good preparation is vital. For difficult exams, last minute revision will never be successful or enough. Start to get your children ready now. Write a revision timetable. Plan and write a timetable to show what they will revise and when. Break the exams down into topics. Set a reasonable schedule: not so hard it will be impossible to fulfil not so easy that they won t reach their goals or cover all topics. Stick firmly to the timetable. Encourage discipline. If the time is planned for revision, help your children to stick to it. Don t ask them to do anything else (wash up / walk the dog) or give them an excuse to put off their revision. Supply the right environment. Watching TV with a book on their lap is pointless; using online revision sites is good but make sure they are not on Facebook instead. A silent room is best, even music can be distracting. Exams are sat in silence and some children need to practise the ability to concentrate in these conditions. Writing revision notes. They won t remember things by just reading. Summarize textbooks and class notes; make pointers of keywords; condense notes onto index cards. These activities will help your child retain information. Put the posters round the house / in their bedrooms / on the back of the bathroom door! Give them rewards. Something nice to eat to build in a proper break, for example. Working flat out all night without a break is not effective. Test them. The only way to be sure they know something is to test them. Encourage them to draw diagrams, write out equations or definitions until they know them by heart. Use the index cards for key words / spellings / definitions. Testing is hard but it works. Use past papers. Encourage them to answer as many previous exam questions as possible to practise timing and exam technique. websites. BBC Bitesize and many others provide revision guidance, tests, materials. These need to be interactive to be effective. If they are just reading the screen get them to make written notes.

9 Further information Further information can be found on the school s website > About our school > Year 11 Support Here you will find information on year 11 support and links to useful revision websites