SUPPORTING SUCCESS EVENING MARCH 2014

WHAT TONIGHT IS ABOUT…

• Giving you more information about KS4 Studies

• Sharing information, tools and guidance to support your son/daughter

1. BRADLEY WIGGINS “YOU ARE ONLY AS SUCCESSFUL AS THOSE YOU SURROUND YOURSELF WITH”

2.TOM DALEY “SUCCESS IS ABOUT YOU BUT YOU ALSO NEED THE WHOLE SUPPORT SYSTEM AROUND YOU TO ACHIEVE IT. TOUGH JOURNEY BUT WORTH IT”

3. ANDY MURRAY “I DID NOT WANT TO FAIL LIKE I DID AT 2011 WIMBLEDON, SO THAT WAS HOW I WENT INTO THE 2012 OLYMPICS, A PURE BELIEF ATTITUDE THAT I COULD WIN”

4. CATHERINE GRAINGER “SPORT IS ABOUT GETTING KNOCK BACKS AND GETTING BACK UP. HAVE A DREAM AND REMEMBER WHY YOU ARE DOING IT ALL”

5. CHRIS HOY “PEOPLE WHO WIN ARE THOSE WHO KEEP WORKING AND SET THEMSELVES APART. SURROUND YOURSELF WITH PEOPLE WHO DRIVE YOU TO BE BETTER”

6. NICOLA ADAMS “I HAD TO MAKE LOTS OF SACRIFICES BUT WANTED TO KEEP MY DREAM ALIVE. TAKE THE OPPORTUNITIES YOU ARE GIVEN AND BE FOCUSED, DO NOT LET ANYTHING GET IN YOUR WAY”

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WHERE DO I WANT TO BE? HOW DO I GET THERE?

GETTING THE BALANCE RIGHT: HOMEWORK, COURSEWORK AND EXAM PREPARATION.

WHAT IF MY SON/DAUGHTER STARTS TO STRUGGLE?

1.• Ask your son/daughter to speak to their Form Tutor• We want to encourage independent learners

2.• Phone or email and ask to speak to their Form Tutor

or Subject Teacher.

3.

• Encourage students to attend the Homework Support Workshop Wednesday 3.05pm-4pm W18 with Miss Armitage.

• Attend Subject Specific Evenings when they commence.

Examination updates

Linear exams – Organisation and time management skills are really important.

Internal exams – important preparation and help develop good habits.

Being able to remember content means nothing without application, under timed exam conditions.

BTEC examination update

25% EXAM (must prepare for this)

75% COURSEWORK

EXAMINATION SUCCESSPrepare an effective revision

timetable.Develop and practise revision

techniques.Perform successfully in exams

under the strict exam board regulations.

Identify strengths and weaknesses in each subject in order to improve results in their examinations.

YEAR 9 EXAMS

Science Exam 4th April 2014

Year 9 Internal Exams commence 6th May 2014 for CORE SUBJECTS only; Maths and English

Will take place in EXAM HALLS

GOALS AND AMBITIONS…. HOW WILL YOU ACHIEVE

THEM?

SUPPORT FOR SUCCESS SUBJECT TEACHERS

YEAR 9 ACHIEVEMENT TEAM

FORM TUTORS (who complete academic mentoring each Creating Futures Cycle)

SUPPORT FOR LEARNING TEAM

STUDENT SUPPORT CENTRE

BFL TEAM

THINK FUTURES CAREERS SUPPORT TEAM

WELLBEING CENTRE

STRESS MANAGEMENT AND RELAXATION SUPPORT

PARENTS

KS4 SUBJECT SUPPORTBTEC Subjects:

Handbooks• Important deadlines• Course Specification• Assessment Breakdown• Course expectations & standards

After School Student Support Sessions to support meeting coursework deadlines

GCSE Subjects:

Revision Resources on FROG - VLE Regular classroom assessments Revision Classes

WHAT YOUR SON/DAUGHTER CAN DO…Consider WHERE they learn:

Is their phone by their side? Is the computer integral to their study? Is this a suitable time and place?

Consider HOW they learn and study best:

Be dedicated and have an “I CAN” attitude Be prepared to stretch themselves to Aim Higher Ask questions and ask for help Take time to proof read work Use feedback as a dialogue Manage their TIME Create Revision Timetable Know their GOALAND…….

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS “CAN’T” YOU JUST

“CANNOT DO IT YET”

BELIEVE YOU CAN AND YOU

WILL…

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says I’m possible

MINDSET Carol Dweck

FIXED MINDSET?I rely on the teacher to provide resources, ask questions, generate ideas and let me know how I am doing

I am fearful of making mistakesand give up easily when I am stuck

It is easier to act the fool or not show interest than actually try to work things out…I do not want to look stupid if I get it wrong.

I do sometimes think…..“I won’t ever be able to do that”!

GROWTH MINDSET? I ask questions, share

ideas, suggest solutions and evaluate my own and others work

I am not afraid to take risks and make mistakes

I do not give up when I am stuck, I like a challenge. Think “which bit can I not do YET?”

I like to reflect on how I have learnt and how I can continue to improve or do even better.

PREPARE EFFECTIVELY FOR THEIR INTERNAL EXAMINATIONS

(will take place in lessons and in exam halls)

Tips to help your son/daughter be successful in their study and examinations…

RESOURCES AVAILABLE… Frog Play on FrogOS – a games based revision system

helping students with revision, knowledge building, assessment and exam practice. This is now available on-the-go on any internet enabled device, even a tablet! The best bit is you can check in and see how much revision they have done. If you have any problems with accessing this please contact Mr Packard.

BBC Bitesize.

Apps including mind maps and concept map apps.

Revision Guides

WHAT PARENTS CAN DO… Pre learning and understanding vocabulary is a

key concept

Make it fun or a game

3 Stage System: Audio - Images - Notes

I went to the market and bought…

PictionaryTaboo

HOW PARENTS CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT… Have open discussions; we have been promoting concept

of “Conversations NOT Confrontations” Put key events and dates i.e. coursework deadlines,

revision sessions and exam dates, on the family calendar. Test their knowledge in a fun and interactive way. LAT Strategy (Learn Content, Apply to exam questions,

Timed Conditions) Proof read work Guide them to and discuss BTEC subject handbooks and

assignments (Year 10/11) Guide them to subject specific “Help” resources on FROG Remind them of the after school revision classes or

support sessions Don’t book holidays in term time

“Revision” is just the tip of the

iceberg…Getting the balance right.

LAT STRATEGY

Learn Content (Think HOW you will do this)

Apply to Exam Questions

Timed Conditions (get your family to say “see you in 15 minutes with Question 1, with the 10 mark answer completed”)

BIG Questions

What learning and revision strategies are the most effective to suit my learning style so I can be SUCCESSFUL in my studies?

How Will I Be Successful In My Studies?

What Do I Need To Do To Make Sure I Get the Best Grades I Am Capable Of?

LEARNIN

G STYLES

Linguistic – Enjoyment of seeing/reading (visual), hearing (auditory) and saying words.

Spatial – Like to remember things visually.

Logic – Enjoy exploring how things are related and understand how things work.

Kinaesthetic – Learn best by doing.

Musical – Enjoy rhythm, patterns and the sound of language.

Interpersonal – “People Smart”. Like to develop ideas and learn from other people/work with peers, in groups.

Intrapersonal - Working alone. Have the ability to figure things out for yourself. Study in a quiet place without distraction.

Visual Learners: Auditory Learners: Kinaesthetic Learners:•Apps I pad•Spider diagrams.•Cartoons.•Summary notes. •Coloured“Post I ts” around the house.•Mental Pictures.•Mnemonics.•Mind maps.•Concept Maps•Posters.•Flash Cards•Apps on I pad

•Record ideas on MP3/ I pod.•Say keywords aloud.•Tell another person.•Make a presentation.•Get someone to test you.•Exchange ideas with your friends. •Play quiet, relaxingbackground music•Quiz Quiz Trade•Flash Cards and be tested

•Walk n’ talk. •Draw cartoons.•Posters. •Make a model. •Role play/ Drama. •Make a Mind Map. •Write a story. •Annotate diagrams. •Make Cue/Flash cards or bookmarks.•Quiz Quiz Trade moving and testing your self with family and friends

WHICH WAY IS IT BETTER TO PLAN REVISION?

THE TOP OR THE BOTTOM TABLE? WHY?

M T W Th F S Su

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 111hr Maths

121hr Maths

131hr Maths

141hr Maths

151hr Maths

161hr Maths

171hr Maths

181hr Maths

19Exam

20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28M T W Th F S Su1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 1415 16 17

4hr Maths

184hr Maths

19Exam

20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

REVISION DAILY PLANNERFILL IN YOUR KNOWN COMMITMENTS PRIOR TO PLANNING YOUR WEEK’S REVISION E.G.

1. SUBJECT REVISION SESSIONS BEFORE OR AFTER SCHOOL, SPORT OR OTHER HOBBIES AND FAMILY COMMITMENTS (THAT YOU CANNOT CHANGE).

2. PLAN IN MEALS AND BREAKS

YOU WILL THEN KNOW THE TIME YOU HAVE TO PLAN:

1.YOUR ADDITIONAL REVISION, BY SUBJECT TOPIC. REMEMBER TO REVISE IN SMALL CHUNKS OVER TIME.2. EXAM PRACTICE IN TIMED CONDITIONS (ADD THIS INTO YOUR SCHEDULE AT THIS POINT).

FOR PERIOD 1-5 YOU CAN RECORD, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT YOU FOCUSED ON IN THE LESSONS AND IN THE TUTORIAL SESSION SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU STILL NEED TO PREPARE REVISION RESOURCES FOR IN YOUR OWN TIME.

ALWAYS THINK ABOUT YOUR OTHER COMMITMENTS, AND CONSIDER YOUR PRIORITIES; IF YOUR FRIENDS ASK YOU TO GO OUT EVERY NIGHT… THINK….YOU MAY NEED TO SAY “I AM SORRY I CANNOT GO OUT TONIGHT I HAVE TO REVISE”.

WHAT IS YOUR GOAL?

Start time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Start time

Saturday Sunday

8am Revision in Take 5

Revision in Take 5

Period 1 English Qu1 timed conditions

1000 Out of bed + breakfast

Out of bed+ breakfast

Period 2 IS flashcards for quotes linking to……

1100

Tutor Period

Flashcards for………

Period 3 Biology Miosis +Mitosis mindmap

1200 FOOTBALL MATCH

Period 4 Maths Alegbra questions

1300 FOOTBALL MATCH

Period 5 BTEC PE coursework

1400 FOOTBALL MATCH home

2.30pm

FAMILY COMMITMENT

1500 Maths Support Session

Year 10 Homework Club

Geography Support Session

Badminton Club

1500 FAMILY COMMITMENT

1600 Maths until 4.15pm Geography until 4.15pm

1600 FAMILY COMMITMENT

1700 Personal Maths Tutor

1700

1800 Personal Maths Tutor

Football Training 1800

1900 Football Training 1900

2000 2000

2100 2100

REVISION STRATEGIES: DIALOGUE AND EXPLAINING IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS (RED MOST EFFECTIVE)

Reading and

rereading

Going through

your notes

Highlighting

Underlining

Summarising ideas

Thinking of examples

Connecting different

ideas

Discussing ideas with

others

Testing memory

Testing understanding

Drawing Mind/concept

maps

Translating between words

and picture

Mnemonics

Putting ideas in your own

wordsListening to

MP3

The MFG

MRS CHRISTIANMISS SHARPE

MIND MAPS•Write the name of your group in the middle of the paper•Write the main branch headings in capitals•Use different colours for each branch

The MFG

MRS CHRISTIAN

Mus

icGreen

Cheese

MISS SHARPE

Curri

es

BlueGeography

o Write your favourite foods, colours and subjects on a separate brancho Make sure you keep the same colour for each person

The MFG

MRS CHRISTIAN

Mus

icGreen

Cheese

MISS SHARPE

Curri

es

BlueGeography

Draw symbols to help you remember all your ideas…

• Food• Colour• Subject

Flash cards can be a big help in remembering important information. Why not try making some brightly coloured lists or even just writing down key words that you want to remember and putting them up in your room at home.

  Try different colours for different

subjects/topics/keywords.

You can adapt the flash cards by putting a question on one side and the answer on the back. You can then ask your family and friends to test you at home and in the car.

FLASH CARDS

FLASHCARD CHALLENGES

1. Create a bank of question and answer cards.

2. In pairs (friend/friend or parent/carer and child) decide who is going first, ask your question

3. Your partner answers, if they cannot answer, coach and give tips but do not tell them the answer

4. Once they get the answer right, it is your turn to answer a question.

5. Repeat with new question cards.

IDEA: do it around the dining room table or in the car on a long journey/flight

POST IT NOTES AROUND THE HOUSE

REVISING WITH TECHNOLOGY You may learn best by

listening. Record your notes/key points

onto your mobile/ ipod/ ipad or video yourself teaching a topic so you can watch it again.

In the past some students have made raps to listen to.

Get different friends or members of your family to read different things on to the recording so that a different voice will jog different memories.

Mind Map Apps

An acronym is a word made up using the first letters of a series of other words or the first word of a series of sentences. For example, to remember the advantages of credit cards for a business studies question:

C onvenient to carry O utlets for use everywhere P ay later S ecurity E xtras eg insurance

ACRONYMS

MNEMONICS

REVISING WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY

SUMMARY (KEY STAGE4) HAVE YOU:

1. Created a revision timetable?2. Planned your study outside the lesson?3. Worked out the best way that you revise?4. Asked for mark schemes and model answers?5. Used subject resources on FROG, boardworks, GCSE

Bite size, revision guides, Frog Play on FrogOS.6. Asked your teachers, friends and parents for help

if you do not understand?7. Been attending after school revision sessions?8. Started practising under timed conditions at

home?

CourseworkDeadlines• Students should know when deadlines are for

coursework/ homework AND Internal Exam dates– write these on the calendar.

Priorities• Sit with your son / daughter and discuss

what areas they need to focus on.

Environment• Completing homework and revision in the correct environment is essential to being successful

• Coursework needs to be completed under controlled conditions in lessons and in after school clubs

Keen• Take Responsibility + High Aspirations• Commitment to YOUR goal

Ask• Be Determined• Ask for HELP; friends, family, The MFG Team

Resilient

• Persistence in the face of setbacks /perceived failure

• “I CAN” attitude. Think…are you surrounding yourself with the best people???

LLead •Desire – Be the BEST I Can Be

WHAT NEXT?KEEN Be responsible

Go through exam papers

Actively listen to advice and feedback

ACT ON IT

Practise applying content to questions

Timed conditions

ASK HELP Teachers MentorsFriends

Parents

RESILIENT ‘I Can’ Attitude

Believe in myself

LEAD Think about the way you learn best

Take control of your revision

Attend Revision Sessions/ Coursework Workshops

WE AIM TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE SUPPORT AND OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP THE LIFE SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE THEY NEED TO SUCCEED IN FURTHER EDUCATION OR EMPLOYMENT