Resources:Nothing!What to do:Get students to draw a clock in the centre of their page/book they are working from.Then draw lines coming out of the clock.In each section inform the students to write their revision notes.They must only spend as long …
Resources:A knowledge of your examination board.Click here to view an example!What to do: After marking any mock examinations. Ask staff to send their comments regarding the strengths, weakness or trends and patterns they found for each question (much like exam …
*UPDATED MARCH2019* Resources: Exam scripts/papers/booklets What to do: How many times have you heard the question…Sir/Miss is this the real exam?Will this count towards our final mark? Surely, students should know the answers to these questions! Surely, they should also …
Resources:None!What to do:Ask students to draw a 3 by 3 or 4 by 4 grid in their books! Or give them this printed out on a seperate piece of paper. Give them these instructions:Throughout the lesson, as I explain the content and …
Resources: You could use a Book Creator APP for Apple and for Android here. What to do: “Book Creator is open-ended, creative and cross curriculum, and is one of the most popular apps for teachers across the world.” How about you …
Resources:None, but you could use an online website such as this one here.What to do:Create odd one out quizzes to help your students isolate the correct answer alongside similar answers.It will help students address misconceptions alongside working out where gaps …
Resources:There are various websites you could use. I particularly like this one here. (You need to pay to use the more advanced settings.)Or this website here. What to do: Recalling, revising and recapping are essential to embed real learning. So …
Resources:Whatever needed to make a display…Spare post its, pens and pins/blu tac needed to be placed next to the board.What to do:After my blog post about Just Saying Thanks click here… Try this today? Just say thanks? The lift towards …
Resources: An image of a glass! What to do: Nice and simple! Provide some typical examination questions. Ask students to write exam questions that they are comfortable with in the glass half full section. In the glass half empty section …
Resources:Click here for an editable template!What to do:The activity is part of a difference a day and ensuring that students are ‘revision and exam ready’. It encourages students to reflect on what their learning in their books looks like. E.g. …
Resources:A syllabus sheet?A letter template hereWhat to do:This post is inspired after a brief chat with @Marcus_Leach about his idea of angry revision letters. I have adapted what he shared with me slightly!The idea is to get students to write themselves …
Resources:Your ideas for revision!What to do:As revision season is approaching fast lots of fantastic teachers will be sharing their revision resources. To help collective these ideas- share them via twitter using the hashtag #RevisionIdeas15That way others who are searching for …
Resources: PowerPoints x4 (AQA Higher, AQA Foundation, Cambridge IGCSE Core, Cambridge IGCSE Extended) Past Papers x 4: (AQA Higher: Jan 2011; AQA Founation: Jan 2011; IGCSE Core: Specimen Paper [School in Botswana / Wild Dogs]; IGCSE Extended: Specimen Paper [Beast …
Resources:An empty jarWhat to do:I noticed this idea on twitter thanks to @ActionJackson MT: @Actionjackson Fill up a jar with notes of things that made you smile/appreciate. Dip in when feeling low! pic.twitter.com/NuUvEG6J89— Amjad Ali (@ASTsupportAAli) January 1, 2015 How about …
Resources: Google crowd outline. What to do: Use the crowd outline to carry out a number of tasks which involve gathering the opinions of others in the class. Each outlined body represents a body in the classroom. This can be …