How can you support your daughter in her revision?

Top Tips for Revising Support your daughter to create a revision timetable – keep a copy of it so you know what she should be doing and when. Encourage revision to start early – even at this stage your daughter can be building strong foundations by revising the work she did last year. Draw your daughter’s attention to study aids – GCSEpod, exam board websites which have past papers available, PAG’s Revision Toolkit booklet, BBC Bitesize, individual subject revision guides.

Encourage regular study breaks - regular breaks will increase the power of your daughter’s brain. Exercise, such as taking the dog for a walk is proven to make the brain more active. Top Tips for Revising

Actively revise with your daughter – let your daughter teach you the key areas she is revising. Studies show that you learn more through teaching than through passive reading. Mobile phones and other technology – the use of these should be monitored carefully throughout the revision process. Technology allows access to some great resources however can prove a distraction. Set times when your daughter can have access to her devices would be useful. Downloading resources before switching off the wi-fi for an hour could be the key to success! Top Tips for Revising

Thinking Tools The school encourages the use of thinking tools (thinking maps, habits of excellence, thinking hats) for revision. Ask your daughter about the tools and how they think they can help them. Come to our Parent Briefing on Thinking Schools on the 30 th September to find out more about the tools we use here at PAG.

Exam Boards All exam boards have a website where past papers are available to download for free. There are usually mark schemes available too. Encourage your daughter to talk you through examples of exams in their subjects and explain what it is they need to be able to do to achieve their target grade.

What is it? Why use it? How do you use it?

What is it? Website allowing users to stream or download subject specific podcasts. It is designed with your daughter’s specific exam boards in mind.

Why use it? Pupils can use it on their phones, mp3 players and a variety of other devices. Pupils can use it as a revision tool. Pupils can use it on the go and listening at any time. It was shown last year that the use of GCSEPod can have a dramatic effect on pupil attainment.

Why use it? Chapters Downloaded Chapters Viewed Nadia5992A, 4B & 4CCharlotte3624A*, 5A, 1B &1C Sadia5733A*, 6A &2BMeljude3236A*, 4A & 2B Amrita410 2A*,2A, 5B & 2CMaisie2764B, 4C Charlott e408 4A*, 5A, 1B &1C

How do you use it? Every pupil has a login and can access. Get your daughter to show you they can login and access the podcasts.

Any questions?