1. Year 11 REVISION SESSION

2. Revision rɪˈvɪʒ(ə)n/Submit noun the action of revising. "the scheme needs drastic revision" synonyms:emendation, correction, alteration, changing, adaptation, editing, copy-editing, rewriting, redrafting, recasting, rephrasing, reworking, updating, revamping More a revised edition or form of something. plural noun: revisions "a revision of the Hegelian concept of history" synonyms:version, corrected version, edition, rewrite, reworking; variant, form, update, reading, rendition, adaptation

3. Where do you start? At the end! Make a list of key dates Make a list of all your exams that you will sit Work backwards from this to… Create a weekly or monthly calendar of revision Keep it realistic

4. OCTOBER KEY DATES: 17 – 26 Half term 20 – 24 visit Bangkok with family 22 nd – my birthday Over the half term, you only really have the 18 th and 19 th and 25 th to revise

5. November 7 th – 9 th Phuket football 14 th – 18 th FOBISIA 29 th James and Bill’s birthday party You only have the weekend of the 22 nd to revise!

6. December/January 19 th - Last day of term 20 th - Fly to France 25 th - Christmas 1 st - New Years Day 8 th - Fly home 13 th - EXAMS START

7. Put your key dates on a new calendar

8. Revision planning Work out how many days/evenings you have and split them into ‘sessions’ of about 1hr 30 Prioritize your needs... which subject(s) needs more than the rest? Allocate each subject a number of ‘sessions’ according to your needs Try and slot them onto your calendar….

9. Mr Driscoll’s revision needs PE – 50% Maths – 5% English – 5% Science – 10% IT – 20% Geography – 5% Economics – 5%

10. My available revision sessions I can revise for 1 hour each night after homework. There are 44 week days from now until end of term, so that is 44 revision sessions. – Out of these 44, I will be too tried to study for 14 of these so can not count them. There are 14 weekend days between now and the end of term. I know I will be busy for at least 6 of these, the others I will split into 5 sessions (a total of 40 revision sessions)

11. I have 3 FULL days in half term which I can split into 4 sessions. (a total of 12) Over the Christmas holiday, I will study for 4 days, so that is 16 sessions. TOTAL NUMBER OF SESSIONS: 98. You will lose a few sessions due to other commitments not yet known, so round down…. My new total is 90.

12. Allocate your sessions PE – 50% of time = 45 sessions Maths – 5% = 5 sessions English – 5% = 5 sessions Science – 10% = 9 sessions IT – 20% = 18 sessions Geography – 5% = 5 sessions Economics – 5% = 5 sessions

13. Add the revision sessions to your calendar

14. Where, what and when should you revise and how long for? Everyone is different! Chose a time that suits you Speak to your teachers and ask their opinions on what you need help on. Try to keep each ‘session’ to about an hour but no more than 1hr 30. Go somewhere quiet… nothing worse than being disturbed

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