With GCSE Assessments (whether it is mock or real) just under 5-6 weeks away it is time to prepare an effective revision time-table. It is possible you will not arrive at a final copy in the first instance. So keep yourself open to do any changes as required.

Use the below advise as a guidance to create your own.

Don't forget the best revision timetables are:

• Balanced - Don't forget to schedule in 'other things you enjoy'. Don't burn yourself out. Find time for yourself!


• Subject Specific - Rather than just stating 'Biology', what specifically are you going to focus on? This has to be established before you sit down to do your revision. It has to be targeted. Use the spec if it helps and remember that revision needs to focus on the content we don’t know so well.


• Based on 'active' revision strategies - Think back to all the revision strategies you have trialled previously: Past Papers, Pomodoro, Leitner Method of using flash cards, Speaking like an expert etc... Can this be specified on your timetable?


• Targeted and Space your revision - Could you adopt the 2 3 5 7 revision rule? Revise a topic, then revisit it the next day, after three days, and after seven days. This is thought to be the perfect amount of time to help your brain remember information.

It might also be useful for your son's revision timetable to be pinned up in a shared space (for example, on the fridge), so that there is a shared awareness of what should be happening each night. As a rule, we would expect students to revise for 1 hour each evening at this point in their school career. Don't forget revision is not an optional activity.