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GCSE: Getting The Grades

GCSE TUTORIAL WORKBOOK

Based on Getting the Grades KS4 videos: print off the workbook and order the termly workbook to suit your centre

GCSE - CHOOSING YOUR GCSES: ADVICE FROM STUDENTS (3 mins)

Getting the Grades GCSE - Student share their advice on choosing their GCSE subjects

GCSE - CHOOSING COMBINED SCIENCE VS TRIPLE: ADVICE FROM STUDENTS (Video 3 mins)

Getting the Grades KS4 - Student share their experiences and advice on making the choice between combined and triple science

GCSE STARTING YEAR 10: GETTING IT RIGHT (Video 4 mins)

Getting the Grades KS4 - Student share their experiences of starting year 10

GCSE: WHAT I WISH I'D DONE DIFFERENTLY IN YEAR 10: LESSONS (Video 2 mins 35 secs)

Getting the Grades KS4 - Students look back on their GCSE experience and share the mistakes they made to help current students avoid them

GCSE: WHAT I WISH I'D DONE DIFFERENTLY IN YEAR 10: REVISION (Video 3 mins 16 secs)

Getting the Grades KS4 - Start revision, don't waste Year 10, make better notes in Year 10, understand Year 10 content better.

GCSE - MOTIVATION 1: WHAT MOTIVATES YOU? (Video 3 mins)

Getting the Grades GCSE - Student share their experiences of having a goal and how they motivated themselves towards achieving it

GCSE - MOTIVATION 2: STAYING MOTIVATED (Video 3 mins)

Getting the Grades GCSE - Student share their advice on staying motivated throughout GCSEs

GCSE: GROWTH MINDSET EXPLAINED (Video 5 mins)

Getting the Grades GCSE - Student explain what a growth mindset is and how they used it during their GCSEs

GCSE - FIXED MINDSET EXPLAINED (Video 5 mins)

What covered? Difference bwtween fixed and growth mindset. Disadvantages of the fixed mindset - giving up too easily, not trying hard, lack of resilience, avoid challenges, ignore advice. Need for encouragement and support. GCSE maths and English used as

GCSE ICEBERG ILLUSION 1: WHAT IS IT? (Video 5 mins)

Getting the Grades KS4 - Students discuss the iceberg illusion

GCSE - ICEBERG ILLUSION 2: MORE ABOUT THE ICEBERG ILLUSION (Video 3 mins)

Getting the Grades KS4 - Student discuss the iceberg illusion

GCSE English - finding it hard (Video 4 mins)

Not giving up, catching up, motivating friendships, importance of a positive attitude, avoiding retakes, taking responsibility, reading the texts, past papers, timed practice, online videos, Literature and Language tips.

GCSE ENGLISH - TOP GRADES (Video 3 mins 6 secs)

The importance of covering the whole specification, having a breadth of understanding, expressing different points of views, Examiner reports, seeking feedback, essay practice, learning from each other.

GCSE MATHS - FINDING IT HARD (Video 3 mins 19 secs)

Getting the Grades KS4 - Students who found maths a struggle share their experience and how they kept the motivation to keep going so they passed the exam

GCSE MATHS - TOP GRADES (Video 2 mins 57 secs)

Getting the Grades KS4 - Maths GCSE students discuss what they did to help themselves achieve the best grade possible

GCSE BIOLOGY: ADVICE FROM STUDENTS (Video 4 mins)

Learning GCSE biology content, understanding concepts, graphs and data and practicals.

GCSE CHEMISTRY: ADVICE FROM STUDENTS (Video 5 mins)

Getting the Grades GCSE - Students share their advice on GCSE Chemistry - from those finding it hard to those aiming for top grades

GCSE PHYSICS: ADVICE FROM STUDENTS (Video 4 mins)

Getting the Grades GCSE - Student share their advice on GCSE physics

GCSE - TAKING EFFECTIVE NOTES: ADVICE FROM STUDENTS (Video 4 mins)

Getting the Grades GCSE - Student share their advice on taking effective notes

GCSE ORGANISATION: ADVICE FROM STUDENTS (Video 3 mins)

Getting the Grades GCSE - Student share their advice on how to be organised during GCSEs

GCSE: DISTRACTIONS - IN THE CLASSROOM (Video 3 mins)

Getting the Grades KS4 - Advice from students about the importance of listening in lessons, avoiding being distracted, engaging in lessons.

GCSE: DISTRACTIONS - FRIENDS (Video 3 mins 50 secs)

Getting the Grades KS4 - FOMO, the challenge of saying "No" to friends when they want to distract you. GCSE students share experiences and their advice.

GCSE: DISTRACTIONS - PHONES (Video 4 mins)

Getting the Grades GCSE - Student share their experiences of being distracted by their phones when studying at home and how they dealt with the issue

GCSE - OVERCOMING WORRIES ABOUT GCSES (Video 4 mins)

Getting the Grades KS4 - Student share their advice on how to overcome worries about GCSEs

GCSE THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-BELIEF (Video 4 mins)

Getting the Grades GCSE - Student share their thoughts on the importance of self-belief

GCSE - THE IMPORTANCE OF ASKING FOR HELP (Video 4 mins)

Getting the Grades KS4 - Student share their experiences and advice on asking for help with GCSEs

GCSE COMPARING YOURSELF TO OTHERS (Video 4 mins)

Getting the Grades KS4 - Student share their experiences advice on comparing yourself to others at GCSE

GCSE: STAYING HEALTHY DURING GCSEs (Video 2 mins 38s)

Getting the Grades KS4 - Sleep, drinking water, exercise, take breaks - all tips shared by GCSE students

GCSE USING AI: BENEFITS AND DANGERS (Video 4 mins)

Getting the Grades KS4 - Student share their experiences of using AI and the benefits/dangers of its use in GCSEs

GCSE: CHALLENGES DURING GCSE - DIFFERENT TEACHING EXPERIENCES (Video 5 mins)

What's covered? Being proactive, seeking alternative help, avoiding poor behaviour, supporting one another, learning outside lessons, positive attitudes

GCSE - MAKING THE MOST OUT OF LESSONS (Video 4 mins)

Getting the Grades GCSE - Student share their experiences of how to make the most out of lessons

GCSE: YEAR 11 MOCKS - TAKING THEM SERIOUSLY (Video 3 mins)

Getting the Grades KS4 - The importance and benefits of revising for mock exams: listen to GCSE students share their tips

GCSE: BOUNCING BACK FROM MOCKS/LOW GRADE (Video 3 mins 30s)

What's covered? Resilence, motivation, blame, turning things round, trying new things, support and share

GCSE RECALLING CONTENT FOR THE EXAM (Video 5 mins)

Getting the Grades GCSE - Student share their advice and issues they have faced when recalling content for exams

GCSE: POMODORO TECHNIQUE - REVISION STRATEGY (Video 3 mins)

Getting the Grades GCSE - Student share their experiences of using the pomodoro technique for revision

GCSE: REVISION ROUTINES - FINDING WHAT WORKS FOR YOU (Video 3 mins)

What's covered? Time spent per day, schedules, planning breaks, challenging subjects, making good use of study time after school, timetables, revisiting material, practice questions, making routines into habits, habits over motivation

GCSE: EXAM ANXIETY 1: REDUCING IT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR (Video 3 mins 33 secs)

Consistent work, taking Mocks seriously, building confidence, balancing study and downtime, breaks and exercise

GCSE - EXAM ANXIETY 2: BEFORE THE EXAM VIDEO

Getting the grades (5 mins) video - lots of advice from students who experienced post 16 exams and learned how to manage their anxiety

GCSE: REDUCING EXAM ANXIETY 3: IN THE EXAM (Video 3 mins 7 secs)

What's covered? Having a go,not leaving questions blank, avoiding dwelling on unknown questions, focusing on answering what you do know, coming back to difficult questions, blanking in an exam, dealing with panic, running out of time.

GCSE - Choosing sixth form courses: advice from students

Choose what you enjoy, what you are good at, your passion, uni entry requirements, career options, new subject

Choosing a sixth form: why stay on? video

Video (max 4 mins) in which students explain why they chose their school sixth form