Learn Spark With Year 11

Published by The Royal School Dungannon on Tuesday 10th of October 2023

All Year 11 pupils attended a Learn Spark event on Thursday past. In this event they were challenged to think about new ways to revise more in tune with the greater complexities of GCSE compared to Key Stage 3 AND to think about daily habits that could be significantly undermining good study habits. One of these was, of course, mobile phones. When pupils checked their screen time through ‘settings’ even they were alarmed at the amount of screen time per day they clocked up which amounted to 8 or 9 hours per day on average for some. Given that a fair proportion of the day is spent in class where they cannot access phones this is an incredible amount. Perhaps a moment for a Pause for Thought???

Pupils were also given a QR code (in the booklet provided) with access to study schedules that can be used to plan each week and exam revision schedules. There are also links to over 20 blank resources that pupils can trial to break notes down in a manner that initiates and integrates learning at the same time. The idea is that pupils try a range and see which works best for them and in the variety of subjects that they study as they prepare for End of Topic Tests and work towards mock exams and CCEA units.

Hopefully the course (which was fully funded by RSD) has helped to set pupils on the correct track from the start of Year 11 so that they can work towards their best goals and indeed achieve them in the most positive manner #BeYourBestSelf #perseverando.

Thanks to Learn Spark for working alongside our pupils!!!!