GCSE News

Issue 6 Week A Monday 29th April 2019

Revision techniques

Exams this week:

Wed 1st May = Y11 French Oral exams

This week at Morriston

All Week

Form focus groups meet during

registration; by invite

Tuesday 30th April

Y11 Maths pie charts revision

@lunch

Y10 Physics features of waves

revision @3pm

Y11 Triple Chem reversible

reactions @ 3pm

Geog revision weather+climate

@3pm

History revision on Depression

War and Recovery @3pm

PE revision @ lunch

Comp Sc revision @3pm

French revision on speaking

practice @3pm

Wednesday 1st May

History revision on Nazi

Germany @ 3pm

RE revision on wealth+ poverty

@ 3pm

Thursday 2nd May

Y11 Physics stars+planets

@3pm

Y10+11 History revision on

Medicine @ 3pm

Coming Up

WB May 6th

Monday May 6th = May Day

Bank holiday

Tuesday May 7th = GCSE exams start with Maths Numeracy unit

1 at 8.30am

Thurs May 9th = Maths Nu-meracy unit 2

at 8.30am

GCSE Newyddion

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Lunchtime WBQ catch up

Wk A—Y10 Biology

Wk B—Y11 Biology

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

After

School

3-4.15pm

Y11 Chemistry in

E2.11

Y10 Physics in E1.23

Geog in D2.3

Y10+11 History in C2.7

Y11 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

Effective last minute revision

requires tactics.

1. Cut out the fat

Its too late to revise everything.

Condense it down to memorising

the facts. Write essay plans for

essay based subjects and

memorise them. Here’s where

your flash cards come into their

own.

2. learn the summaries

Find online videos and lectures

that summarise your subject

material. Use the revision notes

that your teachers have given you

3. PAST PAPERS

Get plenty of practise on those

past paper questions that you have

found most difficult and have your

teacher talk you through your

answers

4. Clear your head

Go for a walk or a run. Clear your

mind and give yourself space to

think rationally. You’ll think

more clearly for the fresh air.

5. Sleep is more important than

cramming

If you’re suffering pre-exam

jitters then cramming last

minute won’t work. Overloading

yourself with new information

can actually be detrimental.

Skim your flashcards and essay

plans, but don’t open up a new

chapter of a textbook and

expect to learn it by tomorrow.

It’s much more sensible to get

some shut-eye so you can wake

up feeling alert and ready to do

your best.

Quiz quiz quiz Leading researchers in the

field of memory

consider testing yourself as

one of the most effective

ways to improve your

ability to recall

information .

Testing yourself also helps

you check for any gaps in

your knowledge. Practice

papers provide a good

starting point, as well as

quizzing yourself at the end

of your revision session.

GCSE Count down

There are

9

Days left until May 7th’s first GCSE exam

GCSE revision and pass classes on this week