Year 11 Preparing for success
Purpose of this evening: Revision – getting it right. An opportunity to listen to advice and guidance from our Curriculum Team Leaders for English, Maths and Science
Mr B Golledge Science
What not to do…. Can't revise so wanted to find out why.. so recorded a typical 30min period to see why! - The open a4 file pad is where the revision was meant to happen......
Preparing for Success in Science
GCSEs All students regardless of pathway (Combined or Triple science) will take 6 papers, two in Biology two in Chemistry and two in Physics. All exams for Combined science students are 1hr 15min and they are 1h 45 minutes for triple science students.
Dates The papers are on: Biology paper 1: 14 May 2019 Chemistry paper 1: 16 May 2019 Physics Paper 1: 22 May 2019 Biology paper 2: 07 June 2019 Chemistry paper 2: 12 June 2019 Physics Paper 2: 14 June 2019
Content There is a minimum requirement for maths based questions in each paper: - 10% in Biology - 20% in chemistry - 30% in Physics In addition a minimum of 15% of each paper must be based on a series of Core practicals (more on these later)
Revision Guides Revision guides. Are still available through the school payment system online. Have all the key content. Students should be practicing the questions at the end of each unit. There are answers to check in the back of the books
Flash cards 1. Students will be making their own in Masterclasses 2. The best are posed as questions on one side with the answers on the back. 3. There are good commercial versions available, but there is real value in the students using their notes/ revision guides to make their own
The best preparation What would you do to get ready for a marathon? You would RUN!!! What should you do to get ready for an exam?
Past Papers Practicing the activity you have to do in the GCSE is critical. There is no better revision than practicing past papers.
Core practical booklets
Revision sessions Every Tuesday after school: • 3:10-4:10 • M12 & M13 I want to be in the situation that so many students are coming that I have to ask more staff to run more rooms!
Masterclasses
Bitesize
Mr J Rossiter Maths
Thurs 23 rd May Paper 1 (Non Calculator) Thurs 6 th June Paper 2 (Calculator) Tues 11 th June Paper 3 (Calculator)
John Smith
https://maths.sbllearning.org.uk/GCSE-revision/questions-by-topic
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https://maths.sbllearning.org.uk/GCSE-revision/past-papers
Mrs C Slocombe English
‘Knowledge is Power’ (1597 Bacon)
I asked my daughter • Working with friends – lunchtimes • Online videos • Past papers • Spending time making ‘something pretty’ • Creating revision walls
I asked my son • I read a lot
AQA - 2 GCSE qualifications Language Literature Paper 1 Paper 1 Creative reading and writing ‘Macbeth’ Reading Answer 4 questions on a text ‘ A Christmas Carol ’ Writing Paper 2 Descriptive or narrative writing Paper 2 ‘An Inspector Calls’ or ‘Blood Viewpoints and perspectives Brothers ’ Reading Love and Relationships poetry Answer 4 questions on 2 texts anthology Non-fiction writing Letter/speech/article/essay/ Unseen poetry leaflet
Exam dates 2019 Literature 15 th May Paper 1 23 rd May Paper 2 Language 4 th June Paper 1 7 th June Paper 2
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Make your own revision cards • First impressions What happens in of Scrooge Stave 1 of ‘A • Scrooge’s office Christmas Carol’? • Jacob Marley warns Scrooge re the spirits visiting
Seneca Learning
Dual Coding – using both visual and verbal clues
15 minutes every single day Interleaving – different topics
Thursday 27 th Dec Friday 28 th Dec Saturday 29 th Dec Sunday 30 th Dec Monday 31 st Dec What happens in each of Watch Mr Bruff’s analysis List the 15 poems under the following poems: Draw a venn diagram to of ‘Climbing My the following categories: ‘MAD’ compare ‘Winter Swans’ Grandfather’ Romantic love ‘ Sonnet 29’ – 10 mins ‘Walking Away’ and ‘Neutral Tones’ https://www.youtube.co Family relationships ‘Eden Rock’ m/watch?v=GGOwdAxinJ Long distance/lost love ‘Letters From Yorkshire’ – Write an overview for Y Age/growing up 10 mins each. (15 minutes) Death Watch an online Nature summary if you are Memories and the past unsure. Desire Thursday 4 th Jan Friday 5 th Jan Saturday 6 th Jan Sunday 7 th Jan Wednesday 2nd Jan Write a timeline for Which poems compare Write a speech arguing Time yourself – 10 On a large sheet of paper the events of well? (13 mins) that ‘Follower’ is your minutes x3 – write down map out all the poems ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ – this https://www.youtube.co favourite poem. as many quotations as and use colours to draw could be done through m/watch?v=O7nDLGn80 Remember to use you can for: links between them images ww&t=234s • ‘Singh Song!’ rhetoric. • ‘Love’s Philosophy’ OR ‘Farmer’s Bride’ ‘ When We Two • ‘Before You Were Learn one of the poems Parted’ by heart! Mine’ Memorise quotes using the Read, Cover, Write, Check method. Spend 20 minutes on this. To aid your memory, design a small doodle or icon that represents the group of quotes. It may help your recall when you are in the exam if you jot the doodle down on paper. Write a paragraph consolidating what you have learnt. This should be between 8-10 lines and include a topic/point/argument sentence, at least 2 pieces of evidence, techniques or device terminology and analysis. You should spend no more than 15 minutes on this. Time yourself. Identify 5 points you would make in response to a question. Give yourself no more than 10 minutes to do this. Go back, check your text, add additional points if needed. Re-read and clean annotate (annotate on a clean copy of the text). Give yourself 10 minutes to do this. Go back and check your class book or texts, add additional points if needed.
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Wednesdays after school revision
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