Learning Support
We offer Learning Support classes to those pupils who decide to withdraw from the study of a modern foreign language or who choose to study less than ten subjects at GCSE level. These classes are provided by our Learning Support Teacher, Mrs Gilson, and are usually in very small groups.
What takes place in Learning Support classes will depend very much on the needs of the individual pupils but they are likely to cover some of the following areas:
Approaches to Learning
- Target Setting
- Learning Styles
Multi-sensory Learning
- Organisation
- Time Management
- Motivation
Writing Skills
- Research
- Note Taking
- Planning - mind maps, writing frames etc
- Sequencing ideas
- Drafting and redrafting
- Editing
- Touch Typing
- Spelling
- Proof Reading
Reading Skills
- Reading for different purposes
- Reading for meaning
- Skimming and scanning
- Subject specific vocabulary
Revision Techniques
- Planning - creating a timetable
- Memory and learning
- Multi-sensory revision techniques
- Time management
Exam Technique
- Reading the exam paper
- Types of questions
- Time management
- Managing stress