This document provides tips and resources for GCSE exam revision, including: - GCSEpod, a website with tailored podcasts to help with exam preparation. All resources are free for KHS students. - Creating revision cards online at www.getrevising.co.uk, with questions on one side and answers on the other to test yourself. - Websites like www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revision and www.s-cool.co.uk that offer materials, activities and tests for revision across subjects. - Using mind maps to organize topics visually with branches connecting ideas, which can help learn details and the big picture. Mind maps can also be used to

1. Reviseonthego!
IntroducingGCSEpod,thewebsite
containsarangeoftailor-madepodcasts
forGCSEstudentstohelpintherun-upto
yourexams.
Theseresourceshavebeenmade
availableavailableFREEOFCHARGEtoallKHS
students.
Circletheexam datesonyourplanner.
Allocateparticularsubjects/examsto
eachlearningchunk.
Checkthatyouhavecoveredeach
exam/subjectadequately,makesure
thatyoureviseinasensibleorder-no
pointpreparingforthelastexam first.
-Howlongcanyoulearneffectively
withoutabreak(learningchunks)?
-Howmanysubjectsdoyouneedto
revisefor?
-Whatothercommitmentsdoyouhave
whichpreventyoufrom revising?
--Whendoyouwanttostart?
Revisisoncardsareamongstthemost
popularrevisionresources.Theideais
htatyousummarisesomeinformationon
asingleblankcard.Youcanmakethem
onlineatwww.getrevising.co.uk
1.)1.)Writequestionsononesideandan-
swersontheother,thentestyourselfor
asksomeoneelsetotestyou.
2.)Writekeynamesortermsononeside
andasummaryofwhattheymeanon
theotherside.
3.)Writethedisadvantagesofsomething
ononesideandthedisadvantageson
theotherside.
4.)Writeaboutsomethinginreasonable
detailononesideandusetheotherside
tosummarisekeypointsasashortlist(no
morethan5points).
www.getrevising.co.uk
Thiswebsiteallowsyoutocreaterevision
Thiswebsiteallowsyoutocreaterevisioncards,wordsearches,quizzesandgivesaccesstothousandsofresourcesthathaveworkedforotherstudents.Youcancreatesandjoinstudygroupsandevencreaterevisiontimetables.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revision
TheBBCprovidesgreatmaterialsandac
TheBBCprovidesgreatmaterialsandac-tivitiesforrevisionatalllevels.
www.s-cool.co.uk
LotsofchunkedinformationforallyourmajorsubjectsatGCSEandAlevel.Youcantestyourselftoo.
Mindmapsareawayoforganisingideas
aboutatopic.Amindmapusuallystarts
withacentralideawithaseriesof
branches,eachrelatingtoonesectionof
themainidea.Theseleadtoother
branchesandsoitgoeson.Amindmap
allowsyoutoseethewholetopiconone
sheetofpaper.Makingthemindmapsheetofpaper.Makingthemindmap
helpsyoulearnboththedetailandthe
bigpictureofatopic.
Howcantheybeused?
1.)Stickthem upsomwherewhereyousit
anddream,maybeyoubedroom wallsor
ceiling.
2.)Illustratesomeofthepointsonyour
mindmapwithsomesillypictures.They
willhelpyourememberthepoint.
3.)Spendsometimelearningthemind
map,turnthepapertheotherwayup
andseeifyoucanrememberitwell
enoughtocopy.
4.)4.)Usemindmapstoplanessays.Putthe
titleinthecentre,thenhaveonebranch
foreachkeypointandusefurther
branchestodevelopthesepoints.
Toptip...
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