Taking Responsibility: The Locus Rule

To find out what the locus rule is

To take responsibility for your success by finding what drives you (your why).

Your Why

A guiding principle that drives your motivation and gives meaning to your actions

How to find your why

Think about what or who you care about most and what or who makes you proud of yourself and what you could achieve.

 

Your parents' investment in you

 

‘I want to be successful, so raising a child won’t be a financial struggle’

‘My parents have supported me. I want to be able to support them when they are old’

‘I want my family and friends to be proud of who I become’

‘I want to be the first person in my family to go to university’

‘My parents invested in me. I want to make them proud that they did’

Have a think and write your why in your form time exercise book.

 

Resilience: Taking Responsibility

Revisit the idea of your why 

Remind ourselves what Resilience means  

Think about what you can do to take responsibility for your learning at GCSE 

 

The first step in taking responsibility – Finding your why?

Your Why

A guiding principle that drives your motivation and gives meaning to your actions

How to find your why

Think about what or who you care about most and what or who makes you proud of yourself and what you could achieve.

 

Resilience

The capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.

(Oxford Dictionary)

Links to the Locus Rule (last session). Resilient learners adapt to the situation in which they find themselves, rather than just blaming the situation for all their problems. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resilience: Taking Responsibility

Resilient learners take responsibility for their outcomes and progress.

“The only person you will do a disservice to by not working at school is you" Why is this?

 

Taking responsibility – complete missed work

If you miss school, what do you do?

A. Nothing

B. Think I might need to catch up with work

C. Catch up the work by accessing Teams/ borrowing a friend's book

Often work that you miss comes up in exams, and you need to be ready for that.

 

Taking Responsibility – give yourself enough time to complete homework and revision

 

 

 

Taking responsibility – give yourself enough time to complete homework and revision 

Devise a realistic weekly schedule. Doing this and sticking to it will enable you to approach exams calmly and stay on top of your workload.

Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
16.00-16.30	Sea Cadets	Unwind	See Friends	TV	Unwind	Exercise	Visit Nan
16.30-17.00	Sea Cadets	Unwind	See Friends	TV	Unwind	Exercise	Visit Nan
17.00-17.30	Sea Cadets	Homework	See Friends	Exercise	Get Ready	Homework	Homework
17.30-18.00	Sea Cadets	Revision	See Friends	Exercise	Get Ready	Revision	Revision
18.00-18.30	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner
18.30-19.00	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner
19.00-19.30	Homework	Swimming	Homework	Homework	See Friends	Relax	Homework
19.30-20.00	Revision	Swimming	Revision	Revision	See Friends	Relax	Revision
20.00-20.30	Pack school bag	Pack school bag	Pack school bag	Pack school bag	Pack school bag	Pack school bag	Pack school bag
20.30-21.00	Relax	Relax	Relax	Relax	See Friends	Relax	Relax

 

“Taking responsibility is the first step toward success. If we blame others for our failures, we’re giving away control over our future.“

 

Resilience: Reframing

1. Revisit the idea of your why (S1)

2. Remind ourselves what resilience means (S2)

3. The importance of reframing to build resilience (S3) onwards

The first step in taking responsibility – Finding your why?

Your Why

A guiding principle that drives your motivation and gives meaning to your actions

How to find your why

Think about what or who you care about most and what or who makes you proud of yourself and what you could achieve.

 

Resilience

The capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.

(Oxford Dictionary)

Links to the Locus Rule (last session). Resilient learners adapt
to the situation in which they find themselves, rather than just
blaming the situation for all their problems.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resilience: Reframing

Changing negative thoughts and perspectives into more positive and realistic ones by challenging unhelpful beliefs and focusing on solutions or lessons learnt.

 

 

 

Reframing – break a task down into chunks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reframe: Reflect and Grow

 

Possible questions to ask yourself:

Did I do enough preparation?

What questions didn’t I get?

Do I ask when I don’t get something?

What can I change next time?

Often, spending a bit of time reflecting on the reasons behind a low mark can enable you to identify the cause and make the necessary changes to progress next time.

 

"The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts" — Marcus Aurelius.

Managing your time effectively 

How to develop a study routine to ensure you are doing regular work.

How do you plan your time currently?

Are there any issues with how you plan your time?

 

 

Taking responsibility 

Give yourself enough time to complete homework and revision.

Devise a realistic weekly schedule. Doing this and sticking to it will enable you to approach exams calmly and stay on top of your workload.

 

Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
16.00-16.30	Sea Cadets	Unwind	See Friends	TV	Unwind	Exercise	Visit Nan
16.30-17.00	Sea Cadets	Unwind	See Friends	TV	Unwind	Exercise	Visit Nan
17.00-17.30	Sea Cadets	Homework	See Friends	Exercise	Get Ready	Homework	Homework
17.30-18.00	Sea Cadets	Revision	See Friends	Exercise	Get Ready	Revision	Revision
18.00-18.30	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner
18.30-19.00	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner
19.00-19.30	Homework	Swimming	Homework	Homework	See Friends	Relax	Homework
19.30-20.00	Revision	Swimming	Revision	Revision	See Friends	Relax	Revision
20.00-20.30	Pack school bag	Pack school bag	Pack school bag	Pack school bag	Pack school bag	Pack school bag	Pack school bag
20.30-21.00	Relax	Relax	Relax	Relax	See Friends	Relax	Relax

 

Prioritising

What is the difference between the zone of demand and zone of marks work?

How to plan your zone of marks work

Spend 5 minutes discussing the following:

Why is it important to do non-required tasks?​

Do you currently do any non-required work?

 

 

 

Prioritising Work

Try and fill in Week 1 for your non-required tasks.

Remember, you only need 1 task, per subject, per week that takes 15 minutes maximum. You can access the template here.

Some examples might be:

Extra reading on a topic
Planning a Practice Paper answer
Doing a Practice Paper Question
Watching a revision video

Subject	Week 1
English
Science
Maths
History
Drama
Art
French
Spanish
Geography

 

Reducing your workload

How to set up an effective work group to reduce your work load

Spend 5 minutes discussing the following:

How do you currently prepare for exams?

Do you do everything on your own?

 

Planning and using a study group

1. Select a subject and topic​

2. Select 4 group members​

3. Select a time to meet​

4. Split topic into sub topics​

5. Select a deadline for notes/ revision resources/ presentation​

6. Do the work​

7. Meet again and share resources and teach the knowledge to your group members

Effective Memorisation 1 and 2

Effective Memorisation

•What are the problems of rote/ repetition revision

•What does effective memorisation look like and the steps

•Go through the process

Effective Memorisation –
Follow these steps

1. Check your notes against a PLC or Curriculum and fill the gaps​

2. Read and review your notes​

3. Need a thinking task​

4. Condense your notes into mind maps with key trigger words​

5. Turn your mind maps into infographics using pictures, colour and trigger words.​

6. Test yourself – discuss next session

 

Effective Memorisation 3 and 4

Effective Memorisation

 

• What are the problems of rote/ repetition revision​

• What does effective memorisation look like and the steps​

• Go through the process

 

Effective Memorisation –​
Follow these steps

1. Check your notes against a PLC or Curriculum and fill the gaps​

2. Read and review your notes​

3. Need a thinking task​

4. Condense your notes into mind maps with key trigger words​

5. Turn your mind maps into infographics using pictures, colour and trigger words.​

6. Test yourself – discuss next session