Revision Tips
Revision Help
Revision techniques
Revision is an essential part of learning and become increasingly important as you move towards your final exams in Year 11.
You can download our "Make It Count" presentation by clicking here
You can also download useful revision resources at the bottom of this page.
How to approach your ongoing revision
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- FOCUS
- Identify a distraction that you need to get rid of to help you to focus better.
- Choose a subject you need to prioritise improving in. Which topics and techniques have you had difficulty with.
- DON'T GIVE UP
- Find examples from your past work of revision techniques you have already tried: flashcards, summary sheets, diagrams, mindmaps, practice questions? Leave them out to refer back to over the coming weeks.
- HAVE A GO
- Redo a question you got wrong in the recent past. See if you have learnt from the mistakes you made and improved on it. This is at the heart of effective revision: revisit and improve.
- KEEP IMPROVING
- Find some good work that you've done and stick it up in front of you. Be proud of it and let it remind you about what you can achieve.
Why do we need to revise?
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- REVISIT: Choose a topic in a subject that you have not worked on for some time. Go back over it to see what the topic involves. Choose 3 revision activities that you could do to practice this topic (e.g. recall and rewrite content, answer questions, make some revision materials).
- PLAN IT: Decide on a time each week when you can carry out one of these revision activities. Write this up somewhere and display it to commit yourself to carrying out this revision.
- DO IT: Tick off each revision activity that you carry out
- REVIEW IT: Test yourself on this topic to see how your recall and skills have developed
Making and using flashcards
Accordion content
- REVISIT: Choose a topic in a subject that you have not worked on for some time. Go back over it to see what the topic involves. Choose 3 revision activities that you could do to practice this topic (e.g. recall and rewrite content, answer questions, make some revision materials).
- PLAN IT: Decide on a time each week when you can carry out one of these revision activities. Write this up somewhere and display it to commit yourself to carrying out this revision.
- DO IT: Tick off each revision activity that you carry out
- REVIEW IT: Test yourself on this topic to see how your recall and skills have developed
Making and using summary sheets
- REVISIT: Find any summary sheets you've previously made and go through them again (consider redrafting some of them). How does your recall compare to last time? Use the techiques in the video to sort out those you need to continue to focus on.
- MAKE: Choose a subject and topic and make yourself a summary sheet for it. Use your notes, revision books and any other materials to find key knowledge that you need to include.
- USE: Use your summary sheets to try out the the techiques in the video.
Revision Websites
English Language
Free Homework & Revision for A Level, GCSE, KS3 & KS2 (senecalearning.com)
GCSE English Language - AQA - BBC Bitesize
English Literature
MASSOLIT – Short video lectures from the world's best academics
Free Homework & Revision for A Level, GCSE, KS3 & KS2 (senecalearning.com)
Maths
https://corbettmaths.com/contents/
https://www.onmaths.com/mock_exams/?archiveType=minimocks
https://www.montsaye.northants.sch.uk/assets/Uploads/Information-Booklet-2018.pdf
Science
http://www.gojimo.com/gcse-science-revision/
https://www.youtube.com/c/freesciencelessons
PE
GCSE Physical Education - OCR - BBC Bitesize
🚀 Free OCR PE GCSE Revision | Seneca (senecalearning.com)
OCR GCSE PE Past Papers - Revision World
PE (Physical Education) | Revision World
Music
HPA Music YouTube channel playlists
Drama
Frankenstein - https://padlet.com/masonk46/4wzzk4fzg50sl42o
DNA - https://padlet.com/masonk46/jdplrsjrqk49i46u
Health & Social Care
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zxj87hv/revision/1
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Revise-Health-Social-Practice-Assessments/dp/1292306998
Design & Technology
Food - http://www.senecafoods.com/
Engineering - ENGINEERING - DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY (technologystudent.com)
Product Design Theory - THE NEW DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY GCSE (technologystudent.com)
Product Design NEA - producttank - YouTube
History
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zymqwxs
RS
Exam Boards For Each Subject
Exam boards for all of our subjects at Hall Park Academy:
- Art (AQA)
- Business (Pearson)
- Computer Science (OCR)
- D&T (AQA)
- Drama (Pearson)
- English (AQA)
- French (AQA)
- Geography (AQA)
- German (AQA)
- History (Pearson)
- Maths (AQA)
- Music (Eduqas)
- GCSE PE (OCR)
- Science (AQA)
- BTEC Health & Social Care (Pearson)
- BTEC Engineering (Pearson)
- Creative iMedia (OCR)
- Religious Studies (AQA)