Year 7 Revision
When it comes to revision it can be hard to get started. We want to help you develop and provide guidance in a range of areas, so you get the most out of your experience and get a head start ready for your summer examinations!
REVISION TIPS
- Start revising early. Months, not days before the exam. Make a timetable.
- Don’t spend ages making your notes look pretty. This is just wasting your time. For diagrams include all the details you need to learn, but don’t try to produce a work of art. Limit yourself to 2 or 3 colours!!
- Take short breaks. Every hour, not every 10 minutes.
- Be organised. Make sure you have revision materials.
- Stick revision notes all around your house. So when you are in the exam you think; “Aha, the quadratic equations, they were on the fridge!…..”
- Get yourself drinks and snacks. This will help you NOT to make excuses to stop every 10 minutes.
- Don’t turn yourself into a revision Zombie. It is really important that you keep time to do things you enjoy.
- Do lots of practice papers. This is especially important as you get close to the exams.
- Find the right environment to revise. NOT in front of the television, NOT listening to radio. and do not forget to put your phone away.
Revision Kit List
You MUST have the correct equipment for all your examinations. You can purchase items/exam ‘ready pencil cases’ from Health, Welfare and Reception at very reasonable costs.
| Pens at least two (black ink) | Pencils at least two | Set Squares |
| Eraser | Ruler | Protractor |
| Compass | Highlighters | Scientific Calculator |
| Pencil Sharpener | Clear Pencil Case |
Self-study work can be found on the Virtual School log in.
Challenges to help with revision can be extremely helpful and assist with progress in readiness for the upcoming maths examinations. Please click the links below for daily questions/tests.
| Week 1 Challenge | Week 2 Challenge | Week 3 Challenge |
| Week 4 Challenge | Week 5 Challenge |
- Test them on key quotations from either the poems or the novels they have studied.
- Time them when they are answering exam style questions.
- Encourage them to read good quality non-fiction texts e.g. newspapers and biographies.