ST FRANCIS
XAVIER’S
COLLEGE
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Year 11
Information Evening
February 2015
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• Welcome
• General Information
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Revision - Parental Support
• Supplies – stationery, snacks and revision aids
• Structure – timetable / Rest breaks Timing – 2-3 hours per
night
• Mobile phones, iPods and music
• Past papers and mark schemes – checking and recording
progress
• Room for study (bedroom vs dining room)
• Internet, friend or foe?
– Internet History
– MSN/Instagram/snapchat/twitter
– Facebook
– Toolbar and tabbed browsing
– Turn off your router
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Learning Online
• Online activities Downloading MP3 audio files
(bbc bitesize)
• Downloading/printing past and practice
papers (see subject information page for exam board and Moodle for a link to all the
past papers)
• Internet safety and supervision
• Disable MSN/download conversations
• Regular breaks and checking up!
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Moodle
There is now a link to
all past papers from
each subject area in
Moodle.
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Producing a REVISION PLAN
Step one - please allow 1-2 hours for this
Sit down with you son and list all the subjects that he needs to revise, then break those
down into topics. Estimate how much time will need to be spent on each topic. Your son
may need to speak to his subject teacher for advice.
Time needed
Science paper 1
Completed/ get help/notes
Total 20 hours
• Inheritance and selection
3
• Structures and bonding
4
• Waves and radiation
4
•Humans and organisms
3
• Maintenance of life
3
•Metals
3
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Step 2 - planning revision period
This is the main revision period. Start revision ASAP, make a chart like the one below dated
and divided up into AM, PM and evening. In the support available column you can put in a
member of the house to help your son with his work or be around to supervise e.g. older
brother or sister, cousin aunt or grandparent as well as yourself. Also TV programmes and
web based help can be listed here.
Date
AM
PM
Evening
Support available
Sat 4th April
Away
Away
Away
Sunday 5th April
Football
French speaking
test
Maths PAPER
1
French test Bitesize support. Older
Brother to help.
Maths paper homework
Monday 6th April
Science
Metals
English Anthology
Out with
friends.
Science Moodle revision
Anthology use revision guide from
school
Tuesday 7th April
Morning off
Geography
climate
Geography
past paper
Revision from text book in afternoon
Mum to help. Download past paper
from exam board website for evening
Wednesday 8th April
Science
History
Maths
Algebra
Science paper one homework. History
use revision questions and notes in
exercise book and Maths use Bitesize
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Step 3 – Feedback
•Make sure that the revision plan is discussed at the end of each week and any
changes made and agreed this is particularly important when you son is on study
leave.
•Mark in days when exams take place as these will not be available for revision,
take the dates from the certificate of entry.
April
AM
PM
Evening
Support available
Sat 25th April
Science:
structures and
bonding
History: Key
question 3
Out with friends
GCSE revision guide and help from older
brother with science.
Use history notes for Key question 3
Sunday 26th April
Swimming
Business studies
paper 1
Maths:
Graphs
Download Business studies paper form the
internet.
GCSE revision guide and dads help for Maths
Monday 27th April
School
School
ICT
Attend extra ICT session
Tuesday 28th April
School
School
Geography past
paper
Attend Nightowl session 3.00-4 .00 RE with
Mrs Walsh
4.30 – 6pm Moodle
Wednesday 29th
April
School
School
Product design
Work through the revision booklet provided.
Use Internet for help
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Literacy across all subjects
• GCSE specifications and mark schemes have been
revised in order to promote and reward good standards
of written communication across the curriculum.
• In 2011, the Department for Education announced that
spelling, punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) would be
introduced into the assessment of four GCSE
qualifications: English Literature, History, Geography and
Religious Studies. In each of these qualifications 5% of
the total marks must be allocated to the assessment of
candidates’ spelling, punctuation and grammar. This has
now widened to also include Science and Languages.
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How will SPaG be made
clear on the exam paper?
There will be an instruction
for candidates before any
question that has SPaG
marks available stating that
spelling, punctuation and
grammar will be assessed in
that question.
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NightOwl Sessions
• Intervention classes and workshops delivered weekly
each evening Monday - Thursday
• Sessions run 3:00pm to 5:00pm
• Sustenance Provided
• Timetable displayed in dining room and around the
school (copy in your pack)
• Coursework/controlled assessment / Booster
Sessions
• Variety of Subjects
• Subject NightOwl sessions will continue until exam
has been sat for that subject
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English GCSE
Revision Advice
• English, English Language & English
Literature
• Pupils must start to revise for GCSE now
• National average (boys only): 54%
achieve grades A*-C
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GCSE Exam and Controlled
Assessments
• English/English Language Exam: 60%
• Controlled Assessments: 40%
• English Literature Exam : 75%
• Controlled Assessments: 25%
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English/English Language
Exam
• One Paper: Unit 1
• Date: Tuesday, 2nd June 2015
• Time allowed: 2 hrs 15 mins
Section A
Non Fiction Reading
• 3 extracts of non-fiction writing
• Pupils must show an understanding of the extracts and
should be able to evaluate linguistic devices and
presentational features
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Section B
• Pupils have one hour to write two non-fiction essays.
• They must provide evidence on their exam script that
they have planned and proofread their work.
• Their essays must be carefully crafted using the many
techniques they have been taught.
• They must be able to write to: describe/ explain/
argue/ persuade.
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How Can Pupils Revise ?
• They must complete practice papers under strictly
controlled time conditions
• They must revise in silence with no distractions
• Revision guides may be purchased to aid studying
• A senior examiner will be in school on Tuesday 7th April
2015 to tutor pupils
• Many past(successful) students went to Central Library
to revise in silence
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English Literature
• All of the set texts must be read and re-read.
• Pupils should have knowledge of where to find key
quotations.
• They must bring clean copies of their set texts to the
examination.
• Revision notes and guides should be studied.
• Use websites/YouTube to aid revision.
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A List of Useful Websites
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www.sparknotes.com
www.prezi.com
www.slideshare.net
www.gcse.com/english
www.aqa.org.uk
‘Mr Bruff’s’ channel on Youtube
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Maths Analysis of results
• Breakdown of marks by
topic.
• Pupils should use the list to
help with their revision.
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Revision Material
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Websites
• www.mymaths.co.uk
• www.mathsworkout.co.uk
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Revision
• http://corbettmaths.com
• Videos to help guide you through the topics.
• Questions by topic plus exam papers with
mark schemes
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Easter Revision Sessions
• Takes place during the school’s Easter holiday
period
(Main Sessions take place Tuesday 7th April to
Tuesday 14th April)
• 9:00am to 3:00pm daily
• Variety of sessions
• Timetable will be sent home
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• Conduct during the examinations
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• Results day (Thursday 20th August 2015)
• Sixth Form
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Thank You
Presentation will be available on
www.sfx.liverpool.sch.uk
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