TO THE FINAL EXAMS!

DAY 166
Issue 5

Dear Y11s, 18 weeks to go! It is now time to get serious about exam preparation. Revision should not
take place just before the exams, everyone's ability to remember information decreases rapidly over
time scientific studies have proven that regular revision dramatically slows down how quickly you forget
information.
To help you revise this week your early Christmas present is a memory stick filled with revision work
that your teachers have produced for you. At the moment they contain Maths, History, Geography,
D&T, Music, MfL and ICT. Throughout the year you will be asked to bring them back into school so that
you can download more helpful revision activities from other subjects.
During the holidays you need to be revising for your final exams by looking through your books review-
ing what you have learnt this term. If you are behind with coursework use the holiday to get back on
track. Below are tips for revision:
Ten things that can help to keep your revision time productive
1. Reduce your reading notes to brief notes and key words on index cards.
2. Vary the material that you revise: from the difficult to the more familiar.
3. Read your essays to get yourself into the right frame of mind.
4. Study alone for some of the time, but also in a group occasionally if this suits you.
5. Make yourself take regular breaks, and be strict about returning to the revision.
6. Give yourself treats to keep you going.
7. Mark off your achievements on your revision timetable as you progress.
8. Plan answers from past exam papers to assess how well you are doing.
9. Find a quiet area of the house to revise so that you do not get distracted.
10. Vary your style of revising as you go along to keep yourself motivated.
 SAM Learning Quote of the Week
‗I've got a theory that if you give 100
1. Type in percent all of the time, somehow things
will work out in the end.‘ Larry Bird
samlearning.com

2. Log on
Centre ID: sk14HT2
Username: Date of
birth followed by ICT & Business Catch Up
initials Every Tuesday
(daydateyearinitials)

3. Revise!

Geography Notice

SDME resources will be given out on Friday 14th December in preparation for the
exam which will take place on Thursday 20th January at 1pm. Please make sure you
are in that day for the lesson otherwise you will miss out on extremely important
work.
 Mock Results Day—January 25th 2011
How well are you doing?

History Revision
Every Wednesday night in R62.

January Exams
Graphics – sustainability exam 31st January remember to bring a pen,
pencil, ruler and pencil crayons.
History International relations— 21st January
History Germany— 25th January
Geography Decision Making Exam (DME) - 20th January
Science exams 13th, 17th, 19th, 24th, 26th and 31st January.

Applications Ashton 6th Form

The closing deadline for applications to Ashton 6th Form College is
Tuesday 4th Jan. You can view all courses via their website
www.asfc.ac.uk and can apply online as they have not enclosed paper
based application forms in their prospectuses this year.
This week‘s role models are Thomas Legge, Holly Smith, Luke Freeman, Ste-
ven Herod and Ryan Hamlett for being the top 5 Y11 students receiving
Techz, well done!

Mr Thompson would like to praise Mumina Khatun, Ben Lancashire, Amber Perry,
Hanan Ahmed and Ashfak Ahmed for all working extremely hard on their Busi-
ness coursework and for completing on time.

Miss Lynch would like to praise her whole Geography class for completing their
coursework to a very high standard and being a lot more focused on achieving
the highest grades possible. Well Done!

Mrs Freeman would like to nominate Hayley Cross for being extremely kind to an
elderly visitor. Hayley offered her services to walk the lady home as she was up-
set and worried about falling in the snow. What a kind hearted young lady.

Dr Warhurst would like to praise Andrew Brown for his continued enthusiasm in
science plus Jack Knowles and Amirul Islam for turning a corner! Well done lads!

Mr Brogan would like to praise:

Kyle Barlow – For working very hard on his GCSE practical work and overcoming
lots of difficulties to produce an amazing practical project that actually works.
Well done Kyle!
Monique Fowles – For getting started on her practical work (eventually) she is
now looking like producing a very high quality piece of work. Keep it up Monique!
Fatheha Akther – Working very hard over the last month on her project and at-
tending extra lessons after school to solve the many problems she has had with
her practical project. Well done Fatheha!
Andy Brown – For starting his whole project again and working amazingly hard to
produce a very high standard piece of coursework. He now needs to make sure
he equals his sister‘s *A as he completes his coursework. Keep it up Andy!!!
Ms Bentley would like to say a massive well done to Amy Casey, Monique Fowles,
Chantelle Hughes, Sarah Owen and Rheanna Sorby for all getting an A* for the
first part of the controlled assessment. Keep it up in Part B!

Miss Howie would like to praise Callum Marks for his organising of ―Tameside
Live‖. He has shown commitment and dedication and a lot of hard work!

Robyn Westhead for her continuous hard work in GCSE Music

Aidan McCarron, Aaron Breeze, Andrew Brown and Callum Marks for always be-
ing willing to help out, move equipment, rehearse after school regularly and per-
form when asked and for being generally brilliant students!!!

Mrs Davies would like to praise Nilima Begum and Megan Walker for getting A*
in their first piece of History coursework.

Mr Thompson would like to praise Danny Matley for his contribution in citizen-
ship lessons.

Mr Eyre would like to praise Hanan Ahmed, Rahatul Islam, Abu Bakr, Sophie
Freeman, Shamima Begum, Amnah Kamran, Kirsty Warren, Amina Begum and
Charlotte Holmes for excellent effort in mathematics. In particular Hanan Ah-
med and Kirsty Warren for magnificent effort in every single maths lesson since
the start of Year 10.

Mrs Fletcher would like to praise Ashfak Ahmed, Aklak Ahmed, Laurence Mus-
sett, Chantelle Hughes, Rheanna Sorby, Nicole Higgs, Sarah Owen and Kayleigh
Blyth all for continued effort and hard work in lessons.

Mrs Davies would like to praise Nilima Begum and Jodie Beaton for their excel-
lent participation in their citizenship lessons.
Mr Kendal would like to praise:
Keely Oates – starting to come back after school to the DT department, as she
promised ages ago, and now is making progress with practical work!
Hina Akther – making good progress with her practical work in DT.

Mrs Bowler would like to praise Ben Lancashire, Kyle Fryer, Amy Casey, for their
contributions to lessons. Sarah Owen and Matthew Burgess for their commit-
ment to learning. Keely Oates and Nicole Calvert for their huge improvement in
her approach to learning.

Mr Shakarchy would like to praise Hina Aktar for her good effort in Science.
From Madame Eastwood – Well done to Steven Herod, Laurence Musset, Aidan
McCarron, Kayleigh Blyth, Amina Begum, Sarah Owen, Leonnie Bradshaw, Elektra
Politis & Nicole Higgs for their excellent free writing in French, c‘était formida-
ble!!

Miss Neill would like to praise Mohibur Choudhury and Liam Hamilton because
they are working really hard in lessons to get their work done before the dead-
line. Waheeda Parveen, Nilima Begum, Zahira Bibi, Thanzila Ferdous, Oliver
Whittaker, Manwar Hasan, Suyeb Ahmed, Misbah Ahmed, Abu Bakar, Abdul
Chowdhury have been consistently working hard during lessons and attending
catch-up to make sure their work is the best it can be!

Mr Parry would like to praise the great progress made by the Year 11 students
who are updating their Unit 1 work due to the problems with Smart Assess in
Year 9. Also my ICT groups have made super progress with their websites over
the last few lessons – some have almost finished their Unit 2 – well done.

Miss Lorenzen would like to say thank you to my brilliant 11ASC3 science class
for working hard and staying focused throughout all of the revision we have been
doing. A special mention to Nathan Chadderton, Sommer Speakman, Raihan Ah-
med , Fatima Johura, Will Hemmings, Mumina Khatun, Kirsty Warren and Amina
Begum who are always ready to give some great answers!

If you are not mentioned, you have 3 weeks to work hard and
make sure you are nominated in issue 6.
Miss Speakes—‘Has been a great form teacher and she is very helpful
and nice‘ ‗For being a great form tutor and being kind and helpful.‘

Mrs Gadbsy-Mace—‘Helping me to up all my art work to a better grade

and helping me to do pieces of work I couldn‘t do within class time.‘
‗Because she is ace and always around when you need her.‘ ‗She has
helped me and she is the best.‘ ‗She has helped me for the past couple
of years and is still helping me with my GCSE.‘

Mr and Mrs Radcliffe—‘They both have boosted my confidence a lot

this year and they are brill teachers.‘

Ms. Fletcher—‘Great teacher, whatever the situation is, funny, mature

and clever. That‘s what you call a teacher.‘ ‗She helps when you are
down, even though she is busy.‘

Mr Joshi—‘For organising so much for the Y11‘s this year.‘

Mrs Davies—‘has helped me out with my revision for the History re-
sit.‘

Mrs Azam—She dropped us to school on the Christmas ball party and

then brought us back home.‘ ‗For the extra help she gives us in class.‘

Mr Kendal—‘For helping me with my design technology work.‘