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There will also be drop-down revision sessions and other initiatives TBC  \n• Our Y11 maths Google Classroom has useful resources to help pupils with effective revision  \n• Revision posters with key topics are on the classroom and will be displayed in school  \n• All pupils have been given a pack of past papers and the opportunity to buy revision guides – if you missed the order, please wait until next week and I will sell the remaining revision guides at £3.25 per book so you can send your child in with cash  \nIf English isn’t your first language……  \n• Some of the questions will be quite wordy but you should be able to geta grade 4 just be answering the shorter ‘fluency’ based questions correctly as these comprise at least 50% of the paper  \n• Focus on the 1 st half of past papers in your revision – do this for all the OCR past papers available on the website and you will see how formulaic they are!  \n• Make a list of key words and write their translation and a worked example down for each – quite a few marks on a foundation paper just require you to know some vocabulary (e.g. ‘write down a prime number between 1 and 10’)  \n• Learn the key command words and make sure you know what you are being asked to do (e.g.‘estimate’)  \n• Investigate apps – Quizlet is great for revising key vocabulary  \n[brownm01@horsforthschool.org](brownm01@horsforthschool.org)  \nEmail me if there is anything else we can do to support you and your child.","cbCaiiHfARpeWhzX","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiHfARpeWhzX","pdf",486363,"English","# Exam overview\n## Papers, timing, and grade targets\n# How to revise for Grade 4\n## Practice frequency and question-based study\n## Using RAG sheets and focusing on basics\n## Getting help on difficult questions\n# School support for pupils\n## After-school and within-day intervention\n## Resources, posters, and revision packs\n# For pupils with English as an additional language\n## Fluency questions and wordy items\n## Key vocabulary, translations, and command words\n## App support","[{\"question\":\"What is the OCR Foundation Maths GCSE exam format and timing?\",\"answer\":\"There are 3 papers: two with a calculator and one without. 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