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Year 7 exams, how much revision?

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sunnydayinmay · 11/05/2016 20:14

Just curious really. DS1 has year 7 exams in a few weeks, and tells me that they have been advised to do 8 hours per day on the three weekends leading up to them.

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Cleo1303 · 11/05/2016 22:46

DD is doing 2 x 30m and 1 x 40m each night. There is not too much homework in the two weeks running up to the exams. She is revising for 12 subjects.

TheSecondOfHerName · 11/05/2016 21:05

I have two children in Y7.

DD is at a school that takes end of year exams quite seriously. They had to create a revision timetable for homework and are expected to try out different revision techniques. She is planning to do about 2-3 hours a day during half term ready for exams starting the following Monday, so about 10-15 hours in total.

DS3 is at a school where the end of Y7 exams are not as big a deal, but he wants to do well enough in Maths to stay in his current set, and says he also wants to do some German and Science revision. I expect he'll do about 1-2 hours a day during half term, so about 5-10 hours in total.

I also have a 16 year old who is in the middle of GCSEs, and I wouldn't even expect him to do 8 hours of revision in one day.

PerspicaciaTick · 11/05/2016 20:18

DD has Y7 exams too - they've already done some of the language exams. She is doing some revision - but neither she or the school are discussing it with me, so I'll leave them to it. She appears relaxed and confident but time will tell - and if she fluffs them then I will be able to say "Remember Y7" next time she has exams.
Eight hours a day seems an awful lot to me.

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