Year 11 Additional Parents Evening  Study Skills  Revision Strategies  Dealing with Stress

Study Skills  Important to recognise that people learn in a variety of different ways.  Reading through pages is NOT revision…its reading  For revision to be effective information needs processing and applying to check understanding

Revision Survival Plan NOW….Get Sorted out Start NOW…The more worry the less action Keep up to date Break things down into manageable chunks

Timescales….  Not including this week there are 12 school weeks until the first exam  There is half term week in February and 2 weeks for Easter  Revision timetables should reflect this  Key dates - English 16 th & 18 th May - Maths 6 th & 10 th June

Get Organised Get the stuff you need in the right place Get revision cards and blank paper Do a Revision timetable but don’t use ridiculous detail. Prioritise your work. Work on the weakest. Plan around dates Leave time for constant review. Aim to reduce the amount of information. Do 5 Fact lists Condense information onto one side of A4 Revise each subject in short bursts. Review after 24 hrs, after 1 week WORK..TEST…REST

31st Jan 7 th Feb 14 th Feb 21st Feb Half term 28 th Feb 7 th Mar 14 th Mar 21 st Mar 28 th Mar 4 th Apr 11 th Apr Maths Eng Biol Chem Phy RE Hist

Revision Techniques MNEMONICS This is a memory skill using verse, rhyme or a sentence which will trigger off key points Ppraise Aactivity involvement Rrewards (incentives not bribes!!) Eencouragement Nnever tell them how great you were at this! Ttime to work Sstress management

Mind Mapping  Invaluable tool for revision & planning Revision RE English Geog. Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Kes Macbeth Sentence structure Volcanoes Rain Towns Causes Effects Planning features Cycle Floods Arguments for ex of God

Question setting For many this is a tried and tested method of revising. It’s important though that the questions that you try to answer are testing UNDERSTANDING as well as knowledge. ? Use past paper questions – these can be downloaded from the exam boards or you can get them in school ? Use Moodle ? Bring longer answers into school and ask teachers to mark them if they are not set as live assignments on Moodle ? Use questions that you’ve already done in school so that you can check. ? Work with a friend and check each others work honestly !

Summarising & Reducing  It’s crucial to try to reduce information...but the right information.  Often it’s useful to aim to get all the main ideas for a topic onto one side of A4.  Postcards can also be useful but not if you end up with hundreds.  Reduce again into a key diagram  PUT THEM WHERE YOU CAN SEE THEM

Talk about it  It’s difficult to explain something to someone else coherently unless you understand.  Encourage presentations and times of explaining...be prepared to listen!!  Ask questions

Coping with stress  Stress in young people facing exams is very common  It may manifest itself either physically or emotionally

Physical Stress  Make sure that enough sleep is being had. Staying up till the early hours is a complete waste of time.  Make sure that there are regular meal and drink breaks.  Don’t encourage sugar overload.  Encourage exercise.

Emotional Stress CCCCan often occur because of feelings of being inadequate – even throwaway comments can add to this. TTTTry to keep things in perspective. FFFFocus on the positive. TTTTake time away from anything to do with school.

Managing stress  Give yourself permission to relax  Control breathing  Do relaxation exercises  Take regular physical exercise  Think of life as a process…this is just one phase and it will pass

Threat or Challenge?  Stress is seen in a negative way.  Everything is considered a threat.  All your focus zooms in on failure  Stress can be used positively.  Difficult situations are seen as a challenge.  Use the adrenalin produced to mobilise you into action.

Summary  Prioritise  Act !!  Little and often  Keep checking understanding  Keep perspective  Work with school, use your mentor and subject teachers for support