1. Revision Launch 2019

3. On your table… Yellow lever arch file Dividers Plastic wallet for:
Highlighters
Flashcards
Post-its
Personal examination timetable
Revision planner
Examination information booklet
Core revision materials
How to revise effectively guide

4. NAME your folder and put the dividers in

5. 2. Put your plastic wallets into the file and fill one with stationery and the other with your Revision Planner and Exam Timetable

6. 3. Make sure these four documents are in your folder IN FRONT OF your dividers
Your Exam Timetable!

7. 4. Label your dividers ‘English’, ‘Maths’, and ‘Science’ then correctly file the revision material coming to you

8. 5. Using your examination timetable, highlight the exams you will be sitting in your revision planner

9. The Revision Planner

10. In what order should I revise?
History
Chemistry
English
Monday
Your memory works best when it is forced to mix up different subject.
This is called interleaving.
You need to get organised to do it, and it can feel a bit annoying, but it works far better than simply working on one subject all day or night.
English
ICT
French
Tuesday

11. MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
19 March
20 March
21 March
22 March
23 March
24 March
25 March

12. Not 7 days, but 21 revision sessions
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
19 March
20 March
21 March
22 March
23 March
24 March
25 March
Not 7 days, but
21 revision sessions

13. 12 weeks before May 13th = 252 revision slots
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
19 March
20 March
21 March
22 March
23 March
24 March
25 March
12 weeks before May 13th =
252 revision slots

14. Approx. 10 revision sessions per paper
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
19 March
20 March
21 March
22 March
23 March
24 March
25 March
24 exams on average
in 252 sessions =
Approx. 10 revision sessions per paper

15. However not all papers require The same amount of revision
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
19 March
20 March
21 March
22 March
23 March
24 March
25 March
However not all papers require
The same amount of revision

16. MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
19 March
20 March
21 March
22 March
23 March
24 March
25 March

17. Why is this a rubbish revision plan?
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
19 March
20 March
21 March
22 March
23 March
24 March
25 March
English
History DT PE
Maths
FPN
Why is this a rubbish revision plan?

18. Just naming the subject is too vague
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
19 March
20 March
21 March
22 March
23 March
24 March
25 March
English
History DT PE
Maths
FPN
Just naming the subject is too vague
Not all subjects included (science?!)
Doubling up subjects without a clear plan
Random allocation of subjects
Unrealistic time allocation (When will your ride your bike? Go camping? Go to the cinema?)

19. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
19 March
20 March
21 March
22 March
23 March
24 March
25 March
English Lit Paper 1
Create flashcards for 7 key quotations for the Macbeths: Test
History
Paper 2
From memory, make a timeline of epidemics Use revision guide to complete. Then self-test.
English Language Paper 1, Q.3
Read model answer, answer practice question, assess with mark scheme – bring to teacher

20. Common Revision Mistakes

21. Mistake 1: Leaving only a weekend, or a half-term, to revise a subject
Mistake 1: Leaving only a weekend, or a half-term, to revise a subject. Know when your exams are so you can make sure you get your sessions in before the exam. Your English Language exams are after half term, but if you leave your revision for them until the holiday you won’t be able to get any help if you get stuck.

22. Mistake 2: Not knowing what is on each paper
Mistake 2: Not knowing what is on each paper! Your first physics exam is 23rd May. The next one is 15th of June… three weeks later. Make sure you are revising the right material.

23. Mistake 3: Not prioritising properly Now you know you need to revise p
Mistake 3: Not prioritising properly Now you know you need to revise p.1 physics, and you have to get your revision sessions in before the exam, what should you do first? Test yourself and identify where you aren’t strong. It might take your teacher 5 minutes to help you understand now – you might not have that time if you leave it too late.

24. MONDAY
19 March
English Literature P1
Macbeth > themes
Mind map for each theme
Revision guide/book to complete
Write 3 key quotes for each theme
Self-test
History P1
Elizabethans > daily life > houses of the rich and poor
Revision grid from memory
Use knowledge organiser to check, correct and add detail in a different colour
Self test
PE P1
Mistake 4: Not planning your tasks 30 minutes is a waste of time if it isn’t planned. What do you want to achieve in this vital revision slot?

25. Mistake 5: Not starting The effort of revision is worth it
Mistake 5: Not starting The effort of revision is worth it. When you aren’t working you probably don’t feel great anyway. You can do it.

27. Actually Effective Revision Activities

28. Research has proven that testing helps you learn and remember!
In this study, we can see that those who used testing interleaved with studying remembered more and could recall it quicker.

29. Furthermore, this study also shows that just studying with no testing is the LEAST EFFECTIVE form of revision.

30. Testing helps because:
A curious peculiarity of our memory is that things are impressed better by active than by passive repetition. I mean that in learning (by heart, for example), when we almost know the piece, it pays better to wait and recollect by an effort from within, than to look at the book again. If we recover the words in the former way, we shall probably know them the next time; if in the latter way, we shall very likely need the book once more.
William James, Principles of Psychology
Testing helps because:
Having to work hard to recall information from memory helps make it stick in your memory.
It gives you a clear idea of what you don’t know. This means you know exactly what you should focus on in your revision.

31. Knowledge Organisers (or Revision Guides…)
That’s a lot of information. Where do I start?!

32. 1. Quiz yourself (or get someone else to quiz you)

33. 2. Highlight what you don’t know

34. 3. Quickly create flashcards
What is a tissue?
A group of cells with a similar structure and function

35. A group of cells with a similar structure and function
4. Quiz yourself
What is a tissue?
A group of cells with a similar structure and function

36. 5. (Optional) Put into piles
What is a tissue?
A group of cells with a similar structure and function

37. Ways of self-testing
Any activity where you are first relying on memory rather than books or notes.
Produce a mind-map from memory. Then use your book/notes to make corrections and fill in any gaps. Then turn it over, and start again from scratch and from memory.
Complete quizzes. These could be written by you, your peers, your teachers or on Quizlet and Socrative. Make sure you keep a record of what you don’t know so that you can relearn it!
When you interleave, start your next session with a re-cap of what you learned in the first session.

40. 6. Plan your half term’s revision
How many revision sessions?
Which days?
What are you studying?
How will you study it?