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Introduction
Use this revision guide to plan your revision in the run up to your exams. For revision to be effective, you need to structure your time to ensure that you maximise the opportunities that you have to revise. Together with the support of your teachers and UCC’s tailor-made website, this revision planner will go a long way towards helping you to achieve the exam results you deserve.
Organising your revision
Make your revision plan as early as possible
Divide your revision into manageable chunks
Prioritise your revision
Be honest about your strengths and weaknesses.
Create a revision space that is good for you e.g. your bedroom.
Resources
Subject revision outlines are available on the UCC revision website along with downloadable resources and links to useful web pages.
In some cases, the school shop stocks revision books, whilst others may be available from online outlets such as Amazon.co.uk.
In addition to work completed in class and at home, your teachers may well provide you with more detailed unit outlines, checklists and revision notes, especially if these are not available elsewhere.
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Tips for revision
Use mornings for heavy revision, afternoons for lighter revision and evenings to go over things again or to test yourself.
Give a bit more time to your weaker topics.
Repetition - We learn through a mix of seeing (diagrams, videos, and symbols), hearing (discussing, teaching, recording) and doing (making, showing, acting out). The more times you do of each, the more you will remember!
Mind maps and revision cards – strip your notes down to key points, terms and simple diagrams, whatever suits the subject and topic.
Mnemonics and association – link key words and information to the letters of a memorable word or phrase, a familiar place, image, body parts, tunes, objects or even shapes, colours or numbers.
Work with friends and family – go through things together, listen to each other, teach each other, make and share videos and podcasts.
Quizzes, practice questions / papers and model answers – test yourself, mark and weigh up your strengths, identify and address your weaknesses, understand how to write a good answer.
Further guidance on revision strategies can be found in the Q&A on the UCC revision website. For detailed guidance, links and downloadable resources go to:
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Yr7 Revision Planner
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24.06.19
HISTORY (1 hour / 261)
MATHS 1 (Non - Calc) (1 hour / 261)
Monday 25.06.19
KEEP CLEAR
Tuesday
28.06.19
Friday
27.06.19
GEOGRAPHY (1 hour / 261)
Thursday
FRENCH (1 hour / 261)
Y7 LITERACY TESTS (1 hour / 125)
26.06.19
ENGLISH (1 hour / 261)
SCIENCE (1 hour / 261)
KEEP CLEAR
MATHS 2 (Calc) (1 hour / 261)
Wednesday
Y7 Internal Examinations (Monday 24th – Friday 28th June 2019) Period 1 Turn up at 09.00 for an 09.15 start
Period 2
Period 3 Turn up at 11.20 for an 11.35 start
Period 4
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All exams will be held in the sports hall unless stated otherwise
Period 5
Turn up at 13.20 for a 13.35 start
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Coping with Stress There are lots of ways to reduce stress:
Talk about it – Your listeners can be friends, family, teachers or others. Asking for help is not a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of maturity and strength.
Daily relaxation – Make sure you spend some time each day doing things that relax you and take your mind off your studies.
Exercise – Exercise is a great way to clear the mind and relaxes your muscles.
Positive thinking – Thinking you may fail makes you worry more and makes you less enthusiastic about working hard.
Eat and drink well – Eating the right foods will reduce overall stress and make you feel good about yourself. Avoid things with added sugar and try to eat a balanced diet with enough protein and savoury carbohydrates. E.g. eggs, yoghurt, fruit, veg, rice, potatoes, fish.
Breathing techniques – Breathing techniques can help you relax. Sit comfortable and close your eyes. Breathe slowly through your nose and count to ten. Hold this breath while you count to ten again. Now breath out slowly, counting to ten once more. Repeat this.
Sleep – Get plenty of rest. Sleep affects concentration so if you have enough sleep, you won’t have to struggle so hard to focus.
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Subject Revision – English
Look at www.ullswatercc.co.uk and any additional guidance provided by your teacher. Exam structure: Number of papers, duration, sections, questions?
Had a go
Topics to cover
Nearly there
Got it
Spelling Punctuation Grammar Vocabulary Skills to cover select and retrieve information analyse quotes and the words/language techniques they use and whys analyse the structure and why it may have been given that structure evaluation - what does the text talk about, which elements of it are successful and why
Resources
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Equipment
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Subject Revision Audit Subject:
English
Think about your skills, knowledge and understanding in this subject
Strengths in this subject
What are you good at or do you know quite well? You should spend less time revising these.
Weaknesses in this subject
What are you not so good at or do you know less well? You should spend more time revising these.
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Subject Revision –
Maths (non-calculator) Look at www.ullswatercc.co.uk and any additional guidance provided by your teacher. Exam structure: Number of papers, duration, sections, questions?
Had a go
Topics to cover Stage 5 and 6 Multiplying and dividing by powers of 10 Temperatures Common factors and Prime numbers Money calculations BIDMAS Estimating by rounding Adding and subtracting Multiplying Dividing Worded calculations Converting, adding and subtracting fractions Multiplying and dividing fractions Resources
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Equipment
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Nearly there
Got it
Subject Revision Audit Subject:
Maths (non-calculator)
Think about your skills, knowledge and understanding in this subject
Strengths in this subject
What are you good at or do you know quite well? You should spend less time revising these.
Weaknesses in this subject
What are you not so good at or do you know less well? You should spend more time revising these.
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Subject Revision –
Maths (non-calculator) Look at www.ullswatercc.co.uk and any additional guidance provided by your teacher. Exam structure: Number of papers, duration, sections, questions?
Had a go
Topics to cover Stage 7 Multiplying negatives Collecting like terms Time Types of numbers HCF Indices LCM Transformations Converting fractions Adding and subtracting fractions Multiplying and dividing fractions. Fractions Resources
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Equipment
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Nearly there
Got it
Subject Revision Audit Subject:
Maths (non-calculator)
Think about your skills, knowledge and understanding in this subject
Strengths in this subject
What are you good at or do you know quite well? You should spend less time revising these.
Weaknesses in this subject
What are you not so good at or do you know less well? You should spend more time revising these.
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Subject Revision –
Maths (non-calculator) Look at www.ullswatercc.co.uk and any additional guidance provided by your teacher. Exam structure: Number of papers, duration, sections, questions?
Had a go
Topics to cover Stage 8 Ratios BIDMAS Collecting like terms Fractions to decimals Indices Prime numbers Prime factors Significant figures Estimating Standard form Interest Percentages Fractions Resources
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Equipment
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Nearly there
Got it
Subject Revision Audit Subject:
Maths (non-calculator)
Think about your skills, knowledge and understanding in this subject
Strengths in this subject
What are you good at or do you know quite well? You should spend less time revising these.
Weaknesses in this subject
What are you not so good at or do you know less well? You should spend more time revising these.
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Subject Revision –
Maths (non-calculator) Look at www.ullswatercc.co.uk and any additional guidance provided by your teacher. Exam structure: Number of papers, duration, sections, questions?
Had a go
Topics to cover Stages 9 and 10
Solving inequalities
Represent inequalities on a number line
Solving inequalities
Inequalities from number lines
Parallel Lines
Rearranging Formula
Expanding Quadratics
Fractions skills
Inequality word problems
Convert decimals to percentages
Percentage of an amount
Percentage discount
Reverse percentages
Percentage increase
Percentage reasoning
Percentages and fractions problem solving
Area and percentages
Comparing prices
Resources
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Equipment
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Nearly there
Got it
Subject Revision Audit Subject:
Maths (non-calculator)
Think about your skills, knowledge and understanding in this subject
Strengths in this subject
What are you good at or do you know quite well? You should spend less time revising these.
Weaknesses in this subject
What are you not so good at or do you know less well? You should spend more time revising these.
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Subject Revision – Science Look at www.ullswatercc.co.uk and any additional guidance provided by your teacher. Exam structure: Number of papers, duration, sections, questions?
Had a go
Topics to cover Cells Reproduction Acids and Alkalis Chemical reactions Electricity Forces
Resources
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Equipment
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Nearly there
Got it
Subject Revision Audit Subject:
Science
Think about your skills, knowledge and understanding in this subject
Strengths in this subject
What are you good at or do you know quite well? You should spend less time revising these.
Weaknesses in this subject
What are you not so good at or do you know less well? You should spend more time revising these.
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Subject Revision – Geography Look at www.ullswatercc.co.uk and any additional guidance provided by your teacher. Exam structure: Number of papers, duration, sections, questions?
Had a go
Topics to cover Map skills - symbols, distance, height, grid references etc Volcanoes - plate tectonics, plate boundaries, volcano structure and cone/shield, volcano case study including impacts and responses, why live close to volcanoes?, reducing the impacts Rivers - long profile, erosion, transportation and deposition, landforms, flooding causes and case study impacts
Resources
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Equipment
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Nearly there
Got it
Subject Revision Audit Subject:
Geography
Think about your skills, knowledge and understanding in this subject
Strengths in this subject
What are you good at or do you know quite well? You should spend less time revising these.
Weaknesses in this subject
What are you not so good at or do you know less well? You should spend more time revising these.
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Subject Revision – History Look at www.ullswatercc.co.uk and any additional guidance provided by your teacher. Exam structure: Number of papers, duration, sections, questions?
Had a go
Topics to cover Medieval village life The Black Death The peasants' revolt
Resources
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Equipment
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Nearly there
Got it
Subject Revision Audit Subject:
History
Think about your skills, knowledge and understanding in this subject
Strengths in this subject
What are you good at or do you know quite well? You should spend less time revising these.
Weaknesses in this subject
What are you not so good at or do you know less well? You should spend more time revising these.
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Subject Revision – French
Look at www.ullswatercc.co.uk and any additional guidance provided by your teacher. Exam structure: Number of papers, duration, sections, questions?
Had a go
Topics to cover Greetings Alphabet Saying how you are feeling Classroom instructions Things in the classroom and colours Numbers 1-31 Saying how old you are Saying when your birthday is and giving the date Describing your family Describing yourself Animals Activities you like to do and why Activities you're going to do at the weekend Verbs in the present tense Resources
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Equipment
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Nearly there
Got it
Subject Revision Audit Subject:
French
Think about your skills, knowledge and understanding in this subject
Strengths in this subject
What are you good at or do you know quite well? You should spend less time revising these.
Weaknesses in this subject
What are you not so good at or do you know less well? You should spend more time revising these.
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Equipment required
2 BLACK biros (always bring a spare!)
Sharpened HB pencil
Ruler
Rubber
Protractor
A pair of compasses
Calculator (if allowed) You can put these in a clear pencil case or polythene bag. A small, clear bottle of still water is also allowed. Further guidance on preparing for exams can be found on the revision website: