Year 11 Exam Revision Sessions

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Year 11 Exam Revision Sessions

• Thursdays 2.30 4.00pm
• Cathy Eckett PDM

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Why are we running these sessions?

• Last year boys did not achieve as many A - C
  grades as girls
• All pupils on this course are not achieving their
  average target grade or their upper target grade
• We care!

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Why are we here tonight?

• It is the schools responsibility to deliver the
  National Curriculum and exam subjects BUT
• Pupils need parents support at home if they are
  to achieve their potential
• Some pupils are not as committed to achieving as
  school or their parents are!
• We want to raise these pupils grades!

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Format of the sessions

• 2.30 2.45 Boxing using pads and
  gloves/Dance/aerobics/activities
• 2.45 3.10 revision
• 3.15 3.45 revision
• 3.45 4.00 finish to catch late bus or extra
  exercise if walking/cycling/being picked up

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Why boxing?

• Boxing is a high energy sport
• High intensity - short bursts
• Suits this programme
• Great for anger management ?
• Releases endorphins to get students in the right
  frame of mind
• It is different!

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Benefits to pupils

• Aim will obviously be to raise grades
• To initiate revision
• To aid revision techniques
• To raise self esteem
• To instil a need to think about their future
• To work as a team to achieve
• To build self confidence in ability to achieve
• To realise that its not too late YET!!!!

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Benefits to parents

• Pupil is supported by the school to revise
• Aim for pupil to develop more coping mechanisms
  for this period of time
• Pupil develops greater sense of responsibility
  for own future
• Pupils are less stressed
• We are a direct support for parents as well
  during this time! www.biddenham.org/revision

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Using the flip chart paper...

• As a table please write down
• What you perceive to be the limiting factors to
  your child achieving their average potential
  grades
• How much physical fitness your child does each
  week?
• What limits your child from staying at school for
  longer each day to complete work/revision?
• Any other points you would like to make for the
  school to begin to address about revision and
  support for pupils.

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Next steps

• Formal contract to sign
• Parent, pupil and staff forming a basic agreement
  and commitment
• Pupils start after half term
• No sessions missed, if absent we need reasons
• Parents offered supporting sessions, so they can
  support appropriately at home

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Parents Support Sessions

• An evening for each core subject
• In sessions parents can learn
• Appropriate revision techniques for that subject
• Appropriate materials to use
• Non invasive methods to ascertain childs
  learning
• A check list of information your child should
  know.

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Thank you for listening, we are here to answer
any questions individually

• Please sign the contract and return it to a
  member of staff this evening