Guidance for Students
• Students will be set a specific subject GKO for prep each night.
• Students in Years 7, 8 and 9 (KS3) complete one A4 Cornell Notes sheet of revision each night. Year 10 and 11 (KS4) will complete two pages each night.
• Each morning during line up your form tutor will check that your Prep is completed and to the correct subject and standard. There should be evidence of checking and correcting. Finally, there should be at least 5 words per line with sensible spacing between words.
• Each day the ‘Prep List’ is released and any student who has not completed the work or to the correct standard will be collected and taken down to Prep at 3pm. Here they will complete an hour DT till 4pm on the same day. During this DT the missed Prep must be completed and handed in. Please note, if you have a C4 and Prep DT on the same night then this will result in a 5pm finish NOT 4pm.
• A mini quiz will then be given in form times and teachers will ask questions in lessons to assess how well the students have memorised, and understood, the GKO.
• Each year group Golden Prep timetable is on the website.
READ SAY COVER WRITE
Read the specific subject they need to learn for prep work.
Read out loud the specific part they need to learn.
Cover the Golden Knowledge Organiser.
Write out everything you can remember from the specific part of the Golden Knowledge Organiser in the NOTES section of your Cornell Notes.
Check that you have all the content needed and it is correct. Any content that is missing or incorrect use another colour pen to illustrate the gaps in your knowledge that you have corrected.
WRITE
Write KEY VOCABULARY & QUESTIONS related to the notes section Cornell Notes. Complete the SUMMARY in your own words to summarise the NOTES and KEY VOCABULARY & QUESTIONS.
Section 1- Note Taking Column
1. Write your notes in this section
2. Record only the important information (don’t write in full sentences)
3. Focus on ideas rather than the actual words
4. Do this from memory without copying
5. Check your notes and fill gaps or make corrections in another colour.
Section 2- Key Vocabulary & Questions
1. This section is for Key Vocabulary.
2. Do not write in this section until after you’ve made notes
3. Do this as soon as possible after the notes
4. Key Vocabulary are the subject specific words that you can use the notes to answer.
Key Vocabulary
Section 3- Summary
You will be practicing completing your PREP as a Go Task in your literary Canon lesson for the rest of this week. Your teacher will be checking the quality of your PREP each day. Use this time to ask your teacher any questions to ensure that you complete your PREP to the expected standard.
BE READY- You will be given your Golden Knowledge Organiser and PREP/Revision Booklet. You will need these EVERY DAY… These are your responsibility. Look after them or you will end up with a DT if they need to be replaced.