Revision
Revision Tips and advice
Time Management
You are about to sit the biggest series of examinations of your life. The more successful you are in these examinations the more opportunities will be available to you next year and throughout life.
Therefore in order to do the best that you can do, you must prepare thoroughly.
- Use a timetable to organise your time.
- Complete all coursework to the best of your ability.
- Revise thoroughly for each subject.
Many students fill stressed and under pressure in the run up to their examinations. You can alleviate much of this stress by being organised. Spending ten minutes on a Sunday evening planning your study and revision time for the next week, will make you feel happy in the knowledge that you know what you have to do and you have got the time to do it. Preparing for your GCSEs will mean that you have to swap some of your usual social or relaxation time for study time. It will be worth it and anyway you can make up for this afterwards in July.
Tips:
- Go out shopping an hour and half later
- Limit your X-Box / PS3 time
- Watch less TV
- Limit your Facebook/MSN time
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Shopping list for revision
Highlighter pens
Small notebooks
Plain A4 paper
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Remember to ask your teacher for help if you do not understand something.
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Do not just read – you will fall asleep!!!!!!!!
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Revise with a friend and test each other. Or take a topic each and explain it to each other.
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Make a revision timetable and stick to it.
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If you have missed any work then photocopy a friend’s book.
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Use a textbook to help you make notes and also help you catch up on any work that you have missed.
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Make sure you have a comfortable place to revise in!
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Make sure you are clear about what topics will come up on which exams.
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Condense your notes
Read your notes – using a highlighter pen to highlight the words that you feel are important.
Then using a small notepad – make notes from your notes. Make sure you give each page a clear theme – and stick to that theme.
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Explain the topic you are revising to someone else – explaining something makes you understand it better.
The dog, cat, goldfish or a teddy will do!! Have fun.
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Create spider diagrams and mind maps of your notes. Study for 2 minutes – then cover and re do it from memory.
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Organise a study group – but make sure you revise!!!!
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Revision Time Table
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SCHOOL TIME
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5 to 6
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6 to 7
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7 to 8
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8 to 9
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9 to 10
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Note down all deadlines in your planner Ask your teachers for help Attend revision classes and coursework sessions Photocopy work missed from a friends book |
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Complete this timetable at the beginning of each week, because your priorities will change as the weeks go by.
Instructions:
If you attend any clubs then shade in that time slot as you can’t revise then. (e.g. If you attend football training Sat am – shade that in).
If you have a “special social event” that week then shade in the relevant time slots. (e.g. Big brother’s 18th birthday party Sat eve).
You are now left with potential coursework and revision slots for that week. Complete outstanding coursework list. (e.g. 31st Jan - Health and Social Care 1st unit / 31st March – Health and Social Care 2nd unit).
Identify time slots to complete coursework and write them in on the timetable.
Identify time slots to revise – as time goes by revision will take over from coursework.
You can divide time slots into two half hour sessions. If you revise for an hour have a 5 minute break halfway through.