Exam Revision Information
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Year 11 Revision and Study skills Evening - select links below:
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The aim of this area is to offer subject-specific guidance for supporting you in preparing for exams. There is a lot of useful advice on how to prepare and plan for exams, such as using revision timetables and various learning techniques.
Helpful Hints and Advice for Revising
Assessments/Exams, particularly public exams, are stressful for both students and their parents/carers. There is no single approach to preparing for exams and there are many techniques and practices which can be employed. Below find some links which we hope you and your child will find useful.
Online Resources - links to MyMaths, GCSEPOD, JSTOR and Kerboodle and many more.
Planning your revision - start it in plenty of time - mix up the revision subjects
READ THE EXAM SCHEDULE PROPERLY - make sure you know the time and place for the right exam students.
Memory Techniques
| The following websites offer some advice and support during exams: |
| Childline - exam stress |
NHS - Advice for Stress, Anxiety, Depression - Tips on surviving exams |
| YoungMinds - exam self-care |
Justin Craig - GCSE & A-Level revision tips |
| AQA - Student & Parent Support |
BBC Bitesize - Study Support |
| CGP Books - Interactive Tips for Exams |
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Joshua Foer: Feats of memory anyone can do: There are people who can quickly memorise lists of thousands of numbers, the order of all the cards in a deck (or ten!), and much more. Science writer Joshua Foer describes the technique -- called the memory palace -- and shows off its most remarkable feature: anyone can learn how to use it, including him.
Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work:We believe that we should work to be happy, but could that be backwards? In this fast-moving and entertaining talk from TEDxBloomington, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that actually, happiness inspires productivity.
There are also lots of things you can do to help support your individual subjects. The objective of the area below is to provide more information on each subject area.
BUSINESS STUDIES
A summary of the areas to learn are detailed here Personal Learning Checklists (PLCs). Students are encouraged to use the PLCs to aid revision, monitor their progress and identify specific areas for development. The Business Studies Department has organised revision sessions for students and the timetable will be available soon.
ECONOMICS
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Students have been issued with a bright green revision guide covering both exam papers. They will shortly have access to a bank of practice papers for the new spec. If students complete all of these they could also complete past papers from the older spec on the OCR website as the content is still relevant.
For revision the key points for students to remember are:
- Learn, and use the correct technical terms accurately
- Use real examples to support their answers where appropriate
- Attempt every question (both while practising exam questions and in the GCSE exams) – leave no blanks
- Use P.E.E. structure for longer questions
Students may attend a session in H6 after school each Wednesday if they have any queries or need some extra support. One extra session will be run weekly in the lead up to exams.
Google Classroom
The ICT department uses Google Classroom and Google Drive. Students can access their notes and any relevant PowerPoints etc. through these applications from anywhere.
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
Product Design: Polymers & Textiles (Edexcel), Engineering (WJEC) and Hospitality & Catering (Eduqas)
DRAMA - AQA
Students can find detailed resources and videos on their Google Classroom.
Students should ensure they have a detailed understanding of Blood Brothers (select link) – this is the version used in lessons.
Websites:
ENGLISH
Literarture
The best revision your child can do is to re-read the literature texts. They will have studied the following: a play An Inspector Calls – J.B. Priestley; a Dickens Novella A Christmas Carol; the Conflict and Power poetry from their AQA Poetry Anthology as well as a Shakespeare text – Romeo and Juliet or Macbeth.
Websites:
Your English teacher will have given specific tips in class which will all be in his/her exercise book(s).
Revision resources are also available on Google Classroom.
Language
Snap Revision Reading, Papers 1 & 2 Published by Collins
Snap Revision Writing, Papers 1 & 2. Published by Collins
Linguascope (students have the username and password)
Collins revision guides can be bought from the English department.
Revision resources are also available on Google Classroom.
GEOGRAPHY
Google Classroom
GCSE students can find all the help they need on the Geography GCSE Revision classroom. Code is rxpryrm
This includes PLC’s, Revision booklets, past papers, videos of help, self-help and much more.
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
Health and Social Care External Assessments are completed in Year 11.
Sample Assessments are available on:
https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/btec-tech-awards/health-and-social-care.html
As an overview. The course content includes going over past papers and the mark scheme. We will go over the style of answering questions. Revision guides will be available from the department.
HISTORY
GCSE Pod - sign on with Google (your school email and school password)
MATHEMATICS
- Students can also access Kerboodle and complete the review and assessment sections at the end of each chapter
Other websites that students may find useful are:
MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Google Classroom
Google Classroom has substantial material from Authentik - GCSE practice listening tests and questions.
MUSIC
The exam is Unit 1: Listening to and Appraising Music - 1 hour; 80 marks; 20% of GCSE
Students will respond to questions based on short musical excerpts drawing on music from all five Areas of Study: Rhythm & Metre; Harmony & Tonality; Texture & Melody; Timbre & Dynamics; Structure & Form.
Key Revision points:
• Remember all keywords
• Read the question carefully
• Look at how many marks each question is worth and make sure you make the required number of points e.g. if it is 2 marks, make sure you make 2 points.
Books: CDG books (handed out in class).
PE
The AQA PE exam is assessed over 2 papers. Both papers are 1 hour and 15 minutes long and split into 3 assessment objectives:
- AO1: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the factors that underpin performance and involvement in physical activity and sport (multiple choice and recall questions)
- AO2: Apply knowledge and understanding of the factors that underpin performance and involvement in physical activity and sport (short answer questions)
- AO3: Analyse and evaluate the factors that underpin performance and involvement in physical activity and sport (Extended answer questions- 6 & 9 marker)
Practice exam papers and mark schemes can be found on the AQA website and google classroom. When practising exam papers students should allow one minute per mark - use the time, don’t rush as that is when silly mistakes are made.
To revise students should read through the list of topics and cover ALL topics using their exercise books. Follow the revision schedule. Use the topic booklets. Make good use of acronyms to trigger key information (SPORTFITT). Students should attend all revision sessions!
PSYCHOLOGY
Specification: OCR GCSE Psychology new 1-9 specification ( from 2017)
Some useful revision websites:
Paper One: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFPpP0C7JW0A3ItLndnLDNQ/playlists?disable_polymer=1
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD_c_gBZwHGmvo33SiRA1Vw/videos?disable_polymer=1
https://getrevising.co.uk/resources/psychology-notes
https://tuxfordgcsepsychology.wordpress.com/home/
https://passmorespsychology.weebly.com/
Useful revision books:
Revision Guide - can be purchased from the school £9
https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Revise-Psychology-GCSE
In addition, there will be a revision section on the GCSE Psychology Google Classroom
PHILOSOPHY, ETHICS & RELIGION
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RELIGIOUS STUDIES ON GCSEPod
On the GCSEPod website select browse content followed by ‘Arts, Humanities and Business Studies’. Within this category select ‘Religious Studies’’
The podcasts relevant to our GCSE studies are all those under the categories of ‘Christianity’, ‘Islam’ and ‘Belief and Morality’. Under the category of ‘Current Religious Issues’ the podcasts which are relevant are ‘Issues in Modern Society’ and ‘Matters of life and Death’.
Some of the information here may be really beneficial to your revision and independent work in the subject of RE so happy listening!
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SCIENCE
The Science department has available for purchase the revision guides for your child’s course in either Triple Science or Core/Additional Science. The guides include revision material, exam questions and answers.
Kerboodle
Kerboodle gives access to useful lessons, revision materials and worksheets (and ISA homework).
Login details are as follows:
Username: First initial and surname – all lowercase i.e. Joanna Smith would be jsmith
Password: the same as username i.e. jsmith. (note: if they have logged on before they may have changed their password and will need to use this instead)
Institution code: dl3
The system will invite them to change their password to save and use this next time they log on.
If students have difficulty with their passwords they need to get their passwords reset by contacting staff in the E-Learning Office.
AQA Past Papers
The link below gives you access to past papers and the AQA exam board.
http://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/exams-guidance/find-past-papers-and-mark-schemes
Spec codes for the GCSEs:
Combined Science - 8464
Biology - 8461
Chemistry - 8462
Physics - 8463
