1. YEAR 11 STUDY SKILLS AND REVISION TECHNIQUES NOVEMBER 13 TH 2015

2. OVERVIEW OF THE SESSION 1 What is your motivation? 2 Have a plan for your future 3 MBIT personality test 3 Avoid Distractions 4 Bad habits 5 New habits 6 Know your brain 7 How to prepare for exams 8 What revision works for me? 9 Stress 10 Useful sites to help you

3. MOTIVATION What is the point of the last 11 years of education? Who are you? How do you want to be remembered? (everyone dies, legends live forever) What do you want from life? What do you want to be? Your journey has started!

9. HAVE A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE TURN TO YOUR TRING STUDY SKILLS BOOKLETS PAGE 1: IS A FIVE YEAR PLAN HAVING A PLAN GIVES YOU FOCUS, GOALS AND SOMETHING TO STRIVE TOWARDS AND AIM FOR. MBIT PERSONALITY TEST BOOKLET THIS HELPS YOU WORK OUT WHAT YOUR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESS ARE AND THEREFORE THINK ABOUT WHAT THE RIGHT LIFE/ EDUCATION/ CAREER PATH IS RIGHT FOR YOU

13. AVOID DISTRACTIONS THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STAGE IN YOUR LIFE SO FAR NOW IS THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT REALLY MATTERS TO YOU

18. BAD HABITS

19. DID YOU KNOW………………………….

20. NEW HABITS IF SOMEONE OR SOMETHING IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU- ITS NOT GOOD FOR YOU- MOVE AWAY FROM IT OR GIVE IT UP

22. KNOW YOUR BRAIN

26. HOW TO PREPARE FOR EXAMS EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT, YOU HAVE TO FIND WHAT WORKS FOR YOU. HOWEVER…………… HERE ARE SOME SIMPLE TIPS THAT CAN APPLY TO ALL OF YOU

27. SLEEP, SLEEP AND MORE SLEEP SLEEP IS FOOD FOR THE BRAIN. DURING SLEEP IMPORTANT BODY FUNCTIONS AND BRAIN ACTIVITY OCCUR. SKIPPING SLEEP CAN BE HARMFUL OR EVEN FATAL. IF YOU ARE RIDING A BIKE, OPERATING MACHINERY OR IMPLY CROSSING THE ROAD, YOUR REACTION SPEEDS ARE AFFECTED. YOU MAY LOOK ROUGH, FEEL MOODY, BECOME BORED EASILY, PERFORM POORLY, BE IRRITABLE AND EASILY ANNOYED OR FRUSTRATED. YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT, INJURY OR ILLNESS. DO NOT CRAM THE NIGHT BEFORE AN EXAM. YOUR BRAIN WILL FATIGUE. THE NIGHT BEFORE AN EXAM STOP EVERYTHING BY 5PM AND RELAX. SLEEP IS ESSENTIAL THE DAY BEFORE BUT ALSO THE WEEKS BEFORE SO GET INTO GOOD HABITS EARLY.

28. TAKE A BREAK REVISE IN CHUNKS OF TIME- TAKE REGULAR BREAKS! DRINK LOTS OF WATER (CAFFEINE DEHYDRATES) OPEN WINDOWS FOR FRESH AIR EXERCISE MEET FRIENDS LISTEN TO MUSIC ALLOW DOWN TIME

29. ENVIRONMENT LET PEOPLE KNOW WHEN YOU ARE REVISING REMOVE DISTRACTIONS (PHONE/ TV/ RADIO) IF YOU ARE GOING TO LISTEN TO MUSIC AVOID MUSIC WITH LYRICS REMEMBER! IN THE EXAM HALL IT WILL BE SILENT! GET A PLANT TO NURTURE AND LOOK AFTER- OXYGEN LEVELS WILL ALSO BE INCREASED LIGHTING- DON’T STRAIN YOUR EYES BOTTLES OF WATER AND QUICK SNACKS SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO LEAVE THE ROOM

30. SUPPORT EACHOTHER

31. PRACTICE PAPERS 3 SIMPLE STEPS IN THE BUILD UP TO AN EXAM WEEK 1: 1 PRACTICE PAPER, OPEN BOOK, OPEN TIME. WEEK 2: 1 PAPER, CLOSED BOOK, OPEN TIME. WEEK 3: 2 PAPERS EXAM CONDITIONS.

32. WHAT REVISION TECHNIQUES WORK FOR YOU? During the weeks before an exam you don’t want to be creating revision materials, you want to be predominantly completing past paper questions and testing yourself. Produce your revision materials and do them well and use them to answer the past paper questions. Work towards an exam, don’t spend all your time revising for an exam in June- what exam do you have first and plan your time? Break content into chunks and start with the areas you are less confident with.

33. 1) POST-ITS

34. 2) INDEX/ FLASH CARDS

35. 3) HIGHLIGHTING

36. 4) MIND MAPS

37. 5) LISTS/ BULLET POINTS

38. 6) AUDIO FILES

39. Managing your stress levels TAKE TIME OUT TO RELAX PLAN CAREFULLY WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO REVISE AND DO WORK DON’T DO TOO MUCH AT ONCE EXERCISE/ MEDITATE WALK THE DOG/ CAT/ RABBIT/ LITTLE SISTER http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/brainsmart/brain/

40. USEFUL SITES Art Web Sites http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/art/ Design and Technology Web Sites http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/ http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/education http://www.vam.ac.uk/tco/ http://samuel-beckett.net/ http://www.haroldpinter.org/home/index.shtml http://www.artslynx.org/theatre/design.htm http://info.timeout.com/pdf_supplement.php?s_id=8&ss_id=8&jlnk=lsl0180 http://info.timeout.com/pdf_supplement.php?s_id=8&ss_id=8&jlnk=lsl0180 www.technologystudent.com Drama Web Sites http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/drama/ English Web Sites http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english/ English Literature Web Sites http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/ Geography Web Sites http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/ www.georesources.co.uk www.thebrt.org.uk a great case-study of sustainable development in India www.geographyatthemovies.co.uk movie clips linked to geographical themes www.upmystreet.co.uk good data on different UK postcodes www.rgs.org the website of the Royal Geographical Society http://volcano.und.nodak.edu case studies of volcanoes www.worldatlas.com great reference site www.mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk excellent for revising map skills www.foe.co.uk Friends of the Earth www.greenpeace.org.uk Non Governmental Organization ICT Web Sites Useful for General Revision http://www.comberton.cambs.sch.uk/Curriculum/ICT/GCSE/GCSEICTIndex.htm http://freepages.pavilion.net/users/enigma/gcse5.htm http://www.theteacher99.btinternet.co.uk/theteacher/gcse/newgcse/gcse_ict_edexcel.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/ Quiz and Revision pages: http://freepages.pavilion.net/users/enigma/gcse0.htm Music Web Sites http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/music/ PE Web Sites http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/pe/ http://www.brianmac.co.uk/index.htm http://www.getrevising.com http://media.play.com/Revision/PDF/letts-study-buddy.pdf http://www.classtools.net/ www.how-to-study.com www.educationforum.co.uk www.how-to-study.comwww.educationforum.co.uk www.academictips.org www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize www.channel4learning.net www.mymaths.co.uk www.scholar.hw.uk Maths Web Sites http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/ www.waldomaths.com www.easymaths.com www.s-cool.co.uk http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/web/2000/heal/mathsites.htm History Web Sites http://www.revisioncentre.co.uk/gcse/history/index.html www.schoolhistory.co.uk/revision/ www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/ www.historygcse.org/ www.johndclare.net/ Languages Web Sites www.linguascope.com (GCSE section) www.linguascope.com www.edexcel.com www.quia.com (grammar and vocabulary) www.quia.com www.languagesonline.org.uk http://www.learnspanish.com/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/ http://www.learn-spanish-online.de/ www.languagesonline.org.uk Also Miss Picardo’s blog www.misspicado.edublogs.orgwww.misspicado.edublogs.org http://www.frenchteacher.net/Y10-11/Y10-11index.htm http://www.revisioncentre.co.uk/gcse/french/index.html http://shopkins.wordpress.com/gcse-french/ http://www.stantonbury.org.uk/podcast/french_nonrss.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/french/ Also the Y11 French blog http://blogfrancaisdeppsy11.edublogs.org/.http://blogfrancaisdeppsy11.edublogs.org/ Business Web Sites http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/business/ http://www.bized.co.uk/ Science Web Sites http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/keystage4.aspx?id=315 for Biology http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/keystage4.aspx?id=316 for Chemistry http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/keystage4.aspx?id=318 for Physics. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/