Active Revision

ACTIVE REVISION
AT
GORDONSTOUN

“Studying is only one part of exam success, we know from neuroscience that exercise speeds up brain functioning. If you’ve been out for a run, your reading speed and comprehension goes up by twenty percent. So you have to attack revision from all angles and make sure that your whole body contributes.”

Kate Gibson, Active Revision Course Director

ACTIVE REVISION
Easter GCSE revision courses

At Gordonstoun, we believe that active bodies equal active minds.

Active Revision is a 5 day GCSE revision course held on campus during the Easter holidays.

It combines expert-led revision sessions with physical activities designed to stimulate the brain and body, increasing learning potential and memory.

Happy students on the course running and getting active in Gordonstoun’s bespoke outdoor classroom.
REINVIGORATE

Exercise is important for cognitive function, and benefits teenagers both physically and mentally.

Students on the course studying and deep in thought
REVISE

Dynamic subject specific revision sessions are combined with activities involving movement, skill and coordination.

Students enjoying the local beaches of Moray
RECHARGE

In addition to the brain-boosting activities, there is a midweek adventure in the local Scottish wilderness.

 

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Why Active Revision
at Gordonstoun

As the original provider of character education, Gordonstoun asks students to live up to the school motto: Plus est en Vous – there is more in you.

This Course helps students discover the extra bit inside all of us. To feel more fully prepared - mentally, emotionally and physically - and consequently to improve their GCSE grades in the summer.
 
And it works. In previous years, there has been a noticeable improvement in the subject areas studied on this course.
 

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From last year's course...

  • 68% of teens who say they use exercise to help manage stress, say the technique is very or extremely effective.
  • 60% of the results were an improvement of 2 grades higher and 1 student achieved 3 grades higher than their mocks.
  • There was a noticeable improvement in the subject areas which students studied on the course, in comparison with the subjects which they did not.
Expressive teacher explaining a concept to a small group of students on the Active Revision Course

of Active Revision students improved by at least 1 grade in course subjects studied from their mock results.

100%

Active revision student working on a laptop in the library

of the results were an improvement of 2 grades higher than predicted grades.

60%

Teacher and active revision student studying

increased reading speeds and comprehension following exercise.

20%

Anna, Active Revision student

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STUDENT
VOICES

Anna and friends speaking about Active Revision's brain boosting activities

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Andrew and friends talk about the impact of Active Revision on their GCSE Grades

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STUDENT
VOICES

Andrew and friends talk about the impact of Active Revision on their GCSE Grades.

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Girl attending active revision course climbing at Gordonstoun’s indoor climbing wall.

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REACH YOUR
TRUE POTENTIAL

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