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Rob Johnston (Deputy Head)
• Exam Procedures
• Planning revision
• Revision Strategies
Annie Picthall (Deputy Head)
• Supporting at home
• Stress management
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. . . a 4-year slog . . .
“you have to keep your
sights on that gold medal”
“You may have the talent to
win a race, but if you
haven't thought it through
properly, you won't win”
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March
Phase 1 Revision
April Easter Holiday
Phase 1 Revision
May Exams
Summer Half-term Holiday
June
Phase 2 Revision Exams
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GCSE REVISION
TIMETABLE
2012
Name: J. Ellis
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Spider Diagrams
Visual TV/Videos
Discuss with others
Auditory Record your voice &
listen to it later
Make up songs & rhymes
Moving around
Kinaesthetic Make it active
Use a study
buddy
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90%
READ
60%
50% HEAR
40%
30%
SEE
20%
SAY
READ HEAR SEE SAY DO
DO
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Revise & Modify
Practise
top-up your notes
on real
Bullet exams
Points
Look, cov Put it in a
er, write, c Focus
different your
heck form efforts
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• Underline with colour
• Highlight key words only, not
huge chunks of text
• Bubbles and boxes
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• Underline with colour
• Highlight key words only, not
huge chunks of text
• Bubbles and boxes
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What’s it all about?
Key points
Detail
Revision cards
Mind maps
Post-its
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History - TRAWL
Territory Reparations Army
War Guilt League of Nations
English = PEE in your paragraphs
My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming
Planets
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Familiarity & technique
1. Duration?
2. Which topics?
3. What equipment are you allowed to take in?
e.g. dictionaries, calculators, anthology
4. What type of answers are expected?
Sentences? Paragraphs? Essays?
5. Get into the examiner’s mind!
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1. Take Mini Breaks
2. Get organised
3. Exercise
4. Pace not race
5. Talk to friends
6. Make a list of everything that is worrying you.
7. Don’t become over tired
8. Only revise when you are in a calm positive
mood
9. Eat sensibly
10.Talk positively to yourself
