1. Revision: YOUR exam success will depend on the effort YOU put in!

2. Exams
Are an opportunity for you to show us how much you know and what you can do.
Help your teachers by highlighting future areas to work on.
Provide examination technique practice.
Are only one part of the assessment activities which you do.

3. When are your exams?
Year 6: English, Maths & Science in November (week11), all academic subjects in June.
Year 7: all academic subjects in February & June.
Year 8: all academic subjects in November (week 11), February & June.

4. Revision
What to revise
How to revise

5. What to revise Each subject will provide a revision sheet.
This will explain:
Topics and skills the exam is testing
Where to find the information
The format of the exam

6. How to revise
DO some revision, you can’t just ‘absorb’ the information!
Pick out key facts
Check your recall with flash cards, quizzes, tests, essay plans
Use random reminders
Find your strength (look/hear/do)

8. What sort of learner are you
What sort of learner are you? Find out with a quick test at
VISUAL : you are good at spelling, you need quiet study time, you like colours & fashion, you dream in colour, you understand/like charts, diagrams and mind maps.
AUDITORY: you like to read out loud, you’re not afraid to speak in class, you like presenting to the class and are good at explaining. You enjoy music, you are good at grammar and foreign languages, you read slowly, you follow spoken directions well, you can’t keep quiet for long periods and work well in study groups.
KINESTHETIC: you are good at sports, you can’t sit still for long, you are fidgety during lessons and are not great at spelling or handwriting. You study with loud music on, you like adventure books, movies and role playing. You build models and are involved in martial arts, dance. 

9. Revision activities V A K Likes to picture work in head.
VISUAL
Likes to picture work in head.
Mind maps
Coloured notes and plans
Pictures
Flash cards
Watch subject DVDs and website video clips A
AUDITORY
Likes to use words, hearing, reading and saying out loud work.
Record notes
Read notes out loud
Use word association
Make up songs and rhymes
Talk through work in groups
Make up your own lecture / presentation K
KINESTHETIC
Likes to learn by doing things
Make & use things to help you learn (battle cards / flash cards)
Role play – act things out
Memory games
Create lessons to teach others
Work in short blocks
Create multiple answer and fill in tests
Use interactive websites

10. Skills Look back at examples of classwork Check with teacher
Practice papers

11. Preparation
Don’t just practise until you get it right. Practise until you can’t get it wrong.

12. Where to revise

13. When to revise Start early before your brain gets tired.
Weekend, mornings in the half term break
After school: quick break and then start
Lesson and homework opportunities
During exam week

14. Get your parents involved
Ask for help with finding suitable times / days to study
Ask for help with revision kit: index cards, highlighters, folders
Ask them to test you and show you they are proud when you work hard!

15. When revising…
Break the session into manageable chunks with a short planned break between them and a small treat at the end.

16. Look for
Active revision
to suit you...

18. Supporting revision 1. Place: comfortable but without distractions.
2. Time:
when brain isn’t too tired.
3. Duration:
25 minute slots, maximum of 4 slots in a row.
4. Precise task: at the end of this, I will know ‘avoir’.
5. Monitor:
ask what’s being done & be shown the final result.
6. Reward:
hard work = treat.

19. Final preparations
Just before the exams: use the revision notes / aids you have created as a quick recap tool.
Most pupils find the day before the exam is the best time for final preparations.

20. Don’t panic

21. After examinations
Be positive - mistakes show the areas for improvement.
Ask yourself what you did well.
Do you know how to make it better next time? If not, ask your teacher for targets.
Give yourself a rest!
Listen carefully to feedback from your teachers.