How can you help your child with revision?

Warming up the Brain……….. Brain Gym……. Simple exercises to help concentration and get the brain firing on both sides.

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What is good revision? Good techniques include…. Having an aim for each session. Focus on what you can’t do rather than what you can. Breaking down work into ‘bite size’ chunks and not just reading it but doing something with it. Note key points and phrases. Testing yourself Use the confidence grids.

Four stages of revision Step 1: Preparation: Understanding what is needed Step 3: Final Preparations Step 4: The actual exams Step 2: Starting revision: Preparing your materials

Stage One of revision Step 1: Preparation: Understanding what is needed Highlight the exams Write them into the planner Make sure you know what each exam entails Sort out what you know and what you don’t Use the confidence grids to help you

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Step 2: Starting revision: Preparing your materials Step 1: Preparation: Understanding what is needed Step 2: Starting revision: Preparing your materials Mind maps Mnemonics Post its Post cards Posters Question and answer

Ideas for making revision ‘ACTIVE’ Spider diagrams Creating large posters with colour Revision aids around the house. Record key ideas on phone and listen to them Work with a friend (only for some people this one) Use the TV but stop and pause make notes about what you can remember. Read a pge then shut the book and write down what you can remember. Tell someone what you have learned. Get people around (that is usually you) to test you.

Step 3: Using past papers Step 1: Preparation: Understanding what is needed Step 3: Final Preparations Step 2: Starting revision: Preparing your materials

Step 4: The final exam (Scary) Step 1: Preparation: Understanding what is needed Step 3: Final Preparations Step 4: The actual exams Step 2: Starting revision: Preparing your materials

Step 1: Preparation: Understanding what is needed Step 3: Final Preparations Step 4: The actual exams Step 2: Starting revision: Preparing your materials