A guide to Your personal revision timetable

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A guide toYour personal revision timetable
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Audit

• Plan your revision
• Know what you have to cover
• Identify your strengths
• Identify your weaknesses
• Decide what you need to help you revise
• Plan your revision timetable
• Stage 1

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Subject
Area
Topic
Resources
Priority
Maths
Numbers
Equations

• Revision Book
• Class Notes
• Past Paper
• Class Notes
• (some missing)
• Past Paper

Low
Graphs
Pie Charts
High
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• But now you start to panic as you find things
  are missing and there are things you just dont
  understand. Everyone feels like that, but the
  people who pass exams are the ones who do
  something about it.

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Planning

• Plan your revision timetable
• 30 minute sessions are best
• Then have a short brain break
• Do 2 hours a night
• Aim for 3-4 hours on a non-school day
• Here is an example

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Date
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4
Friday 16/11
Maths
Science
English
French
Area
Number
Anthology
Oral
Human Body
Mind Mapping
Method
Cards
Notes
Cards
To understand
To list the
To look for
To prepare
Aim-
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• NOW, IF THAT LOOKS LIKE HARD WORKTHATS BECAUSE
  IT IS!
• But exams are hard and the more detail you put
  into planning your revision, the better you will
  do.

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Successful Revision 10 steps

• Find a good environment in which to revise-
  comfortable, no distractions.
• Make a realistic revision timetable as above.
• Know your strengths and weaknesses mix them up
  on your timetable.
• Always make your own revision notes.
• Stay focussed, stick to the important points.

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• 6. Use a range of revision techniques e.g.
  revision cards, mnemonics, mind maps, lists, past
  papers
• 7. Tick off topics when you have revised them
  feel good about it!
• 8. Revise for 30 minutes plus 10 minutes to test
  yourself.
• 9. Remember to relax, take a break between
  sessions
• 10. Remind yourself how useful your revision is,
  and look back at what you have achieved so far!

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GOOD LUCK!