1. Revision &
Study Skills

2. Aims of the session: How to support your child with their revision
Useful resources to support independent learning

3. Tony Buzan 1996
Students retain only 4% of a lecture after 2 weeks
But they can retain 80% if effective reworking/rehearsal is undertaken
When should you revise?
Early morning is ideal
Not late at night
Bite-size chunks
3 x 25 minute sessions is more productive than blocking it all together

4. How should you revise?
If you just sit down to revise, without a definite finishing time, then your learning efficiency falls:

5. How should you revise? One solid session 4 shorter sessions
The yellow area shows the improvement

6. How often should you revise?
Shows how much your brain can recall later.
It rises for about 10 minutes and then falls.

7. However...
...if you quickly re-revise after 10 minutes, it falls more slowly!

8. Even better, If you quickly re-revise again, after 1 day,
then it falls even more slowly!

9. Where should you revise?

10. HOY ADVICE When do you work best? Make a detailed revision time table
Every subject
Every topic
Lots of breaks &
things to look
forward to

11. Personalised Learning Checklist

12. FLASH CARDS
Flash cards are a great study aid whether students are trying to memorise formulas and equations, improve spelling, learn a foreign language, or commit anything else to memory.
Collect flash cards and text book
Mark the pages with the information need with your page markers
Write short, concise notes (in large and clear writing)
Use bright colours
Use codes for key words (e.g. ‘Reaction Time’ could become ‘RT’
Use diagrams

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14. GCSEPod will be woven into the fabric of everyday teaching and learning. It’s a resource that works at it’s best when used both inside and outside of school and supports both students and teachers equally.

15. WHAT IS GCSEPOD?
TABLET
LAPTOP
PHONE
Our philosophy: Use the resources students already have (and love) to help them achieve their potential.
Named the best resource for secondary digital content at BETT, GCSEPod leads the way in educational technology. They’ve seen an amazing impact in many of their subscribing schools, not least because of its ability to work an almost any device.
Today I’m going to talk a little about why GCSEPod can be a force for inspiring and engaging education. I’ll also discuss some of the impact GCSEPod have seen in their subscribing schools and show you around the GCSEPod site.

16. GCSEPod is proven to raise attainment
WHAT IS GCSEPOD?
One website - an Apple and Android app - over 4,500 audio-visual videos
Content produced specifically for any device (desktop or mobile) and covers 21 GCSE subjects
Squeezes exactly the right knowledge your child needs into short, easily watched chunks
GCSEPod is proven to raise attainment
Named the best resource for secondary digital content at BETT, GCSEPod leads the way in educational technology. They’ve seen an amazing impact in many of their subscribing schools, not least because of its ability to work an almost any device.
Today I’m going to talk a little about why GCSEPod can be a force for inspiring and engaging education. I’ll also discuss some of the impact GCSEPod have seen in their subscribing schools and show you around the GCSEPod site.

17. IT’S FREE (IF YOU HAVE A SMART PHONE)

18. DOWNLOAD THE APP & SET A PERSONALISED REVISION PLAN

19. ENTER YOU SUBJECTS, EXAM TITLES AND EXAM DATES ENTER TOTAL AMOUNT OF ‘IDEAL STUDY PERIOD’ HOURS

20. ENTER YOUR PRIORITIES & AVAILABILITY

21. THE APP DEVELOPS A STUDY PLAN FOR YOU
It will send you notifications about when to start, when to take a break and when to stop.
You can then access revision statistics and give you progress reports.

22. WHAT CAN YOU CAN DO TO HELP?
Plan around your child e.g. family activities
Cut back on some extra-curricular activities
If financially possible, suspend part-time jobs
GET THE BALANCE RIGHT!
Year 12

23. STRESS Huge concern in schools Know the signs Communicate
Signs of stress:
Frequent illness
Sleep issues
Increased irritability
Changes in social habits
Negative changes in behaviour
Difficulty concentrating
Negative talk
General sense of worry
Huge concern in schools
Know the signs
Communicate
Is it always about the results?

24. Outline for the Year Walking-Talking Mocks - 1st-3rd November
PPE (Pre-Public Exams) - 13th-24th November
Replicate the exam process
Uniform
No study leave
Resits
Passport
Individually tailored timetable
Celebration - 25th May
Intervention
Contact with parents
Prom - 13th July