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Revision Resources

Revision Resources – supporting your child’s progress and attainment in assessments

Revision before assessments and examinations is a vital habit to get into and will help you make steady progress throughout your time at Midhurst Rother College.

You should always prepare for every assessment to help you do your very best; your teachers will set you suitable homework to help you revise before each assessment. Below are some useful resources you may wish to use.

Autumn Term 2024 Assessment Dates

	Year 7
*Mathematics*	No assessments this half-term
*Science*	Tuesday 19 November classes P3 - 7y/Sc3, 7y/Sc4 P4 - 7x/Sc1, 7x/Sc2, 7y/Sc1, 7y/Sc2 P5 - 7x/Sc3, 7M
*Computer Science*	Bebras Challenge 7D Monday 4 November P5 7H Monday 4 November P1 7I Tuesday 5 November P2 7M Thursday 7 November P3 7R Friday 8 November P3 7S Thursday 7 November P4 7T Thursday 7 November P4 7U Thursday 7 November P3
*Drama*	Classroom based written assessment - Friday 15 November - Period 3 - 7T/Dr Monday 18 November Period 3 – 7I/Dr Monday 18 November – Period 5 – 7H/Dr Wednesday 20 November – Period 2 – 7S/Dr Thursday 21 November – Period 2 – 7M/Dr Thursday 21 November - Period 2 - 7D/Dr Friday 22 November – Period 2 – 7R/Dr
*French*	7M - Monday 18 November 2024 7Y - Tuesday 19 November 2024 7X - Tuesday 19 November 2024
*Geography*	7M - Thursday 21 November 7S - Friday 22 November 7T - Thursday 21 November 7R - Monday 25 November 7H - Thursday 21 November 7D - Tuesday 26 November
*History*	(further dates to follow)
*Religion and Philosophy*	(further dates to follow)

	Year 8
*Mathematics*	8Y Tuesday 12 November P4 8X Friday 15 November P4
*Science*	X Half: Biology: ~~Monday 11^th November P2~~ New date : Friday 15^th November P3 Chemistry: ~~Tuesday 12^th November P1~~ Wednesday 13^th November P1 Physics: Monday 18^th November P4 Y Half Biology: Tuesday 12 November P2 Chemistry: Monday 18 November P3 Physics: Thursday 21 November P4
*Computer Science*	Bebras Challenge 8x1 Wednesday 6 November P3 8x2 Wednesday 13 November P2 8x3 Wednesday 13 November P2 8y1 Wednesday 13 November P1 8y2 Wednesday 13 November P2 8y3 Wednesday 6 November P2
*Drama*	Classroom based written assessment Tuesday 12 November - Period 2 - 8M/Dr Tuesday 12 November - Period 5 - 8U/Dr Wednesday 13 November – Period 5– 8H/Dr Thursday 14 November – Period 5 – 8D/Dr Friday 15 November – Period 1 – 8I/Dr Thursday 21 November - Period 6 - 8R/Dr
*French*	8y/FrF - Tuesday 19 November 2024 (French only students) 8Y/FrD -Thursday 14 November 8Y/FrE - Thursday 14 November (dual linguists)
*Geography*	Thursday 21 November - 8M Monday 18 November - 8U Tuesday 19 November - 8D Wednesday 20 November - 8H Monday 18 November - 8R Thursday 21 November – 8I
*German*	8Y - Tuesday 19 November 2024 8X - Tuesday 19 November 2024
*History*	(further dates to follow)
*Spanish*	8Y - Tuesday 19 November 2024 8X - Tuesday 19 November 2024
*Religion and Philosophy*	(further dates to follow)

	Year 9
*English*	14 - 25 October Transactional Writing
*Maths*	9X Thursday 07 November P1 9Y Tuesday 05 November P2
*Computer Science*	Bebras Challenge 9x1 Thursday 07 November P1 9x2 Wednesday 06 November P1 9x3 Wednesday 06 November P1 9y1 Thursday 07 November P5 9y2 Thursday 04 November P3 9y3 Wednesday 06 November P5 9y4 Wednesday 06 November P5
*Drama*	Classroom based written assessment - Monday 04 November – Period 1 – 9U/Dr Tuesday 05 November – Period 1 – 9M/Dr Tuesday 05 November – Period 2 – 9I/Dr Wednesday 06 November – Period 1 – 9S/Dr Wednesday 06 November – Period 2 – 9R/Dr Thursday 07 November – Period 3 – 9D/Dr Friday 08 November – Period 3 – 9H/Dr Friday 08 November – Period 4 – 9C/Dr - PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT Friday 15 November - Period 2 - 9C/Dr - WRITTEN ASSESSMENT
*French*	Classroom based R/L/T exam: 9X - 13 November 2024 9Y - 12 November 2024 9Clil - 13 November 2024
*Geography*	Monday 04 November P2 – 9I Tuesday 05 November P6 - 9R Wednesday 06 November P2 - 9S Monday 04 November P2 9U Tuesday 05 November P2 - 9H Wednesday 06 November P2 - 9C
*German*	Classroom based R/L/T exam: 9X - 13 November 2024 9Y - 12 November 2024
*Science*	X Half: Biology: Tuesday 05 November P4 Chemistry: Wednesday 06 November P2 Physics: Thursday 07 November P6 Y Half Biology: Tuesday 05 November P5 Chemistry: Wednesday 06 November P3 Physics: Friday 08 November P1 CLiL - As for Y Half Except Chemistry P4, Physics Thursday 04 November P4
*Spanish*	Classroom based R/L/T exam: 9X - 13 November 2024 9Y - 12 November 2024

	Year 10
*English*	30 September - 11 October Poetry assessment
*Maths*	10X Tuesday 05 November P4 10Y Monday 04 November P3 Sets 1 & 2 (higher students) will have a second paper on Wednesday 6th November (X half) and Thursday 07 November (Y half)
*Computer Science*	25 mins written paper, 25 mins on screen programming : Tuesday 5th November P1 Bebras Challenge : Monday 11 November P2
*Drama*	Written test in lesson Tuesday 05 November - Period 2 - 10D/Dr Tuesday 05 November - Period 5 - 10C/Dr
*French*	Writing assessment : Wednesday 13^th November
*Geography*	10A Monday 04 November P2 10C Tuesday 05 November 10B Monday 04 November P2 10D Tuesday 05 November P2
*PE GCSE*	Monday 04 November P1
*PE CNAT*	Monday 04 November P1
*Science*	X Half Biology: Monday 04 November P5 Chemistry: Thursday 07 November P2 Physics: Friday 08 November P3 Y Half Biology: Monday 04 November P3 Chemistry: Thursday 07 November P2 Physics: Friday 08 November P3
*Spanish*	Writing assessment Friday 15 November

Past papers and exam questions

Probably the most important thing to do before an exam or assessment is practice doing the exam (top tennis players practice playing tennis afterall…)

Past papers are available for every KS4 and KS5 exam and there are lots of KS3 style questions available too – an internet search will often help – try “KS3 Science test questions” for example.

Past papers help you improve your knowledge and recall of the content, and identify gaps in your knowledge; the mark schemes help you understand what examiners are looking for and doing repeated practice of them helps improve your confidence and ability to answer questions in good time.

The best way to use them is:

Complete the paper, without being tempted to look at the answers, in the time available for the paper.
Then check your answers; be hard on yourself – don’t give yourself the mark if it’s ‘what you meant’ - only if it’s exactly what the markscheme looks for. Your aim is to become familiar with what the examiner wants – don’t hope they will be nice!
Don’t start too early with full past papers – be at least half way through through the course so you don’t run out of papers to do, or become discouraged because you can’t do any of it (though of course take a look at past papers early on to get an idea of what you are working towards).
Start really early with past exam questions (rather than whole papers). You should have these are part of your lessons anyway, but ensure you’re doing lots of them for practice.

YouTube tutorials

If you can avoid getting distracted, Youtube is a great source of fantastic revision material, if you can be selective and are clear on what you are looking for. A suggested channel which covers loads of courses is in the website section below, but here’s a few to get you started:

GCSE Physics – Freesciencelessons
GCSE Biology – Freesciencelessons
GCSE Chemistry – Freesciencelessons
GCSE Maths – WrightMaths
GCSE Computer Science – Computer Science Tutor , Craigndave
GCSE English – Mr Bruff & Mr Salles Teaches English
GCSE PE – Ladybridge PE

A-Level Physics – Science Shorts
A-Level Biology – Ryan Toal
A-Level Chemistry – Allery Chemistry
A-Level Maths – Exam Solutions & Yacine Koucha
A-Level Further Maths – Exam Solutions
A-Level Computer Science – Craigndave & Computer Science Tutor
A-Level English Language – Mr Bruff
A-Level English Literature – Mr Bruff

Use Flashcards!

Simply, they help you to become really good at quickly recalling key facts and essential knowledge.

Written well, they help you cut down on useless knowledge and focus on what is needed.

Tips:

Use the exam specification (ask your teacher for this) to help make them, ensuring each card is based on a learning objective
Make them as question and answer pairs
Ensure answers are concise, without leaving out key information
Revise with a friend / family member
Sort your flash cards into piles of ones you get right (do these occasionally) and ones you get wrong (do these often and try to shrink this pile!)

The Pomodoro Technique

Time matters, and getting the right balance of learning and rest will help your brain manage all that new information.

Simply:

25 minutes periods of revision
5 minute breaks

This technique only works well if you already have a good revision style and have good focus for those 25 minutes.

It also needs you to be strict with the time – don’t keep going past the 25 minutes, even if you’re feeling fresh; make sure you stick to just 5 minute breaks, else you’ll lose the momentum.

Read about the effectiveness of it and why it works here.

Mind Maps

Mind maps are very effective for learning, and they can help you to understand how topics link together, how ideas can link up, and what your strengths and weaknesses are.

Simply try to write down all that you can remember, and then you can work out the gaps in your knowledge. The best mind maps can help you revise a whole topic’s content within the space of half an hour and the key is making them memorable with pictures, graphical design, shapes and colour.

Make them fun! More fun leads to strong memory and better assessment results.

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