Revision Skills Evening

Thursday 8th November 2012

Aims…

To  build your child’s confidence, increase their motivation and help them to acquire the good

learning habits which will lead to SUCCESS in their final exams

To give you and your child the opportunity to discuss revision and the various strategies to promote and support such independent study time

Last 6 months crucial- how do we make them count?

Discuss the ‘top 5 things’ that you feel are the starting point when planning revision.

Key tips to starting revision

Decide on the style of revision timetable you want

Plot in your exams first

Using the subject revision checklist start to plot in topics you must cover before the exam

Plan fun things too!

Example timetable

English Maths Science History Spanish

Sat 9th Paper 1 Writing to argue, persuade and advise

9-10am

12-1pm

Revise the P3 Topic on Stars and Space

3-4pm

Medicine through Time Women in Medicine

Sun 10th

Afternoon off

Mon 11th 4-5pm

How Science works on SAMLearning

7- 8pm Revise vocab for the environment topic. for the school

Tuesday

11th Revise key themes and plot in Lord of the Flies 10- 11am

6-7pm

Quadratic expressions

Maths CD Test 7.30-8.30pm

12-2pm Using different source types

Key tips to starting revision

Know how many papers there are for each

subject: Where? When? How long? How many questions? Marks given. Coverage?

Follow on

Organising a work placeWhat is your work area like at present athome?

Key factors to consider:De-junking ResourcesLight Chair?Air TemperatureSpace Wall space

Other factors to consider

Distractions? Music Water High energy foods Sleep Exercise (Brain Gym?) Share goals with someone else- it will help

you achieve them!

Brain Gym is a collection of special activities designed to ‘switch on’ the left and right brain

for better learning and co-ordination.

Practical/ doing?

Visual?Auditory?

Kinaesthetically/ with others?

How do you want to work/learn?

Which way do you learn best?

2 minutes to discuss

Ways to revise to suit me

Visual learners- learn by seeing

Represent the main facts/ concepts on a diagram or a timeline

Use highlighters

Trace words in the air

Use flashcards/ post its

Auditory learners- learn by hearing Work with someone read aloud Discuss Try reading to yourself ‘under your breath’ Devise questions to ask about the text and

then question a friend about them Make up a role play

Auditory learners- learn by hearing Experiment with saying keywords out loud

(emphasise the different parts of the word, using different voices)

Tape key points and play back

Make up a mnemonic to remember important facts (NESW)

Other top tips to help

Come up with acrostics- an invented word with

a first letter cue.

E.g. 5 factors that explain Hitler’s rise to power

Political manoeuvring 1932- 33, Depression, Weimar weaknesses, Nazi’s tactics and Hitler’s leadership

Please don't whine now Hitler!

Kinaesthetic learners- learn by doing Go for a walk or move around as you read

the text Write down the main points on card and then

order them in a logical order or match up to definitions

Use ‘post-its’, assemble them on the wall in different areas.

Make up actions to go with key words.

Final top tips

Mind read examiners (consider recent questions asked)

Look at mark schemes Self mark/ peer mark Do Quizzes/ tests Use SAMLearning/ VLE

Tell me- I’ll forget.Show me- I may remember.But involve me and I will understand.

Retention rates

Lecture- 5% Reading- 10% Audio- Visual- 20% Demonstration- 30% Discussion- 50% Practice by doing- 75% Teaching others- 90%

Source: National Training Labs, Bethel, Maine

Any questions?