 Active Revision  Learning Styles and Methods  Understanding, Memory and Time  Planning a Revision Timetable  Student Examination Advice  Parent Advice

Encourage your child to ACTIVELY revise rather than PASSIVELY revise Students often mistake reading through notes or websites as revision – it is not.

Where possible - help provide the right resources for your child to revise actively: post-it notes, pen, ruler, paper, scissors & glue, internet access if you have it, dictionary, highlighter pens, coloured pens, revision guides, revision CDs and podcasts

We learn: 10% of what we read 20% of what we hear 30% of what we see 40% of what we see and hear 70% of what is discussed 95% of what we teach to someone else This means that the best method of learning is having to explain or teach a topic to someone else.

 Recopy notes – then condense in particular colours  Visually organise or reorganise notes using columns, categories, outline forms, etc.  Remember where information was located in visual field  Create timelines, models, charts, grids, etc.  Write/rewrite facts, formulas, notes on wall-hanging, bedsheet, poster for visual review at any time  Facts, formulas, notes on index cards arranged/rearranged on wall, pin-board, floor, bed

 Use colour-coded markers or cards for previous two above  Use visual mnemonics  Remember information by drawing out mindmaps  TV/video supplements important for understanding or remembering  Use "background" visual activity helps you to concentrate  Use highlighters  Near memorisation of chapter/notes

 Discuss concepts/facts/aspects with friend immediately after new learning  Revise with friend(s) by trying to teach them the information  Tape records lesson or notes for re-listening later  Say facts/formulas/information over and over to retain  Simultaneous talk and walk whilst studying  Set information to rhyme, rhythm, music, football chants, to aid retention

 Aural Mnemonics  Remember where information was located in auditory field (e.g. tagged to "who said that?")  Use of different voices to study (like creating a script, or acting out a play)  TV/video/radio supplements useful for obtaining information  Create your own podcast and listen without taking notes  Prefer group discussion and/or study groups

 Copy notes over and over to make them neat or organised  Prefers to take notes during lesson as an aid to concentration  Must take notes, even when detailed outline is distributed  Simultaneous talking-walking, talking-exercising study, or walking-reading study  Move hands or feet for rhythm emphasis while remembering information

 Trace key words with finger, marker, hand  Re-enact situations while studying  Act out information in the form of play (using different characters for different topics)  Constructs (e.g. house of cards, blocks, etc.) to remember information  Plan a revision game on the computer/board game

 Ensure you practise on Past Papers  Get hold of the exam board mark schemes and examiners reports  Use grade boundaries to check your progress  Don’t just revise topics you are confident in  Use your teacher as much as possible