Revision

Revision is essential if you wish to achieve your best, whether you are sitting KS3 Assessments, GCSEs, A Levels or preparing for university entrance examinations.

Please find below a selection of tips and advice for both parents and students regarding revision.

KS3 Assessments

Key Stage 3 Assessments

At The Grange School, our goal is to ensure that students fully understand their curriculum, so they know more and can do more. This foundation of knowledge and skills prepares them for success in Key Stage 4 and beyond. Identifying and addressing learning gaps in Key Stage 3 is crucial for effective teaching and student progress.

To achieve this, we use both formative and summative assessments. Formative assessment is continuous and allows teachers to check students' understanding through methods such as questioning during lessons, live marking of work, quizzes, tests (in class or as homework), and other forms of retrieval practice. Summative assessment evaluates how well students have learned and retained the curriculum through tests, exams, or assessments conducted in timed or controlled conditions.

Outline of Assessments

  • Each in-class assessment will last a maximum of 40 minutes.
  • Subject assessments will be standardised and take place in classrooms.
  • The timetable and revision list for each subject are provided below, along with guidance on how to best prepare for the assessments.
  • Access arrangements will be made as needed to support students' usual ways of working.
Year 7 Year 8 Year 9
Revision Programme Revision Programme Revision Programme
Parent Letter Parent Letter Parent Letter
 

Parent Briefing

  

 

 

Exam Board Past Papers

AQA                                            

http://www.aqa.org.uk/exams-administration/exams-guidance/find-past-papers-and-mark-schemes

Edexcel/Pearson              

http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/support-topics/exams/past-papers.html

OCR                                            

http://www.ocr.org.uk/i-want-to/download-past-papers/

The Student Planner

The Student Planner contains strategies to help students revise effectively and prepare for exams. Examples of strategies suggested to students are:

  • Make summaries of key points
  • Produce mind maps of key content
  • Practise planning essay-style answers
  • Practise writing essays under timed conditions
  • Using post-it notes for key skills/ideas/texts
  • Create flash cards
  • Teach someone else what you know about a subject
  • Record yourself explain an idea and listen to it whenever you have time, and test yourself.
  • Make up questions and take the test a couple of days after you have revised
  • Complete past papers (use the website links above) and use the mark scheme to see how well you’ve done.

Useful Websites

GCSE Bitesize - http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/levels/z98jmp3

Science GCSE Revision: http://www.my-gcsescience.com/

A Level and GCSE Revision tips and discussions - http://www.s-cool.co.uk/

Flash card machine – ideal if you learn best via flash cards -  http://www.flashcardmachine.com/

How parents can help with exam stress - http://www.familylives.org.uk/advice/teenagers/school-learning/exam-stress/