Strategies for success…Strategies for success…

Passing Exams…Passing Exams…

From today there are 9 weeks 9 weeks until the bulk of the summer examinations begin!

Including: 31 days 31 days of weekends, bank holidays, holidays and staff training days.

We all need to know that…We all need to know that…

If I use my time wisely?If I use my time wisely?

1 hour per non school day = 31 hours2 hours per non school day = 62 hours4 hours per non school day = 124 hours6 hours per non school day = 186 hours8 hours per non school day = 248 hours

How could I divide up this time?How could I divide up this time?

Courses:Courses: Number of hours per subject:Number of hours per subject:

8 X GCSEs8 X GCSEs 2424

What about work on an evening?What about work on an evening?

KS5 A2 Exam Results: HeadlinesOutstanding individual performances (excluding General Studies):

Student Grades

Jacob A*AAA

Ethan AAAA

James A*AAB

Mark A*AAC

Anya, Chris and Becky A*A*A

Jack, Oliver, Robert and Thomas A*AA

David A*AB

Elizabeth AAA

Oliver, Nathan, Kate and Sam AAB

KS5 A2 Exam Results: HeadlinesOutstanding individual performances (excluding General Studies):

Student Grades

Amy A*A*A* [B]

Sam A*A*B [B]

Rhian ABB [C]

George AAB [B/C]

Erica BBB [C]

Edward BBB [B/C]

Samantha BBB [B/C]

Rachael CCC [C/D]

A*-U…TAKE YOUR PICK!A*-U…TAKE YOUR PICK!

Attitude!Attitude!

Not very effective

Rewind 21 years“ I did three hours of history revision yesterday”I read the textbookI read my exercise bookI highlighted everythingI copied everything into a mind map

I watched the clock.

HighlightingHighlighting

Re-readingRe-reading

Why?• Low challenge.• Little thinking required.• Makes you think that you are ‘doing

something’

1. Practice Testing

Create multi-choice tests/gapfill exercises/flashcards

www.quizlet.comwww.memrise.comwww.flashcards-chegg

www.quizlet.com

www.memrise.com

Flashcards+ cheggFlashcards+ chegg

2. Revision GuidesThe best revision guide is a well-organised exercise book or folder

Maximising your exercise book and coping with content1. Content pages- checklists-

confidence index2. Revisit notes/written work3. Mind mapping

Contents pages

Benefits:Organises topics for revisionReviewing topics/ideas as you make the contents pageConfidence index- record on 1-5 scale how confident you are with each topic

Revisit notesRevisit notes

Draw a column at one side of your page or use the margin to enter key terms or questions.

Test yourself at a later date by covering the bulk of their work and leaving yourself with key terms to explain and define and questions to answer.

Mind MappingComplete mind-maps on previous topics, without using your books. This may identify what you know and identify gaps in your knowledge.

Use your notes to fill the gaps in a different colour.

This conscious awareness of what you know and don’t know will help learning stick, and will force you to revise what you don’t know.

3. Past Papers

Set aside 5 minutes at the start of the exam/past paper in which the students aren’t allowed to answer the questions. Instead they

go through the paper from start to finish thinking about what they need to do at what point.