1. Tamsin Schouten
Welcome

2. Mark Holmes
Why bother?

3. Getting the learning habits right!
Joe Ludlow
Getting the learning habits right!

5. The learning habits you need – the right approach.
Set your routines and stick to them.
Complete your homework before the deadline, not on the deadline.
Prevision and revision starts now.
Be ready for tomorrow before you finish today.
Keep your attitude positive (this is easier if your learning habits are right).
Attendance, attendance, attendance.

6. Chris Tomlinson
The year ahead

7. Important dates for Year 10
Yr. 10 Evening
Well done!
Yr. 10 Semester tests (1)
10th November (week)
Subject Review
7th December
Yr. 10 Semester tests (2)
6th February (week)
Work Experience Week
13th – 17th March
20th April
Yr. 10 Semester Tests (3)
1st May (week)
Yr. 10 end of year Exams
3rd July (beginning)

8. Learn some effective revision techniques
Bethan Laing
Learn some effective revision techniques

10. Revision
There are no big secrets to success in the examination room. Providing you have revised effectively and are well organised, you should do as well in the exams as your ability will allow.
start early
ask if there is anything you don’t understand
attend any extra lessons offered
work out a realistic revision timetable
find a space where you can focus
make your revision active, don’t just read
follow up a period of effective revision with a reward

12. Guides and revision tips on the school website

13. It is generally better to have short intensive study periods followed by a break.
The length of time individuals can concentrate for varies, but recommendations are for minutes at a time…
Mon
7th
Tues
8th
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Sat
Sun
BREAK / GET HOME / SNACK
4.30-5
Maths
English
Geo
Choir PE
6-6.30
Science
Football
Fren
Sci

14. 3. Practice the exam questions
Take what you have learnt and have a go! Do this first with notes…then without
This needs to be under timed conditions: 1mk = 1min
What does the question want from you? Take time to work it out…highlight key words and command word.
2. Content
Do you know the facts / content / methods. Summarise, read and learn the main ideas. For ideas check the ways to revise list on the next page.
1. Check WHAT you
need to revise
Be realistic don’t start revision with what you CAN do! Use the revision guide and look at the course content for your subjects. Red / Amber / Green it, then go head and revise, starting with the red.
The 3 cogs of revision…

15. Bangladesh, Asia -1998 Long term response Location Short term response
On bay of Bengal
Flood action plan
7 new dams
80% river flood plains
Improve forecasts
Borders India and Burma
7 meters of embankment
Cut cost to 6 billion
Population – 120 million (dense)
North Eastern, South Asia
5000 flood shelters
Aid agencies
Water purification tablets
Food and plastic sheets
Long term response
Government gave rice and money
4 rivers meet here – Ganges, Meghna etc.
Location
Afforestation - Napal
Sanitation
World poorest countries (GNP $200)
Wettest climate
Short term response
Case Study:
Flooding in LEDCs:
Bangladesh, Asia -1998
Less than 1-2 meters above flood level
All 3 rivers peak flow at same time
Medicine and health care
International aid
Repair and construct houses
Fodder – food for live stock
Physical Causes
On a floodplain and delta
Snow melt – Global warming
Monsoon rains
Secondary Effects
(as a result)
Primary Effects
(instant)
Cost $1billion
Communications down
Human Causes
Global warming
Urbanisation
Spread of disease
30 million affected
980,571 flooded
1000 died
Farakka dam
¾ of Bangladesh under water
26,564 cattle killed
1 million people to refuge
Deforestation
Build up flood plains
Shortage of clean drinking water

16. Made by nature NOT humans
Practice the exam questions
Take what you have learnt and have a go!
Do this first with notes…then without
This needs to be under timed conditions: 1mk = 1min
Give reasons how / why
Made by nature NOT humans
Explain 2 natural causes of climate change (4)
Change in temperature
4mks = 4mins

18. Assistant Headteacher
James Lushington
Assistant Headteacher

19. Examination Success (Everyone has to start somewhere)
On paper you are a brighter year group than last year and the current year 11!! What can I achieve this year? ECDL – European Computer Driving Licence

20. Attendance
In 2015 – 2016 across the whole year, the year 9 cohort had the worst attendance with 95.3% (School average was 95.8%)
So far this year, the Year 10 cohort is currently on 95.9% with again the 5th best …………………………..or is that the 1st worst?
This attendance is the worst in school, especially with over twice the number of unauthorised absences!!

21. Treat these like the real thing!
Semester Tests– Round 1
10th and 11th November
The results you receive from these exams will be the ones that kick start your GCSE journey.
Treat these like the real thing!
(Stat: 7/50)

22. What grades do I need to get?

23. What revision resources are available?

24. Maths

25. Foundation and Higher– 3 x 1hr 30 mins
GCSE Maths Exam Format
Paper 1 (Calculator allowed)
Paper 2 (Calculator not allowed)
Paper 3 (Calculator allowed)
All papers will be sat in Summer 2017 and carry equal weighting.
Please note there is no coursework for Maths GCSE
Exam board: OCR
Exam code: J560
Foundation and Higher– 3 x 1hr 30 mins

26. Year 10 internal exams )
There are scheduled internal assessments throughout the year, the dates for these can be found on the VLE:
These will include four 1 hour papers sat in the Sports Hall and additional class assessments.
The students will also experience a full length Mock GCSE examination in the Sports Hall in July.

27. It is essential that Maths equipment is brought to each lesson
CALCULATOR
(scientific if targeting grades A*-C (4 or above))
Protractor
Compasses
Ruler
Pencil

28. SUPPORTING MATHS REVISION – online resources
Access to DODDLE LEARN website with a wealth of interactive resources to revisit topics and check on your own progress.
Access to the CAMBRIDGE MATHS ONLINE website which closely follows our OCR scheme with interactive resources.
Videos on the VLE for all GCSE maths topics.
Access to website and personal details to track progress.
PIXL maths App on the iPad where students can create their own tests dependent on their areas for development (and track their progress) with videos for support.

29. SUPPORTING MATHS REVISION – other resources
Maths revision guide (issued in year 9)
Additional focussed revision material on the VLE - e.g. revision cards, topic lists, past exam questions with mark schemes, specific topic worksheets with answers.
Revision classes (after school prior to a formal assessment, holiday boosters)
Teacher support…

30. MATHS REVISION SESSIONS
EVERY DAY
Morale
Collect a stamp at the end of each
“Maths Organised Revision At Lunchtime
Everyday” session.
Collect 6 stamps for your complimentary
Hot Chocolate– the works!
[includes cream & itty bitty marshmallows]
The Maths Department
M aths
O rganised
R evision
A t
L unchtime
E veryday
Exam confidence

31. English

32. English Exam Format (7.5 hours of exams)
English Literature Paper 1
English Literature Paper 2
English Language Paper 1
English Language Paper 2
Shakespeare and
19th century novel
Modern texts, anthology poetry and unseen poetry
Explorations in creative reading and writing
Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives
1 hour 45
2 hours 15

33. Revision materials available
Showbie – past papers, examples, mark schemes available on iPads
Department revision sessions
English exercise books
Past papers from AQA and their mark schemes to choose specimen questions to complete (available on the AQA website)

34. Books available to buy online or in book shops
CGP GCSE AQA English Language
‘Complete Revision and Practice’
ISBN:
York Notes to support any of the texts we study, for example:
An Inspector Calls, A Christmas Carol, Macbeth/Romeo and Juliet

35. Science

36. Science – Trilogy (similar to old combined Science)
No coursework
Required practical investigations built into course and examined in final exams
All exams are completed at the end of year 11
6 exams in total:
2 Biology, 2 Chemistry, 2 Physics
Each exam 1 hour 15 mins, worth 70 marks, 16.7% of GCSE
2 GCSE grades are awarded
Revision guides will be provided by Science department
Useful websites:

37. Science – Separate No coursework
Required practical investigations built into course and examined in final exams
All exams are completed at the end of year 11
6 exams in total:
2 Biology, 2 Chemistry, 2 Physics
Each exam 1 hour 45 mins, worth 100 marks
3 separate GCSE grades are awarded for Biology, Chemistry and Physics
Revision guides will be provided by Science department
Useful websites: