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Lanark Grammar Parent Presentation

2014/15

Background

Rationale

Development

Where we are now

Evaluation

Increase in assemblies

Views of S5 pupils

Assessment Diet

S4 Focus Groups

Parent Presentation

What we will cover

Setting the scene – where you revise

How do I study?

Who can help?

Last minute preparation

Study, what’s the point?

Better grades and perhaps more qualifications.

College, university or a training place.

Access to an apprenticeship which requires specific grades or qualifications.

Wider job opportunities and career or further education options with good prospects

Where to Revise?

Have a think about each of the three questions below?

1. Where do you study at the moment?

2. What are the good points about this place?

3. What are the bad points about this place?

Where to Revise

A room where you can be on your own.

Somewhere with a desk or table and chair.

A fixed place

Somewhere with space for you to store your folders/textbooks and for notes to be spread out.

Make sure you have enough paper, pens, pencils, ruler, etc. before you start.

Water to drink and fruit to eat.

Getting started

30 – 50 minute periods with 10-15 minute breaks Study when you are at your best Focus on every class not just what you enjoy and

can do Be flexible

Studying

Get into a routine, getting started is the hardest part.

Be active

It sounds obvious but make sure you have all the notes

Distractions!

Excuses, excuses, excuses

Studying

Good notes

Rewrite notes

Diagrams / Charts

Bullet points or Lists

Mindmaps or Spider Diagrams

Make notes colourful/Make use of a highlighter

Studying

Targets

Make them small (bitesize)

Make them measureable

Make them achievable

All of these should be with a long term target in mind.

Studying How we learn

Visual

Auditory

Kinaesthetic

Studying How we learn

Visual Learner

• Take notes, make lists.• Watch videos.• Use flashcards.• Use highlighters, circle words, underline.• Diagram sentences!

• Is good at spelling but forgets names.

• Needs quiet study time.

• Has to think awhile before understanding a lesson.

• Likes colors & fashion.

• Understands/likes charts.

Studying How we learn

Auditory Learner

• Using word association to remember facts and lines.• Watching videos.• Repeating facts with eyes closed.• Participating in group discussions.• Taping notes after writing them.

• Likes to read to self out loud.• Is not afraid to speak in class.• Is good at explaining.• Remembers names.• Enjoys music.• Is good at grammar and

foreign language.• Reads slowly.• Follows spoken directions

well.• Enjoys acting, being on stage.• Is good in study groups.

Studying How we learn

Kinaesthetic Learner • Studying in short blocks.

• Studying with others.• Using memory games.• Using flash cards to memorise.• Using wall displays.• Taking field trips, visiting museums.

• Is good at sports.• Can't sit still for

long.• Does not have great

handwriting.• Takes breaks when

studying.• Is involved in

martial arts, dance.• Is fidgety during

class.

Studying

Memory

Acronym

Acrostic

Rhymes

Studying

Understanding the Question

Read the question

Use Past paper examples

Read it again

Studying

Know what has to be studied

Listen to your teachers

Make a list for each subject

Traffic light each area

Studying

Stress

You’re not on your own

Eat sensibly

Exercise

Sleep

Be realistic

Studying

The internet

Fantastic resource

Be disciplined

Night Before

Double check the time and place of the exam

Clothes

Don’t stay up all night ‘cramming’. You need to be relaxed, fresh and alert.

Get organised by packing your bag with: Pens/Pencils/Calculator/Notes/Water

Alarm clock/Sleep

On the Day

Give yourself enough time

Breakfast

Get to where the exam is early

Be positive

It’s about what you’ve done not everyone else

Don’t take in anything you shouldn’t

Exam Tips

Write down any important information, that you may forget, at the beginning of the exam.

Read the questions. Make sure you know what is being asked.

Assume the examiner knows nothing.

Show your working

Watch your handwriting.

Don’t panic if your mind goes blank.

Use all your time.

Question Time

When did you start studying?

How did your prelim performance compare with your final exam result?

Do I go to tutor on the day of my exam?

What subject was hardest to study for? Why?

How did you study for National 5’s when there wasn’t a lot of resources?

How did you study? Have you changed this now you are in 5th year?

Who can help?

Teachers

Parents / Guardians

Friends

Relations

Library / Internet

Brothers and Sisters