1. Every School Day Matters The best teachers in Brighton can’t help you if you are not in school! The effect of absence on progress A whole year has 365 days; a school year has 190 days. That leaves 175 days to spend on family time, holidays, shopping and other appointments No Absence10 Days Absence 12 Days Absence19 days Absence29 days Absence38 days Absence 190 days of education 180 days of education 178 days of education 171 days of education 161 days of education 152 days of education 100%95%94%90%85%80% Very Good Worrying Serious concerns Make more progress than expected Struggle to make expected progress Make less than expected progress – lose one grade in each subject

2. Eat That Frog!

3. Focus

4. Ludicrous Procrastination = A Multitude of Ugly Frogs

5. Urgency

6. Four Steps to Success 1.Understand it 2.Condense it 3.Memorise it 4.Review it

7. Step 1. Understand It A Theme is the main point of the text, it can usually be found in the title. Main ideas are like mini-themes that fit together to give an overview of the information. Details hold everything together like glue, each one is related to its main idea.

8. Top Tips for Understanding “I keep six honest serving men, they taught me all I knew: Their names are WHAT and WHY and WHEN and HOW and WHERE and WHO.” Rudyard Kipling Top Tip: First and last sentences of each paragraph usually contain the most important information!

9. The circulatory system What is the main theme? Blood moving around the body. What are the main ideas? 1.Blood cells 2.Blood vessels 3.The heart And the details?

10. Step 2. Condense It The Blood The blood is an amazing substance that is constantly flowing through our bodies. Your blood is pumped by your heart. Your blood travels through thousands of miles of blood vessels right within your own body. Your blood carries nutrients, water, oxygen and waste products to and from your body cells. A young person has about a gallon of blood. An adult has about 5 quarts. Your blood is not just a red liquid but rather is made up of liquids, solids and small amounts of oxygen and carbon dioxide. Red Blood Cells Red Blood Cells are responsible for carrying oxygen and carbon dioxide. Red Blood Cells pick up oxygen in the lungs and transport it to all the body cells. After delivering the oxygen to the cells it gathers up the carbon dioxide(a waste gas produced as our cells are working) and transports carbon dioxide back to the lungs where it is removed from the body when we exhale(breath out). There are about 5,000,000 Red Blood Cells in ONE drop of blood. White Blood Cells (Germinators) White Blood Cells help the body fight off germs. White Blood Cells attack and destroy germs when they enter the body. When you have an infection your body will produce more White Blood Cells to help fight an infection. Sometimes our White Blood Cells need a little help and the Doctor will prescribe an antibiotic to help our White Blood Cells fight a large scale infection. Platelets Platelets are blood cells that help stop bleeding. When we cut ourselves we have broken a blood vessel and the blood leaks out. In order to plug up the holes where the blood is leaking from the platelets start to stick to the opening of the damaged blood vessels. As the platelets stick to the opening of the damaged vessel they attract more platelets, fibers and other blood cells to help form a plug to seal the broken blood vessel. When the platelet plug is completely formed the wound stops bleeding. We call our platelet plugs scabs. Plasma Plasma is the liquid part of the blood. Approximately half of your blood is made of plasma. The plasma carries the blood cells and other components throughout the body. Plasma is made in the liver. Where are the blood cells made? The Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells and Platelets are made by the bone marrow. Bone marrow is a soft tissue inside of our bones that produces blood cells. The Blood Vessels Arteries Arteries are blood vessels that carry blood AWAY from the heart, much of which is oxygen rich. Remember, A A Arteries Away, A A Arteries Away, A A Arteries Away. Capillaries Capillaries are tiny blood vessels as thin or thinner than the hairs on your head. Capillaries connect arteries to veins. Food substances(nutrients), oxygen and wastes pass in and out of your blood through the capillary walls. Veins Veins carry blood back toward your heart.

11. Condensing it – Flow diagram

12. The Brain Left Language Numbers Sequences Words Order Lists Right Rhythm Music Pictures Patterns Creativity Colour Imagination

13. A quick test… Call out the colour that each word is written in …

14. RED

15. BLUE

18. YELLOW

19. BROWN

20. PINK

21. BLACK

22. GREEN

23. PURPLE

24. Call out the ANIMAL whose picture is shown

34. DOG

35. ELEPHANT

36. CAMEL

37. DOG

38. C A T

39. FROG

40. LION

41. DOG

42. What happened?! Your right brain engages your interest Your left brain orders your thoughts Good learning techniques use both the creative and logical sides of your brain.

43. Step 3: Memorize It Let’s bring it all together. Your brain loves logic and creativity. Using both sides of the brain is like your super power! Enter the super hero…. A – Maps!

44. A – Maps: Step Three Memorize It! An A-Map is a logical pattern. And uses the hierarchy And is creative! See how it all comes together!

45. They are flexible….

46. Condensing it – Flow diagram

49. The Heart

50. Let’s Recap… You are awesome You are intelligent You now know A – Maps are logical and creative so your brain loves them!

51. The secret to success…

52. Initial Memory Up to 75% loss in 24 hours (without reviewing)

53. Review Strategy: Surf the Waves 10 minutes later review for 10 minutes 1 day later review for 5 minutes 1 week later review for 2 – 5 minutes 1 month later review for 2 – 5 minutes Do this and you are laughing in the face of exams!

54. But how do I revise? – Create an A – Map then take a photo on your phone & make it your screen saver! – Put A – Maps on your bedroom wall or kitchen cupboards so you see it every day! – Test yourself and test each other! – Review in short bursts.

55. Get Organised A1B2C3A1B2C3 UrgencyImportance

56. Get Organised make a Timetable

57. Laugh in the face of exams! The Long – term plan: Create an overall plan of topics to be covered before the exam. The Short – term plan: Detailed and specific Created week by week And realistic! Include time for fun, social activities, dinner etc.! Action plan!

58. A good plan is… For example: 1.List each frog I need to review in Biology 2.Decide frogs I need to improve on 3.Discuss this with my teacher…Mondays after school! 4.Create a study timetable 5.Don’t forget to include Becky’s party! 6.Research photosynthesis frog on the internet, library and personal notes 7.Make an A – Map on photosynthesis 8.Put it on my bedroom wall 9.Review it for 5 minutes every day. 10.Rock the exam!

59. Eat That Frog!