1. Pontypridd High School
Year 11 Preparation Evening

2. What to expect from tonight. Individual Timing’s for tonight
Calendar of important dates for the year ahead.
Tips on how to support your child over the coming months.
Talks from English & Maths teachers based on your child’s current working grade and recent examination results
What you can expect from us as a school over the coming year- with particular attention given to the next 7 weeks.
Your evening will be specific to your child
5.30PM- Talk in Main Hall
5.45PM Math’s Talk- Mr Ivins Room 301
6.00PM English Talk- Mrs Marvelley Main Hall
EXAMPLE

3. Revision Tips Supporting your Child
Here are five evidence-based tips on how to learn:
Organise yourself
Recent studies confirm that if you want to study effectively, you should spread out your revision rather than cramming. This is easier said than done, but if you are organised enough, you can spend less time revising and remember more.
2. Make sure you fail occasionally
The moral is clear: invest some time in trying things out, which may mean failing occasionally, if you want to maximise learning in the long run.
3. Practise the thing you'll be tested on
Writing exam answers is a skill, just like playing an online game is a skill. You wouldn't try and improve at a game by trying to memorise moves, you'd practise making them. Other research confirms that practising retrieving information is one of the best ways to ensure you remember it.
4. Structure information, don't try to remember it
Trying to remember something has been shown to have almost no effect on whether you do remember it. The implication for revision is clear: just looking at your notes won't help you learn them. Instead, you need to reorganise the information in some way – whether by making notes of your notes, thinking about how what you're reading relates to other material, or practising writing answers. This approach, called "depth of processing", is the way to ensure material gets lodged in your memory.
5. Rest and sleep
New research shows that a brief rest after learning something can help you remember it a week later. Other experiments have shown that a full night's sleep helps you learn new skills or retain information.
Even napping can help consolidate your memories, and maybe even make you more creative. This is great news for those of us who like to nap during the day, and is a signal to all of us that staying up all night to revise probably isn't a good idea.

4. This outlines any significant events/dates in the coming months.
Pontypridd High School
This outlines any significant events/dates in the coming months.
Other events will be added and you will be ed/ sent an updated copy in the post.
Important Dates
Subject/Event
Date
Year 11 Preparation Night
13th September 2017
Year 11 Morning Mentoring & Afterschool Revision start
WB 11/09/2017
School Data Capture
Wednesday 12th October 2017
Math’s Revision Lessons 1-4
Wednesday 25th October 2017
Half Term
30/10/ /11/2017
Numeracy Paper 1
Monday 6th November 9AM
English Revision
Monday 6th November Lessons 3-5
English Unit 2 Exam
Tuesday 7th November 9AM
Numeracy Paper 2
Wednesday 8th November 9AM
English Unit 3 Revision
Wednesday 8th November Lessons 3-5
English Unit 3 Exam
Thursday 9th November 9AM

5. This outlines any significant events/dates in the coming months.
Pontypridd High School
This outlines any significant events/dates in the coming months.
Other events will be added and you will be ed/ sent an updated copy in the post.
Important Dates
Subject/Event
Date
Maths P1 Revision
Thursday 9th November Lessons 3-5
Maths P1 Exam
Friday 10th November 9AM
Maths P2 Revision
Friday 10th November Lessons 3-5
Maths P2 Exam
Monday 13th November 9AM
Maths and English department will give you a more specific list of internal assessments etc when you visit.

6. Pontypridd High School
Mr I Ally
Well Being and Attendance Manager
Contact Us
Mr R Ivins
Head Of Mathematics
Miss K Moses
Assistant Head
Mrs Samuel-Jones
Standards Manager Year 11
Mrs C Marvelley
Head Of English
Miss K Prichard
eFSM Standards Manager
Mrs K Stockman
Head Of Science

7. Pontypridd High School
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