St. Michael’s CE High School
Year 11 Revision Evening 2025
Agenda
Welcome and Overview
Mrs R Rongong (Headteacher)
Effective English Revision
Mrs M Magdi (Curriculum Leader for English)
Using Technology for Revision
Miss L O’Malley (Leader in Learning)
Effective Revision Strategies
Mr K Tierney (Deputy Headteacher)
Working in Partnership
Mrs R Rackstraw (Year 11 Pupil Manager)
Our Vision
Our motto is ‘Therefore choose [life]’ from Deuteronomy.
We understand this to mean growing in body, mind and spirit, so that all who learn and work here may flourish, experiencing the joy and hope of ‘Life in all its fullness’.
This is further explained in our Mission Statement, ‘
As a vibrant learning community we
choose to serve God, pursue excellence and celebrate the uniqueness of each individual.’
People
Who else can help?
• Parents/ carers
• Tutors
• Teacher
• Wellbeing staff
• Simon
• Support staff
• Friends
Agenda
Welcome and Overview
Mrs R Rongong (Headteacher)
Effective English Revision
Mrs M Magdi (Curriculum Leader for English)
Using Technology for Revision
Miss L O’Malley (Leader in Learning)
Effective Revision Strategies
Mr K Tierney (Deputy Headteacher)
Working in Partnership
Mrs R Rackstraw (Year 11 Pupil Manager)
A trip down memory lane...
English Language
English Literature
Component 1 (2 hrs): Shakespeare's Macbeth and the Poetry Anthology
Component 2 (2.5 hrs):
An Inspector Calls (Priestley); A Christmas Carol (Dickens); Unseen Poetry
Internet: Friend or Foe?
Agenda
Welcome and Overview
Mrs R Rongong (Headteacher)
Effective English Revision
Mrs M Magdi (Curriculum Leader for English)
Using Technology for Revision
Miss L O’Malley (Leader in Learning)
Effective Revision Strategies
Mr K Tierney (Deputy Headteacher)
Working in Partnership
Mrs R Rackstraw (Year 11 Pupil Manager)
Environment for revision
Setting screen limits and ‘focus time’
Flora app
Revision apps
Agenda
Welcome and Overview
Mrs R Rongong (Headteacher)
Effective English Revision
Mrs M Magdi (Curriculum Leader for English)
Using Technology for Revision
Miss L O’Malley (Leader in Learning)
Effective Revision Strategies
Mr K Tierney (Deputy Headteacher)
Working in Partnership
Mrs R Rackstraw (Year 11 Pupil Manager)
Year 11 exam and revision plan
Year 11 exam and revision plan
Year 11 exam and revision plan
Year 11 exam and revision plan
Year 11 exam and revision plan
Effective Revision Strategies
Memory
LONG TERM MEMORY
WORKING MEMORY
Memory
LONG TERM MEMORY
WORKING MEMORY
Attention
Multi-tasking is a myth
Attention
Task 2 - Time how long it takes to
Count from 1-26
Say the alphabet from A-Z
Attention
Task 2 - Time how long it takes to
Count from 1-26 and interleave the alphabet
E.g. 1A – 2B – 3C etc
So what?
Selectively focus on
Plan your revision out in 30 minute blocks Find a quiet space
Working Memory
LONG TERM MEMORY
WORKING MEMORY
Working Memory
Read the following letters once. I will then remove the list and see how many letters you can remember in order
Working Memory
Read the following letters once. I will then remove the list and see how many letters you can remember in order
Working Memory
How many can you remember?
Working Memory
How many can you remember?
Working Memory
Read the following letters once. I will then remove the list and see how many letters you can remember
Working Memory
How many can you remember?
Working Memory
How many can you remember?
Working Memory
How many can you remember?
So what?
Background knowledge is important
Prioritise!
Break complex or long tasks down into small parts
Make links to what you already know
Use repetition and ‘say it out loud’
Long Term Memory
LONG TERM MEMORY
WORKING MEMORY
Long Term Memory
Revision Planning
Revision Planning
Space out your Revision
Space out your Revision
Mix It Up (interleaving)
Mix It Up (interleaving)
Effective Revision Strategies
How did you revise/remember things when you were at school?
“ Memory is the residue of thought “
Memory and Retrieval
What is the colour of the first G from the Google logo?
Memory and Retrieval
Memory and Retrieval
Memory and Retrieval
Memory and Retrieval
Memory and Retrieval
Memory and Retrieval
Working Hard at the Wrong Things
Retrievalpracticemeanstryingtoremember materialyouhavelearnedasopposedtorereadingit. Twooftheleasteffectivewaysof studyingarereadingoverstuffand highlightingit, whicharealsotwoofthemost commonthingspupilsdowhenrevising.
Revision Strategies
A far more effective technique is to put everything away and test yourself on what you remember from a particular unit or chapter. By regularly making yourself try to retrieve it from memory, you will build a far stronger memory of it in the long term
Revision Strategies
Revision Strategies
Flash Cards – The Leitner System
Revision Strategies
Self Quizzing
Brain Dumps
Revision Strategies
Mind Maps
Revision Strategies
Elaboration
Revision Strategies
Elaboration
Revision Strategies
Past Paper Questions
Revision Strategies
Past Paper Questions
In Summary…
Is your child’s revision FLAT?
Are phones away?
Is music off?
What is the physical space like?
Any other distractions? Has revision started early to improve wellbeing later on?
Have they made a revision timetable? Is revision spaced out and topics interleaved?
Is revision retrieving information rather than cramming it in?
Are they testing themselves?
Are they revising the right things in the right ways?
Can they transform the knowledge into a different format?
Can they apply it to different situations such as exam style questions
Developing Revision Habits
Agenda
Welcome and Overview
Mrs R Rongong (Headteacher)
Effective English Revision
Mrs M Magdi (Curriculum Leader for English)
Using Technology for Revision
Miss L O’Malley (Leader in Learning)
Effective Revision Strategies
Mr K Tierney (Deputy Headteacher)
Working in Partnership
Mrs R Rackstraw (Year 11 Pupil Manager)
Attendance
▪ School encourages good attendance and during Year 11 this is crucial ▪ 2 days absence is 16 lessons missed (11hoursoflearning)
The following table is based on Y11 last year…
Wellbeing
Wellbeing
Website
1. When are we leaving?
2. Can I go on holiday?
3. Are we having a Leavers’ Service?
4. Are we having a Prom?
5. When is results day?
When are we leaving?
Can I go on holiday?
Are we having a Leavers’ Service?
27th June
From 26 June (Exam Contingency Days – 25 June & 11th June)
23rd May
Are we having a Prom? 3rd July
When is results day? 21st August
Wellbeing
St. Michael’s CE High School
Thank you
