Race to the exams

100 meter race = 472 weeks426 weeks done - only 10 meters to go

Science examination dates

Subject Date Time Weighting

Biology Fri 5th June 1.30pm 25%

Chemistry Tue 9th June 1.30pm 25%

Physics Fri 12th June 1.30pm 25%

Examination Board; AQA Science A (Core)

Controlled assessment accounts for the remaining 25% .

Carried out during lessons – best one out of three assessments.

Make sure your son has:

•2 black pens (so he has a spare);•Calculator;•Pencil, ruler, protractor all in a clear pencil case or clear plastic bag.

What has to be revised?

From their textbooks, there are:

47 Chapters of Biology 36 Chapters of Chemistry 35 Chapters of Physics Total number of Chapters = 118

Get revising

There are 71 days to your first examination.

Aim to finish your revision by May 18th. This will allow you two and a half weeks

to sit past examination papers. That leaves you 53 days of revision. Use this information to plan YOUR

revision. IF you start now that’s approximately

two chapters a night.

Time Management – Weekly Plan

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lunch

Lesson 4

Lesson 5

Evening Time

1 -

Evening Time

2 -

Evening Time

3 -

Evening Time

4 -

Evening Time

5 -

How to REVISE

Be organised – know what your target is for that session.

Remove distractions – phone/TV/console. Read and learn the chosen chapters Visit websites such as BBC bitesize/Doc

Brown Summarise from memory the important

points on a Flash Card

How to REVISE

How to REVISE.

When you have learnt and memorised the chapter, answer questions from a workbook and check your answers. Learn the answers you get wrong.

At the end of a topic make a mind map/spider gram of that unit.

Don’t just read!

Past Examination papers

Is the other half of exam preparation. If used correctly, sitting past examination

papers will secure a good grade. Mark your own exam paper. Study the mark scheme and all the

possible answers which are awarded a mark and answers which are not accepted.

LEARN how to answer a question. In difficulty, ask teachers for help.

Grade BoundariesHigher paper

Grade /60

S 47

A 37

B 27

C 17

D 8

Grade boundariesFoundation paper

Grade /60

C 33

D 26

E 20

F 14

G 8

Your son’s predicted grade.

Moving forward.

More work = Less stress. Yr11 - 8 GCSE examinations. Keep on top of your schoolwork. Revise effectively for end of unit tests

and Mock examinations. Revise AGAIN for your GCSE

examinations.