Sat’s Revision Guide Revision Strategies Essential guidelines: look through the topic areas/texts you need to cover for each subject tick each topic area/text according to your knowledge and prioritise those areas, that you feel insecure about start revision using a variety of revision strategies enter the revision dates next to each topic area Revision Strategies English Maths Science focus on the skill areas needed for each question look back at class examples Revision guide. Answer questions. Check with your teacher if not sure. complete texts given to you by your teacher and in Citizenship use questions from your homework book; pick out the relevant chapters. Do at least 3 – 4 questions from each exercise. Test each other. Get people to test you. check for your specific target in your school book SPaG remember functional maths – explain through clear working out. Go back through End of Topic tests. Where did you lose marks? Practise timed writing – use the peeee Be prepared to combine knowledge of several topics for one question Mind maps for each topic.

Science Topic - areas Revision Material Knowledge Revision Dates secure insecure Year 7 topics Cells Reproduction Muscles + bones Ecosystems Acids & alkalis Mixtures Acids + alkalis The particle model Atoms + elements Energy Electricity Forces Sound Exercise book from Year 7! SAM Learning Core homework booklet Revision websites - BBC Bitesize etc Revision guide.

Science Topic - areas Revision Material Knowledge Revision Dates secure insecure Year 8 topics Food + digestion Plant reproduction Breathing + respiration Microbes Combustion The Periodic Table Metals + their uses Rocks + weathering Fluids Light Energy transfers Earth + space Exercise book from Year 8! SAM Learning Core homework booklet Revision websites - BBC Bitesize etc Revision guide.

Science How Science Works Investigations Variables Graphs Topic - areas Revision Material Knowledge Revision Dates secure insecure Year 9 topics - Genetics + evolution - Plant growth - Making materials - Reactivity - Forces + motion - Force fields + electromagnets How Science Works Investigations Variables Graphs Exercise books, textbook and revision guide. SAM Learning Revision websites - BBC Bitesize etc Past SATs papers.

Maths - Higher Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Topic - areas Revision Material Knowledge Revision Dates secure insecure Use Homework Practice Book 1 Multiplication/Division with decimals Approximation of calculations Multiples, factors, prime numbers and roots Prime factor trees LCM and HCF Negative numbers Chapter 1 Fractions – add/subtract/multiply/divide Percentage – increase, decrease, compound interest & reverse percentages Chapter 2

Maths - Higher Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Topic - areas Revision Material Knowledge Revision Dates secure insecure Use Homework Practice Book 1 Ratio Speed, Distance & Time Direct Proportion Best Buys Density, Mass & Volume Chapter 3 Circumference and area of a circle Area of trapezium Sector area and arc length Volume of a prism/cylinder Chapter 4

Maths - Higher Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Topic - areas Revision Material Knowledge Revision Dates secure insecure Use Homework Practice Book 1 Basic Algebra Factorise Solving Equations Setting up equations Trial & Improvement Chapter 5 Pythagoras’ theorem Finding the shorter side Applying Pythagoras’ theorem to real-life situations Pythagoras’ theorem in 3-D Chapter 6 N.B Please note that the NEW Specification GCSE requires you to be able to problem solve some questions using methods from more than one topic. Your ability to apply the different strands of mathematics is widely assessed along with your written communication.

Maths - Foundation Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Topic - areas Revision Material Knowledge Revision Dates secure insecure Use Homework Practice Book 1 Multiplying and dividing by single digit numbers BIDMAS/BODMAS- order of operations Place value and ordering numbers Rounding Add/Subtract numbers with up to 4 digits Chapter 1 Add/Subtract simple fractions Equivalent fractions, Improper fractions and mixed numbers Adding/subtract fractions with different denominators Multiply/Divide fractions Find one quantity as a fraction/percentage of another Chapter 2 Arithmetic with Negative numbers Chapter 3

Maths - Foundation Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 10 Topic - areas Revision Material Knowledge Revision Dates secure insecure Use Homework Practice Book 1 Bar Graphs & Line graphs Stem & Leaf Diagrams Chapter 5 Reading scales Nets of shapes Chapter 6 Metric/Imperial Units Conversion Chapter 7 Lines of symmetry Rotational Symmetry Chapter 8 Angle facts- straight line, on a point etc. Angles in a triangle Angles in a polygon Parallel lines – alternate, corresponding angles Bearings Chapter 10 Calculating Probabilities Chapter 11

English Skills - Reading Revision Material Knowledge Revision Dates secure insecure – Pupils will be required to manage their time and: Q1 – Comprehension Skills Finding facts / information from a text (2 marks) The practice paper Q2 To understand / revise vocabulary Ability to fact find Using a dictionary, go through the practice paper and look up words you don’t understand Q3 *How writers use language and structure for specific effects. *Answer using PEEEE or equivalent *How writers use language for a specific effect. *Revision of technical terms *Structure – eg. Text progression, character development, changes in plot direction, time, paragraph/ sentence word level Ex on revising language features – paragraphs practice PEEEE Structure – specific lines Q4 Tests all of the above and in addition asks for opinion. Practice paper

English Skills - Writing Revision Material Knowledge Revision Dates secure insecure – Pupils will be required to manage their time and: Exercise books and a variety of non-fiction texts: leaflets, advertisements and articles Q5 Writing check the spelling of words you have used • try to use varied punctuation such as question marks, exclamation marks, semicolons and commas • try to use different types of sentence such as questions, commands, exclamations, short sentences The practice paper Q6 Writing check the spelling of words you have used