Kip McGrath Education Centres in Hull have been kindly sending me useful articles packed full of hints and tips to help your child’s learning journey. In this one they look at reducing the stress of studying for exams……
The new style GCSEs are tough, coursework is no longer an option, and grades depend on performing well in stressful exam conditions. Yet, very little (if any) of the school timetable is allocated to study techniques. This is particularly tough for students who struggle with transferring short-term learning into embedded knowledge (i.e. most of us)!
Weak memory is an issue for many students, especially those with dyslexia and other related Specific Learning Differences (SpLDs) and revision can heap even more worry and stress onto already anxious students.
This guide has a whole month’s worth of ideas and resources to help students (and parents/carers) get to grips with stress-free studying that works!
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Your Unstoppable Teen https://unstoppableteen.com/is a hugely useful website and free downloadable app focussing on revision and improving grades as well as physical and mental wellbeing. It has podcasts, weekly emails, and excellent study advice
Active v Passive Learning
Have you heard the following quote from Benjamin Franklin: ‘tell me, and I forget, teach me, and I may remember, involve me, and I learn?’ It’s proven that people learn better if they’re actively involved in what they’re doing. You may not be surprised to hear that reading a textbook is a passive activity, and you’re likely to forget most of what you read!
Don’t know where to start? Here’s a different revision activity for every day of the month – so mix it up and try doing at least 2 different activities every day. With GCSEs looming, a small amount of revision every day (starting now if you haven’t already!) is really going to pay off in May/June.
A study activity for every day of the month
If that doesn’t get your revision off to a flying start, would you believe you can even improve your exam grades in just 1 hour?
Let us show you how in our FREE, 1-hour workshop that includes your own exclusive revision toolkit to take away. Anyone can join in, it’s never too late! Strategies for:
At Kip McGrath, Tower Grange, 721 Holderness Road, HU8 9AR. Saturday 29th February 2020, 1.30 – 2.30pm. Book your place now* – email Liz at hulleast@kipmcgrath.co.uk or call (01482) 770906 or message her on facebook here. *Please note: places must be pre-booked. This session is takng place at Kip McGrath Hull East but will be staffed by both Hull East Director Liz and Hull West Director CJ.
Kip McGrath Hull East Centre (Holderness Rd Hull) Director, Liz Martin, is a Specialist Dyslexia Teacher and Assessor. She has a Post Graduate Certificate in Difficulties in Literacy Development (Dyslexia) and has a current practising certificate with PATOSS. Liz also has experience in teaching and supporting children and young people with Dyspraxia, Visual Stress and ADHD.
Kip McGrath Hull West (Anlaby) Centre Director, C-J Lingard, holds a Master of Social Science degree and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education. C-J’s teaching experience has taken her across the globe and into a diverse range of teaching environments. Kip McGrath Hull West offers tuition for primary and secondary students in English and Maths.
Find out more on the Kip McGrath website here.
A big Mumbler thanks to Kip McGrath for writing this useful article and for sponsoring an award in the upcoming Mumbler Awards! They are sponsoring the Best Over 5s Class or Activity, find out more about that here.