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 future
3 MBIT personality test
3 Avoid Distractions
4 Bad habits
5 New habits
6 Know your brain
7 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 BOOKLETS
PAGE 1: IS A FIVE YEAR PLAN
HAVING A PLAN GIVES YOU FOCUS, GOALS AND SOMETHING TO STRIVE
TOWARDS AND AIM FOR.
MBIT PERSONALITY TEST BOOKLET
THIS 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
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/
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http://www.getrevising.com
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http://media.play.com/Revision/PDF/letts-study-buddy.pdf
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Art Web Sites
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http://www.classtools.net/
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/art/
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www.how-to-study.com •www.educationforum.co.uk
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Design and Technology Web Sites
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www.academictips.org
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www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
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
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www.channel4learning.net
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www.technologystudent.com
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www.mymaths.co.uk
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Drama Web Sites
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www.scholar.hw.uk
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/drama/
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Maths Web Sites
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English Web Sites
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english/
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www.waldomaths.com
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English Literature Web Sites
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www.easymaths.com
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/
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www.s-cool.co.uk
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Geography Web Sites
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http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/web/2000/heal/mathsites.htm
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/ www.georesources.co.uk
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History Web Sites
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www.thebrt.org.uk a great case-study of sustainable development in India
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http://www.revisioncentre.co.uk/gcse/history/index.html www.schoolhistory.co.uk/revision/
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/ www.historygcse.org/
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www.geographyatthemovies.co.uk movie clips linked to geographical themes
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www.upmystreet.co.uk good data on different UK postcodes
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www.johndclare.net/
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www.rgs.org the website of the Royal Geographical Society
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Languages Web Sites
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http://volcano.und.nodak.edu case studies of volcanoes
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www.linguascope.com (GCSE section)
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www.worldatlas.com great reference site
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www.edexcel.com
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www.mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk excellent for revising map skills
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www.quia.com (grammar and vocabulary)
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www.foe.co.uk Friends of the Earth
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www.languagesonline.org.uk
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www.greenpeace.org.uk Non Governmental Organization
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http://www.learnspanish.com/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/ http://www.learn-spanish-online.de/
www.languagesonline.org.uk
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ICT Web Sites
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Also Miss Picardo’s blog www.misspicado.edublogs.org
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Useful for General Revision
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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/
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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/
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/french/
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Quiz and Revision pages:
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Also the Y11 French blog http://blogfrancaisdeppsy11.edublogs.org/.
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http://freepages.pavilion.net/users/enigma/gcse0.htm
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Business Web Sites
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Music Web Sites
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/business/ http://www.bized.co.uk/
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/music/
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Science Web Sites
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PE Web Sites
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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/
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/pe/ http://www.brianmac.co.uk/index.htm
USEFUL SITES