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Effective Revision Guide for Year 11 - Supporting Your Child's Success

As a parent, help your child make the right decisions when it comes to revision. Establish a routine, create a timetable, test their knowledge, remind them of their goals, and ensure they complete assigned work. This guide provides tips on how to revise effectively and offers different learning styles to cater to individual preferences. Practice past papers for better performance.

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Effective Revision Guide for Year 11 - Supporting Your Child's Success

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  1. RevisionGuide for year 11

  2. As a parent, the best way to help support your child is to help them make the right decisions when it comes to revision • Establish a routine • Create a timetable that includes breaks • Test them on their knowledge from revision books • Encourage them to stick to it • Remind them of end goals • Check that they are completing the work set from the revision timetables given out by each teacher

  3. How to Revise… Think of a ‘session’ as a third of a day - it could be 3 to 4 hours long Many people find it helpful to revise for 2 out of the 3 sessions per day Here is a possible pattern: Day 2 Day 3 Day 1 Revise Revise Free MORNING Revise Revise AFTERNOON Free EVENING Free Revise Revise

  4. How to Revise… Day 2 Day 3 Day 1 Revise Revise Free MORNING Revise Revise AFTERNOON Free Break each session up into half hour slots… 25 minutes work followed by a 5 minute break EVENING Free Revise Revise

  5. How to Revise… Spend time making a thorough revision timetable and STICK TO IT

  6. How to Revise… What kind of person are you? Some students are early birds. They will definitely want to use the morning session Late risers will avoid mornings like the plague! They will work well later in the day Night owls will do their best revision in the evenings

  7. How should you revise? • Where should you revise? • Warm • Well lit (a reading lamp reduces eye-strain) • Have a clock or watch nearby (time your revision sessions)

  8. How should you revise? • How to plan your revision: • Have a definite finishing time • Plan regular breaks • Get up and walk around during your break • Drink plenty of water • Have a tick list of topics to cover • Gradually aim to summarise your notes

  9. How should you revise? • Revise the same work againafter 10 minutes • Briefly review the work: after 1 day after 1 week. • This method will fix the work quite firmly into your long-term memory

  10. There are many ways to revise Choose the right way for you! You have a particular learning style and you should revise using the techniques that will be best for your learning style It is best if you try to use a combination of ideas though from all learning styles to give you a balance

  11. Visual Learners: Maps Posters Charts Spider diagrams Cartoons Summary notes Mental pictures Mind maps

  12. Auditory Learners: Record ideas on tape Say keywords aloud Tell another person Make a presentation Get someone to test you Exchange ideas with your friends Play quiet, relaxing background music

  13. Kinesthetic Learners: Walk ‘n’ talk Draw cartoons Posters & storyboards Make a model Role play/drama Make a mind map Write a story Annotate diagrams Make cue/flash cards

  14. How to Revise… Just remember that, no matter when you revise, you need to go to bed at a sensible time and be able to get to sleep. It may be that you have to read a fiction book, watch television or have a bath before you go to bed to get a good night’s sleep

  15. How to Revise… ABOVE ALL… PRACTICE PAST PAPERS AND QUESTIONS AS THESE ARE THE BEST WAY TO HELP YOU DO WELL

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