1. 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.

2. Science Topic - areas Revision Material Knowledge Revision Dates
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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.

3. Science Topic - areas Revision Material Knowledge Revision Dates
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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.

4. Science How Science Works Investigations Variables Graphs
Topic - areas
Revision Material
Knowledge
Revision Dates
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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.

5. Maths - Higher Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Topic - areas Revision Material
Knowledge
Revision Dates
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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

6. Maths - Higher Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Topic - areas Revision Material
Knowledge
Revision Dates
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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

7. Maths - Higher Chapter 5 Chapter 6
Topic - areas
Revision Material
Knowledge
Revision Dates
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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.

8. Maths - Foundation Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Topic - areas
Revision Material
Knowledge
Revision Dates
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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

9. Maths - Foundation Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 10
Topic - areas
Revision Material
Knowledge
Revision Dates
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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

10. English Skills - Reading Revision Material Knowledge Revision Dates
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– 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

11. English Skills - Writing Revision Material Knowledge Revision Dates
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– 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