Year 11 Information Evening
Welcome
Striving for excellence
in learning through
- Resilience
- Responsibility
- Respect
Running order
Introduction
Ms J. Preston
Welcome and Introductions
Miss S. Wilding
Examinations
Mrs E. Thomas
Revision strategies
Miss S. Wilding
If you have any questions please speak to staff members on an individual basis
after we have finished.
The Purpose of this evening
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To know the key people involved in Year 11
To understand relevant information in regards to exams
The look ahead to important dates
To have knowledge of revision strategies to help Year 11 students
• Aim: for each student in Year 11 to achieve their full potential
and make the best possible progress in their last year of GCSE
exams.
Who is here tonight?
• Deputy Head – Ms Preston
• Head of Year – Miss Wilding
• Assistant Head of Year – Mrs S Miller-Cook
• KS4 Student Manager – Mrs Gayler
• Exam Manager– Mrs Thomas
The rest of Year 11 Pastoral Support Team
11A
Mrs E Humphries
11B
Miss S Blake
11C
Mrs S. Miller-Cook
11L
Mrs J Ridgeway
11P
Mrs S. Seath
11R
Mr T Saunders
Other staff that support Year 11: Mrs L Clark (SENCO)
Key Dates
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1st Report - 23rd October
6th Form Open Evening – 26th November
Mock Week – 31st November to 4th December
Mock Results – 11th January
2nd Report – 11th January
Parent’s Evening - 25th January
6th Form Application Deadline – 1st February
3rd Report - 15th March
Mentoring day - 17th March
The Challenges of Year 11
• Being self-motivated and taking even more responsibility for their own learning
• Organising themselves, notes, hand-outs, course information and the topics within each
subject
• Meeting more deadlines for work in class, at home and under controlled conditions
• Completing more work independently
• Planning and carrying out revision
• Understanding the examination structure for each subject
• Perfecting their examination technique and revision skills
Parents’ Role
• Offer Support and reassurance
• Support in providing correct equipment
• Communicate effectively with the school via tutors
or subject teachers
• Create a positive learning environment
• Monitor – Not Control
• Attendance
Guidance for successful learning
environment
Help to create a revision timetable.
- Make it visible in the house
- Specific to the students needs
- Realistic and achievable
- Time allocations
- Break periods agreed.
www.getrevising.co.uk
Guidance for successful learning environment
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Students should be looking to do 10 -15 hours a week of work outside of
school hours – Homework/ Coursework/ Revision
Short Burst (30 – 40 mins)
NO PHONE ZONE
Rest Breaks (10 – 15 mins)
Praise/Rewards
Social Media – limit this as much as possible during revision periods
Encourage student to be safe when on the internet and social media
Designated space to work
Food and Drink
SLEEP!!!
Effective Revision
Mo Farah –
1 minute to
read
How much can you recall?
1.What year was Mo Farah born?
2.Mo is the European record holder at which 3 distances?
3.In which month and year did he win a European gold medal in
the 10,000m?
4.What was his London Marathon time?
Let’s try it another way…
Rome
1.Rome is the Capital of which REGION?
2.What is the population of Rome?
3.When was Rome founded?
4.What is Rome also known as?
Start with your original text
Slash (highlight) the important information
Trash everything irrelevant and make a bullet point list
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Eyam
Derbyshire, England
‘Plague village’
Isolate
August 1665
Etc etc
Or you can rewrite the information using your key
words to help recall
You now have a choice – you can turn this information into a
mindmap to be a visual revision tool
Mapping your notes by
radiating key words out in a
pattern of links from a
central point will make best
use of your memory.
If you use colour and images
on the maps, you'll be harnessing the power of both
sides of your brain - creative
and logical.
MARCO POLO 1254-1324
Marco Polo was an explorer who lived over 700 years ago in the city of Venice.
His Father
and Uncle were great travellers who had travelled to China when Marco was very young.
When he was 17 he accompanied them on their return to China. The trip was very long and
it took 3 ½ years to travel over 5600 miles. It was perilous, especially when they had to
cross the Gobi Desert. Once in China seeing paper money and coal for the very first time
fascinated Marco Polo. He was also impressed with the Imperial Postal service that had 3
levels. To send a “Second Class” letter, you gave it to foot-runners that ran between relay
stations about 3 miles apart. They wore bells around their waists so that as they approached
the relay station, someone would be ready to take the message on to the next station. “First
Class” business post was carried on horseback between staging posts 25 miles apart. Really
important Imperial business was carried on horseback by the same courier, stopping only to
get a fresh horse. Marco Polo and his Father and Uncle stayed in China for 17 years before
they returned to Venice. This time they travelled by sea but it took them 2 years and over
600 passengers and crew died on the voyage. They were assisted on their travels by carrying
a special Golden Tablet that guaranteed their safe passage. On his return to Venice Marco
Polo wrote a book but because no one had ever travelled that far east before, many of his
tales were seen as lies. It was only in the last century when parts of China were revisited by
westerners for the very first time since Marco Polo that his stories were found to be true.
Marco Polo spoke 4 languages, was 70 when he died in his home city of Venice and he had
3 daughters.
Now let’s practice some of these skills
• Read through ‘Yellow-cheeked chipmunk’ text
• Carry out the ‘Slash and Trash’ technique culminating in a bullet
list of the key words.
• Put the text to one side and do one of the following;
- mindmap
- rewrite the text
- create note cards/ post - its
What is the yellow-cheeked chipmunk also known as?
What type of call does it have?
Is the chipmunk endangered or threatened?
What area is it generally found in?
How does its fur change between summer and winter?
How many stripes does it have?
Describe some of the foodstuffs that it eats.