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Year 10 - how much Easter revision?

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Dancergirl · 05/04/2016 10:41

Dd is in Year 10 and this year her internal end of year exams are quite early, starting on 19th May.

School have recommended 2 hours of revision per day but so far dd has done very little. I'm fed up of nagging to be met with eye rolls

How much are your dc doing?

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Dancergirl · 12/04/2016 19:41

Thanks all. It's actually quite nice to have dropped the nagging! We're in week 3 of the holidays, dd has done 'some biology' but not much else. We'll see how she does in the end of year exams, it might be a wake up call to her if she hasn't done enough. But plenty of time to rectify that before the real things next year.

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cece · 12/04/2016 19:27

DD is Year 10. She did a bit of set homework over the holidays but nothing extra. It is a holiday. I think she has worked hard enough this term and that she deserves a rest to recoup.

Piemernator · 12/04/2016 15:38

Year 10 here. No revision at all over hols.

Now we ask 3 to 4 hours per week, with our help if wanted.

Badbadbunny · 12/04/2016 15:34

My year 9 DS has done roughly an hour of revision for each subject during the Easter break, as a start towards his end of year tests which are after the May half term, so a nice early start, say maybe 10 hours over 2 weeks which I don't think will ruin his life or cause mental issues, especially as he's had plenty of time to do everything else he wanted to! He's already started the GCSE course for several subjects, so he wants to keep on top of it from day 1.

He'll be keeping it up over the next few weeks to supplement whatever revision work they do in class or for homework. My son hates last minute, crammed, revision - he'd much rather start early and do it in a more relaxed manner over a longer time period. He's already suffered a couple of minor meltdowns in previous years when the teachers have handed out revision sheets just a few days before the tests meaning a completely lost weekend and evenings due to last minute panics.

Tigerblue · 12/04/2016 14:23

DD had her end of year exams in March (basically mock mocks), she had to juggle revision with lots of homework but did revise for each subject to some extent - I think it helped that she was in school and constantly being reminded and had her friends talking about what they'd done.

Your DD will probably get more focussed now they have returned to school. Some teachers carried on teaching as normal, but others did a revision session during class times.

Susiesue61 · 09/04/2016 10:19

Dd dosses all the time!! She is obsessed with sport and needs to get some school work in before the season starts. I've negotiated one hour for each subject over the holidays, just to get started. So far she's done 2 lots in a week! But she's fitted in 6 hours of training and 3 trips out with her mates.
She also needs to do some spelling/ grammar as advised by school. We've just about made a start on that.
I agree about the nagging. But if I didn't nag, she really would do nothing

pointythings · 07/04/2016 19:02

DD1 is in Yr10. She has been steadily working through a large pile of homework, but that's it. She has Statistics GCSE in early June and is finishing the CA component of French GCSE this year - did writing before Easter.

End of year exams are in late June/early July so plenty of time to study for those.

Apart from that she is dossing and I am happy for her to do so. Yr 11 will be bad enough.

Lottie4 · 06/04/2016 10:42

DD had her exams in March. Up until the week before teachers were still giving homework as normal (which she spends far too long as she's a perfectionist) and it was suggested they do an hour's revision per night as well. DD didn't do any then, but as soon as homework lessened she did revise for the initial ones and then the others as they went along (over a two week period). Some teachers actually had lessons revising rather than teaching.

I totaly understand your concern as it's obviously good to revise and go over what they've learnt (and you want the best for her), but your DD still has time to revise. If she doesn't and then doesn't get the expected/hoped for result, they that may focus her better for mock GCSE's in Year 11.

TheSecondOfHerName · 05/04/2016 20:01

In the Easter of Y10, DS1 did a bit of Latin each day (he sat a GCSE paper in May of Y10) and a bit of Science each day (catching up work missed due to illness). About an hour in total on most days, but with some days off.

RalphSteadmansEye · 05/04/2016 17:24

My yr 10 has done nothing all Easter. But his mocks are after May half term, not before.

He absolutely needs a break - works very hard in term time.

MissMillament · 05/04/2016 17:03

My Y10 class have exams the first week back. I have given them a detailed list of revision activities they could be doing and left it up to them how much of it they do.

AtiaoftheJulii · 05/04/2016 16:04

I have no idea whether my y10 has any homework this holiday. He certainly hasn't done any work, and I wouldn't expect him to. Dd1 didn't revise in her y10 Easter break, dd2 might have done because she's a swot she had maths, English Lang, and core science gcse's that summer.

LittlehamHums · 05/04/2016 14:59

And he enjoys the shop as they give him books.

Exams will take over family life next year. Enjoy the freedom now while it lasts.

LittlehamHums · 05/04/2016 14:53

My year 10 Ds had done nothing school related. He needs a good rest before all the stressy exams in year 11. I have told him it is compulsory to have some fun.

He is also volunteering one day in a charity shop to get some idea of the outside world.

clary · 05/04/2016 14:33

I teach MFL and I have asked my year 10s to draft out a couple of paragraphs from work we have done, which will help them in their next CA. That's all.

DD is in year 10 and has done some HW. That's all and it's fine.

noblegiraffe · 05/04/2016 14:29

The pressure will be on next year whether she works this Easter or not. She won't find herself saying next Easter "oh I don't need to revise quadratic equations because I did them last Easter". She will also probably struggle to revise effectively because she won't have been provided with the revision materials that she will be in Y11.

If she is worried about these internal exams or a particular subject, or if she struggles to fit in homework around school hours because of other commitments then a bit of schoolwork wouldn't go amiss, but two hours per day is just sucking all the joy out of the holidays.

Balletgirlmum · 05/04/2016 14:17

If there is something she struggles with or is behind on then yes, otherwise let her have a proper break.

Dancergirl · 05/04/2016 14:13

Totally agree with the pressure teens are under these days.

Which is why I stress to dd to spread her work out and don't leave revising or even understanding things to the last minute. Isn't it better to do some work/revision now to take the pressure off next year?

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Balletgirlmum · 05/04/2016 14:07

Dd will be in year 10 next year. I expect she'll do the same as usual - a week away or at a ballet residential plys a week at home perhaps doing the odd half hour of academic study. In year 11 I would expect her to spend the week she isn't away doing an hour a day.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 05/04/2016 14:02

oh ok! phew! Its still a lot - next term is so long. Don't tell your ds I said so though!

LIZS · 05/04/2016 13:57

That's across all subjects. Internal exams are immediately before half term with one maths paper that week.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 05/04/2016 13:54

three hours a day for one exam??
dd is doing just four-five hours a day in Year 11 for all of her exams. And that seems like loads.
Let them doss while they can, this year is horrid!

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LIZS · 05/04/2016 13:53

Dd's been recommended 16 hours, across 3 weeks. She takes gcse maths this year.

noblegiraffe · 05/04/2016 13:44

Yes Dancer, I think holidays, as in a complete break from work, are very important to our young people. Term time is very hectic for them and next term is going to be a very long one.

Mental health issues are a huge and growing problem in teenagers. Y11 is a bloody awful year for them and you can trust that next Easter they'll be piled high with past papers and school revision sessions. I really don't think that work done in Easter of Y10 will make a massive amount of difference to the overall outcome, but a decent break will do them good.

Yankeetarts · 05/04/2016 13:42

My ds year 10 has his first GCSE science exam I'm may,his school has said they should be doing 3 hours a day,he hasn't done anywhere near that

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