revision skills assembly for yr 8

Assessments

• Why?• They let you and your teachers know how you

are progressing and let us decide what is the next step for you. These assessments are good practise for exams when you are older.

• Help you with your choices and recommendations.

• When? Weeks beginning 3rd Feb and 10th Feb• Be prepared - but don’t worry too much.

Top tips

• Find out exactly what you are expected to be revising. Check in your IL diary, exercise book, Moodle and SMH.

Make a revision time table

• I have emailed you a template and up loaded it to moodle. Your tutor has some printed ones if you prefer. Use this to start you off.

• Can you make a better one?

Make note cards of your notes

• Use colour, pictures and keep them brief.

Mind maps

• Colour• Pictures/images/symbols• Humour• Exaggeration• Group• Use curvy lines that thicker near the centre and

get thinner as they radiate out– write along the lines, this means that you can keep adding more information.

Use BBC bitesize – it is excellent

• Explore it here• http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/

Practise – get someone to test you.

• Who could help you?• Have a go in tutor time or at home.