LINTON VILLAGE COLLEGE
YEAR 11
EXAMINATION
REVISION
PROGRAMME
2017
INTRODUCTION TO PARENTS
It is important that you son/daughter undertakes at least 25 hours of revision during the Easter holidays. This can be personalised to assist their individual learning style.
A good balance of revision and leisure time is recommended.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
All children are different, so there is no single approach to how a parent can help, but here are some suggestions:
DO
Discuss with your child what will be involved in the revision period and what your role could be.
Provide the environment necessary for success. Ideally, they need a quiet, well-lit place to study with interruptions kept to a minimum when they are working.
Respond positively when they ask for help. Ask exactly how you can help and if you can’t help immediately say when it is convenient.
Give plenty of praise and encouragement, stay calm and don’t expect too much.
Keep them well supplied with food and drinks.
Keep a low profile.
Be prepared to listen when they want to talk about problems as everything becomes more emotional and heightened during the exam period.
Encourage them to take regular breaks during long periods of revision.
Encourage morning revision when the brain is more receptive and discourages studying right up to bedtime.
DON’T
хMake comparisons with brothers, sisters, their friends and so on.
хUnintentionally add to their worries by constantly mentioning the exams.
хRelate too much to when you were sitting exams at school or how you did your revision.
хWorry if their revision techniques seem strange or unusual.
хMake a battleground out of whether or not they listen to music when doing their revision.
хDistract them unnecessarily.
хExpect them to study all the time as taking some time out to relax will have a positive effect on their work.
Please sign the revision sheet on the next page to indicate that your child has done at least the minimum 3 hours work per GCSE subject during the Easter holidays.
Subject/Topic / Signed / Subject/Topic / SignedEnglish / Option 1
English Literature / Option 2
Maths / Option 3
Science / Option 4
YOUR EXAMS
Before starting your revision:
- Use this chart to show the dates and times of your exams in date order.
Date / Time / Subject / Board / Code
- Find out what you are going to be tested on. Your teacher is the best resource.
- Use the exam board website for resources and past papers:
OCR:
AQA:
Edexcel:
WJEC:
- Work out a revision programme to visit your needs and learning style.
- Use getrevising.co.uk to produce a personalised revision timetable.
YOUR REVISION TIMETABLE
This booklet has included a revision timetable grid from the first day of the Easter holidays until the day of the last exam.
Why have a revision timetable?
To avoid a last minute rush the night before an exam.
To set up a routine and discipline yourself.
To share revision time between subjects.
To keep up with your revision.
To spread out your revision.
To get the right balance between revision and leisure time.
To avoid wasting time trying to decide what to do for each revision session.
What goes wrong with timetables?
There are 3 main reasons why timetables don’t work out:
- They are drawn up to cover many weeks ahead.
- They are drawn up in too much detail.
- They are over-ambitious and unrealistic.
Timetables can work for everyone and a good timetable is one that strikes the right balance between flexibility and routine.
Revision timetables are not meant to tie you down in a rigid way but can be an excellent tool to help guide you through your revision period.
If you are like most students, you will never stick exactly to your timetables and when you don’t it doesn’t mean that your timetables aren’t working. Allow yourself some flexibility and don’t worry if you don’t do everything you planned to do.
Revision Timetable
TIMEDATE
Monday / 03 April 2017
Tuesday / 04 April 2017
Wednesday / 05 April 2017
Thursday / 06 April 2017
Friday / 07 April 2017
Saturday / 08 April 2017
Sunday / 09 April 2017
Monday / 10 April 2017
Tuesday / 11 April 2017
Wednesday / 12 April 2017
Thursday / 13 April 2017
Friday / 14 April 2017
Saturday / 15 April 2017
Sunday / 16 April 2017
Monday / 17 April 2017
Tuesday / 18 April 2017
Wednesday / 19 April 2017
Thursday / 20 April 2017
Friday / 21 April 2017
Saturday / 22 April 2017
Sunday / 23 April 2017
Monday / 24 April 2017
Tuesday / 25 April 2017
Wednesday / 26 April 2017
Thursday / 27 April 2017
Friday / 28 April 2017
Saturday / 29 April 2017
Sunday / 30 April 2017
Monday / 01 May 2017
Tuesday / 02 May 2017
Wednesday / 03 May 2017
Thursday / 04 May 2017
Friday / 05 May 2017
Saturday / 06 May 2017
Sunday / 07 May 2017
Monday / 08 May 2017
Tuesday / 09 May 2017
Wednesday / 10 May 2017
Thursday / 11 May 2017
Friday / 12 May 2017
Saturday / 13 May 2017
Sunday / 14 May 2017
Monday / 15 May 2017
Tuesday / 16 May 2017
Wednesday / 17 May 2017
Thursday / 18 May 2017
Friday / 19 May 2017
Saturday / 20 May 2017
Sunday / 21 May 2017
Monday / 22 May 2017
Tuesday / 23 May 2017
Wednesday / 24 May 2017
Thursday / 25 May 2017
Friday / 26 May 2017
Saturday / 27 May 2017
Sunday / 28 May 2017
Monday / 29 May 2017
Tuesday / 30 May 2017
Wednesday / 31 May 2017
Thursday / 01 June 2017
Friday / 02 June 2017
Saturday / 03 June 2017
Sunday / 04 June 2017
Monday / 05 June 2017
Tuesday / 06 June 2017
Wednesday / 07 June 2017
Thursday / 08 June 2017
Friday / 09 June 2017
Saturday / 10 June 2017
Sunday / 11 June 2017
Monday / 12 June 2017
Tuesday / 13 June 2017
Wednesday / 14 June 2017
Thursday / 15 June 2017
Friday / 16 June 2017
Saturday / 17 June 2017
Sunday / 18 June 2017
Monday / 19 June 2017
Tuesday / 20 June 2017
Wednesday / 21 June 2017
Thursday / 22 June 2017
Friday / 23 JUNE 2017
Saturday / 24 June 2017
Sunday / 25 June 2017
Monday / 26 June 2017
DOING YOUR REVISION
Active or passive revision?
- Active revision means involving your eyes, ears and hands in variety of ways.
Revising actively is the best way to make sense of the material you are revising
and also helps you to remember it.
- Active methods of revision include:
writing revision notes
using mind maps with key words for topics
using small record cards to reduce topics to keywords/phrases
reading notes aloud
recording key points onto an iPad, MP3 or phone
discussing topics with a friend
testing yourself
getting others to test you
rewriting notes
doing examples
trying past papers
using revision websites
attending support clubs offered by your teachers
Use as many of these methods as you find useful.
- Passively reading through your notes and books is a very poor method of revision.
It doesn’t help you to understand or remember what you are revising. Don’t just
sit there reading page after page until you get bored.
TOP TEN REVISION TIPS
1Short bursts of revision (30-40 minutes) are most effective. Your concentration lapses after about an hour and you need to take a short break (5-10 minutes).
2Find a quiet place to revise – your bedroom, school or library – refuse to be interrupted or distracted.
3Make sure you don’t just revise the subjects and topics you like. Work in your weaker ones as well.
4Make your own revision notes because you will remember what you have written down more easily. Stick key notes to cupboards or doors so you can see them everyday.
5Rewrite the key points of your revision notes; read them out loud to yourself. We remember more than twice as much of what we say aloud than of what we merely read.
6Use different techniques. Make your own learning maps, use post-it notes to write key words on, create flash cards. Ask friends and family to test you. Use highlighter pens to mark important points. Chant or make up a rap song.
7Practice on past exam papers or revision tests available on the web. Initially do one section at a time and progress to doing an entire paper against the clock.
8You will need help at some stage, ask parents, older brothers and sisters, teachers or friends. If there is a teacher with whom you get on well at school ask for their e-mail address so you can clarify points you are unsure of whilst on study leave. Use websites specifically designed for revision.
9Don’t get stressed out! Eat properly and get lots of sleep!
10Believe in yourself and be positive. If you think you can succeed you will; if you convince yourself that you will fail, that’s what will probably happen.
Space for your notes