SET A PLAN

Now you know how best to revise and you have a list of all the things that you still need to learn/remember, it's now time to get organised. You need to manage your time effectively and to stay focused. A good way to do this is to come up with a realistic revision plan! 

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1. START WITH A CALENDAR

A basic revision plan is just a calendar; but instead of holidays and birthdays, it contains topics and subjects you need to revise on specific days. 

• Buy a academic calendar or print one off (you can get this online or through microsoft templates).

• Divide however long you have until your exams by how many subjects you study

• Then for each, divide all the topics and areas you need to cover accordingly

I​​f you can access your timetable on-the-go (via something like Google Docs or an app ) you'll have more flexibility over where you can study.

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2. SET YOUR PRIORITIES

What subjects – or particular topics within those subjects – do you need to spend more time on? Perhaps some disappointing mock results have flagged areas you need to pay attention to? Make sure that you build in more time for these important areas. 

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3. BUILD IN TIME TO LOOK OVER PREVIOUSLY REVISED TOPICS

Don’t just cover an area once and move on. If you do this, the material you study first will be a distant memory by the time you come to exams. Fit in time to revisit material. You can test yourself with past papers to check that it's sticking. Remember to keep going back to your audit. Only once a topic has become green should it not need to be on your revision plan. 

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4.DON'T JUST INCLUDE WHAT YOU NEED TO REVISE, PLAN HOW YOU WILL REVISE. 

Certain study methods will suit some subjects better than others. This might depend on how intense the material is, how it will be assessed or simply how you best retain everything.

For example, the following methods might work for you:

• Flashcards for key dates in history

• Jingles or rhymes for phrases you'll have to speak in a French oral exam

• Pictures to identify parts of the human body in biology.

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The length of your study periods can also be flexible according to what works for you. For example, you might find that two 45 minute sessions of maths, with a break in between, are most productive - but you can focus on your chemistry revision for longer periods of time.