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The Final push!
Aims or objectives
• Help you to support your child with their revision
• Show you where to find all the revision information and give examples of what students should be doing
• Meet you son or daughter mentor if they have one
• Answer any questions you may have.
Revision website www.yr11revision.com
All resources have been placed on this website by subject leaders, all past paper questions, revision materials, helpful hints and useful websites.This should be the first port of call for all parents and students.
Strengths and Weaknesses
• What do they need to focus on? • What are their key subjects? • Don’t let them be too self critical… just be
honest
Where do you/they start?1. Complete and RAG rate the Exam command
words sheet in the pack2. Complete the strengths and areas of
development sheet- with teachers guidance3. Prioritise the areas of development in the
revision plan4. At this late stage download and complete all the
past papers for all of the subjects that they take5. Self mark or ask teachers to mark the papers that
they have completed
Basic information
Understanding Command words
Keep a record of PPQs
Keep a track of all the PPQs that they have completed. They should aim to complete all previous PPQs before they sit the exam.Levels?
Ensure they have the right environment
• Somewhere clear and quiet to work at home • Remove phone, X-box etc during revision time
so that they avoid distractions• They should work for 30-60mins in any one
sitting and then should rest, take a drink or have some food.
The Revision process
Create revision
materials
Complete Past Papers Questions
with revision materials
Complete Past Papers Questions without revision
materials
Complete Past Papers Questions
under exam conditions
Analyse the paper and then identify topics that weren’t
answered well and revise
these
Analyse the paper and then identify topics that weren’t
answered well and revise more
thoroughly
Attend any after school revision session and ask for some support on the specific area of weakness
from their teacher
Use books,revision guides, PPQs and websites
How to plan their time
Key points to planning a revision timetable
• How often? • It must be realistic and achievable • Factor in relaxation points • What about their job? • Focus on subject and revision style • Works best if combined with their
friends revision timetable• Factor in the timings of their exams - see
exam timetable
Study Leave
• There is no study leave in Term 5 • Students will be expected to be in
every day • In Term 6 they should be in for their
exams or for the subject they are waiting to do exams in
Revision techniques• Students have been given an “How to
revise guide” and have been shown how to use various technique to help them revise – copies can be found as you came in.
Where can they access support• Team Leaders email addresses are below
Subject Area Teachers NameHistory Adam Shanks [email protected] Alicia Nowik [email protected] Andy Davies [email protected] Andy Marshall [email protected] Design Andy Sharp [email protected] Education Andy Young [email protected] Caitlin Murphy [email protected]
Business Studies Caroline Phillips [email protected]
Music Emma Rogers [email protected] Kate Stanleigh [email protected] Louise Adams [email protected] and Design Rebecca Colquhoun [email protected]
ICT Rich Williams [email protected] Sadie McCombe [email protected]
Modern Foreign Langauges (French, German and Spanish)
Sarah Lockyer [email protected]
CRS Sophie Nattress [email protected]
Psychology Tara Haste [email protected]
Maxine Houghton [email protected]
Where can they access supportStudent support email addresses
Support staff name NameMatt Smith [email protected]
Susie Davis [email protected]
Lynda Cordukes [email protected]