YEAR 11 STUDY SKILLS AND REVISION TECHNIQUES NOVEMBER 13 TH 2015.

YEAR 11 STUDY SKILLS AND REVISION TECHNIQUES NOVEMBER 13TH 2015

YEAR 11 STUDY SKILLS AND REVISION TECHNIQUES NOVEMBER 13TH 2015

OVERVIEW OF THE SESSION

1 What is your motivation?2 Have a plan for your future3 MBIT personality test3 Avoid Distractions4 Bad habits5 New habits

6 Know your brain7 How to prepare for exams 8 What revision works for me?9 Stress 10 Useful sites to help you

MOTIVATION• What is the point of the last 11 years of education? • Who are you?• How do you want to be remembered? (everyone dies, legends live

forever)• What do you want from life? What do you want to be? Your journey has

started!

HAVE A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE

• TURN TO YOUR TRING STUDY SKILLS BOOKLETSPAGE 1: IS A FIVE YEAR PLANHAVING A PLAN GIVES YOU FOCUS, GOALS AND SOMETHING TO STRIVE TOWARDS AND AIM FOR.

MBIT PERSONALITY TEST BOOKLETTHIS HELPS YOU WORK OUT WHAT YOUR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESS ARE AND THEREFORE THINK ABOUT WHAT THE RIGHT LIFE/ EDUCATION/ CAREER PATH IS RIGHT FOR YOU

AVOID DISTRACTIONS

• THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STAGE IN YOUR LIFE SO FAR • NOW IS THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT REALLY MATTERS TO YOU

BAD HABITS

DID YOU KNOW………………………….

NEW HABITS

IF SOMEONE OR SOMETHING IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU-

ITS NOT GOOD FOR YOU- MOVE AWAY FROM IT OR GIVE IT UP

KNOW YOUR BRAIN

HOW TO PREPARE FOR EXAMS• EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT, YOU HAVE TO FIND WHAT WORKS FOR YOU.

• HOWEVER…………… • HERE ARE SOME SIMPLE TIPS THAT CAN APPLY TO ALL OF YOU

SLEEP, SLEEP AND MORE SLEEP• SLEEP IS FOOD FOR THE BRAIN. DURING SLEEP IMPORTANT BODY

FUNCTIONS AND BRAIN ACTIVITY OCCUR.• SKIPPING SLEEP CAN BE HARMFUL OR EVEN FATAL. • IF YOU ARE RIDING A BIKE, OPERATING MACHINERY OR IMPLY CROSSING THE

ROAD, YOUR REACTION SPEEDS ARE AFFECTED.• YOU MAY LOOK ROUGH, FEEL MOODY, BECOME BORED EASILY, PERFORM

POORLY, BE IRRITABLE AND EASILY ANNOYED OR FRUSTRATED.• YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT, INJURY OR ILLNESS.• DO NOT CRAM THE NIGHT BEFORE AN EXAM. YOUR BRAIN WILL FATIGUE.• THE NIGHT BEFORE AN EXAM STOP EVERYTHING BY 5PM AND RELAX.• SLEEP IS ESSENTIAL THE DAY BEFORE BUT ALSO THE WEEKS BEFORE SO GET

INTO GOOD HABITS EARLY.

TAKE A BREAK

• REVISE IN CHUNKS OF TIME- TAKE REGULAR BREAKS!• DRINK LOTS OF WATER (CAFFEINE DEHYDRATES)• OPEN WINDOWS FOR FRESH AIR • EXERCISE• MEET FRIENDS • LISTEN TO MUSIC• ALLOW DOWN TIME

ENVIRONMENT

• LET PEOPLE KNOW WHEN YOU ARE REVISING • REMOVE DISTRACTIONS (PHONE/ TV/ RADIO)• IF YOU ARE GOING TO LISTEN TO MUSIC AVOID MUSIC WITH LYRICS • REMEMBER! IN THE EXAM HALL IT WILL BE SILENT!• GET A PLANT TO NURTURE AND LOOK AFTER- OXYGEN LEVELS WILL

ALSO BE INCREASED• LIGHTING- DON’T STRAIN YOUR EYES• BOTTLES OF WATER AND QUICK SNACKS SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO

LEAVE THE ROOM

SUPPORT EACHOTHER

PRACTICE PAPERS

•3 SIMPLE STEPS IN THE BUILD UP TO AN EXAM•WEEK 1: 1 PRACTICE PAPER, OPEN BOOK, OPEN TIME.•WEEK 2: 1 PAPER, CLOSED BOOK, OPEN TIME. •WEEK 3: 2 PAPERS EXAM CONDITIONS.

WHAT REVISION TECHNIQUES WORK FOR YOU?

• During the weeks before an exam you don’t want to be creating revision materials, you want to be predominantly completing past paper questions and testing yourself.• Produce your revision materials and do them well and use them to

answer the past paper questions.

• Work towards an exam, don’t spend all your time revising for an exam in June- what exam do you have first and plan your time?• Break content into chunks and start with the areas you are less

confident with.

1) POST-ITS

2) INDEX/ FLASH CARDS

3) HIGHLIGHTING

4) MIND MAPS

5) LISTS/ BULLET POINTS• • • •

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6) AUDIO FILES

Managing your stress levels

• TAKE TIME OUT TO RELAX• PLAN CAREFULLY WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO REVISE AND DO WORK• DON’T DO TOO MUCH AT ONCE• EXERCISE/ MEDITATE• WALK THE DOG/ CAT/ RABBIT/ LITTLE SISTER

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/brainsmart/brain/

USEFUL SITES

• Art Web Sites• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/art/• Design and Technology Web Sites• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/ http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/education http://www.vam.ac.uk/tco/

http://samuel-beckett.net/ http://www.haroldpinter.org/home/index.shtml http://www.artslynx.org/theatre/design.htm http://info.timeout.com/pdf_supplement.php?s_id=8&ss_id=8&jlnk=lsl0180

• www.technologystudent.com• Drama Web Sites• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/drama/• English Web Sites• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english/• English Literature Web Sites• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/• Geography Web Sites• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/ www.georesources.co.uk • www.thebrt.org.uk a great case-study of sustainable development in India• www.geographyatthemovies.co.uk movie clips linked to geographical themes• www.upmystreet.co.uk good data on different UK postcodes• www.rgs.org the website of the Royal Geographical Society• http://volcano.und.nodak.edu case studies of volcanoes• www.worldatlas.com great reference site• www.mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk excellent for revising map skills• www.foe.co.uk Friends of the Earth• www.greenpeace.org.uk Non Governmental Organization• ICT Web Sites• Useful for General Revision• http://www.comberton.cambs.sch.uk/Curriculum/ICT/GCSE/GCSEICTIndex.htm http://freepages.pavilion.net/users/enigma/gcse5.htm

http://www.theteacher99.btinternet.co.uk/theteacher/gcse/newgcse/gcse_ict_edexcel.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/

• Quiz and Revision pages:• http://freepages.pavilion.net/users/enigma/gcse0.htm• Music Web Sites• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/music/• PE Web Sites• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/pe/ http://www.brianmac.co.uk/index.htm

• http://www.getrevising.com• http://media.play.com/Revision/PDF/letts-study-buddy.pdf• http://www.classtools.net/• www.how-to-study.com •www.educationforum.co.uk• www.academictips.org• www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize• www.channel4learning.net• www.mymaths.co.uk• www.scholar.hw.uk• Maths Web Sites• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/• www.waldomaths.com• www.easymaths.com• www.s-cool.co.uk• http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/web/2000/heal/mathsites.htm• History Web Sites• http://www.revisioncentre.co.uk/gcse/history/index.html www.schoolhistory.co.uk/revision/

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/ www.historygcse.org/• www.johndclare.net/• Languages Web Sites• www.linguascope.com (GCSE section)• www.edexcel.com• www.quia.com (grammar and vocabulary)• www.languagesonline.org.uk• http://www.learnspanish.com/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/ http://www.learn-spanish-

online.de/ www.languagesonline.org.uk• Also Miss Picardo’s blog www.misspicado.edublogs.org• http://www.frenchteacher.net/Y10-11/Y10-11index.htm

http://www.revisioncentre.co.uk/gcse/french/index.html http://shopkins.wordpress.com/gcse-french/ http://www.stantonbury.org.uk/podcast/french_nonrss.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/french/• Also the Y11 French blog http://blogfrancaisdeppsy11.edublogs.org/. • Business Web Sites • http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/business/ http://www.bized.co.uk/• Science Web Sites• http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/keystage4.aspx?id=315 for Biology http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/keystage4.aspx?id=316

for Chemistry http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/keystage4.aspx?id=318 for Physics. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/