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Revision Tips

The following tips were written for Year 11 students facing their final exams, but these techniques are great for all students who are preparing for final or mock exams, assessments and more.

Make & use revision cards

something and remember PEARMS

Personification

Emotive language/exaggeration

Alliteration

Rhetorical questions

Metaphors

Simile/sibilance

There are lots of great revision songs on the internet, such as this Macbeth song and this one about parellograms.

Avoid distractions

Music, TV, Netflix, games consoles – even mobile phone notitifcations. Students need to have dedicated time away from these to revise.

A quiet space

Revision is much easier when students have a quiet area to work in. They might be lucky enough to have their own room, or they might need to have use of the living room without being interrupted for a while.

Create a timetable

As exams get nearer, it can be stressful to think of all the different things to revise – so make a timetable!

E.g. revise English on Monday, Maths on Tuesday.

You might even more more specific than this – e.g. revise Blood Brothers on Monday and poems on Tuesday.

Each week make a new timetable.

Revision websites and tools like Quizlet and Memrise

Teachers may have put resources on Google Classroom for you to look back on, and your Google Drive should be full of work you have done that you can revise.

Plus there are great websites that let you make virtual flashcards and tests, like Quizlet and Memrise!

Practice papers

Teachers will share practice exam papers with you. Read the questions carefully and underline the key words – what is the examiner trying to ask you?

Look carefully at how many marks each question is worth, and write enough to get those marks.

Revision guides

Teachers will share practice exam papers with you. You may be given revision guides or be able to get them from the Library. These are great resources – read them, make revision cards from them, teach from them and more

How to Cope with Anxiety

Butterfly Balance Exercise, Young Minds

Stress Buster Timetable

Wellbeing tips for Y11 exams

Advice For Parents – Help Your Child Beat Exam Stress

The Screen Time Diet: helping your teen find balance with their tech

Students should write down key facts and information on revision cards.

They can then test themselves on them, or a family member can test them.

Teach it

We remember 10% of what we read, 20% of what we hear. 30% of what we see, 50% of what we see and hear, 70% of what we discuss with others, 80% of what we personally experience and 95% of what we teach others.

So let your child teach you what they know about a subject!

Make mind-maps and pictures

Mind maps are a great way of turning information into something visual and making links between things.

Make up silly rhymes, mnemonics and even songs For example, in our English lessons, we ask students to think of a perm hairstyle when writing to describe

 

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Creating a Revision Timetable

•During year 11, you have a lot to think about and a lot of different things which you have to juggle.

•You should revise independently so that you can close the specific gaps which you have in your knowledge.

•However, because you have to plan your own independent revision, It's easy to forget revision or to only do it in large bursts right before an assessment.

•Planning when and what you are going to revise reduces the number of decisions you need to make every day and will reduce the risks of you not revising or your revision being ineffective because you have left it until the last minute.

Revision Timetable Hints 

•Write in everything you have planned prior to creating your revision timetable. (attending exam readiness sessions, going to the gym, playing sport etc)

•Look at the dates of your upcoming exams & deadlines.

•Not every space needs to be full – leave yourself time to relax too!

•Spread out the subjects, so you are doing regular chunks of revision rather than cramming for a subject the night before the exam.

•Write in the subjects you are going to cover and when.

•Try to be specific around what you will cover each time you sit down and revise – what will the focus be? E.g. Biology – Cell Biology. 

Creating a Timetable

You can download a range of timetables below. Have a look through them and see which one will work best for you.

General Revision Timetable  Editable

Evening Revision Timetable  Editable

Holiday Revision Timetable  Editable