1. Supporting your child through their exams
An evening for parents

3. Academy
Parent
Student

4. Exams are coming

5. 207

6. 109

7. 25

8. Worst-Case Scenario English – 2 English Lit – 2 Maths – 3
Further Maths – 2
Triple Science – 6
History – 3
Option 2 – 2
Option 3 – 2
Psychology - 3

9. Imminent Assessments and Exams

10. Assessment Planners

11. Controlled Assessments & Practicals
Computing
ICT
Drama
Dance PE

12. And… External BTEC assessments (H&SC, Construction)
Food practicals and exam
MFL Speaking exams
CiDA exams
PE moderation
GCSE Art exam

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View your child’s homework tasks
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14. LRC from 8.00am until 4.30pm
After school subject clubs and catch up sessions
Sports, performing arts and other clubs

15. Staging Posts Progress Reports 19th Dec 14th Feb 29th March
Parents’ Evening: 10th January

16. 27th Nov – 8th Dec 12th -16th March
Mock Exams
27th Nov – 8th Dec
12th -16th March

17. Mock Results Day – 15th December

18. Support Exam timetables After-school sessions Revision skills lessons
Assertive mentors
Booster sessions
English/Maths support

19. Easter Revision School

20. Memories are made up of thisCR

21. “If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.” Edgar Allan Poe

22. Research

23. Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve

24. Robert Bjork – memory doesn’t decay!
Didn’t take root

25. John Dunlovsky - most effective strategies
Distributed practice
Spread out revision rather than ‘massed practice’ (cramming)
Students need persuading – it seems slower
Students need help planning

26. Practice testing Tests must be built into the revision process
Revisit tests – diagnose areas of uncertainty

28. Leave nothing to chance!

29. Where can you find help?

30. Anaesthetics
A5 Revision Cards
Antiseptic
Problems
Surgery
Blood loss

31. A5 Revision Cards Of Mice and Men Key events Themes Setting
Main characters

32. Spider Diagrams
Arch
Stack
Cave
Cliff erosion
Coastal features

33. Trigonometry and Pythagoras
Fishbone diagram
SohCahToa
Sin x = o/h
Cos x = a/h
Tan x = o/a
Trigonometry and Pythagoras

34. Topic 1
Topic 2

35. Flow diagram
Topic Area:

36. CYCLE DIAGRAMS

37. Where can you find help?

38. Knowing what they will ask you…
Command words

39. How many of these could you answer?
Zarg why there is less pollution from traffic exhaust fumes if more people travel by bus, instead of by car.
Zonk the siting of the power station at site B.
Zurb the amount of tiles needed for the swimming pool in example 1.
Zeep Hitler’s rule of Germany in the 1930s with that of Stalin in the USSR.

40. Command words Justify Describe Account for Contrast Compare Summarise
Calculate
Evaluate

41. Zarg why there is less pollution from traffic exhaust fumes if more people travel by bus, instead of by car.
Zonk the siting of the power station at site B.
Zurb the amount of tiles needed for the swimming pool in example
Zeep Hitler’s rule Germany in the 1930s with that of Stalin in the USSR.
Justify
Calculate
Explain
Compare

42. Failing to prepare is preparing to failCR

43. Card sort Look at the actions on the cards.
Sort them into those that should be done:
Weeks before the exam
The week of the exam
The night before the exam
The day of the exam
In the exam hall

44. “You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result.” Mahatma Gandhi
A Revision Timetable

45. Date AM PM Revision 1 Revision 2
Lunch PM
After school
Revision 1
Revision 2

46. “Time management is not about being busy planning your life away
“Time management is not about being busy planning your life away. Time management is about getting what you want out of your time!”
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Morning
Dance
class
Afternoon
Early Evening (4pm – 6pm)
Evening (7pm – 9pm)

47. Hockey Match (alternate weeks)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Morning
Dance
Class
Hockey Match (alternate weeks)
Afternoon
Early Evening (4pm – 6pm)
Dance class
Hockey
Practice
Evening (7pm – 9pm)