This week’s Learn>Revise>Test focus is Mind Maps.
For more revision techniques, please check out https://sites.google.com/dukes.ncea.org.uk/learnrevisetest/revise
This week’s Learn>Revise>Test focus is Mind Maps.
For more revision techniques, please check out https://sites.google.com/dukes.ncea.org.uk/learnrevisetest/revise
The latest bullying research from the DfE makes for upsetting reading. Almost half (40%) of schoolchildren in the UK have been bullied within the past 12 months – with 21% of them experiencing negative changes to their behaviour, including avoiding going to school. In 15% of those cases, the victim’s behaviour suffers to the extent that they are ultimately excluded themselves.
Understanding and honest conversation can be an immense benefit to children who have become the target of bullying – but it’s such a delicate subject that it can often be hard for trusted adults to know where (or how) to start. Our #WakeUpWednesday guide this week contains ten practical tips for supporting a child who is experiencing bullying
When thinking about potential employment for the future, it is a great idea to stay up to date with what we refer to as local labour market information.
Check out an update from December below.
What techniques do you use for revision?
-I would print off as many mark schemes and past papers as I could find. I would answer or plan answers to all the questions then self mark them. This is the best way of learning exam technique and how the exam board wants you to answer questions, make sure you read the examiner’s comments so you know what to do/ not to do. Some subjects like science can reuse questions from previous years, so if you have practiced past papers you will know the model answers and get full marks to these questions.
-Make your revision materials as you go instead of leaving it to the last minute, as you won’t have time to actually make them. I used to make revision cards at the end of every lesson, so it only took 5 minutes each day rather than writing them out for hours in exam season.
-When making your revision materials make sure you look at the spec and cover every spec point. I used to do this to make ‘cheat sheets’ of all the information I needed to know for an exam, so it is condensed and all in one place.
-Do not spend hours upon hours revising – you won’t be productive. Set a 30 minute timer and get as much work done as possible with no distractions. Then get up and have a 5-10 minute break – in a different room, don’t stay seated at your desk. Come back and do another 30 minutes of work – on a different topic/ subject if possible, and continue to cycle. After 2/3 30 minute periods have a longer break.
-use revision apps like quizlet – you can make your own revision cards/ questions or use ones that other people have already made. It also tests you on the information in various different ways which helps to make it more memorable and easier to learn.
-Teach someone else the information – you have to understand the information before you can teach it!
-Get a blank sheet of paper and use the spec to give yourself headings for each spec point. Using textbooks/ notes, write down as much information as you can. Have a 15 minute break then come back and try to do the same thing but from memory, without any notes. Then fill in any missing pieces of information in a different colour pen using the first sheet. Anything in the second colour is information you need to revise.
1 piece of key advice you would provide for students in Y11?
-get organized – make your revision materials now and test yourself regularly.
When thinking about potential employment for the future, it is a great idea to stay up to date with what we refer to as local labour market information.
Check out an update from November below.
Local Labour market Information update
When thinking about potential employment for the future, it is a great idea to stay up to date with what we refer to as local labour market information.
Please find a recent update below.
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