Cinema Workshops
AQA GCSE Geography Grade Booster
Join our experienced presenters for a day of fast-paced revision & essential exam technique advice on the big cinema screen – supported by online help all the way though to your final exam paper.
Overview
- Format
- Cinema Workshops
- Series
- Grade Booster
- Duration
- 10.30am-3.15pm (Registration from 9.45am)
- Price
- £35.00 (+VAT)
- Audience
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For all Year 11 students preparing to take AQA GCSE Geography exams in summer 2023
Spring 2023 dates & locations
Book your places now for individual or group bookings
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Tuesday 21st March 2023
White Rose Centre (Cineworld)
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Friday 24th March 2023
Trafford Centre (Odeon Cinema)
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Friday 21st April 2023
Star City (Vue Cinema)
About the workshop
Our cinema workshops are designed and delivered by experienced teacher and examiner presenters, all of whom have a deep understanding of what students need to focus on in order to succeed in the 2023 exams.
Each Grade Booster workshop runs from 10.30 a.m. until 3.10 p.m. with four sessions delivered in the cinema screen by our specialist presenters. Students have a short break during the morning and 50-60 mins to relax over lunch before returning for a fast-paced, intensive afternoon session!
What's included
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Full day of engaged learning in a modern, multiplex cinema
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Designed and delivered by highly experienced presenters
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Dedicated workshop booklet
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Free enrolment on Grade Booster Digital, the supporting online course
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40% one-time discount code to use on any tutor2u printed resources
What we'll cover
- Focus on the MCQ
- Taking command of the command words
- How to decode the short answer questions
- Be the examiner - how to avoid lost marks in the 3-mark questions
- Geog your knowledge
- How to aim high with your answers
- "All the Sixes" - practice at top mark responses
- "Figuring it Out" - how to answer 4-6 mark questions with a figure
- "Figuring it Out" - how to use images and information provided
- How to write answers worthy of level 3 marks
- Effective use of introductions
- Developing arguments and counter arguments
- "Bag It Up!" How to Conclude 9-mark Questions
- Crunching the numbers
- Essential skills and techniques
Online Support
To provide an even more effective support for students, we are combining all our cinema workshops with a comprehensive online support course (Grade Booster Digital) which will help students from the moment they book their cinema place to the date of their final exam in the summer.
Each Grade Booster Digital course provides significant additional resources that complements what students cover during their cinema workshop. We’re confident that this combination of cinema + online course will provide an unrivalled support for students as they prepare for summer 2023 exams.
Learn more about the online support
Your hosts
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Suzanne Thorne
Suzanne is an experienced Head of Geography with over 25 years of teaching, in both the state and independent sector. She has authored a wide range of teaching resources and articles for AQA Geography GCSE.
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Vicki Woolven
Vicki Woolven is Subject Lead for Key Stage 4 Humanities at tutor2u. Vicki previously worked as a Head of Geography and Sociology for many years, and has been a content writer, senior examiner and local authority Key Practitioner for Humanities.
Do you have any questions?
We're here to help. If you have any questions about any of our events, please email events@tutor2u.net.