1. Aim High. Work Hard. Be Kind
Preparing for 6th form
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2. Aim High. Work Hard. Be Kind
Everyone who is in your lesson is starting with at least a B grade at GCSE in the subject.
Your grades at the end of your course will be determined by your organisational skills, attitude to learning and your work ethic at the beginning of Year 12.
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3. Aim High. Work Hard. Be Kind
Things you are going to need:
To start yourself of by being organised you are going to need:
Folders – need to have different sections
Lesson notes
Homework
Revision
Pens
Highlighters
Postit notes
Revision cards
Dividers
diary/planner
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4. Aim High. Work Hard. Be Kind
Planning your time
Study time – during this time you should be reading your lesson notes and make revision cards based on your lesson notes.
You should RED (you are not at all confident about the area), AMBER (you know some of the information but parts are sketchy), GREEN (you are confident with the area) your work
Reading around the subject
finding web articles
Reading the text book
Finding useful Apps for your subjects
Sharing resources with other students.
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5. Reading Techniques
There are 3 different reading techniques you need to be able to use:
Skimming
Scanning
In depth reading.
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6. Aim High. Work Hard. Be Kind
You are now going to read the article.
Once you have read it you need to make notes about it on the A4 sheet of paper.
You have 10 minutes.
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7. Aim High. Work Hard. Be Kind
Condense your notes on to the revision card. 5 mins
You need to make sure you have all the important points as you will be answering questions using your revision card.
“Teachers have been well trained in questioning techniques.” Ofsted 2016
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8. Aim High. Work Hard. Be Kind
Can you answer the following questions using your revision card?
Who is the article about?
What happened in the article?
Who does it effect?
What are the Pro’s and Con’s about what has happened in the article?
What do other people think about what has happened?
How will this impact us as a country?
Will it have an effect on our everyday life?
“Teachers have been well trained in questioning techniques.” Ofsted 2016
Marriotts School:
Why go anywhere else!
Aim High. Work Hard. Be Kind