Supporting Revision at Home

We all want our children to do well in exams and beyond. Effective revision and study skills play a crucial role so that your child builds up their long-term memory and bank of essential knowledge.

Whilst you can’t revise for your child, there are lots of ways you can help them revise and so provide the structure and routine at home to help your child become highly skilled independent learners. Here are some ideas:

Create a revision space 

• It is best that your child studies in a quiet place with natural light and few distractions
• If your child needs any specific stationary or equipment, please contact the school as we are always here to help.

Encourage breaks

• Encourage your child to take breaks and find a balance between studying and relaxing. A weekly schedule works well with activities such as sports clubs planned in as well as topics to revise so there is no conflict of time.  
• Use a timer to help your child know when to take a break. Between 30-40 minutes at a time for younger students is a good point of reference. 45 – 55 minutes is better for the older students as they can maintain their concentration for longer.

 

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Here are some short 1-minute videos that we have made to help support home revision. As always, please contact the school if we can help further as we all want the same excellent outcomes for your child.

 

Year 7 Revision Methods to use at home: Flash Cards

 

In lessons this year, Year 7 have been embedding a range of habits to support the revision of their Knowledge Organisers; this includes "look, cover, write, check" and using the Leitner system to revise flashcards. In this short video, we demonstrate some of these strategies that have been taught to your child in school that you can use at home.

 

 

Year 10 Revision Methods to use at home

 

In lessons, Year 10 have been embedding a range of habits to support the revision of their knowledge in each subject and the application of that knowledge in exams; this includes using the Leitner system to revise flashcards, making use of mind-maps and most importantly, answering practice exam questions under exam conditions. 

In this short video, we demonstrate some of those strategies that have been embedded, and advise students to continue mastering these habits to be successful in their year 10 PPEs and final GCSE's. The key points are: 

1: Your child should be answering exam questions or whole papers at home. 

2: They are asked to use the writing techniques given to them by their teacher. This could include writing frameworks for example. 

3: We ask that you help your child by timing them so they get used to using time well in the exam and can therefore gain maximum marks. 

If your child does not know how to tackle specific exam questions or seems unsure about the technique they should use, please ask them to speak with their teacher and also follow-up yourselves at home. It is so important that your child goes into the exam feeling really confident of how to achieve the best marks that reflect their potential.