Creating a revision plan is a nightmare for a lot of year 11's. The longer they wait, the worse it gets. The worse it gets, the less likely they are to achieve their targets.
So let's give you an absolute step by step guide to getting this right.
Step 1: The topics
Go to this website
If you're higher tier, you'll look at grades 3 to 9.
If you're foundation, you'll look at grades 1 to 5.
Now, start at the lowest grade from your tier, on the above link. Click on the first topic that says "exam questions" (foundation is addition subtraction and higher is error intervals)
I don't want you to answer the questions, but I want you to note the topic, and then make a list of ALL the question you think you might not be able to answer. Also make a note of the topics level
Do this for all the topics for foundation or higher.
Yes it'll take 90 minutes to do it. But who cares. It's your future. You're worth the time
Step 2: How to plan them
Foundation
Grade 1 and 2: Practise weekly
Grade 3: Practise twice a week
Grade 4 and 5: Practise daily/every other day
Here's a plan of what this could look like
Mon: Grade 1 and 2 (30 min)
Tue: Grade 4 and 5 (30 min)
Wed: Grade 3 (20 min)
Thu: Grade 4 and 5 (30 min)
Fri: Grade 4 and 5 (30 min)
Sat: Grade 3 (30 min)
Sun: Grade 4 and 5 (45 min)
Higher:
Grade 3 and 4: Practise weekly
Grade 5 and 6: Practise twice a week
Grade 7, 8 and 9: Practise daily/every other day
Here's a plan of what this could look like
Mon: Grade 3 and 4 (30 min)
Tue: Grade 7, 8 and 9 (45 min)
Wed: Grade 5 and 6 (30 min)
Thu: Grade 7, 8 and 9 (45 min)
Fri: Grade 7, 8 and 9 (45 min)
Sat: Grade 5 and 6 (45 min)
Sun: Grade 7, 8 and 9 (60 min)
Step 3: Execute the plan
Plans are super pointless and meaningless...if they stay plans.
I want you to really commit to this plan, and here's some ways to make that happen:
1) Make the plan manageable. If you put too much it, it may inspire you to begin with, but can quickly get overwhelming if you don't do it. Put in the right amount.
2) Be consistent. 8 revision sessions this week and 2 next week is trash. 4 this week and 4 next week, even though the same quantity, is much better because it's consistent
3) Don't practise until you succeed. Practise until you can't fail. Sometimes we practise 15 examples until we get it and then we convince ourselves we understand it. Wrong. If we had to have 15 attempts to understand something, that's 1/15 correct. Practise the skill until you get 10 in a row correct. It takes some students 5 questions to master something. Other 50. Others 100s. If this is you I'm sorry to hear that. But the exam paper doesn't care. It only cares if you put the correct answer. So practise for the exact amount it takes so that you don't get things wrong
4) Enjoy your life too. Still go see your mates. Still play GTA (my Grandma banned me from this game when I was 12 when she walked in my room and caught me shooting someone in the face). Still get outside. Still scroll Tik Tok. Break up the revision with bouts of fun
Hope this helps you get a good starting place for your revision
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