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I revised mm, honestly, I did loads.

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RomanyQueen · 19/06/2019 23:11

Is it just me or is it glaringly obvious that kids of year 10 onwards should be able to understand the basics of learning, I'm not talking serious lecture, but just basics to understand you can't revise what you didn't learn.

I've prepared a plan for what I'm doing over the holiday but you know that the plan won't work because they haven't learned how to plan.

I'm not teacher bashing here btw, just as much our responsibility as parents to get this through their skulls.

What do you do, if they just don't see it. You can try and explain even giving good reasons to save time and energy but do they listen.
Nah, it's just mum going on about where learning didn't take place.

Happy summer holidays folks, 2 weeks on Friday, for us, yeh!

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LaMarschallin · 20/06/2019 06:13

Good grief! There's already an exam on Meghan Markle?

Teacakeandalatte · 20/06/2019 06:11

I think getting them a book about revising helps.

TeenTimesTwo · 20/06/2019 05:54

I'm not quite with you.
Do you mean they were trying to:

  • revise things not yet taught (crazy)
  • revise things they didn't understand (pointless)
  • revise but they don't know how (ineffective)
  • revise but with an unreasonable plan (fooling themselves)

Our school does help the DC try to learn how to do this. DD is in the middle of y9 exams, and eg science had had them making revision cards, and they were given a table for a revision plan in school.

However for DD it would have been too little too late, and I had already done a plan & cards with her. Smile