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1 Welcome to Year 11 Parents evening on revision

2 Important Dates Subject evenings
Napier/Trenchard Colleges 10th November Henning Stratford Colleges 17th November

3 Important Dates Revision fortnight in school 21st November
Mock exams week starting 5th December Core mock exams 15th -17th March 2017 Exams start around 14th May

4 Students who know more do better in exams
Why Revise? Students who know more do better in exams

5 Why Revise? Students who know more do better in exams
Students who revise know more than those who don’t

6 Why Revise? Students who know more do better in exams
Students who revise know more than those who don’t Students who know how to revise do it more effectively

7 Your son or daughter might tell you
“It’s too early to start yet” “It’s too late to start now”

8 Your son or daughter might tell you
“It’s too early to start yet” “It’s too late to start now” “No-one else has started revising” “Revision is boring. It’s just staring at a book”

9 Your son or daughter might tell you
“It’s too early to start yet” “It’s too late to start now” “No-one else has started revising” “Revision is boring. It’s just staring at a book” “I can revise and listen to music or watch the television” “All I can do is my best, I don’t need to revise” “I’ve done loads/no revision”

10 Help them be organised in their work
Where will they revise? or Help them be organised in their work

11 Get away from distractions!

12 Students need to plan their revision
What works best ?

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15 Available from departments
Revision techniques Revision Guides Available from departments Past Paper questions

16 Four Revision techniques for you to try

17 Using Technology for Revision

18 Key Word Cards/Flash Cards

19 Mindmaps

20 Condensing Text Postcards A4 Pages Diagrams This forces you to think about the relative importance of the points you are dealing with. To condense information you have to decide what is important and what can be left out. It leaves a manageable chunk of information for you to revise and test yourself on!


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