Y11 Mock Preparation Evening Mrs Temple Mr Runeckles
Looking after yourself in the next month and during your mock exams
What emotions are you feeling now?
Exams and times of higher than normal workload create pressure. Exams create a situations that make us feel uncomfortable, that change the way we feel, think and act. • Pressure is a normal human emotion • Everyone suffers from pressure at some time in their lives, will have experienced feeling under pressure, and will experience it again at some point • You can learn to manage pressure from things like exams on your own but at times it is better to manage this with support from other people
What can/does pressure look and feel like? • Depression/negative feelings about yourself • Low levels of self confidence • Feeling alone and like it is just you suffering • Anxiety/tension/nervousness • Mood swings • Tiredness & headaches • Excessive or repeated worries or fear • Forgetfulness • Poor concentration • Anger • Lack of interest in studies despite efforts made • Changes in sleep or eating patterns • Avoidance of work – finding yourself repeatedly finding other things to do rather than the most important thing…. revision
If you are struggling then not doing anything is the worst thing you can do
You have a great team who can support and help you! How you can access the help & support on offer in school… • Lunchtime drop ins • Via email/face to face - form tutors/pastoral managers/company leaders • Through any other member of staff – Mrs Temple, Mr Down, Mr Woodcock • Using your parents (email in or contact staff for you) • Attend the master classes
It doesn’t matter how you ask, just ask if you need support! Remember the first step is the hardest, don’t wait and hope things will get better on their own ask for help and things can/will get better much quicker!
10 Steps to success
1. Get Organised
After School Master Classes All Detentions take precedent over Master classes
Before school and lunch time
Chunk it up and space it out
Tick lists to help chunk it up • Be specific about which areas you wish to revise • Chose the areas of weakness first • When making your personal revision plan- space out your subjects and go back over them
Biology 1: Cell Biology Eukaryotic Prokaryot 1 1 Section 1: Cell Structure ic 1 2 Animal Plant Bacterial Cell Structure Function Cells Cells Cells Contains genetic information that 1 Nucleus Y Y controls the functions of the cell. 2 Cell Controls what enters and leaves the cell. Y Y Y membrane Where many cell activities and chemical 3 Cytoplasm Y Y Y reactions within the cell occur. 4 Mitochondria Provides energy from aerobic respiration . Y Y 5 Ribosome Synthesises (makes) proteins . Y Y Y 6 Chloroplast Where photosynthesis occurs. Y 7 Permanent Used to store water and other chemicals as Y vacuole cell sap . Strengthens and supports the cell. (Made 8 Cell wall Y Y of cellulose in plants.) A loop of DNA , not enclosed within a Section 2: Specialised Cells 9 DNA loop Y Section 3: Microscopy nucleus. Specialised Cell How structure relates to function The degree by which an object is enlarged . A small circle of DNA , may contain genes Acrosome contains enzyme to break into egg; tail to swim; many 22 10 Plasmid Y 13 Sperm cell Magnification = size of image__ associated with antibiotic resistance. mitochondria to provide energy to swim. Magnification size of real object 14 Nerve cell Long to transmit electrical impulses over a distance. 23 Resolution The ability of a microscope to distinguish detail . Contain protein fibres that can contract when energy is 15 Muscle cell 24 Light Basic microscope with a maximum magnification of available, making the cells shorter. microscope 1500x. Low resolution. Long extension to increase surface area for water and mineral 16 Root hair cell Microscope with a much higher magnification uptake; thin cell wall . 25 Electron (up to 500 000x) and resolving power than a light Waterproofed cell wall; cells are hollow to allow water to move 17 Xylem cell microscope microscope. This means that it can be used to through. study cells in much finer detail. Some cells have lots of mitochondria for active transport ; some Section 4: Orders of Magnitude 18 Phloem cell cells have very little cytoplasm for sugars to move through easily. Unit Prefix Size in metres Standard Form 26 Centimetre 10 -2 m 0.01m (cm) 27 Millimetre 10 -3 m 0.001m (mm) 10 -6 m 28 Micrometre 0.000001m ( μ m) 21 – Root 19 – 20 – Nerve 10 -9 m 29 Nanometre hair cell 0.000000001m Sperm cell cell (nm)
Knowledge Organisers: Examples from DHS
Yr. 11 DEAR TIME
2. Know your goals
3. Get Gritty
4. Stay healthy
5. Work Space
6. Avoid stressful people & situations “you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with”
7. Stay focused in lessons
8. Treat yourself
9. Use online resources
9. Use online resources- VLE
VLE Science
9. Use online resources
Revision resources
10. Look after your best revision guide
Summary • Sleep, diet and exercise • Setting goals • Regular testing and practice questions • Plan it - space it out. • Keep asking ‘why’ to deepen understanding. • Build on what you know. • Explain the steps in your problem solving and thinking.
Not very effective
Highlighting
Re-reading
Summarising Texts
“Memory is the residue of thought.” Why not? Daniel Willingham “Learning happens when students have to think hard.” • Low challenge. Prof Rob Coe • Little thinking required. • Makes the student think that they are ‘doing something’
More effective
Retrieval Practice
Spaced Practice
Interleaving
Elaboration
Concrete examples Scarcity
Dual coding
Concrete examples Concrete examples Retrieval practice Retrieval practice Spaced practice Spaced practice Interleaving Interleaving Dual coding Dual coding Elaboration Elaboration None None 145 117 58 30 45 39 120 78 41 11 9 10 5 120 Which of the Learning Scientist principles did you use in your revision? Which did you find the most useful? Retrieval practice Retrieval practice 22% 26% 28% Spaced practice Spaced practice 44% Interleaving Interleaving 7% 8% Dual coding Dual coding 15% 21% 5% 2% Concrete examples 4% Concrete examples 11% 4% 3% Elaboration Elaboration None None
“Memory is the residue of thought” Daniel Willingham
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