gcse preparation for exams 2015final2
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Revision and LearningGCSE Preparation
EveningMarch 18th 2015
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Aims
Time line of events
Revision strategies
Managing anxiety / stress
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TimelineMost subjects still completing course content
English and Maths second mocks – current focus
Art Exam – Friday 20th / Monday 23rd March
PR4 home – 30th March
Targeted Easter Revision sessions - Monday 30th March –Wednesday 1st April
Return to school- Tuesday 14th April. All lessons now revision lessons
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Timeline (part 2)Monday 11th May - Written Exams begin – RS Ethics
May holiday (Monday 25th May to Friday 29th May)
Monday 1st June – School restarts
Leavers’ Assembly
Friday 12th June - Final exam
Year 11 Prom - Thursday 25th June
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Easter Break RevisionA realistic schedule...
Days available
16
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Morning Afternoon Evening
Friday 3rd April French English
Saturday 4th April History Business Studies
Monday 6th April Maths Science
Tuesday 7th April Philosophy & Ethics French
Wednesday 8th April Maths Business Studies
Thursday 9th April Science History
Friday 10th April Science Maths
Sunday 12th April Business Studies English
Monday 13th April English Philosophy & Ethics
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An individual revision programme
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Revision in School• School is the best place to revise for exams because:
Timetable is adapted to meet revision needs
Specialist teachers available to provide expert input
Ensures a minimum of 5 hours revision each day
Subjects which ‘finish’ become supervised study sessions in the library
• Students in school as normal until first weeks of June – date to be confirmed.
• For a small number of students we will look at a more flexible programme
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Working Memory
Long Term Memory
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Environment
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Environment
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Environment
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Environment
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Exam Paper
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Fluency of recall
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Fluency of recall
7 x 7 = 49
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Fluency of recall
7 x 7 = 49(7x7) + 14 =
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Working Memory
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Environment
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Working Memory
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Environment
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Working Memory
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Environment
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Your brain is busy
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Five
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23 x 8
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Left hand
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Last 5 of alphabet
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Ten - twenty seconds
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Why do we remember some things and not others?
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‘Memory is the residue of thought.’
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‘We remember what we think about...’
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How do we make ourselves think and remember?
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What doesn’t work (very well)...
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What doesn’t work (very well)...
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1. Highlighting texts
2. JUST reading notes / revision guide
3. Aimless web-surfing
What doesn’t work (very well)...
Cognitive demands of these activities can be low – they don’t demand much ‘brain power’ or
thought
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1. Highlighting texts
2. JUST reading notes / revision guide
3. Aimless web-surfing
What doesn’t work (very well)...
Beware the ‘illusions of outcomes’
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Test yourself
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REMINDERS
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Work with friends
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Test yourself
Practice papers – do the thing you have to do in the exam
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Mnemonics
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Every Good Boy Deserves Fruit
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Oil Rig
Oxidation is a loss of electrons
Reduction is a gain of electrons
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Oil Rig
Oxidation is a loss of electrons
Reduction is a gain of electrons
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Stories and visuals
TreePavementMirrorSaturnElectrode
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elearning
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elearning
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elearning
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youtube.com/cherwellonline
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Make the most of mocks
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English
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English
A STUDENT
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Tim Holden – Mindfulness
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Mindfulness
Please take a letter if interested
Return expressions of interest to box at back / Year 11 Office / tutors
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Motivation
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don’t eat the marshmallow
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...until after your exams!
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Mrs Tracey Parosh, Assistant Headteacher x311
Mr Bob Hield, Year Leader x229
Mrs Sherry Knight, Deputy Year Leader x229
Mrs Nicky Murray, Examinations officer x223
ContactsGeneral [email protected]
Mr Chris Price, Head of School [email protected]
Mr Tom Boulter, Deputy Headteacher [email protected]
Ms Barb Timms, Deputy Headteacher [email protected]