1. Years 6, 7 & 8 Revision Session

2. Why Now? You need to work out the best way for them to revise
Never too soon to start
Even if you do not need to sit an entrance exam it is still a useful skill
Practice makes perfect!!

3. Different types of learners
Auditory
Visual
Kinaesthetic

4. What’s revision all about?
Knowing your learning style and which technique to use when
Preparing all the right pieces of equipment
Frequent over learning
Short sessions – little and often
Make clear notes and/or mind maps
Buddy learn
Drink water

5. HERE IS THE LEARNING TRIANGLE!
LECTURING 5 %
READING %
AUDIO-VISUAL 20%
DEMONSTRATION 30 %
DISCUSSION 50 %
PRACTICE BY DOING 75%
TEACHING OTHERS %
Add inside to triangle
Lecturing 5
Reading 10
Audio visual 20
Demonstration 30
Dicussion 50%
Practise by doing 75%
Teaching others 90%

6. Exams are not that far away! Before half term ......
Make a list of your topics
Make sure you have a copy of the exam timetable when you come back
Make sure you have all your books and files including any revision sheets and other aids

7. Don’t leave it until the Friday of half term.
If you don’t have Ask
Teachers won’t bite!
Don’t leave it until the Friday of half term.
Better to be safe than sorry

8. Before you begin Plan your revision timetable Little and often
Stationary – pens, paper, card, treasury tags
Water
Food

9. Different ways to revise
Mind maps
Linear notes
Buddy learning
Cards
Talking
Recording
Pelmanisms
And any others that work for YOU!!!!

10. Answering exam questions
HISTORY & RS
Draw Cartoons
Linear Notes
Buddy Learning
Flash Cards
Answering exam questions
Mind Maps
How do learn the seven days of creation?
Mr Hoare will tell you which choices for the source question so don’t write that for the essay
RS revision book – Galore Park
RS – prediction

11. MIND MAPS ONLY EFFECTIVE IF YOU MAKE YOUR OWN DO NOT HAVE PLANNED
TO BE ARTISTIC
USE COLOUR
USE PICTURES
SEQUENCING
OF IDEAS
PLANNED
MIND MAPS
Can we make these appear one by one?
Mind map v brain storm
Look at different History mind maps.
Do a brain storm of a history essay
Mention linear notes
Model essays always useful but don’t learn them off by heart

12. Brainstorming You need to practise brainstorming essay questions

13. .Choose a war which you have studied and explain its most important causes

15. Science Use cards Silly sentences Rhythms and rhymes Mnemonics
Buddy learning
Triangles
Mind maps

19. Reactivity series Please Stop Calling My Awesome Zebra In Latin Class
Potassium
Sodium
Calcium
Magnesium
Aluminium
Zinc
Iron
Lead
Copper

20. Maths Practise, practise, practise! Use Mr Borrows revision cards
ISEB book of practise questions

21. Times tables
Pelmanisms
Numbershark
wordshark.co.uk
2 x 5 10

22. French
VOCABULARY – use colour and pictures; tape recordings and pelmanism; to learn m and f try putting words in ‘boy’ and ‘girl’ type pictures!
PRESENTATIONS – cartoon strips using pictures and colour; acting out
LETTER WRITING – pre- planning really helpful

23. Geography
MAP LEARNING – LOTS of ‘over learning’, use blanks and add pictures; acronyms ANYTHING that helps you to remember
Topics – mind maps can help and so can making simple notes and talking them through with someone else. CASE studies!

24. English EXAM TECHNIQUE – how to score most points
Check your proof reading skills
Plan your writing!!!!!!

25. DOSPAM D – descriptive O – onomatopoeia S – simile P – personification A – alliteration M - metaphor

26. Finally Start early Plan and work in short bursts
Buddy learn -90% - anywhere any time
The quirkier the better