Seneca in Geography

by R. Burnett,
Teacher of Geography

We have been using Seneca, an interactive revision platform, for the last couple of years in Geography. We switched to Seneca from other platforms based on positive feedback from other teachers nationwide. 

We created a Seneca timetable with our Year 11’s as a revision tool, to allow students to revise using Seneca each week. Using the timetable meant that our Year 11 students had revised the whole Geography Specification by the end of Year 11. We have found Seneca really easy to use and allows us to monitor students' activities each week. We can look at how much time they are spending on each revision activity and what score they got in each activity. This has been very useful for our planning and giving bespoke revision areas to focus on. 

The students seem to prefer Seneca from other revision platforms, some of my students have said that ‘it iseasier to use,' they 'like the way it is set out' and that the resources are 'up to date and colourful’. Our students have engaged with the Seneca activities and it has not only helped to embed basic knowledge but helped students with geographic skills required in the GCSE exam. Overall, we find Seneca an effective revision tool and very easy to use.