This resource explains some basic revision techniques including making notes, using mnemonics, drawing diagrams, revising with friends, testing yourself and studying past papers.
It's not all about what you know – it's also about how you answer the questions. This resource shares advice on exam techniques, examples of good practice, what examiners are looking for and how to gain more marks.
Prepare for the day – revision guidance for students
These handy tips will help students keep calm on exam day. Advice includes making sure you know exactly where and when each paper of each exam is being held, and bringing your exam slip with you every time.
Revision requires accurate notes and careful planning to be most effective. But many students leave it late, so here's some advice for those running a smidgens behind schedule.
Expert advice and tips for planning and revising, dealing with stress and preparing for the day of the exam. Teachers, parents and students, take note.
Weekly coursework and revision planner
A weekly planner to help key stage 4 and 5 students who have organisational difficulties and/or anxieties related to their studies. Students have a hand in creating this and can share it with their parents.
Vocab rally game – template and examples
A game designed for students with special educational needs as a starter or revision activity for building vocabulary. Children, working in groups of two to four, have to move their counters across the board. If they stop on a word they have to say what it means in their own words.
A step-by-step guide for students on what to do before you even pick up your pen in an exam.
Revision rescue tips for boys sitting their GCSE exams – ideal for parents
Psychologist and parenting guru Steve Biddulph offers tips for parents who are trying to help their teenage sons through the revision period. These dos and don'ts will prove invaluable.
Are you stressed? Revision guidance for students
The pressure of revision, the fear of failure and people's expectations all worry students. These simple questions help them identify the signs of stress so that they can take action to resist it.
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