GCSE News
Issue 3 Week A Monday 1st April 2019
Retrieval practice—what does
this mean?
Essentially this is about how
your brain can recall and
remember information and how
we can train it to do this better
Think twice about using
highlighters
Despite being the favourite
weapon of many students
tackling revision, research
suggests they don’t work very
well. People learn and recall
information better if they
Revision techniques
Exams this week:
Wed 3rd—Fri 5th April = Y11 Welsh Oral exams
connect it to other pieces of
information. Highlighters don’t
do this, they isolate single
pieces of information. Quite
often, students end up
highlighting whole chunks and
passages of text, which can
give the appearance of having
worked hard, but is of little
value.
The 4 methods above give
examples of how better to
connect pieces of information
together from subject notes.
This week at Morriston
All Week
Form focus groups meet during
registration; by invite
Tuesday 2nd April
Y10 Physics energy revision
@3pm
Y11 Chem acids, bases+ salts @
3pm
Geog revision Tectonic
landscapes and hazards @3pm
History revision on Depression
War and Recovery @3pm
PE revision @ lunch
Comp Sc revision @3pm
Wednesday 3rd April
French revision on global
sustainability @3pm
History revision on Nazi
Germany @ 3pm
RE revision on wealth+ poverty
@ 3pm
Thursday 4th April
Y11 Physics work+energy @3pm
Y10 Chem, water @lunch
Y10+11 History revision on
Medicine @ 3pm
Coming Up
WB April 8th
Y10 mock exams week
Info also available at:
www.morriston.school.sch.uk
Twitter @MorristonComp
And on Parentmail
Impact Wales - @ImpactWales
GCSE Newyddion
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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 Lunchtime
Y10 Physics in E1.23
Y11 Chemistry in E2.11
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
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:
According to the Guardian,
before you do any revision:
E a t b r e a k f a s t
It is estimated that around 27%
of boys and 39% of girls skip
breakfast some or all of the
time. It’s not called the most
important meal of the day for
nothing: research has found
that skipping this meal
significantly reduces students’
attention and their ability to
recall information. Simply
having a bowl of cereal will give
students the concentration and
memory boost they need.
Start early and spread it out
Actors don’t leave their
rehearsals until the day before
opening night. Athletes don’t
only train the day before a
match. To commit something to
memory takes time. Spreading
out your revision sessions on a
particular topic is more
effective than spending the
same amount of time in one
go. This effect, known as
“spacing”, helps because it
allows time in between revision
to forget and re-learn the
material. This strategy has
been labelled as “one of the
most robust across the entire
history of experimental
research on learning and
memory”
Test Yourself 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
37
Days left until May 7th’s first GCSE exam
GCSE revision and pass classes on this week
GCSE
Lsn Monday 8th
April Tuesday 9th
April
Wednesday 10
th April
Thursday 11th
April
Friday 12th
April
1 Maths Paper 1
Higher Tier 1hr 45mins
Foundation Tier 1hr 30mins
(Theatre/Gym)
Biology
Double 1hr 15mins
Triple 1hr 45mins
(Theatre/Gym)
Physics
Double 1hr 15mins
Triple 1hr 45mins
(Theatre/Gym)
Maths Paper 2
Higher Tier 1hr 45 mins
Foundation Tier
1hr 30 mins (Theatre/Gym)
2
3 French (Reading) 1hr 15mins (Theatre)
Chemistry Double 1hr
15mins
Triple 1hr 45mins
(Theatre/Gym)
Product Design 1 hour
4
5 History (Mrs Altman)
1 hour
French (Speaking)
1 hour
History (Mrs Dix-
Lawrence)
1 hour
Textiles
55mins
Year 10 Mock Exam Timetable
Monday 8th
– Friday 12th
April 2019
All examinations will take place in classrooms unless otherwise stated.
RE examinations (40 mins) will be carried out in lessons during the week
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