Revision

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Revision
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This will soon be over!
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• The next few weeks.
• This half term 4 weeks, 4 days
• Easter Holiday 2 weeks
• Summer Term 6 weeks
• Start of study leave until the end of the exams
  6 weeks

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Start your revision at the beginning of this
Easter holiday.
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GCSE Examination Revision

• An approach

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A copy of this presentation can be found on the
school website
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GCSE Revision

• Remember
• Revision is a means to an end.
• The hardest part is getting started.
• The sooner you start the easier it will be.

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Some decisions

• Be realistic and honest when asking yourself
  the following questions
• How many hours of revision each day?
• An early or late start?

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Daily Routine
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Current school day 6 x 50 minute lessons 300
minutes 5 hours work.
2 hours homework 7 hours work each day.
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Establishing a Daily Routine - 1

• Session 1 11.00 11.45am
• Session 2 - 12.00 12.45pm
• Lunch - 12.45 2.00pm
• Session 3 2.00 2.45pm
• Session 4 3.00 3.45pm
• Total 3 hours.

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Establishing a Daily Routine - 2

• Session 1 11.00 11.45am
• Session 2 - 12.00 12.45am
• Session 3 1.00 1.45am
• Lunch - 1.45 3.00pm
• Session 4 3.00 3.45pm
• Session 5 4.00 4.45pm
• Evening Meal - 4.45 6.00pm
• Session 6 6.00 6.45pm
• Total 4 hours 30 minutes.

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Revision Timetable
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(a) During the Easter Holiday
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Revision Timetable
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Write down all of your GCSE subjects in
the order in which theyll appear on your
revision timetableEnglish LanguageMathsREPhy
sicsEnglish LiteratureFrenchBiologyHistoryGra
phic ProductsChemistry
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Revision Timetable
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Revision Timetable
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Revision Timetable
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(b) During the examination period
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Revision Timetable
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Revision Timetable
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Revision Timetable
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Top Tips for Revision - 1

• Work in a very quiet place.
• Get plenty of sleep.
• Be organised - keep your work safe (Folders 15p
  each from resources)
• Break your work down into smaller sections
  topics and subsections .
• Dont sit around during your breaks do
  something different .

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• Top Tips for Revision 2
• Use a variety of approaches
• BBC GCSE Bitesize DVDs
• Reading
• The Internet (more of which in a minute!)
• Past papers
• Testing each other
• Discussing with and explaining to friends and
  family.
• (We only take in 10 of what we read but 95 of
  what we teach to somebody else.)

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Revision Timetable
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BBC GCSE Bitesize revision DVDs are available
from the Learning Resource Centre.
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• Examination Board approved revision guides are
  available from the LRC.

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• Use the following websites for learning, revision
  and examination practice
• SAM Learning
• MyMaths
• www.s-cool.co.uk
• BBC GCSE Bitesize Revision
• intranet.wilmslowhigh.com
• Examination Board websites
• Uniservity (www.school-portal.co.uk)

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• Top Tips for Revision 3
• Use a variety of approaches - continued
• Illustrate a concept with a spider diagram on a
  postcard
• Produce colour coded notes on postcards (80p for
  100 from The PrintWorks).
• Write small!
• Use highlighter pens (40p each from The
  PrintWorks)

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• Top Tips for Revision 4
• Use a variety of approaches - continued
• Do the work you find hardest or enjoy the least
  first.
• Save the most enjoyable and easiest until last.
• Illustrate your postcard notes with summary maps
  and picture stories.

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• Summary Maps / Picture Stories
• An historical example
• The great Plague struck London in 1665, followed
  by the fire of London in 1666 which started in
  the shop of a baker in Pudding Lane.

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• Summary Maps / Picture Stories
• An historical example
• The great Plague struck London in 1665, followed
  by the fire of London in 1666 which started in
  the shop of a baker in Pudding Lane.

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• Summary Maps / Picture Stories
• An historical example
• The great Plague struck London in 1665, followed
  by the fire of London in 1666 which started in
  the shop of a baker in Pudding Lane.

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• Top Tips for Revision 5
• Agree with friends when it is and isnt alright
  to ring each other or
• Turn your phone off!
• If youre going out with friends, agree a time
  that will not disrupt your revision.
• Reward yourself when you successfully complete a
  task.
• Jobs cut down hours/have an extended
  break/resign?

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• Top Tips for Revision 6
• Try to stay calm.
• Eat healthily.
• Avoid caffeine it causes anxiety and tension.
• Drink plenty of water.
• No major lifestyle changes dont start or end a
  relationship!

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• Top Tips for Revision - 7
• Use
• Acronyms and Mnemonics

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• A very simple example.
• There are three different types of Metals
• Ferrous
• Non-ferrous
• Alloys

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• Ferrous F
• Non-Ferrous N
• Alloys A
• F, N, A NAF
• Nottingham Forest Achieve

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• Metals NAF
• Metals Nottingham Forest Achieve

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• Metals appears on exam!
• NAF or Nottingham Forest Achieve
• N Non Ferrous
• A Alloys
• F Ferrous

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Keeping a check on Revision
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Revision Checklist.
Subject
. Sheet Number
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Revision Checklist.
Subject Maths
. Sheet
Number 1
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Revision Checklist.
Subject Maths
. Sheet
Number 1
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Revision Checklist.
Subject Maths
. Sheet
Number 1
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Revision Checklist.
Subject Maths
. Sheet
Number 1
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• Top Tips for Revision 8

• In each subject, know your target grade band and
  what you need to do to achieve it.

• Ask your teachers what you need to focus on in
  order to achieve your target grade band.

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Think about the approach that best suits you.
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• Make sure you have completed all outstanding
  coursework before the start of the Easter holiday.

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• The next few weeks.
• This half term 4 weeks, 4 days
• Easter Holiday 2 weeks
• Summer Term 6 weeks
• Start of study leave until the end of the exams
  6 weeks

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Start your revision at the beginning of this
Easter holiday.
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This will soon be over!
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• Good Luck!