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2018-2019

GCSE REVISION SUPPORT

Revise Smart Revision Support

WHY USE THIS REVISION BOOKLET?

With only 15 weeks until the start of the exams it is important that you start to organise yourselves. One of the hardest things you have ahead

of you isn’t the actual work but more finding the time to DO that work. There's always going to be something you’d rather watch on Netflix

than doing revision, so in order to help yourselves you will need a plan (and that involves planning time off as well). This booklet has brought

together a variety of tools that may help from apps that will help you revise or block access to your phone to revision tips, revision timetables

and an action plan. You are more likely to achieve something if you have the goals written down.

Please do not think that you can do this all on your own. You have the chance to be in lessons right up to the end of the exams, use the

teachers to help you, if you have misconceptions or are doing something incorrectly this will continue to happen unless someone helps you.

“If you have bad technique and you shoot a basketball a thousand times, all you are going to get good at is

shooting really badly.” Michael Jordon

Tips for succeeding in the exams

1. Work in lesson and ask if you don’t understand something

2. Set realistic goals

3. Plan your revision

4. Use revision books, past exam papers and MARK SCHEMES to help – You must be willing to review your work.

Remember why you are doing this – is it to go to college then on to university, or to get an

apprenticeship, is there a dream job you want. If there is have a picture of this to remind you why you

are doing this! The next 15 weeks could determine the next 50 years!


What and when to Revise?

Revision Timetable

Do not think planning a revision timetable means cramming every minute with revision! You need time to relax and do the

things you enjoy all work and no play will not help you!

Step 1: List all the activities that you love doing during the week and the things that you just don't want to compromise on.

This might be sports clubs, meeting with friends, Xbox, working etc then nominate a time that you would most likely

allocate to these activities. This only needs to be a rough estimate.

Step 2: Put these onto your timetable for the week(s)

Step 3: Look at some of the blank slots and allocate these to study – you may wish to allocate specific subjects and topics

which will help or simply to studying. You may want to use the exam planner to help map this out.

If you can stick to the timetable 60% of the time, that should be considered a 'win'. Sometimes you may not feel like

studying and want to relax, or sometimes you may get 30 minutes into an X-box game or find that you've had enough

snapchat for the day and decide it's time to hit the books. Either way, plan in advance and stay flexible too!


How to Revise

Revision Tips

Work in small groups – this can help in a number of ways; talking about the work and discussing ideas will help you retain 50% of

information opposed to just 10% from reading. If you identify a subject to revise in a group you could share out the work. Each

person revises or produces a revision resource for a different section and then you all bring it together. You have only done 1

piece of work yourself but as a group can discuss and revise a whole unit. But make sure you are in a group where each person is going to do

the work.

Follow your school Timetable - If revising in the holidays you can spend a lot of time procrastinating or trying to decide what

subject you should revise when – Why not just follow your school timetable and revise the subjects at that time. The time

you have just saved on thinking it through you can be relaxing.

Vary your location – Often you can become bored revising in the same location day in day out and then you bring those

emotions to your revision. Pick 2 or 3 locations, this may be different rooms, round at grandparents, a different desk in the

library or maybe round at a friend’s house. You will feel better about revising and start to make unconscious connection to

places which may help. Try to avoid noisy places.

Social Media Detox – Distractions are everywhere and if your phone is on with alerts you will get distracted. There are many apps

that let you limit the amount of access you have to encourage you to revise but try to have your phones away even if just for a

20min window. Maybe make it a game if revising in pairs – each have a forfeit on a piece of paper put the phones on top of it –

who ever moves the phone first has to do the forfeit.


Sleep – not in the exams!! You want to aim for 8 hours of sleep ideally and this is not just so you are not tired to revise the next

day or to be ready for you exam. During your sleep you have 90 minute cycles of REM and it is during REM that you consolidate

memories and repair your body. So with every additional 90 minutes of sleep you consolidate more and more information.

Map your thoughts – Mind maps are a great way to have a lot of information on a page but also provide prompts for you to

then thing about at a deeper level. Use colour and pictures to try and help the information stay in your mind. There are

many internet tools that can help this - www.mindmup.com. It is important to recognise that write often the process of

designing a mind map and making the links and connections is often more powerful tat reading it back after.

Distributed practice – It won’t surprise anyone that studies show that one of the most effective ways to learn is to revisit

work again and again. Don’t only plan to review/revise a topic once come back to it – even if only for 10minutes, as you

haven’t done it for a while you will have to think harder which will help you remember it for longer.

Be the teacher – Working with a friend, teaching the things you have learnt to a younger or older sibling or parent will

help the work stay in your mind more than simply reading. You will remember 90% of what you teach but only 10% of

what you read.

Fuel correctly – It is important that you are making sure that you take on the right water and food when trying to revise. Always have a glass

of water or drinks bottle with you when revising and try and drink it all whilst studying during that session. Having water

in your exams is proven to help you stay more alert and focused within the exams as well. Keeping hydrated can boost

attention by almost 25%, drinking even a really small amount of water (25 ml) helps improve performance, but drinking 300 ml

improves memory performance and can help improve your mood. Some examples of good brain food that you could make sure

you eat are Fish and green vegetables and for snack foods, peanut better, other types of nuts, dark chocolate (or try dark

chocolate with nuts), apples and fresh fruit.

http://www.mindmup.com/

Week 1 Revision Timetable 2019

Time

Monday 11th March

Tuesday 12th Wednesday 13th Thursday 14th Friday 15th Saturday 16th Sunday 17th

Breakfast Revision

English (identified students only) A Group Maths Students (7:50-8:45)

9 - 10am UNIT 1 – ELEVATE SESSION

10 – 11am

11 – 12am

12 – 1pm

1 – 2pm

2 – 3pm

3 – 4pm

REVISION

Chemistry Science support (identified

students only) DT Coursework Catch up

Maths Revision (B Groups)

Additional Maths English Revision - Exam

Skills PE Revision

Biology DT Coursework Catch up

Additional Maths Music Catch up session –

Performing

Art Coursework support History

English – Literature set texts Music Catch up session – Composition

Religious Studies Geography

Physics

4 – 5pm

5 – 6pm

6 – 7pm

7 – 8pm

8 – 9pm

Day

School Notices

11th MARCH

Elevate Education

session

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Time

Monday 18th March

Tuesday 19th Wednesday 20th Thursday 21st Friday 22nd Saturday 23rd Sunday 24th

Breakfast Revision


9 - 10am

10 – 11am

11 – 12am

12 – 1pm

1 – 2pm

2 – 3pm

3 – 4pm

REVISION





Skills PE Revision



Performing




Physics

4 – 5pm

5 – 6pm

6 – 7pm

7 – 8pm

8 – 9pm

School Notices

15th MARCH

SPRING MUSIC

CONCERT

Day


Time

Monday 25th March

Tuesday 26th Wednesday 27th Thursday 28th Friday 29th Saturday 30th Sunday 31st

Breakfast Revision


9 - 10am

10 – 11am

11 – 12am

12 – 1pm

1 – 2pm

2 – 3pm

3 – 4pm

REVISION





Skills PE Revision



Performing




Physics

4 – 5pm

5 – 6pm

6 – 7pm

7 – 8pm

8 – 9pm

School Notices

7 Weeks until exams

start

Malvern Dance Fest

– 29th March

Day


Time Monday 1st April Tuesday 2nd Wednesday 3rd Thursday 4th Friday 5th Saturday 6th Sunday 7th

Breakfast Revision


9 - 10am

10 – 11am

11 – 12am

12 – 1pm

1 – 2pm

2 – 3pm

3 – 4pm

REVISION





Skills PE Revision



Performing




Physics

4 – 5pm

5 – 6pm

6 – 7pm

7 – 8pm

8 – 9pm

School Notices

EXAM

PREPARATION

WEEK

3rd and 4th April

Drama Practical

exam

4th April – Spring

Concert

Day


Time Monday 8th April Tuesday 9th Wednesday 10th Thursday 11th Friday 12h Saturday 13th Sunday 14th

Breakfast Revision


9 - 10am

10 – 11am

11 – 12am

12 – 1pm

1 – 2pm

2 – 3pm

3 – 4pm

REVISION





Skills PE Revision



Performing




Physics

4 – 5pm

5 – 6pm

6 – 7pm

7 – 8pm

8 – 9pm

School Notices

SPRING TERM

ENDS FRI 12th

APRIL

9th April

Dance Assessment


Time Monday 15th April Tuesday 16th Wednesday 17th Thursday 18th Friday 19th Saturday 20th Sunday 21st

HALF TERM

9 - 10am

10 – 11am

11 – 12am

12 – 1pm

1 – 2pm

2 – 3pm

3 – 4pm

HALF TERM

4 – 5pm

5 – 6pm

6 – 7pm

7 – 8pm

8 – 9pm


Time

Monday 22nd April

Tuesday 23rd Wednesday 24th Thursday 25th Friday 26th Saturday 27th Sunday 28st

HALF TERM 9 - 10am

10 – 11am

11 – 12am

12 – 1pm

1 – 2pm

2 – 3pm

3 – 4pm

HALF TERM 4 – 5pm

5 – 6pm

6 – 7pm

7 – 8pm

8 – 9pm


Time Monday 29th April Tuesday 30th

Wednesday 1st May

Thursday 2nd Friday 3rd Saturday 4th Sunday 5th

Breakfast Revision


9 - 10am

10 – 11am

11 – 12am

12 – 1pm

1 – 2pm

2 – 3pm

3 – 4pm

REVISION





Skills PE Revision



Performing




Physics

4 – 5pm

5 – 6pm

6 – 7pm

7 – 8pm

8 – 9pm

School Notices

29th APRIL

BACK TO SCHOOL


Time Monday 6th May Tuesday 7th Wednesday 8th Thursday 9th Friday 10th Saturday 11th Sunday 12th

Breakfast Revision

GCSE ART EXAM English (identified students only)

A Group Maths Students (7:50-8:45)

9 - 10am

10 – 11am

11 – 12am

CELEBRATION ASSEMBLY

12 – 1pm

1 – 2pm

2 – 3pm

FINAL EXAM PREPARATION

ASSEMBLY

3 – 4pm

REVISION

Chemistry Science support

(identified students only) DT Coursework Catch up



Skills PE Revision



Performing


English – Literature set texts Music Catch up session –

Composition Religious Studies

Geography Physics

4 – 5pm

5 – 6pm

6 – 7pm

7 – 8pm

8 – 9pm

School Notices

6th May – May Day

Bank Holiday

7th – 8th GCSE Art

8th May – Exam Prep

assembly

10th May –

Celebration

Assembly

7 days until exams

start


Time Monday 13th May Tuesday 14th Wednesday 15th Thursday 16th Friday 17th Saturday 18th Sunday 19th

MORNING EXAMS

ICT COMPUTER SCIENCE

FRENCH LISTENING and READING

Foundation and Higher

PHYSICAL EDUCATION (P1)

CHEMISTRY (HIGHER AND COMBINED

SCIENCE) PAPER 1 FRENCH WRITING

9 - 10am

10 – 11am

11 – 12am

12 – 1pm

1 – 2pm

2 – 3pm

3 – 4pm

AFTERNOON EXAMS

RELIGIOUS STUDIES PAPER 1

BOIOLOGY (HIGHER AND COMBINED

SCIENCE) PAPER 1

ENGLISH LITERATURE PAPER 1

COMPUTER SCIENCE – Algrthms and prog

DRAMA written PHYSICAL EDUCATION (P2)

4 – 5pm

5 – 6pm

6 – 7pm

7 – 8pm

8 – 9pm

School Notices

13th May - EXAMS

START

Day


Time Monday 20th May Tuesday 21st Wednesday 22nd Thursday 23rd Friday 24th Saturday 25th Sunday 26th

MORNING EXAMS

RELIGIOUS STUDIES Paper 2

MATHS (non-calculator)

SPANISH LISTENING AND READING

ENGLISH LITERATURE PAPER 2

9 - 10am

10 – 11am

11 – 12am

12 – 1pm

1 – 2pm

2 – 3pm

3 – 4pm

AFTERNOON EXAMS

GEOGRAPHY PAPER 1 PHYSICS COMBINED

SCIENCE PHYSICS higher

Design and Technology

4 – 5pm

5 – 6pm

6 – 7pm

7 – 8pm

8 – 9pm

Day

School

Notices

ART GCSE


Time Monday 27th May Tuesday 28th Wednesday 29th Thursday 30th Friday 31st Saturday 1st June Sunday 2nd

MORNING EXAMS HALF TERM

9 - 10am

10 – 11am

11 – 12am

12 – 1pm

1 – 2pm

2 – 3pm

3 – 4pm

AFTERNOON EXAMS HALF TERM

4 – 5pm

5 – 6pm

6 – 7pm

7 – 8pm

8 – 9pm

Day

School

Notices


Time

Monday 3rd June Tuesday 4th Wednesday 5th Thursday 6th Friday 7th Saturday 8th Sunday 9th

MORNING EXAMS

HISTORY - MEDICINE IN BRITAIN

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 1

SPANISH WRITING ELECTRONICS–

WRITTEN DISCOVERY

MATHS PAPER 2 CALCULATOR

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 2

9 - 10am

10 – 11am

11 – 12am

12 – 1pm

1 – 2pm

2 – 3pm

3 – 4pm

AFTERNOON EXAMS

MUSIC - APPRAISING GEOGRAPHY PAPER 2 HISTORY –

SUPERPOWER/ELIZABETHAN

BIOLOGY (HIGHER AND COMBINED

SCIENCE) PAPER 2

4 – 5pm

5 – 6pm

6 – 7pm

7 – 8pm

8 – 9pm

Day


Time Monday 10th June Tuesday 11th Wednesday 12th Thursday 13th Friday 14th Saturday 15th Sunday 16th

MORNING EXAMS

FOOD PREPARATION AND NUTRITION

MATHS PAPER 3 CALCULATOR

CHEMISTRY (HIGHER AND COMBINED

SCIENCE) PAPER 2 GEOGRAPHY PAPER 3

PHYSICS (HIGHER AND COMBINED SCIENCE)

PAPER 2

9 - 10am

10 – 11am

11 – 12am

12 – 1pm

1 – 2pm

2 – 3pm

3 – 4pm

AFTERNOON EXAMS

HISTORY – Weimar and

Nazi Germany

CITIZENSHIP PAPER 1 GERMAN READING

AND LISTENING ELECTRONICS COMP 2

4 – 5pm

5 – 6pm

6 – 7pm

7 – 8pm

8 – 9pm

School

Notices

10days until

PROM

Day


Time Monday 17th June Tuesday 18th Wednesday 19th Thursday 20th

MORNING EXAMS

CITIZENSHIP PAPER 2

GERMAN WRITING ADDITIONAL MATHS

9 - 10am

Y11 PROM

10 – 11am

11 – 12am

12 – 1pm

1 – 2pm

2 – 3pm

3 – 4pm

AFTERNOON EXAMS

LAST EXAM!!!!!!!!

4 – 5pm

5 – 6pm

6 – 7pm

7 – 8pm

8 – 9pm

School

Notices

3 Days until

PROM

Day

Exam Planner

SUBJECT GOAL TO DO DEADLINE

Exam Planner

SUBJECT GOAL TO DO DEADLINE

Revise Smart

Apps to help you. A useful page to help you revise is the Elevate education that has lots of useful blogs and ideas that have been condensed into this booklet.

They identify a number of apps that you can download on your phone, computer or table that may help you revise which are given below.

It is important to look at what your own strengths and weaknesses are when it comes to revision and then get the app that suits your needs, if

it is that you get distracted easily consider the distraction blockers if it is that you are on the move a lot and want mobile revision look for the

learning apps.

Distraction blockers

Self Control to Focus

This is an app that lets you block any site on all browsers for any period you like. You can adjust the settings to match your needs and goals. You could keep it simple and just block Facebook for periods of 3 hours when you eant to get through study.

Freedom You can temporarily block distracting websites so you can focus on what matters – revising!

Languages and Learning Duolingo This language learning app tracks your progress as you use flash cards and other useful tools to learn another

language. Duolingo is completely free and is fun to use

Organisation and Sharing

Wunderlist:

Wunderlist can be used for so many different things. You can make lists, and sub-lists and set digital reminders to make sure you are covering all the important work.

Evernote:

This one is more focused on note-making, but includes all the functionality that’s in Wunderlist. It’s a bit more complicated to use, but once you get it, it can be your one stop shop for note taking.

Google Calendar apps:

If you don’t know about Google Calendar, then you’ve probably been living under a rock! Use this to create your perfect study timetable, send yourself push notifications to study and set up study groups with friends!

Dropbox:

An obvious choice for anyone who needs to share files on a cloud. Once again, an obvious go-to.

Inspiration maps This allows you to create your own mind maps using nice visual aids

https://www.duolingo.com/

https://www.wunderlist.com/

https://www.evernote.com/

http://www.google.com/calendar

https://www.dropbox.com/

Revise Smart

SimpleMind+ This is another app allowing you to create your own mind maps using nice visual aids

Google drive Use your school email address to help collate and store your revision/electronic work and access it anywhere. You can share this with friends so why not all create a mind map on different topics and store it all in one central place?

Speed Reading, Watching, Dictation

iAnnotate:

If you have saved notes or have downloaded other revision notes as PDF’s you can annotate them on the go so you can take notes and read all on your tablet.

VLC Media player: Speed up or slow down videos to your own speed with VLC. You can watch a 1 hour lecture or video in 40 minutes!

Dragon Dictation:

Use your voice to dictate a text message or email, create Facebook status updates or a Tweet, and anything in between – simply speak and see your text content appear with Dragon Dictation.

YouTube There are so many good revision videos that people have made and uploaded simply search for your subject and topic. AFTER you have watched a revision video you can reward yourself by watching your favourite YouTubers.

Light and Sound

f.lux:

f.lux adjusts the light levels and colour tones of your computer screen to match the time of day. This allows your eyes to adjust naturally so that you’re not staring at bright screens right before bed.

Noisli:

Noisli allows you to play different types of sounds to help you block out surrounding noise. This is good if you are studying where people are talking. It allows you to block them out without distracting yourself.

Raining.fm:

Like Noisli but just the sound of rain. Rain is a very comforting sound and blocks out the sound of brothers and sisters distracting you!

Meditation

1GiantMind:

An app that teaches you how to meditate. This amy help you to de-stress after a busy day and clear your head before exams.

Headspace: Another very useful meditation app used by more than 4 million people worldwide!

Calm Another very useful meditation app used by more than 4 million people worldwide!

Stop, Breathe and Think

Meditation and mindfulness app to help build emotional strength and confidence

http://www.iannotate.com/

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html

http://www.nuance.com/for-individuals/mobile-applications/dragon-dictation/index.htm

https://justgetflux.com/

http://www.noisli.com/

http://raining.fm/

http://1giantmind.org/

https://www.headspace.com/

https://www.headspace.com/

Revise Smart

Useful Webpages We have already identified the Elevate webpage but there are a number of other sites out there that may help you and give you a different

focus than your normal text books.

ELEVATE: http://uk.elevateeducation.com/

This webpage will summarise all the support that you have had in the revision sessions, provide advice, inspirational

blogs and general motivation.

S-Cool Revision Website: https://www.s-cool.co.uk

The free revision website for students studying GCSE and A-levels. S-cool provides revision guides, question banks,

revision timetable and more.

BBC - Schools - Ages 11-16: www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/11_16/ Watch videos, learn at your pace, get advice from teachers, share thoughts for all subjects that you could cover

IXL: https://uk.ixl.com/

Although this is webpage that requires membership it is a good way to revise and embed your maths knowledge

Revision World: https://revisionworld.com/

Free GCSE & A-Level Revision Resources for GCSE and A-Level revision. Revision World offers revision & exam advice so get revising. Create a study planner or revision timetable.

http://uk.elevateeducation.com/

https://www.s-cool.co.uk/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/11_16/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/11_16/

https://uk.ixl.com/

https://revisionworld.com/

Revision Support Revise Smart

Introducing GCSE pod – a resource to help your child with their revision.

What is GCSEpod?

It is a fantastic online resource bank featuring video podcasts of 3-5 minutes in length that

supports students with their revision. It is tailored to the exams your child will be taking in the

summer. Teachers are using it in class, to set revision assignments and for homework but your

child can watch whatever pods they want, whenever they want.

Why use it?

It is free, it can be used on the go and it is tailored to the exams your child will be sitting. It has

been proven to help students improve their grades as it is written by experts who know the

exam content and how to access the highest grades.

Getting your child started

Ensure your child has activated their GCSEPod account by following these simple instructions:

1. Go to www.gcsepod.com

2. Click login

3. Click New Here? Get Started

4. Ensure they’ve selected they are a pupil

5. Enter their personal details as requested

6. Create a username and password

If your child has already activated their account, they simply need to log in with the username

and password they’ve created. Most students should have been on it in lessons/for homework

by now so they should know how to access their account.

Top tips

Little and often is the key – 20 minutes bursts of watching will help them get the best

results.

Aim to watch 10 pods a week during the revision period; increase this to 2 pods a day during

exam season.

The students who got the best results last year watched an average of 102 pods.

Create a playlist with your child and download it in advance so they can listen to it on the

way to and from school.

Turn it into a competition; watch some pods with your child then see who can remember

the most facts – talking about their learning will help it stick.

Use GCSEpod to create a revision timetable and set up relevant playlists; you can do this in

the My GCSE section. You can also find the dates of the exams here.

Encourage your child to make key word flashcards as they watch the pods so that they are

actively using the information; it increases their retention plus the cards can be used at a

later date to check they still know everything.

Y11 Revision and Support Sessions The school is offering a comprehensive programme of revision and support sessions for Year 11 students. This will commence after the February half term holiday and will run, in most cases, through until the final examinations commence in early May. Students should be in a position following the mocks to identify which revision sessions they feel should take priority but teachers may also direct them over the coming months to try and give them the best possible start for the summer exams.

Breakfast Clubs After School 3:15-4:15 (in most cases)

Monday

Chemistry Science support (identified students only)

DT Coursework Catch up Maths Revision (B Groups)

Tuesday Additional Maths

English Revision - Exam Skills PE Revision

Wednesday


Additional Maths Music Catch up session – Performing

Thursday English (identified students only)

A Group Maths Students (7:50-8:45)




Physics

Friday

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