How are your year 10/11 dc revising?

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Ds is in year 11 and, although he wants to do well, seems incapable of putting in the effort to achieve his targets.
He floats around expecting all the knowledge to magically appear in his brain! Can you tell I'm frustrated?
He's got targets of mainly 6, with the odd 7 and one 8 (maths) but I'm worried he won't even get 4s.
Please can you tell me what your dc are doing to revise? How much time are they spending? Do they use specific revision tools? How much are you having to nag them?
I'm hoping to show ds how much work other students are putting in.
Also, have any of your older dc had similar targets and a similar attitude and had a hard lesson to learn on results day? He's chosen the A levels he'd like to do but at this stage, I can't see him getting the grades he'd need to get on the courses.

That sounds really great Teen, but DS has 2 weeks holiday over Christmas - 16 days. If he has 5 days for socialising, that's 11 days left - one for each GCSE. Surely one 5 hour day can't be enough time to revise a whole subject?
First child to do this, though, so very happy to be told I'm wrong...

I've just checked back her timetable for mocks revision.

For DD they didn't do everything in the mocks

• so if you were doing double science you only had C1 & P2 (and no biology at all)
• only English Lang, no Lit
• she was doing drama with no written exam for that
• she was doing 2 MFL which have less revision as they are more cumulative

As well as the 11 days over the xmas holidays, she then had 2hrs after school for the first week, then the weekend,

posted too soon

As well as the 11 days over the xmas holidays, she then had 2hrs after school for the first week, then the weekend, then after school and some non-exam time the following week, then the weekend before the final 2 days of exams.

So probably the same amount of time again until the last mock done.

NB. My DD could not do more than 5hrs in one day (dyspraxia). If she had more stamina she might have done more, but she did all she could.

It is a massive slog from Easter to the last exam (especially after the May half term). It is essential not to burn them out too soon. They have to pace themselves.

Sorry I've not been back. Ds has mocks before Christmas in all his subjects so he'll need to start soon. I don't expect him to do hours and hours but I think I just want him to get into good habits now.
His school don't seem to give out all that much homework, they never really have - I wish they did because at least it would at least give some focus.
We've had a good talk over the last couple of days and he's trying. I'm trying to be more positive with him and dh has said he'll help to encourage him too. For example, he's got a Computing controlled assessment after half term and has to revise programming which is something dh has always wanted him to learn so he's asked him to show him how and then it's something they can do together.
Thanks for all your input everyone, there are some good tips and some good points that I'll take on board.

Sorry, some of that didn't make sense! Dh is the one who always wanted to learn programming and he's ask ds to show him how. Ds idolises his dad (although they clash) so I think he may actually enjoy showing him.

Hiya, my daughter is in year 11 and is revising a bit. She does 1 topic every day. She gets the specification, endorsed textbooks and cgp guides and writes concise notes. She makes flashcards on stuff such as equations and formulas. She doesn't do loads, but makes sure she does a bit every night.