What the students said

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What the students said

• 2006

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In 2006

• 74 of Endon High School students achieved 5 or
  more A-C grades.
• We expect our Year 11 pupils this year to achieve
  81

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• Congratulations 2006!!!

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• When the 2006 results came out, Mrs White
  analysed the results and contacted 45 students to
  ask them

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What was the secret of your success?
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• The 45 students selected were those who had
  achieved between 0-6 A-C grades in the mock
  examinations, and had raised this by 4 or more in
  their actual exams, six months later.

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We asked them..

• Tell us honestly-
• How did you make your improvement?

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When students have left

• They are not afraid to speak openly
• They have matured
• They have been through a very stressful
  experience!
• This is what they said.

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• Work hard, concentrate in lessons, think of
  your future and set yourself targets
  
• Ben Stanley

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• I feel that the fact that Mrs Stubbs suggested
  a check for dyslexia resulted in my being given
  extra time to assimilate my thoughts and complete
  my work.
• Joe Johnson

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• I revised for two hours every day, three
  subjects each day. Also, I made sure that my
  coursework was of a good standard.
  Phoebe Beynon

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• Do lots of revision and go to all of the
  revision sessions, as they helped me to remember
  some stuff that I had forgotten.
  
• Joe Lawton

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• Work Hard
• Use short study sessions
• Good organisation
• Phil Lovatt

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Three pupils came into school

• They spent about an hour with Mrs White, Mrs
  Preece and Mrs Roscoe.
• They said a great deal about what had helped them
  to achieve success..

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• I was sent to my nans house to get my work
  done. She had been a teacher and gave me one- to-
  one help.
• My brother tutored me. I tried with my sister,
  but that didnt work.

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• Listen to what the colleges say in your college
  interview. It was a motivator for me and gave me
  some career prospects.
• I wish Id started working earlier

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• It was only when my parent s got involved that
  I really got down to work. Before then, I just
  kept putting it off!

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• Staying in school to do revision is better than
  study leave.
• I found going over everything again, with
  someone, when I didnt get it helped me.

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• The hardest subjects to catch up when you are
  away are Food, Maths and Science.
• I found SAM learning good for Maths.

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What teachers say

• I was told by some teachers that I wasnt going
  to get the grades I wanted. I was out to prove
  the teacher wrong!
• Teachers give you confidence when they say,
  You will pass! They made people believe they
  could do it.

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• Your friends say they are not revising. But
  you know they are!
• We knew the teachers were right, but we didnt
  want to take it in. Finally, you have to accept
  what they are saying is true.

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Revision techniques

• One-to-one tutoring
• Learning exam technique
• Testing- areas of weakness
• Spider diagrams
• Know yourself- revise alone or study buddy?
• Manageable chunks of revision

• Science/Geography revision guides
• Geography case studies- school intranet
• Highlight texts
• Write in exercise books
• Highlight words/colours

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School Strategies

• Contacting home about coursework had an effect
• Checklists of content helped
• Mock results day gave confidence
• Revision sessions give a good overview of a paper

• Coursework catch up helped
• In focus groups you hear other peoples
  experiences
• Getting colleges in school helped you to set
  target grades

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Future developments

• One strategy they suggested was telling the
  teacher the areas they felt most weak in, and
  having a specific revision session to go over
  that topic.
• We hope to introduce this, to help you achieve,
  this year.

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You have it from the experts!

• Now, its over to you..