Supporting your child through their exams An evening for parents

Academy Parent Student

Exams are coming

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Worst-Case Scenario English – 2 English Lit – 2 Maths – 3 Further Maths – 2 Triple Science – 6 History – 3 Option 2 – 2 Option 3 – 2 Psychology - 3

Imminent Assessments and Exams

Assessment Planners

Controlled Assessments & Practicals Computing ICT Drama Dance PE

And… External BTEC assessments (H&SC, Construction) Food practicals and exam MFL Speaking exams CiDA exams PE moderation GCSE Art exam

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LRC from 8.00am until 4.30pm After school subject clubs and catch up sessions Sports, performing arts and other clubs

Staging Posts Progress Reports 19th Dec 14th Feb 29th March Parents’ Evening: 10th January

27th Nov – 8th Dec 12th -16th March Mock Exams 27th Nov – 8th Dec 12th -16th March

Mock Results Day – 15th December

Support Exam timetables After-school sessions Revision skills lessons Assertive mentors Booster sessions English/Maths support

Easter Revision School

Memories are made up of this CR

“If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.” Edgar Allan Poe

Research

Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve

Robert Bjork – memory doesn’t decay! Didn’t take root

John Dunlovsky - most effective strategies Distributed practice Spread out revision rather than ‘massed practice’ (cramming) Students need persuading – it seems slower Students need help planning

Practice testing Tests must be built into the revision process Revisit tests – diagnose areas of uncertainty

Leave nothing to chance!

Where can you find help? http://www.theredhillacademy.org.uk/course/view.php?id=229

Anaesthetics A5 Revision Cards Antiseptic Problems Surgery Blood loss

A5 Revision Cards Of Mice and Men Key events Themes Setting Main characters

Spider Diagrams Arch Stack Cave Cliff erosion Coastal features

Trigonometry and Pythagoras Fishbone diagram SohCahToa Sin x = o/h Cos x = a/h Tan x = o/a Trigonometry and Pythagoras

Topic 1 Topic 2

Flow diagram Topic Area:

CYCLE DIAGRAMS

Where can you find help? http://www.theredhillacademy.org.uk/course/view.php?id=229

Knowing what they will ask you… Command words

How many of these could you answer? Zarg why there is less pollution from traffic exhaust fumes if more people travel by bus, instead of by car. Zonk the siting of the power station at site B. Zurb the amount of tiles needed for the swimming pool in example 1. Zeep Hitler’s rule of Germany in the 1930s with that of Stalin in the USSR.

Command words Justify Describe Account for Contrast Compare Summarise Calculate Evaluate

Zarg why there is less pollution from traffic exhaust fumes if more people travel by bus, instead of by car. Zonk the siting of the power station at site B. Zurb the amount of tiles needed for the swimming pool in example Zeep Hitler’s rule Germany in the 1930s with that of Stalin in the USSR. Justify Calculate Explain Compare

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail CR

Card sort Look at the actions on the cards. Sort them into those that should be done: Weeks before the exam The week of the exam The night before the exam The day of the exam In the exam hall

“You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result.” Mahatma Gandhi A Revision Timetable

Date AM PM Revision 1 Revision 2 Lunch PM After school Revision 1 Revision 2  

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