revision skillls

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My dd (13) is revising this week for end of year exams and I just wondered if anyone had tried and tested (or not) tips to help with this. She is being very organised, has made herself a timetable of two hours a day, I have bought some Key Stage 3 revision booklets to help and we know about the revision tips on BBC website but just wondered whether there were some more suggestions out there to make it a bit more fun and/or effective.

TIA

2o min stints are most effective for recall - do 20-30 mins of concerted, focused stuff, then have a 10 min break. Build revsion timetable around these stints.

Decanting large amounts of info into shorter, key pieces (Flashcards/mind maps)helps.

Use lots of colours (finally, a use for gel pens!)

Experiment to find way you hold inf best - some people find pictures easier to recall (so mind map types good), some find words spoken aloud etc. For me, movement is important so I used to walk around my room muttering facts to myself - looked like a loon but it worked.

And don't let dd get too stressed abou it - she is year 8 FGS. Its nice to do well in these exams and good that she wants to, but they don't REALLY matter that much.

(Am sec teacher, BTW.)

Thanks Sassy some great ideas there. TBH I am not really the one stressing DD out,she is doing it on her own. . I agree with you really. However, given that she is so keen to do well I wanted to make sure her efforts were as effective as possible.

Probably not so relevant for Year 8s but for public exams you must do loads of practice papers - particularly for Maths, science, languages.
If you want to understand something, try to explain it to someone else.