The presentation slides from the Year 11 Mock Support Evening held on Thursday 2nd November can be found here.
How to revise
As a school we want to support students and make sure they are using study strategies to support their revision, that work – based on educational research.
To do this, we are working with a group of cognitive psychologists from the USA, based in the University of Massachusetts, called ‘The Learning Scientists’ . They suggest six evidence informed approaches to studying, that can help students to revise:
Elaboration – explaining ideas in detail
Retrieval practice – practice ‘remembering’ what they have been taught
Spaced practice – spacing out your studying over time.
Dual coding – combining pictures and words to help you remember things.
Interleaving – switching between the topics that you study.
Concrete examples – using specific examples to understand abstract ideas.
Students and parents can download a booklet to give them more information about each strategy:
Year 11 Period 0 & Period 7 revision timetable 2025-26
| Day | Period 0 – 08:00am to 08:30am | Period 7 – 03:15pm to 04:15pm |
| Monday | Subject: Biology (Week A only) Subject: Biology for all (Week A + B) Subject: Chemistry for all (Week A + B) | Week A Week B |
| Tuesday | Subject: Geography (Week A + B) Subject: DT Theory (Week A only) Subject: Physics (Trilogy) (Week A + B) Subject: Biology for all (Week A only) Week B | Week A Week B |
| Wednesday | Subject: Science (Week A + B) Subject: DT | Week A Week B |
| Thursday | Subject: Textiles (Week A + B) Subject: PE (Week A + B) | Week A Week B |
| Friday | Subject: Chemistry for all (Week A + B) Subject: Chemistry for all (Week A + B) | Week A Week B |
Subject Resources
Please note – If you cannot access the files from here or the download fails, please find the files on the pupil share under “Revision Resources”.
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