How to ensure the mocks run smoothly for you Year 11 9 th November - - PDF document

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How to ensure the mocks run smoothly for you Year 11 9 th November 2017 Arrangements 1 Timetable individual, venue, seat no. Arrival time and extra time? Equipment black pen, calculator, clear bag, highlighters and rulers


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How to ensure the mocks run smoothly for you

Year 11 9th November 2017

Arrangements

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  • Timetable – individual, venue, seat no.
  • Arrival time and extra time?
  • Equipment – black pen, calculator, clear bag, highlighters

and rulers

  • Uniform
  • Valuables – mobiles
  • Watches – new regulations
  • Food & drink
  • Illness – first day phonecall
  • Expectations about behaviour

– communication – be considerate of others

When you’re not in an exam

  • No am and pm registration
  • Revision rooms – location and expectations
  • Sign in at the start of the revision session
  • Leaving the site – going home
  • School uniform at all times
  • Behaviour expectations
  • Study leave depends on conduct and being up to date with

work

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Mocks

Do they matter?

Why bother?

  • Indicator for us or for college
  • Tell you how you’re doing
  • Another chance to revise  3 x
  • Do you know how to revise?
  • What if you’re ill in June?
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You need a plan….

  • Structured plan provided for you
  • Homework for the next three weeks
  • Equal spread across all subjects
  • How long is a session? At least 45 minutes
  • Resources

– Exercise books, textbook, revision guides, past papers – List of what to revise

  • Motivates you (tick things off!)
  • Right environment
  • No phones
  • Music?
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How to revise…

  • Effective revision
  • Active revision
  • One method doesn’t suit everyone and everything
  • Try out some new methods
  • You should have something to show

Different methods

  • Annotated diagrams
  • Flow diagrams
  • Mind maps
  • Spider/splash diagrams
  • Condensed notes
  • Flashcards
  • Websites (GCSE Pod)
  • Summary pictures or posters
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Annotated diagrams - Photosynthesis

Carbon dioxide + Water Oxygen + Glucose stoma

0.03% of air

6CO2 + 6H2O 6O2 + C6H12O6

soil

Roots, hairs, surface area Xylem to leaves

Evaporate - transpiration LIGHT

Chlorophyll in chloroplasts stoma Some for respiration Palisade cells Phloem tubes starch

Flow diagrams….

  • Sequence of ideas
  • How something is formed?
  • How a character develops
  • How a theme develops
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Flow diagrams Mind maps!

  • Page should be landscape
  • Have a central image
  • Broad arrows coming from this image, with the ordering

ideas (could be chapters or themes within a topic)

  • Use wavy lines
  • Use images, symbols, codes throughout
  • Print key words and underline the word
  • Use colours to identify themes
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Use Colour Make the central image relevant Write on the branches not at the end of them

Flash cards

  • When are they useful?
  • Small bits of information
  • Equations
  • Key terms
  • Vocabulary
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Websites…

An Introduction to GCSEPod

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  • 4. Do you find your

mind wanders or you get bored revising? How to access: www.gcsepod.com Click - LOGIN

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Download the App

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PM registration

Tuesday 14th November

  • GJB – R2
  • RHD – R12
  • PAH – R1
  • KME – N1

Thursday 16th November

  • LJM – N1
  • ATY – R2
  • CKR – R12
  • EJS – R1
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Was your revision effective?

  • Teach someone
  • Past paper questions and mark schemes

In summary..

  • Plan
  • GCSE Pod
  • Specific tasks