Tell me what is wrong with this GCSE revision timetable....

DD has her GCSEs next summer and I wouldn't dream of dictating how many hours she spends revising what! She's old enough now to know what she needs to do, I'm just there to encourage and support her.

Of course if I don't think she's doing any there will be words but I can only advise really. She uses her laptop to revise (google classrooms, etc) but without standing over her I don't know whether she's doing what she's supposed to be or watching Netflix.

Sounds like quite a heavy timetable you've suggested IMO - what does your child think of it?

DC's school have suggested shorter revision periods and more revisting (so say 25 minutes one day, then review what you did in the previous session and move on to the next thing, a couple of days later).

You are not factoring in whatever revision they do at school and whatever school support sessions he may wish to attend.

Some subjects will need revising (or he will need to revise) more than others.

Some things lend themselves more to frequent but short repetition (e.g. learning physics formulae)

Has he asked you to do this? I've come up with a revision timetable for mocks for my DC, but he asked me to help him with it and he's provided a lot of input and we are constantly tweaking it. If your DC has not bought into it, this is a bit pointless.

Ds did after school & saturday morning revision classes before his Y10 mocks. He does at least 90 minutes homework every school night & probably 2-3 hours at weekends, plus an hours maths with a private tutor every week. I'm not going to pile any more pressure on him, he is working hard enough.

I have a GCSE teen, he is doing before school revision, after school revision, Saturday revision, half term and holiday revision, as well as lessons and homework, there’s no way I’m going to add to the revision quagmire - we both need a bit of life!

As someone who sat their GCSEs only 8 years ago I can tell you that I didn't, and don't know of 1 person, who revised for 5 hours in one go. I imagine he'd lose interest very quickly and most of that time would be sat staring into space.

But tbh my mum never told me how much I should be revising and when, she trusted that I would do what needed doing and if I didn't that was on me. I also won't be making my children revision schedules and don't really understand why you have, especially in so much detail when I'm guessing he's at least 15 and can do it himself so maybe I'm not the best person to answer.

I passed all 11 of mine for what it's worth with nothing under a C so sorting my own revision out worked for me🤷🏻‍♀️

Should be micromanaged, dont know why theres a microwave in there!

I never monitored and microwave managed my dd to that extent during her exams. 5 hours study each day in the holidays sounds a bit insane tbh

I can't bear to revisit last year as it was sooooooo stressful. However my first view is that most subjects do not break down into 10 easy sections.