Year 11 Revision 2022/23 - A guide to revision resources and websites - Golden rules & effective methods

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Year 11 Revision 2022/23 provides a structured guide for building an effective revision schedule and making consistent progress through the academic term. It emphasizes organisation, clear weekly planning, realistic session lengths, and recovery time, while discouraging approaches that waste time such as passive reading or rewriting notes. The guide also introduces evidence-based techniques including flash cards, Cornell notes, mind mapping, self-testing, and regular use of past papers and exam specifications to target required topics for upcoming mock and final exams.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages14

Reading Time35 min

AccessFree to download

Organisation is Key!

Golden rules

How to revise

Flash cards

Cornell notes

Mind mapping

Past Papers

Exam Specifications

Subjects and Exam Boards

Year 11 Revision 2022/23 A guide to revision resources and websites to kick-start your journey into Year 11! Organisation is Key! It is absolutely essential to your revision and, ultimately, your grades, that you get yourself organised quickly and build a revision schedule and timetable that works for you. There is absolutely no point in drafting a revision timetable and not sticking to it. There is a blank version of this timetable on the next page but these will be available all year in form and from Mr Farrar’s office. Also, if you would like to have a 1-1 meeting with Mr Farrar to help fill in your revision timetable there will be appointment slots on his door from Wednesday 7th September, just sign up for a session. Golden rules • Have a designated revision space, ideally not in your bedroom and on a desk or table • Revision slots should be 45 minutes in length, no more! • Start by filling in your weekly commitments (football training, gym class, visiting family, music lessons etc. It is crucial for your well-being that you continue to do these things throughout Year 11 • You should complete two revision sessions per night in the week (This does not include any homework) • You should complete 3 sessions each weekend day • If you do sessions back to back make sure you have at least 20 minutes as a break inbetween. Don’t start a new session immediately after another. • Take your breaks in a different room to where you will revise • Do NOT have your phone on your desk when working, you will be distracted by notifications and temptation • If you miss a session or a day DO NOT try and catch it up. Just be honest with yourself, acknowledge why you missed the session and start again tomorrow. If you try and catchup by Thursday you could have 7 hours to do after school. That is impossible and that is when people stop revising and following their timetable If you can follow this plan you have 15 hours a week revision including EPS time and as you will be able to see from your timetables – there is still plenty of time to rest, go to the gym, meet friends, play Xbox etc. There are 8 weeks from today (Monday 5th September) so that could mean an incredible 120 hours of revision not including your half-term break. This term it is crucial that you set good habits and approach the upcoming mock exams as if they were your real exams. We will help and guide you every step of the way but we are now at the point where nobody else can put the hard work in other than yourself. Obviously after the exams there is still 6-7 months left before the real exams are due to start but having a solid set of mock exams under your belt will really help you. How to revise Firstly, I think it’s important to point out how you definitely should NOT revise. The following things have been proven to not work and are actually a waste of your valuable time 1. Reading your class notes or textbooks – this does not work and you don’t retain any of the information 2. Copying out your notes into a new notebook – this can take hours and makes you think you are revising well because you are busy and it looks nice! It doesn’t work For those of you that have revised this way in the past this may come as a shock to you but a simple rule is that you should always include checking and self testing in your revision. Flash cards Follow this hyperlink to an article about the correct technique of using FLASHCARDS This is the very best way to make sure you are remembering more content as the weeks goby. You can test yourself, you can revise with friends, you can get parents or siblings to test you. As time goes by you will remember more content and spend more time on the things you don‘t know. Cornell notes Follow this hyperlink to an article about the correct technique of using Cornell Notes To use the Cornell Note Taking method, students need to first divide their page into three or four sections. There can be an optional small

FAQs

How should students organise their revision timetable for Year 11?

The guide stresses building a revision schedule that works and then sticking to it. It suggests planning around weekly commitments and using a blank timetable version available through the school’s office.

What are the recommended “golden rules” for revision sessions?

Revision should be in a designated space, with slots of 45 minutes or less. Students should balance weekly and weekend targets, include at least a 20-minute break between back-to-back sessions, and avoid distraction from phones on the desk.

Which revision methods are promoted, and which are discouraged?

The document discourages reading class notes/textbooks without active recall and copying notes into a new notebook. It promotes self-testing through flash cards, the Cornell Notes structure, mind mapping for compact review, and consistent marking of past papers while using exam specifications to cover required topics.

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