Revision, revision, revision …Information Evening 2017

Assessment

• In-class assessment• Verbal• Written• Formal• Informal

• Controlled Assessment / Coursework• “Counts” towards the

GCSE (or equivalent)• Will be given a

numerical mark

• Mock Exams• Summer of Year 10• December of Year 11• March of Year 11

additional mock for Maths & English

• Real Exams

Exam weeks

Year group 5th June 12th June

Year 7 ✔

Year 8 ✔

Year 9 ✔

Year 10 ✔

AttendanceAttainment in KS4 qualifications by levels of overall absence split into percentage point

bands (2012/2013 from DfE research report 2015)

RevisionTRAIN YOUR BRAIN

Revision – Train you brain

• There are a wide variety of revision techniques (confusing in itself)

• Understanding how you brain works and the ultimate aim of your revision will dictate the most effective revision strategy.

How does our brain work?

Homework and Revision

“I don’t get it” often just means

‘I don’t remember’, not

‘I don’t understand!

The first part of any revision should be concerned with identifying misunderstandings (there may be less than expected!)

How do you know what you don’t know?• Do a test and mark it - even questions that you get

wrong aren’t necessary misunderstandings.

• Use the syllabus/checklist.

• Scan a revision guide and make notes of misunderstandings.

Use it or lose it - Prof John Dunlovsky• He and his colleagues reviewed 1,000 scientific

studies looking at 10 of the most popular revision strategies.

• They found that eight out of 10 did not work, or even hindered learning.

• Only two of the 10 techniques examined turned out to be really effective - testing yourself and spreading out your revision over time.

Giving you brain a chance

• Some revision strategies cram information into our brains.

• Strategies that rely on testing or usinginformation allow it to enter the brain in a context.

• Making it easier to access in the future

Giving your brain a chance

• Past paper questions• Try to sort these into individual topics initially

• Flash cards with question on one side and answer on the other.

• Writing exemplar essays referring to mark schemes.

• KS3 and KS4 workbooks

Structuring Revision

Learning and Memory

Evidence informed tips on how to learn well:

1. Space your practice

2. Experience failing occasionally

3. Practise what you will be tested on

4. Structure information – don’t try to remember it

5. Rest and sleep

http://www.screenr.com/C6l8

End of Year Exams – Year 7

English Angels Factual recall, language use, text structure and a descriptive piece of writing

Maths NumberAlgebra Shape Data

Look back over the topics covered this year and practise and range of questions

Science Staying alive Why are we different?What are things made of?Be reactive!How things moveUsing energyEarth, space and beyond

Microscopes, cells, organs and reproduction; classification, habitats, food chains, adaptations; dissolving, states of matter, the particle model; combustion, hazard symbols, acids and alkalis, chemical reactions, gas testing; balanced and unbalanced forces, mass and weight, friction and drag, speed; types of energy, energy transfers, fuels, power stations, electric current and fuses; planets, motion of the moon, earth and sun, seasons.

History Britain 1066-1485 Factual recall

Geography Extreme weather and climate

RE Rites of passagePrayer and MeditationFestivals

End of Year Exams – Year 8

English Star Seeker Factual recall, language use, text structure and a descriptive piece of writing

Maths NumberAlgebra Shape Data

Look back over the topics covered this year and practise and range of questions

Science Systems for survivalHow we stay healthyHow do living things interact?What’s in a reaction?Heating and coolingFinding out about light and soundsExploring magnetismRocks and their usesEnvironmental chemistry

Diet, digestive system, enzymes, respiration, circulatory system, lungs, heart; Microbes, immune system, how diseases spread, vaccination; Pyramids of number and biomass, controlling animal populations; Elements, compounds and mixtures, the Periodic Table, metals, word and symbol equations for reactions; Conduction, convection and radiation, temperature and heat, changes of state; How light travels, ray diagrams, reflection, refraction, colour and filters, how sound travels, frequency and amplitude, the ear; Magnetic materials, fields, navigation, electromagnets; Weathering, erosion, types of rock, the rock cycle, volcanoes; Acid rain, global warming, climate change, recycling, water treatment

History Factory conditions and leisure in Victorian England

Geography Africa

RE Identity and belonging What do people believe?Poverty and injusticeReligion and Environment

End of Year Exams – Year 9

English Of Mice and Men Factual recall, language use, text structure and a descriptive piece of writing

Maths NumberAlgebra Shape Data

Look back over the topics covered this year and practise and range of questions

Science Students have already completed their end of year exams

History Hitler’s Germany 1933-1945

Geography Superpowers

RE Rights and responsibilitiesPhilosophyMoral issues Science and religion

God, Atheist, Theist, Agnostic

End of Year Exams – Year 10

English Paper 1 GCSE Language Factual recall, language use, text structure and a descriptive piece of writing

Maths NumberAlgebra Shape Data

Look back over the topics covered this year and practise and range of questions

Science Biology Cell biology, division, transport in cells, organisation, the heart, lungs and blood vessels, health (diseases and lifestyles), plant tissues, organs and systems, infection and response, defences against disease, bioenergetics, respiration.

Chemistry Atomic structure, the Periodic table, bonding and structures, chemical changes, electrolysis, using resources.

Physics Energy, energy changes and energy transfers, power, energyresources, electricity, particle model of matter, atomic structure, nuclear radiation.

History Elizabethan England 1580-1603

Geography UK in the 21st century

RE Buddhism, Christianity, Themes – relationships and Life & Death

Buddhahood, Buddha’s early life, The 5 skandhas, The purpose of Buddhism; Beliefs about God, The crucifixion, Heaven, Jesus was an ordinary man; Vows, Families, Attitudes to same sex relationships, Sex outside marriage; Sanctity of life, Creation, Life after death, Abortion.