GCSE News

Issue 2 Week A Monday 25 March 2019

The Pomodoro

The process is simple. You

work for 25 minutes, then take

break for five minutes.

Each 25-minute work period is

called a “pomodoro”, named

after the Italian word for

tomato. After four

“pomodoros” have passed,

(100 minutes of work time

with 15 minutes of break time)

you then take a 15-20 minute

break.

Every time you finish a

pomodoro, you mark your

progress with an “X”, and note

the number of times you had

Revision techniques

Exams this week:

Monday 25th March = Y10 Engineering internal exam

Tuesday 26th March = Y11 Hairdressing assessment day

Wed 27th—Fri 29th = Y10 Welsh oral exams

the impulse to procrastinate

or switch gears to work on

another task for each 25-

minute chunk of time.

How can it help you?

Frequent breaks keep your

mind fresh and focused.

Don’t have a kitchen timer? –

use the alarm on your phone

or there are Pomodoro apps

you can use; just search

‘pomodoro timer’ in the app

store

This week at Morriston

All Week

Form focus groups meet during

registration; by invite

Tuesday 26th March

Y10 Physics electricity revision at

3pm

Y11 Chem bonding,

structure+properties at 3pm

Geog revision on rural-urban

links at 3pm

History revision on depression +

war @ 3pm

Wednesday 27th March

French revision on world of work

at 3pm

History revision on Nazi

Germany @ 3pm

RE revision on wealth+ poverty

@ 3pm

Thursday 21st March

Y11 Physics moving forces

@3pm

Y10 atomic structure @lunch

Coming Up

WB April 1st

School Production week

April 3rd—5th

Y11 Welsh Oral exams

WB April 8th

Y10 mock exams

week

Revision session loyalty will be rewarded

For every 10 revision sessions

that your child attends they will

be rewarded with a drink or a

cookie of their choice. They just

have to get their loyalty card

signed by the teacher and hand

completed cards in to the can-

teen

Morriston Comprehensive School

GCSE Revision Loyalty & Reward

Card

GCSE Newyddion

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

WBQ catch up

Wk A—Y10 Biolo-

gy

Wk B—Y11 Biolo-

gy

WBQ catch up

PE in B block

WBQ catch up

WBQ catch up

Y10 Chemistry in

E2.11

RE SC +resits in D2.5

WBQ catch up Lunchtime

Y10 Physics in E1.23

Y11 Chemistry in E2.11

Geog in D2.3

Y10+11 History in C2.7

Computer Sc in D2.11

French in C3.5

English in D3.6

Y10+11 History in C2.7

Y11 RE in D2.5

Y11 Physics in E1.23

English in D3.6

Y10+11 History in

C2.6

After

School

3-4.15pm

Easter Holi-

days

April 15th Y11

RE

April 16th + 23rd 10-

1pm = Y11 Computer

Sc

April 17th = Y11 triple

Science all day

What the research says:

loss of sleep, increased

caffeine consumption and

unhealthy snacking are sure-fire

ways to create a less than

o p t i m a l e x a m - t i m e

performance.

“Lack of sleep can end up

c loud ing judge ment o r

increasing the number of

mistakes made. Students need

to get at least six to eight hours

of sleep a night, particularly on

the night before an exam.”

SLEEP WELL: Most people need

at least six to eight hours of

sleep every night – so no pulling

an all-nighter to cram for an

exam! Lack of sleep results in

poor coping strategies for

managing stress and ‘fuzzy’

thinking. The best bet by far is

to study often and in advance

and build in a good rest before

the big day. Sleeping on a

comfortable, supportive bed

can really help with a good

night’s sleep.

EAT WELL: Stress eating can

seriously disrupt healthy eating

habits. Keep healthy, easy-to-

eat snacks around such as

nuts or fresh fruit.

Social Media Poll Year 11 spend between 39 and

50 HOURS per WEEK on their

phone!!

We recently conducted a quick poll

of a class of year 11. where we

asked them to look at their screen

time reports.

We were horrified by the results.

The least amount of time spent

was 39 hours a week—that’s a

working week! The most was over

50 hours per week. What could

they achieve if they spent this time

revising?

GCSE Count down

There are

43

Days left until May 7th’s first GCSE exam

GCSE revision and pass classes on this week

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