This document provides tips and techniques for effective revision. It recommends avoiding distractions like phones, social media, TV and friends during revision. It suggests eating a diet with plenty of water, fruits, complex carbs, fish and soy to improve brain function and allowing the body to recover. Some revision tools include classroom books, revision guides, BBC Bitesize and condensed notes. Suggested techniques involve writing down everything known on a topic, doing past exam papers, using revision guides, and attending teacher-led revision sessions. It also recommends breaks, sleep and light activities to rest the mind.

1. Revision techniques

2. Distractions
Mobile phones – turn off during revision
Laptops
Social media - facebook, insta, snapchat, twitter
TV
Friends (peers)
Music
Game console

3. Diet
• Plenty of water: 1.2L of water a day – keeps your brain
functioning
• Fruit: Blackcurrents, berries, walnuts – help improve
mental agility
• Complex carbohydrates eg pasta and rice
• Fish and Soya – improves brain function and allows body
to recover
• 3 decent meals a day
• Avoid simple sugar e.g – Chocolate short burst – begin
to crash
• Avoid energy drinks

4. Access Exam Papers

5. Timetable

6. Revision tools
1. Your classroom book
2. Revision guides
3. Access to BBC bitesize – AQA Science
4. Condensed set of notes
5. Stationary
6. Timetable
7. Youtube video clips

7. Revision Guides

8. Technique 1 -Pick a topic
Write everything you can down about that topic
OR
Repeat your knowledge to your friends
Focus on difficult topics that you struggle in – before you start the easy
topic
Make a list of topics in that subject and rate them based on how
confident you feel

9. Technique 2 –Past papers
In the last week leading up to your exams, attempt as many exam past
papers as possible.
Underline key words –
Understand what the question is asking you
Time yourself
Mark your paper – ask your teachers if you are confused about any
questions
Analyse the mark scheme
Mark in a different coloured pen – Store this information into your long
term memory

10. Technique 3 – Revision guide
Use your revision guides as a tool for gaining additional theory
Attempt as many questions as possible in your exam
DO NOT re-write your revision notes over and over again – DOES NOT
WORK

11. Technique 4 – Attend revision sessions
Teachers will be arranging revision sessions after school
It will be important that you attend these
• Theory
• Exam questions

12. Activities
Sports – Get your mind of revision
Going for a walk – 10-15 minutes breaks are
needed
See some friends
Plenty of sleep – Lack of sleep makes it
impossible to understand detailed information

13. Video – youtube (how to revise)
Techniques
• Exam questions
• Spider diagrams
• Peer learning
• Question yourself
• Revision guide questions
• Revision classes
• Audiology
• Repeating theory to yourself
• A4 page question and repeat answers
• Bright colours
• Highlighters
• Internet – Gain better understanding
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