SKILLS FOR FUTURE SUCCESS
Time for a quick snapshot
What’s today all about?
Opportunity to reflect on your current study habits and skills
Consider the mechanics of learning and revision
Applying this to your revision for GCSEs
Where does this take you in the future?
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Why do we revise?
Neurons form connections when we learn or experience something new.
(Not to scale)
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Brains are incredibly powerful tools, made up of billions of neurons.
Why do we revise?
Not all revision is equal:
• Different techniques or strategies will work for different content or subjects.
• Strategies that require you actively to do something with the information are more likely to strengthen pathways. • Spread your revision out - and try to revisit topics more than once.
• Flash cards with questions and answers. Getting friends and family to test you.
• Watching a YouTube video and then noting down three things you remember after you’ve watched the clip
• Creating mind maps without your notes and then adding in anything you’ve forgotten afterwards
• Setting yourself a mini quiz based on your revision to answer next time you study
Putting this into practice
1. Planning your approach:
1. Plan
• What are you being asked to do? Be specific in what you need to revise.
• Which strategies could you use?
• Are there any strategies that you’ve used before that could work well here?
2. Monitor
3. Evaluate
Look at the examples in your booklet – what strategies would you use?
Remember – you’re choosing the best approach for your learning.
2. Monitoring how it’s going:
• Think about efficiency (how much time is it taking?)
• Are you looking at the right materials?
• Do you feel more confident in your learning?
Whilst you’re revising, keep thinking about whether your approach is working.1. Plan 2. Monitor 3. Evaluate
3. Job done – almost!
Once you’ve finished a piece of revision, stop and consider how well your approach worked.
There are questions in your booklet to help. It’s also worth thinking about when you might need to revisit this topic to what you can remember.
1. Plan
2. Monitor
3. Evaluate
Useful website for revising (and thinking about your futures!)
BBC Bitesize has a great range of revision materials that could help with your GCSEs and other exams.
CareerPilot is a free website that has lots of information about your choices for study and work in the future.
There are lots of apps for your phone that could help with mindfulness and relaxation if you’re struggling with stress or worrying about your exams.
Marginal gains theory (or the 1% factor)
Reflect on your current habits
Marginal gains theory (or the 1% factor)
Redesigned bike seats
Pillows and mattresses
Changed racing suit material
Handwashing lessons
Painting transport vans
If you were to focus on making tiny improvements in some of these areas, what could your score be?
Have you thought about going to university and progressing into higher education?
Level One and Two
GCSEs
Level Three A Levels
BTECs
Intermediate apprenticeships (L2)
NVQs
BTECs
Advanced apprenticeships
NVQs
Baccalaureates Cambridge Pre-Us
Extended Project Qualification (EPQ)
Access to HE diplomas
Why think about university and progressing into higher education?
• An opportunity to learn about something that you’re interested in –this could be something new!
• Could lead you into your dream career.
• Possibly a chance to move away and learn to live independently (financial management, cooking for yourself!)
• Meet new people, develop new skills including communication, research and independent study skills.
Time to write a plan and note your final thoughts