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A Student’s Guide to
Revision
2018
What’s the best way to
approach the run-up to
my exams?
Are you ready? You are about to hit the busiest few months of your educational career and there is no doubt you will feel the pressure. This booklet is designed to support you in the months ahead. It’s easy to find the prospect of revision overwhelming and for time spent on it to be unproductive. Whether you’re burying your head in the sand or starting to panic already, this booklet will have something for you. It is laid out in sections to help you with the different stages of revision: Essential Information on Exam entries / On the day Planning a Revision Timetable Equipment / Resources needed to revise General Tips for Revision Subject Specific Tips for Revision The main thing to remember is there are plenty of people to help you. If you need more support, ask the person in school you feel confident seeking help from. This may be your tutor, a subject teacher, a Head of House or a member of SLT. JUST ASK! We have all been through this and know that planning for it can take away a lot of the stress. This booklet is full of useful advice. Don’t file it under your bed – keep it handy for those times when you feel you need a fresh look at things.
You will receive a candidate number. This is very important, as you must
write it on the front of every exam answer booklet.
In April, you will receive final entry information on an individual timetable
listing dates for written exams and whether it is a morning or afternoon
exam. Dates are available on the college website and in this booklet if you
need to check dates before then.
Exam warm-up sessions will start at 8.40 and 12.40. Everyone must be in
college by these times. All morning exams start at 9.00 and afternoon
exams at 1.00.
Unless given special instructions, you are asked to line up outside the
Sports Hall. You must attend in full college uniform. (This includes school
shoes!)
You are only allowed to take in any pre-release materials and equipment
specified by the exam boards, a pencil case and a bottle of water with the
label removed. The pencil case must be transparent and we advise
students to take in a spare of everything. We will also provide water and
pencil cases on exam desks too. Under no circumstances must mobile
phones, MP3 players or ipods, iwatches etc be taken into the
examination room. If you are found to have a mobile phone in your
possession, the exam boards will disqualify you. Hence, you are requested
to leave mobile phones at home. You will also be required to take your
watch off and place it on your table.
If you are too ill to attend an exam, you need to contact the school
immediately and obtain a certificate from the doctor as soon as possible.
There will be an assembly on final preparation for the exam season before
the written papers start. Appropriate information
will be forwarded to any absentees from that session. Remember to look
at your Exam
Handbook – copy
on the website if
you’ve lost yours!
Getting started
Before you start revising it is worth making sure you have
everything at your fingertips. This will stop you wasting
valuable time trying to find things.
WHERE TO REVISE ?
EQUIPMENT :
Not in front of the TV.
Highlighters Somewhere you feel
Coloured pens comfortable and can
Post-It notes for formulas concentrate
/ key words It’s worth trying to sort the
Blank flash cards bedroom out. Get rid of clutter,
Different coloured paper so there is some proper space
for different subjects. You to work.
will need lots of this. Lay out all the materials for
Phone / MP3 player for each subject to save time.
recording Come to a compromise on
music.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO REVISE?
Revision timetable
An up to date set of class notes.
Any revision materials given out by departments.
Revision checklists.
Lists of exactly what is in each exam.
Any Study Guides which have been bought. (But you need
to treat them with caution – check they are covering what
is in your course. Check the list in this booklet.)
Revising is all about MEMORY. The memory is like a muscle. If you don’t exercise it,
it will grow weaker and weaker, but if you do exercise it, it will get stronger and
stronger.
TAKE LOTS OF BREAKS.
Most people can only concentrate, understand and remember for between 20 and 45
minutes at a time. DO NOT REVISE FOR LONGER WITHOUT A BREAK. If you do, most
of what you do, you will not remember.
Once you have finished learning something, your brain actually increases its power
and carries on remembering. lt will be sorting out what it has been learning, creating
a more complete picture of everything it has just learnt. Only then does the rapid
decline in memory begin and as much as 80% of what you learn in a day can be
forgotten almost immediately.
BUT WHAT CAN I DO TO STOP THIS?
GO SURFING !!
To maximise your learning, you need to catch the top of the wave of your memory. To
do this, you need to look back at what you have been revising at certain times, when
that learning can be stamped in your memory more strongly, and you will retain it for
a much longer time. Look at the diagram below:
You need to review what you have learnt:
After 10 minutes
At the end of a day
At the end of a week
At the end of a month
The week before the exams
Top 5 revision tips These will be explored in more detail on the next few pages. Split it up Take each subject and split into topics. Space it out Revise a variety of topics, not one subject all in one go Organise it Plan a timetable to check you’re doing a spread of topics and subjects. Test yourself Make flash cards to test yourself, write your own tests and do lots of exam practice questions Review it Revise something more than once – go back to it at key times to check you know it.
Split it up
THINK LEVELS!
Level one is the subject
Level two is the topics within that subject
Level three is the individual topic divided into study units
SUBJECT
TOPIC TOPIC TOPIC TOPIC TOPIC
STUDY STUDY STUDY STUDY STUDY
UNITS UNITS UNITS UNITS UNITS
1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5
Space it out
Organise it
Topics need to be revised more than once based on what we know about the brain.
It is important that when constructing a revision timetable to consider the following
issues:
Remember sessions should only be for 30 – 40 minutes with 10-minute
breaks.
Start NOW :
1-2 sessions on a week night.
3-4 a day at the weekend.
During holidays / study leave, revision should be far more intensive.
Build in treats – time with friends, evenings out. Social time is vital in the
overall scheme, as long as there is a balance between work and play.
Try and get a variety of subjects across a day
Remember to build in slots to review the learning of the day
When you write next week’s timetable, have you remembered to include
review slots for the work covered last week?
BREAKING IT DOWN:
If you say to yourself, “I’m doing Maths for 30 minutes and then half an hour of
French”,
YOU
NEED
TO
THINK
AGAIN
You need to be more specific:
“I’m doing algebra and irregular verbs.”
This way you are breaking the subject down into bitesize pieces. Your teachers will
help you to identify the key areas. Use the next page to help you.WEEKEND DAY
TIME MORNING AFTERNOON EVENING
Maths Science RE
Biology
30 mins Quadratic equations Respiration The Natural World
Business Studies FRENCH
English
30 mins An Inspector Calls Marketing Irregular verbs
Eric’s character
French
REVIEW SLOT
30 mins Holiday vocab
History FOOTBALL MATCH
30 mins REVIEW SLOT
Education in Nazi GermanyWEEKLY PLANNER BY SUBJECT – Go for 2 subjects per week night, 3-4 per weekend
day
English Maths Science French History Business PE Res Mat
Mon English Germany –
Macbeth Weimar
The supernatural Republic
Tues.
Percentages Bio –
Fractions circulation
Wed Holiday
vocab Training
Thur
Ch - Heat
bonding treatment
Section B, Meeting
Fri Component 1
practice customer
needs
sat Medicine-
Area Ph – Ancient Demands of
Volume electricity Rome performance
Sun Marketing Materials
Conflict Revision of and
Poetry tenses componentsMarch April May
2018 2018 2018
1 Thursday 1 Sunday 1 Tuesday
2 Friday 2 Monday 2 Wednesday
3 Saturday 3 Tuesday 3 Thursday
4 Sunday 4 Wednesday 4 Friday
5 Monday 5 Thursday 5 Saturday
6 Tuesday 6 Friday 6 Sunday
7 Wednesday 7 Saturday 7 Monday
8 Thursday 8 Sunday 8 Tuesday
9 Friday 9 Monday 9 Wednesday
10 Saturday 10 Tuesday 10 Thursday
11 Sunday 11 Wednesday 11 Friday
12 Monday 12 Thursday 12 Saturday
13 Tuesday 13 Friday 13 Sunday
14 Wednesday 14 Saturday
15 Thursday 15 Sunday
16 Friday 16 Monday
17 Saturday 17 Tuesday
18 Sunday 18 Wednesday
19 Monday 19 Thursday
20 Tuesday 20 Friday
21 Wednesday 21 Saturday
22 Thursday 22 Sunday
23 Friday 23 Monday
24 Saturday 24 Tuesday
25 Sunday 25 Wednesday
26 Monday 26 Thursday
27 Tuesday 27 Friday
28 Wednesday 28 Saturday
29 Thursday 29 Sunday
30 Friday 30 Monday
31 Saturday
DAYS LEFT BEFORE
WRITTEN EXAMS START.
Go through and identify any days
you know it will be difficult to do
revision.
If you are going on holiday at
Easter, you need to plan very
carefully for fitting in plenty of
revision.Days Left
EXAM TIMETABLE
May 2018 AM PM
14 Monday 6 ICT / Latin RE
15 Tuesday 7 French Biology
16 Wednesday 8 PE / Sp Studs RE
17 Thursday 9 Chemistry Latin
18 Friday 10 French Drama / PE
21 Monday 1 Latin
22 Tuesday 2 Eng Lit Geog
23 Wednesday 3 Business Physics
24 Thursday 4 Maths
25 Friday 5 Eng Lit
June 2018
4 Monday 6 Hist IMPORTANT:
5 Tuesday 7 Eng Lang Geography
6 Wednesday 8
You will need to
Business / Music
check the details
7 Thursday 9 Maths on your individual
8 Friday 10 English History timetable so you
know which paper
11 Monday 1
you are taking on a
Biology Geography
particular day for
12 Tuesday 2 Maths History each subject.
13 Wednesday 3 Chemistry
14 Thursday 4 Res Mat / Food
15 Friday 5 Physics
18 Monday 6 German
19 Tuesday 7
20 Wednesday 8
21 Thursday 9 GermanTest yourself
The following strategies can be used for turning class notes into revision notes across
all subject areas. They should be read alongside the specific advice offered by
departments.
Make up tests to try later
Brainstorm a topic using a spider diagram
Make your own flash cards – questions one side /
answers on the back
Put key words onto Post-It Notes, stick them
around the house to learn them
Plan an exam answer and write the first
paragraph
Create a Mind Map (see later section)
Use different colours to represent different
things
Use mnemonics for difficult spellings / sequences
(eg Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain – colours of rainbow)
Make a chart to fit the information
Make a flow chart
Make a timeline
Use pictures to represent key ideas
List two sides of an argument
Identify similarities / differences
Create a dictionary for each subject
Turn headings into questions
Fill the bedroom walls with posters for key ideas.
Make up cartoons
Label pictures
Record onto your phone key quotations /or
French and German vocabularyCreating a Mind Map
Creating a Mind Map 1. Start in the centre of the page with the word of your theme combined with an image. Why? Because this allows you to spread out in all directions. Using imagery inspires your imagination. 2. Connect main branches to this central title/image. These should be the main areas of the theme. Why? Because the brain works by association. This also creates a basic structure or architecture to your thoughts. 3. Use smaller branches radiating from the main branches. Why? Working in this way helps to organise your ideas, but also allows unusual links. 4. Use colour throughout. Why? Because colours are as exciting to your brain as images. Colour adds vibrancy and life to your Mind map, and is more likely to inspire your creative thinking. 5. Use one key word per line. Why? Because single words give you Mind map more power and flexibility. Each word can generate more words which can spark off new ideas. 6. Use images throughout. Why? Because each image is worth 1000 words and can trigger a greater number of associations and ideas.
Using the internet / apps
The school library is open after school each day for you to use. The internet has an
overwhelming amount of resources for revision but needs to be used wisely. You need
to remember just because something is on a web page it is not necessarily reliable
information.
There are many useful sites, as the list below suggests. However, it is important you
do not waste time simply reading and scrolling up and down the page. Turn off
Twitter, Facebook or Snapchat etc. Avoid distractions. Have a list of the areas you
want to cover beside you so you can cross them off at various stages.
You can :
Have a pen and paper beside them and do the activities which are suggested.
Copy information into a programme of your choice and underline key words,
delete less important sentences, cut and paste key words etc.
Most exam boards now carry examples of past papers and mark schemes.
You will find the board and syllabus number on your entry statement. Have a
go at the questions and look carefully at how an examiner would mark them.
Test yourself using the online quizzes and if you do well you can cross that
topic off your list
The emphasis must be on making that information your own in the same way you
must make your textbook notes your own. There is no one way to do this, so try to
vary the activities.
Some useful general sites
Most subjects
http://www.samlearning.com/ (School ID = SG9FC User ID = date of birth+first name
initial+surname initial Password = User ID initially)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/levels/z98jmp3
PIXL apps in Maths, Eng Lit, Geography and History: FR1025 / your name (surname
first) / your name (surname first)2018
https://quizlet.com/en-gb
http://www.memrise.com/home/Review it: (the bit you hate!) Remember the graph: You have to re-visit your topics at key times to ensure you can still remember what you learnt. You need to review what you have learnt: After 10 minutes At the end of a day At the end of a week At the end of a month The week before the exams
Recommended Revision Guides
Remember – these are recommendations only. There is no expectation you will
buy revision guides.
Many of you like to use revision guides so your teachers have selected some that
are appropriate for the course you are studying.
Maths
CGP AQA Revision Guide and Workbook with answer booklet, which are available
from Amazon. We suggest that students in sets 1 and 2 should use the Higher and
those in sets 3, 4 and 5 should use the Foundation.
English Language and English Literature
CGP GCSE English Language WJEC Eduqas Revision Guide - for the Grade 9-1
Course, ISBN: 978-1782943716
CGP GCSE English Literature AQA Poetry Guide: Power & Conflict Anthology - for
the Grade 9-1 Course, ISBN : 978-1782943617
CGP GCSE English Literature AQA Unseen Poetry Guide – for the Grade 9-1 Course
Book 1, ISBN: 978-1782943648
CGP GCSE English Text Guide - An Inspector Call, ISBN: 978-1841461151
CGP Grade 9-1 GCSE English Text Guide - Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, ISBN 978-
1782943082
CGP Grade 9-1 GCSE English Shakespeare Text Guide – Macbeth, ISBN: 978-
1841461168
Science
Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Biology Higher Revision Guide ISBN 9781292131719
Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Chemistry Higher Revision Guide ISBN 9781292131924
Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Physics Higher Revision Guide ISBN 9781292133706
Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Combined Science Higher Revision Guide ISBN
9781292131634
Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Biology Higher Revision Workbook ISBN 9781292131764
Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Chemistry Higher Revision Workbook ISBN
9781292131948
Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Physics Higher Revision Workbook ISBN 9781292133683
Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Combined Science Higher Revision Workbook ISBN
9781292131580
GCSE PE
CGP GCSE Physical Education. For the Grade 9-1 Exams. ISBN: 978 1 78294 531 4
My Revision Notes. AQA GCSE (9-1) PE Second Edition. Kirk Bizley. ISBN: 978 1 5104
0523 3Business Studies
https://www.amazon.co.uk/REVISE-Edexcel-Business-Revision-
Guide/dp/1446903737
Food Preparation & Nutrition
WJEC Eduquas Food Prep and Nutrition (Illuminate Publishing) ISBN:
9781908682871
GCSE Food Preparation & Nutrition Complete Revision & Practice (CGP) ISBN:
978-1782946557
GCSE Revision All in One: Food Prep and Nutrition (Collins) ISBN:
9780008166342
German
Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) German – Revision Workbook
ISBN: 978-1-292-13204-4
Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) German – Revision Guide
ISBN: 978-1-292-13209-9
Edexcel GCSE (9-1) German – Grammar & Translation Workbook
ISBN: 978-1-292-13273-0
Target Grade 5 Get back on track
Edexcel GCSE (9-1) German Writing
ISBN: 978-0-435-18907-5
Target Grade 5 Get back on track
Edexcel GCSE (9-1) German Reading
ISBN: 978-0-435-18904-4
Geography
My Revision Notes: OCR GCSE (9–1) Geography B
Simon Ross, Rebecca Blackshaw, Jo Payne
ISBN: 9781471887345History My Revision Notes Edexcel 9-1 History Elizabethan England John Wright ISBN 9781510403246 Medicine in Britain Sam Slater ISBN 9781510403215 The American West Steve May ISBN 9781510403260 Weimar and Nazi Germany Steve Waugh ISBN9781510403277 RE https://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Grade-GCSE-Religious- Studies/dp/1782946411/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=S ES69NENNDFGZJGV5FV8 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Revision-Notes-Religious-Studies- Specification/dp/1510404791 Music https://freman.musicfirst.co.uk/app/ Resistant Materials https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_hi_eb?rh=k%3A9781847623539%2Cn%3A2662 39&ie=UTF8&qid=1510055469&keyword=9781847623539
Subject Advice
English Language
Re-write AO2, AO4 and AO6
responses to practice questions from
mocks and other papers used in class
Re-draft one of your original writing
pieces using a different title – make
Strategies for revision the title fit
Write a letter to the local council
complaining about an issue you are
concerned about
Reading comprehension
AO2 – close language and textual
analysis
AO4 – evaluation of an idea
AO6 – comparison of how two
writers communicate
Key topics Writing skills
Original writing – producing a short,
complete narrative
Transactional writing – writing for a
purpose to persuade, argue etc
K:\Read Only\English\E YEAR
Accessing revision materialsEnglish Literature
Use BBC Bitesize / SAM Learning,
PIXL Lit app or study guides to
reinforce knowledge of the plot of
each text
Create detailed mind maps of each
Strategies for revision theme within J&H, M & AIC with
relevant quotations
Re-write/complete practice essays
conducted in class
Jekyll & Hyde – extract questions
with reference to whole text
Macbeth – extract questions with
reference to whole text
An Inspector Calls – essay questions
(closed text – you need to remember
Key topics quotes)
Conflict poetry – 15 poems broadly
connected to the ideas of power and
conflict
Unseen poetry
K:\Read Only\English\E YEAR
Accessing revision materialsMaths
Look at the notes you have made in your
orange book – if anything doesn’t makes
sense ask your teacher about it
Go on to the mymaths website and work
through the lessons on any topic you’re not
sure about.
Use the PIXL Maths app
Strategies for
Use your revision guide and workbook to
revision
practise questions and check your answers
Go to the Freman portal students’ area
Maths folder and download and try the
past papers, check your answers with the
mark schemes in the same folder
Make an overview of the key ideas in each
topic
Number
Algebra
Ratio and Proportion
Geometry
Probability
Key topics
Statistics
Use the overview sheet that you have in the
front of your orange book to see all the
sub-topics within these 6 areas
If you have lost your overview sheet ask
your teacher for a new one
Accessing revision K:\Read Only\Maths
materialsBiology
Write out key terms and their definitions – then try
to recall them without the notes.
Use key terms correctly in written descriptions of
biological processes.
Create diagrams that explain how named biological
processes work, e.g. heartbeat / menstruation /
gas exchange in plants and animals / control of
blood glucose / etc.
Strategies for revision Try to draw the diagrams from memory and
compare with the original to see how accurate you
have been.
Test yourself in “exam conditions” on past papers /
workbooks / etc (and mark using the given mark
schemes!) to see what you can recall and whether
you interpreted the question correctly. This drives
development of good exam technique.
Fundamental / Key Concepts in biology
Cells & Control
Genetics
Natural Selection & Genetic Modification
Key topics Health, Disease & Medicines
Plant Structure & Function
Animal Coordination, Control & Homeostasis
Exchange & Transport in Animals
Ecosystems & Material Cycles
ActiveTeach & ActiveLearn accounts (which inc.
lots of GCSE style questions on ActiveLearn.)
Accessing revision The Biology Revision Guide produced by the
materials Science Dept for both Combined and Separate
Biology and Foundation / Higher tiers of entry.
Search for: Biologyinfo.co.ukChemistry
Ensure that you know how to use the Periodic table. What
are groups, what are Periods, which number is the number
of protons and which is the Relative Atomic Mass.
Mind map a topic using your notes, revision guide and
Activelearn. Try to memorise it and practise redrawing the
Strategies for information from it without any hints.
revision Create Question/Answer flash cards. If you get the answers
wrong, practise every day; if you get them correct, practise
once a week.
Write down the 5 most important facts from a topic.
Create an image or diagram that shows the important
information that you need to remember from a topic.
Topic 1) Atomic structure, the periodic table, bonding –
ionic, covalent and metallic, chemical calculations.
Topic 2) States of matter and Separation methods.
Topic 3) Chemical changes – acids, alkalis and salts,
Electrolytic processes.
Topic 4) Extracting metals and equilibria
Separate Chemistry - Topic 5) Transition metals,
Key topics Quantitative analysis, Dynamic equilibria, chemical cells.
Topic 6) Groups in the periodic table – groups 1, 7 and 0.
Topic 7) Rates of reaction and Energy changes.
Topic 8) Fuels and Atmospheric science.
Separate Chemistry - Topic 9) Qualitative analysis,
Hydrocarbons, Polymers, Alcohols and Carboxylic acids, Bulk
and surface properties of matter
All the work sheets from the different topics are on the Read
Only section of the Pupils Shared drive. Go to K:\Read
Only\Science\Chemistry\GCSE Chemistry 9-1
Accessing revision
There are also a lot of key word sheets to help with learning
materials
important vocabulary.
The Edexcel website has one set of Sample assessment papers
that are unlocked and available to students. (Sciences 2016 -
Specification and sample assessments)Physics
Work through examples of 6 mark
questions
Use the Learning Outcomes sheets to
monitor progress and understanding of a
Topic
Strategies for revision Use the Revision Cards to identify key
learning for each Topic
Learn the key formulae
Use the Practicals Revision Card to identify
Core Practicals and key assessment points
Units
Forces
Key topics
Electricity
Pearson Active Learn
Accessing revision www.physicsinfo.co.uk
materialsHistory
Draw timelines with key events and dates
Use factors to help you explain and make
judgements about Medicine and treatment
over time.
Create flash cards for key individuals and
Strategies for revision
events.
Answer past paper questions using the
exam booklet
Read and complete the tasks in each
revision booklet.
Medicine in England 1250 onwards
Medicine and Treatment on the Western
Front (British sector in WW1 1914-1918)
Key topics Germany 1918-39
American West 1825 – 1890
Elizabeth I 1558 - 1588
K:\Read Only\History – you will find past
Accessing revision paper guides, revision guides, copies of text
materials books
GCSE Bitesize
PIXL History appGeography
Case study flashcards or mind maps of facts and information for the
examples/places listed below.
Use your revision guides to plan and practice 6 and 8 mark questions.
Remembering to use PEEEL
Strategies Make Key terms flashcards for each topic below
for revision Complete the Learning Checklists for each topic in your revision guides to
assess your understanding so far.
Learn your Physical and human Fieldwork like a case study. Use the model
answers in your revision guides to create flashcards or a mind map
covering each question type.
You have a variety of case studies (in depth examples of places) for
each of the eight topics. In the exam, questions related to these are
worth either 6 or 8 marks and amounts to 26/70 marks on both Paper 1
and Paper 2, over a third of the papers! Getting these case studies right
will make the biggest difference to your grade.
Topic Case Study
Global Hazards UK-based weather hazard: Boscastle flood
Non-UK based weather hazard: Australian drought
Tectonic hazard: Japan 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami
Changing Impacts of climate change around the world and on the UK
Key topics Climate
and case Distinctive
Landscapes
Coastal landscape: Walton on the Naze
Rivers landscape: River Tees, NE England
studies Sustaining TRF management: Crocker Range Biosphere Reserve
Ecosystems Arctic management (small scale): Whaling
Antarctica management (global scale): Antarctic Treaty
System
Urban Futures One AC city: Leeds
One LIDC/EDC city: Istanbul
Dynamic LIDC: Zambia
Development
UK in the 21st Economic hub: High-tech industry in Cambridge
century Global conflict: Somalia
Ethnic groups and culture: Food
Resource Food security in one country: Tanzania
Reliance
1. Revision guides provided by the department (You should have 3 - one
for each exam)
2. Published revision guides (see overall list)
Accessing 3. Revision materials can be found at: K:\Read Only\Geography\GCSE
revision 2016\Revision
materials 4. Use New Geography GCSE Bitesize:
https://www.bbc.com/education/examspecs/zpsx2p3
Use the SAM Learning activities that have been allocated by the
departmentBusiness Studies
Use folder/exercise book to revise notes
Practice past papers (unit 1 & Unit 3)
Watch video clips
(https://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zpsvr82 )
from BBC Bitesize to reinforce understanding of certain
Strategies for revision
topics.
Revise formulas / key terms and definitions.
Time yourself when practising questions, 1 minute per
mark!
Unit 1 (MCQ paper worth 25%)
1. Spotting a business opportunity
2. Showing Enterprise
3. Putting a business idea into practice
4. Making the start-up effective
5. Understanding the economic context
Key topics Unit 3 (short & long questions worth 50%)
1. Marketing
2. Meeting Customer Needs
3. Effective financial management
4. Effective people management
5. The Wider World
http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/support-
topics/exams/past-papers.html?Qualification-
Family=GCSE&Qualification-
Subject=Business%20(2009)&Status=Pearson-
UK:Status%2FLive&Specification-Code=Pearson-
UK:Specification-Code%2F2BS01&Specification-
Accessing revision Code=Pearson-UK:Specification-Code%2F2bs01 This
materials link provides access to both Unit 1 and Unit 3 past
papers along with mark schemes. In addition, students
can use
https://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zpsvr82 to
practice end of topic quizzes.Drama
1. Create a mind map of the different responsibilities
in the theatre. Label each branch with a role and
then include all the different responsibilities for that
role on smaller branches.
2. Create a role on the wall for each character from
Hansel and Gretel and label with personality traits
and emotions (then match these with the
Strategies for performance skills you would need)
revision 3. Using your photocopy of the text, pick a page and
create a mindmap of performance skills you would
use for each character and why.
4. Watch the clips on
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03dwq2r/clips
5. Read pages 167-186 of the text book and complete
the suggested activities
Roles and responsibilities in the theatre
Staging types
Hansel and Gretel (Performance and Design)
Key topics
Live Production (Curious Incident of the Dog in the
Night-time)
Use your photocopied resource booklet (extracts from the
Accessing revision
text book)
materials http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03dwq2r/clips
https://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zbckjxsFood and Nutrition
Make flash cards for the key terms we have been over
in class (copy of key terms in Pupil Shared)
Use your latest assessment papers in your folder and
redo the exam questions you didn’t do so well on –
mark these with the mark scheme.
Use the Food Preparation textbook to go over the key
cooking processes you need to know and make flash
Strategies for revision cards(Choux, Short and Rough Puff Pastry, Bread,
Meringue, Cakes, Sauces and Pasta)
Use the revision guides to practise past papers
questions and mark them.
Create mind maps for your longer answer questions on
Food and Packaging Waste, Food Insecurity, Healthy
Eating, Function of Nutrients in our Diet.
SECTION 1 SECTION 2 SECTION 3
Core Knowledge: Basic Mixtures Commodities:
Nutrition and and Recipes: Fruits and
Healthy Eating Choux, Vegetables
Food Science Short and Milk, Cheese
Food Poisoning Rough Puff and Yoghurt
and Spoilage Pastry Cereals
Key topics Food Bread Meat, Fish,
Provenance Meringue Poultry, Eggs
Cultures and Cakes Butter, Oils,
Cuisine Sauces Margarine,
Technological Pasta Sugar and
Developments Syrup
Factors Soya, Tofu,
Affecting Food Beans, Nuts
Choice and Seeds
Exam Board Website: (has loads of useful quizzes, videos
and interactive tasks)
Accessing revision materials http://www.eduqas.co.uk/qualifications/food-
preparation-and-nutrition/German
Learn vocabulary eg. Flash cards, mind maps, apps and
online
Revise tenses eg. Do some ‘tense challenges’
Practise vocabulary and grammar by translating
sentences and paragraphs
Plan speaking tasks, question by question or bullet
Strategies for revision
point by bullet point, identifying tenses required and
planning properly with ideas and opinions
Plan writing tasks, bullet point by bullet point,
identifying tenses required and planning properly with
ideas and opinions
School
Freetime
Family and friends
At home
In a town
Key topics Holidays
World of work and study
International events and the environment
Grammar
Active Learn which includes the online text books and a
range of activities including listening, reading, grammar
Accessing revision materials and vocabulary at higher and foundation tiers
Vocab expressFrench
Learn vocab from A year and I year. Look at
the E year vocab for the themes on school,
work and the International dimension
Use quizlet for vocab learning
Strategies for revision
Use old exam papers to practise
Look through your exercise book / check
work sheets for grammar and vocabulary
Use activelearn
Theme 1 – identity and culture (a year
vocab)
Theme 2 – local area, holiday and travel
(use vocab lists module 4 and 5 )
Theme 3 – school (use vocab list module 6 )
Key topics
Theme 4 – study, work and aspirations (use
vocab list module 7)
Theme 4 international dimension (use
vocab list module 8 )
Pupil shared – read only –French – GCSE – old
Accessing revision materials past papers - gcse vocabLatin
Revise vocabulary:
Revise noun and verb endings: use the
tables
Go back to the first passages we did in
Strategies for revision September and answer the booklet
questions again
Practise your translation skills translating
short passages from your CLC book IV
Re-read your notes on gladiators and baths.
Vocabulary
Endings
Individual passages from the topic: A day at
Key topics the Races
Civilisation topics: dinner parties, baths, the
theatre and the amphitheatre
Accessing revision Pupil shared, Read only, Classics, GCSE materials
materialsPE
1. Make key term cards with the definition on one side
and the key term on the other
2. Mind map for components of fitness-applied to a sport-
fitness test-training method
3. Past paper questions
Strategies for revision
4. Random 5- every day write an A4 sheet on a topic for 5
minutes
5. Random 5- make a plan of a long answer question
taking only 5 minutes
Paper 1
Circulatory System
Respiratory System
Muscles and Movement
Physical Training 1
Physical Training 2
Key topics
Paper 2
Health, fitness and well-being
Sports Psychology
Socio-cultural Influences
https://getrevising.co.uk/revision-tests/pe-exam-
prep?game_type=flashcards
Link to exam board website:
http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/physical-education/gcse
Accessing revision materials Past and Specimen Exam Questions: 5 a day practice
http://www.peresourcesbank.co.uk/gcse-pe-5-day-
practice-exam-questions-2017-series/
Past Papers on the college portal-
Pupils shared\Read Only\PE\GCSE PE\Past Papers
Freman College GCSE Revision Guides are available on
the portal-
Pupils shared\Read Only\PE\GCSE PE\Revision GuidesRE
Flash cards for key terms
Topic on a page revision: mind map/spider diagram
Practice exam questions
Strategies for revision Pictograms for key concepts
Using revision guides effectively: reading/highlighting
and then reproducing information in a shortened
form.
Christian Beliefs and Practices (Component 1)
Hindu Beliefs and Practices (Component 1)
Religion and Life Issues (Component 2)
Key topics Existence of God and Revelations (Component 2)
Religion, Peace and Conflict (Component 2)
Religion, Crime and Punishment (Component 2)
Pupils Shared: Read Only—RE—GCSE (Revision guides
and exam papers with mark schemes)
Websites:
Accessing revision BBC religion:
materials http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/
GCSE Bitesize:
https://www.bbc.com/education/examspecs/zy7spbkResistant Materials
Use a checklist to ensure all topics are covered.
2. Use past exam papers in timed conditions and MARK
YOURSELF.
3. Look at the structure of exam questions. (See “other
useful information” below). How much space is there to
write in? Would an annotated diagram help explain your
answer? Could flash cards with diagrams and images help
you remember the theory?
4. Create mind maps for topics such as wood, metal and
Strategies for revision plastics and link these to the manufacturing processes
associated to them. Hang them up once complete and test
yourself on the specific materials and manufacturing
processes.
5. Use ALL your time well, no single word answers. Give
examples and explanations with specific terms and
vocabulary, do not use generic words. You will have to
complete a design question – check the specification
points after attempting each design.
Woods Materials & Components
Metals Tools and Equipment
Polymers Industrial and Commercial Processes
Composites Adhesives
Key topics Modern Materials Heat treatment
Smart Materials Finishing
Health and Safety
Exam Papers:
https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-
gcses/design-and-technology-resistant-materials-
2009.coursematerials.html#filterQuery=Pearson-
Accessing revision materials UK:Category%2FExam-materials
www.samlearning.com
Freman College Portal for GCSE resources and exam
materials.ICT
1. Read and understand the pre-release case study. This will help prepare you for the
exam as it includes bullet points for you to research and gives a scenario on which
the exam questions will be based.
2. Use the revision checklist and RAG the topics and add comments. You can
Strategies then prioritise topics for revision and use your favourite revision techniques to do
for this. A good technique is to prepare visuals or review the ones we covered in class
(e.g. advantages/disadvantages of Wi-Fi and Monitoring Employees).
revision 3. Review the Activities in OneNote – some provide exam type questions and model
answers. Some you have completed and marked yourself and some we have
checked in class.
Use past papers and exam questions with model answers - K:\Read Only\ICT\2015Intake
OCR Cambridge Nationals\R001 Understanding Computer Systems\2018 R001 EXAM
PREPARATION\Exam Questions.
LO1: Understand how ICT can be used to meet business needs
Computing devices and their uses
Input/Output/Storage/Connectivity devices
Choosing and configuring systems
Connecting devices/networks
Systems software (e.g. operating systems) and application software.
LO2: Know how to work with information and data to meet specified business
needs
Data capture
File types
Key Data types
Data security
topics Backups and recovery.
LO3: How ICT can be used to support business working practices
Communication methods
Email and diary management software
Creating and editing documents
LO4: Legal, ethical, safety and security issues when using ICT
Health & Safety
Data Protection Act
Computer Misuse Act
Copyright Act
Use and abuse of data, monitoring individuals, cyber bullying).
Hard copy of R001 Text Book.
Accessing Lots of resources in K:\Read Only\ICT\2015Intake OCR Cambridge Nationals\R001
revision Understanding Computer Systems\2018 R001 EXAM PREPARATION
materials Revision Guide ISBN-101444193856Music
Use the MusicFirst App (which is accessible from the
Freman Portal) to revise set works, or other topics, and
test yourself with the online quizzes.
Read the GCSE course booklet and text book and listen
to the linked extracts; make notes on key terms and
facts.
Use Teoria or Musictheory.net to improve your
Strategies for revision notation and theory
Create mind-maps for each of the main topics from
your notes in class: Forms and Devices, Ensemble
Music, Film Music and Rock and Popular Music.
Use the Revision materials in Pupils Read Only to test
yourself on areas where you can’t remember
everything.
Baroque, Classical and Romantic Music
The elements of music
Chamber Music, Musicals and Jazz
Key topics Film Music
Rock, Pop and Fusion
Mozart’s Minuet and Trio from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
and Rainbow’s Since You Been Gone
Practice questions and topics are in the revision folder
in Pupils Read Only, Music, GCSE Eduqas.
Accessing revision Music First App (from the portal)
materials New revision materials due to published shortly.WEEKLY PLANNER BY SUBJECT – Go for 2 subjects per week night, 3-4 per weekend
day
English Maths Science
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thur
Fri
Sat
SunEXAMPLE A WEEKEND DAY TIMETABLE
Split into sessions rather than rigid times
TIME MORNING AFTERNOON EVENING
30 mins
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