Year 11 Information EveningWelcome

Support for your child at Freebrough

• Director Masterclass• 1-2-1 Sessions• Subject Specific Flash Cards• Revision Guides• Exam Paper Packs• Hegarty Maths• Educake• PM Progress Clubs• Holiday Homeworks.• Mock Exams and QLA (Question Level analysis).

Year 11 English RevisionJ Craven – NET Senior Director of English

GCSE English LanguageGCSE English Literature

May-June 2019

How to Revise

Overview

GCSE English LanguagePaper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing• Analysing Modern Fiction• Descriptive / Narrative Writing

Paper 2: Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives• Analysing Nineteenth Century and Modern Non-

Fiction• Persuasive Writing

GCSE English LiteraturePaper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th-Century Novel• Macbeth• A Christmas Carol

Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry• An Inspector Calls• Power and Conflict (poetry cluster)• Unseen poetry

Paper 1: 15 May 2019 PMPaper 2: 23 May 2019 AM

Paper 1: 04 June 2019 AMPaper 2: 07 June 2019 AM

'You can’t revise for English’

'You can revise for English’

For Literature…• Re-read the texts• Organise your ideas• Memorise quotations• Practise the questions / skills• Discuss ideas with people

For Language…• Read texts• Memorise terminology, features and effects• Practise the question formats and skills• Expand your vocabulary• Check your knowledge of spelling and punctuation

KNOW the examKNOW the contentKNOW the approaches

General Revision Advice• 20-30 minutes of English Revision each night (minimum).• There is no substitute for working through sample questions – these are easy to get hold of and

just as easy to create.• Use things (terminology, creative writing features, paragraphing structures, planning models) –

the more you use them, the easier it becomes.• Practise the timings – get used to how the questions feel.• Keep revisiting things – the best way to learn things is to keep returning to them, keep trying

them again.• Little and often works – cramming doesn’t. • Regular snacks and drinks help you to concentrate! Give yourself rewards.• Organise your space and avoid distractions. Make sure you’re not going to be interrupted (no

phones, technology, people, TV).• Set yourself times and targets (and stick to them). Stick to the same times each night – get

home, have tea, revise from 18.00-21.00, relax for a bit, go to bed.• Revise with others… get someone to test you, choose someone to bounce ideas about a text

around with, have a conversation about a character… pester your parents, bribe your brother.• Get enough sleep… 8-10 hours a night to help concentration. Be sensible.

Re-Read the Texts!• Practise summarising the story• List the key events• Practise making links between different points• Read poems and practise commenting on them

Post-Its and Index Cards• Stick them everywhere with quotations on (and re-order

them). Write, cover, repeat, write• Annotate quotations – key features and ideas (tie to

pictures!)… practise with the key words (highlight)• Quiz yourself (and each other)

So How Do We Revise?

Head Online!• Quiz questions and quotations• Online study guides• Video clips and podcasts

So How Do We Revise?

Post-Its and Index Cards• Stick them everywhere with terminology and effects on

(and re-order them). Write, cover, repeat, write• Quiz yourself (and each other)• Practise matching the words to definitions - dominoes

Read Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts• Find examples of fiction and non-fiction and read them• Practise the skills (words and phrases, structure etc.)• Try to write your own in the same style

Materials Provided: The Recipe Book

Materials Provided: Quotation Cards

Interventions and Looking Ahead

Year 11 Maths RevisionG Knox – Senior Director of Maths

4 ex 1Paper Duration Date/Time

Paper 1: Non-Calculator 1 hour 30 minutes 21st May AM

Paper 2: Calculator 1 hour 30 minutes 6th June AM

Paper 3: Calculator 1 hour 30 minutes 11th June AM

Key dates:

What students get from us

Mock Exams and QLA (Question Level analysis).Director Masterclass1-2-1 Sessions.PM Progress ClubsHoliday Homeworks.Revision Guides.Exam paper packs.Hegarty Maths

What You Can Do:

1) Little and often.

• Revise in small chunks of 20-30 mins.

What You Can Do:2) Use useful websites

• hegartymaths.com• corbettmaths.com

What You Can Do:

3) Practice makes permanent

• Complete past test papers• Use the Review Sections in the

revision guide

Hegarty maths with QLA

• How could we forget!?

• Hegarty• Use your QLA to choose topics you got wrong on your STEP exam

• Working through your weaknesses if the only way you will get better next time!

Year 11 Science RevisionBrian Casson – NET Associate Director of Science

Year 11 Science Revision

• when are the exams and what’s in them?• how will the school help with revision?• how can you help your child to revise?

When are the science exams?

biology paper 1

Tues 14 May

chemistry paper 1

Thurs 16 May

physics paper 1

Weds 22 May

biology paper 2

Fri 7 June

chemistry paper 2

Weds 12 June

physics paper 2

Fri 14 June

What’s in the science exams?

biology paper 1

Tues 14 May

chemistry paper 1

Thurs 16 May

physics paper 1

Weds 22 May

biology paper 2

Fri 7 June

chemistry paper 2

Weds 12 June

physics paper 2

Fri 14 June

cells, organisation, infection, bioenergetics

atoms, bonding, chemical changes, calculations

energy, electricity, radioactivity

homeostasis, inheritance, evolution, ecology

rate of reaction, organic chemistry, atmosphere, environment

forces, waves, magnetism

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What’s in the science exams?

biology chemistry physics

equations

required practicals

1 2 21

7 6 8

What’s in the science exams?

How can we help?

• science revision day• director masterclasses• revision guides• equations cards• seneca learning• educake• teachers available any time

How can you help with science?• make a plan• space out revision (start now!)• mix up topics

• don’t just read and highlight• quizzes / flashcards / seneca /

educake / past papers

REVISION TIPS

• Start Early • Flashcards• Mnemonics• Past papers / Mark schemes / Model answers• Mind mapping• Exercise• Hegarty Maths• Educake

• You have to make a start at some point and doing it sooner rather than later is a very good idea. Try to stick to your revision timetable

(START NOW)

Start revising Early

Flashcards

• Subject topic / Question on 1 side• BITE-SIZE chunks of information:• Keywords + Definitions• Lists• Main points• Diagrams / flow charts• Mnemonics

Mnemonics

• Helps to memorise key information• For example:

Mind Mapping• Recalled from memory• Use colour, signs and symbols• Useful to summarise key points themes and case studies

• Physical activity is very important, in particular during intense study time. Even going for a small 30-minute jog after a day of revision will make a huge difference to your wellbeing. Physical activity increases heart rate which makes the blood circulate faster. This in turn ensures that brain gets more oxygen which increases productivity whilst reducing tiredness and stress.

Exercise

Hegarty Maths

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Mock Examinations 1st April 2019Monday 1st April Tuesday 2nd April Wednesday 3rd April Thursday 4th April Friday 5th April

7:45am-8:30amExam Warm up

Teachers escort pupils to the Large atrium for breakfast at 8:30am. Subject Leader and Principal gives final information/ Pupils make their way to their examination hall row by row.

Morning Exam9am start

History Masterclass-CMuFrench Examination 1hr 15mins

English Language Examination-1hr 45 mins

Mathematics-Calculator-1hr30 mins

Geography Masterclass-APhSpanish Examination 1hr 15mins

Design Technology-2hrs

Break time

P3 Warm-ups

History Masterclass-CMu

Science Warm-ups Computer Science warm-ups(All other students in normal lessons)

Geography Masterclass-APh

RE warm-up(All other students in normal lessons)

LunchIntroduction to exam 12:45pm

Yr11 Pupils in examinations to go straight to the front Atrium after lunch. Subject Leader and Principal gives final information/ Pupils make their way to their examination hall row by row.

Afternoon exam

History Examination (1hr 45 mins)

Science Trilogy-1hr 15minsScience Triple-1hr 45 mins

Computer Science-1hr 30 mins

Geography Examination (1hr 15mins)

RE-1hr 45 mins