How do you help your teenager with GCSES

[PeacheyPeach]

How do you help your DC when it comes to their GCSEs, did you help them with their revision, or set boundaries when it came to socialising / online gaming etc in the run up to their exams?
Not been in this position before and as I revised the night before my exams and somehow managed to wing my way through them Im not sure what is expected of us as parents. ( Especially when DTeen hates us helping!!)

Past papers! Printed off loads of past papers, did a revision schedule, sat with him while he revised (he has adhd and autism and had no clue how to revise, didn't understand that he needed to and lacked the capability to revise for long periods without help). It wa so the past papers that were the best help. He did loads of them, I marked them and went through the answers with him, then he did them again and again.

He ended up getting 100% in a number of his science papers! And that was definitely because of the practice papers.

Thanks everyone, I think the revision cards and BBC bitesize are going to be really helpful so will start this.
Think we will have to start limiting computers and phones during the week also.
I'm dreading the idea of having to go through the work with them myself, as I've not retained any information from school 🤣

@ravingannie can I ask were did you find the past papers?

[quote PeacheyPeach]@ravingannie can I ask were did you find the past papers?[/quote]
They should be available on the relevant exam board's website. Here's a link to the Edexcel ones for example....

qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/support-topics/exams/past-papers.html?Qualification-Family=GCSE&Qualification-Subject=Mathematics%20B%20(2010)&Status=Pearson-UK:Status%2FLive&Specification-Code=Pearson-UK:Specification-Code%2Fgcse10-mathsb

Check out the exam syllabuses, make sure they've covered all they need to (which might not be 'everything') because teachers sometimes accidentally miss things.

Work from past papers and mark schemes. When you're familiar with them you (ie your teenager) can make up their own questions. Write skeleton answers/plans, get used to manipulating the material.