Lacon Childe School Year11 GCSE Examinations 2017 How YOU can succeed! “Whether you think you can, or whether you think you can’t, you’re probably right” Henry Ford

Key Stage 4 Controlled Assessments Exams Results; MFL (speaking and writing), Science CAU, Geography, History Exams Results; Summer results into school on Wednesday 23rd August, out to pupils on Thursday 24th August

A helping hand – When the drugs won’t work The Verve Gingko Biloba short term memory/attentiveness Omega 3 (cod liver oil) long term recall Echinacea improves the immune system Water take water into your exams / hydration all cells 70%

Common myths Don’t think that by sleeping with your books under your pillow you will miraculously learn the contents. Don’t rely on teddy bears and other ‘lucky mascots’…..they know nothing!

Loci/Roman Room method for memory Activity 1 Loci/Roman Room method for memory

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70% forgotten in 24 hours unless deliberate attempt to consolidate Forgetting * 70% forgotten in 24 hours unless deliberate attempt to consolidate

Awareness

Excuses, excuses, excuses “The person who really wants to do something finds a way; the other person finds an excuse.”  ~Author Unknown

PREPARATION :- “Fail to prepare, prepare to fail” Create a revision area. Use wall space in revision area to put up notes. Have all necessary equipment available, including books, revision guides. Create a revision area where they will not be disturbed, used only for revising Must be able to leave work there without it being disturbed Need good lighting Not too hot – leads to tiredness

PLAN :- “I have a cunning plan.” Baldrick PLAN your revision. Copy of GCSE revision plan 2017.xlsx Use a monthly, weekly planner. Put in the dates of the exam. Work backwards from these dates, count the days in between and divide by the number of subjects. Plan to do between 1 and 2 hours per night. Split the time into 2/3/4 chunks.

CHUNKING REVISION:- Revise one subject area for 25-30 mins. Have a short break, do something different. Revise another area of the same subject Revisit notes from a previous revision session of a completely different subject for 15 mins

Hedwig Von Restorff Grass Cut Jump Run Witch Fly Read Build Sky Lay DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS Read Build Sky Lay Blow Grow

Von Restorff Effect Why chunk revision? Primacy – Recency Memorable Repetition Motivation

REVISION :- “It ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it REVISION :- “It ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it.”Bananarama & The Fun Boy Three Record ideas on tape Say key ideas out loud Get someone to test you, better still revise against a class mate Exchange ideas with a friend/family Give a presentation over breakfast Play background music Quizzes Mind Map Make a poster Make a chart Form revision groups Make a diagram Make a cartoon Key notes/Cue cards Surf revision site on the Internet All of these methods are very visual

Re-Decorate Use post it notes around the house. Top of the stairs. Toilet door. Bedroom walls.

Transform not Transfer Key to revision Transform not Transfer

The movement of blood around the body. How Blood Flows through the Human Heart 5 of 8 in Series: The Essentials of Biological Processes Human hearts, as well as the hearts and circulatory systems of some other mammals, are complex. They need to have a higher blood pressure to get the blood circulated throughout their entire bodies.Blood pressure is a force that sends the blood through the circulatory system. The structures of the human heart The human heart has four chambers: two ventricles, each of which is a muscular chamber that squeezes blood out of the heart and into the blood vessels, and two atria, each of which is a muscular chamber that drains and then squeezes blood into the ventricles. The two atria reside at the top of the heart; the two ventricles are at the bottom. And, the heart is divided into left and right halves, so there is a left atrium and left ventricle, as well as a right atrium and right ventricle. The reason that the heart is divided into halves is because of the two-circuit circulatory system. The right side of the heart can pump blood to the lungs, while the left side of the heart pumps blood to the rest of the body. Blood goes in both directions on each and every pump.

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“The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own.  No apologies or excuses.  No one to lean on, rely on, or blame.  The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible for the quality of it.  This is the day your life really begins.”  ~Bob Moawad

“Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. ” “Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.” Chinese proverb

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