How to Revise - Richmond School

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How to Revise ...
Dealing with exam stress
Watch this video on coping with exams to see how other teenagers
prepared themselves for their GCSEs, overcame stress and built the
confidence to sit their exams.
Write down different revision techniques
that are mentioned in the video.
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/childhealth615/Pages/Examstress.aspx
(video at bottom of webpage 5:12 m)
Review learning from video
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Using a laptop ... Be careful the internet can be distracting
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Study Group – would this work for you?
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Timing – eg revise for 30 minutes/take a break
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Reading English quotes in funny accents!
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Ask a parent/carer to test you
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Sticking to a timetable
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Focus on revision but take time out to relax too
Top Ten Tips
Watch this short video to get more ideas on how to
revise (2:24 m)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjh10kj9Y64&fea
ture=related
Revisions Ideas
1.
Don’t overdo it!
2.
Everyone revises differently – find what works for
you
3.
Take breaks then get back to work
4.
Make a timetable with time for each subject– give a
copy to a parent or friend
5.
Eat healthy food
Revision Ideas
6. Drink lots of water
7. Get some exercise, it will help
8. Make sure you get enough sleep (8 hours a night if you can)
9. Balance revision and socialising
10. Start your revision early – don’t leave it to the last minute
Good Luck 
Revision and the internet
The internet can help with your
revision ... but also provide the
biggest distraction in the
Whole Wide World...
Half the battle is accepting
this and setting limits for
yourself.
Make sure that you don’t drift
aimlessly from facebook to
twitter to You Tube (need we
say more ...)
Your personal action plan
What will you do?
Now write down five things that you can do to help yourself revise
For example:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Set out a revision timetable for myself
Ask a friend to test me on my Science
Work with a friend on my Maths
Make sure I take some exercise twice a week by (... walking the
dog/playing football)
Make sure I get enough sleep by going to bed at (... specify what
time!)
EXAMS
You can do it 
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