Holy Trinity College
SUMMER EXAMINATIONS
2017
Year 9
Revision Guide
Name _______________________
Class ______
Prayer to the Holy Trinity
Almighty God, Father, Son and Holy
Spirit,
Trinity of persons yet the one God,
Bless our school community here at Holy Trinity
College.
God the Father, source of all creation,
Nurture in us a sense of true respect, support
and friendship.
God the Son, our brother, Lord and Teacher, fill
all of us who learn, teach and work with wisdom,
understanding and love.
God the Spirit, Paraclete and Helper, guide us
to seek the good in everyone and to celebrate
the commitment and co-operation of all.
Most Holy Trinity, may our community share in
your life and love as we journey in Faith and
Hope,
AMEN.
This booklet is going to be an important part of your daily routine
over the next few weeks. Use it to the best of your ability and
follow all the advice included by your teachers...they know how to
help you achieve your maximum potential!!
Some advice to help you over the next few weeks...
 Ask questions in class to make sure you understand the
teacher.
 Take clear notes so you can review them later.
 Review your notes later. Rewrite them if they're messy or if it
helps you to remember them.
 Study with friends, you can help each other.
 Don't be afraid to ask for extra help...Teachers will be happy
to help!!
 Don't study in a setting with a lot of distractions eg in front
of the TV
 Don't cram the night before. Plan ahead, set up a study
schedule.
 Everybody has different studying techniques, figure out what
works for you.
 Ask a friend, parent/guardian, or sibling to test you on the
subject.
 Compare notes with the other members of your class.
Make sure you have a copy of your exam timetable.
 Know what day and time you have each exam.
 Revise each evening for the exams you have the
next day

Exams – Monday 5th to Friday 9th June
The days before your exams….
Spend about 45 minutes going over your revision notes for each
subject being tested next week.
If there is one exam day when you think the tests will be more
difficult, then plan ahead for this by doing a little of one of those
subjects earlier this week.
Go to bed early and make sure you have breakfast the next
morning. You will not be able to concentrate if you have
not eaten.
There may be time to study before some of the exams.
Make sure you have notebooks and revision notes from those
subjects with you.
This way you can refresh what you have learnt immediately
before the test begins.
Take some time each evening to make sure you have enough
pens, pencils, etc with you. It is disruptive to others when a
pupil has to borrow during an exam.
Do out a revision plan for the week beginning Monday 27th
May to study for the subjects you have next week. In your
plan include some relaxation time, take a few hours off to
watch T.V, meet your friends etc.
Year 9 – Summer 2017 - Revision list
Music
Page 27- ‘Scarborough Fair’ and ‘When
The Saints Go Marching In’. Both of
these tunes will be performed for the
final assessment in June.
FRENCH
Unit 1: My School Life
 My school bag
 The classroom
 School subjects
 Likes and dislikes
 Numbers 1 to 60
 Telling the time
 My timetable
 My school day
Unit 2: Food and drink
 Breakfast
 Lunch
 Dinner
 Snacks
 Likes and dislikes
 Shopping for food
 Quantities
Unit 3: Sport
 Types of sport
 Types of hobbies
 Opinions about sport and hobbies
 What you can do at the weekend
 At the leisure centre
 Future holiday plans
 Talking about activities in the past tense
*read/cover write and check is the best method for revising French.
REMEMBER!! You can log on free to Linguascope for revision
Username: htc
Password: bravo!
History - Top and Middle Bands
Exploration
Explorers in the Middle Ages. Diaz, Columbus, Da Gama, Magellan.
See P. 16-17 ( know what these people look like and what they
discovered)
Reasons why people went exploring in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Skills needed by explorers.
Colonists.
Difficulties faced by the new settlers.
Mary Queen of Scots
The Spanish Armada.
Reasons for attacking England,
Reasons for defeat.
The Plantation of Ireland P. 26-33
Reasons for the Plantations.
What changes did it bring to Ireland? P.32/33 eg bawns, religion,
people, language, towns, jobs,
Who were the woodkerne?
Legacy of the Plantations
Why was The Plantation of Ireland important?
Hugh O’ Neill, and The Flight of the Earls.
Who was Hugh O’Neill, importance of Tullyhogue, The 9 Years War,
Battle of The Yellow Ford, Battle of Kinsale, Flight of the Earls.
Extended Writing: Ps will be given a piece of writing on one of the
following topics. 1. Hugh O’ Neill. 2. Life as a Planter. 3. Life at Sea.
Extra marks will be given for any extra information you have
researched and used in your story.
History - 9MSM and 9KOB
Explorers- Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Reasons why people went on explorations
Goods they brought back
The problems faced by settlers in their first year.
Mary Queen of Scots
The Spanish Armada
The Plantation of Ulster
Why did Scottish and English settlers come to Ireland?
What did they bring with them eg language, people, jobs, bawns,
new religion.
The O,Neills
Hugh O’Neill
Tullyhogue Fort
The Battle of Kinsale
The Flight of the Earls
Extended Writing
Life as a Planter/ Hugh O’Neill
Extra marks will be given for your own research.
Science
Atoms and Elements
Compounds and Mixtures
Heating and Cooling
Magnets
Light
Sound
English
You will complete a standardised English test which will assess your
reading and writing. You will complete exercises in the following
areas:
1) Spelling
2) Punctuation
3) Grammar
4) Comprehension- reading for meaning
5) Vocabulary
6) Synonyms
7) Meanings of words
You should revise the following topics:
 Spelling rules, common mistakes with spellings, homophones,
patterns of words, single and double letters, rules for plurals,
prefixes and suffixes.
 Punctuation rules for the use of the full stop, comma, apostrophe,
colon, semi colon, question mark, speech mark and exclamation
mark.
 Grammar rules- tense, verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs and
creating sentences.
 How to read for meaning.
 Infer meaning of new words from surrounding text.
 Make sense of unfamiliar language.
 Synonyms and antonyms.
 Meanings of different words.
Geography
Keywords
Pupils will be given their keyword list in class add definitions and
learn.
Population density
Sparsely populated
Densely populated
Population explosion
Birth rate
Death rate
Natural increase
Push factors
Pull factors
Conservationists
Habitats
Extinct
Endangered
Renewable
Non – renewable
Fossil fuels
Solar
Geothermal
Exploration
Pollution
Extended Answer 1
Discuss a day in the life of a Maasai – Houses, Dress, Daily Jobs and
Diet
Interpreting a Graph
Extended Answer 2
Positive and negative factors influencing where people live.
Map
Areas in Ireland with high and low density
Religion
1. Luke The Evangelist
Term 2 Lessons 15 - 19
2. Judaism
Term 3 Lessons 8 & 9
Pages 131 – 141
Pages 174 - 180
Irish
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Caitheamh Aimsire – hobbies
I like/don’t like/love /hate
Laethanta Saoire – Holidays
Counties of Ireland
Siopadóireacht- Shopping, Shops, Items
Maths
Unit 1: Facts, Figures and Charts
Unit 2: Fractions and Percentages
Unit 3: Personal Finance
Unit 4: Algebra 2
Unit 5: Units of Measure
Unit 6: Probability
Unit 7: Shape & Angle Properties
Unit 8: Plans & Elevations
Unit 9: Scale Drawings & Bearings
Unit 10: Reflection & Translation
Unit 11: Equivalence (Fractions, Decimals & Percentages)
Unit 12: Ratio & Proportion
Technology
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
The safety rules to be observed in the Technology room
Manmade boards and their uses
The Hegner saw
Electronic components used in the light dependent circuit
Stages when manufacturing the Jewellery box
3D drawing of Jewellery box
Use of the soldering iron
Design – Use of design brief and specification
Home Economics
List the same for all bands, questions just have a different format.
1. Budgeting- What is expenditure – Page 37
How debt occurs, how to manage debt-Page 41, 42.
2. Structure of a grain – Page 45/46.
3. Investigating breads. Page 48/49.
4. Why we need to eat more fibre. Page 57
4. Food safety- Page 73 (symptoms of food poisoning)
76/77 When you need to wash your hands and
important temperatures.
5. Electrical kitchen equipment. – Page 64/66
6. Balance of good health? Eatwell Guide Page 86
7. Water. page 60/61
8. Vegetarianism. Page 93/94.