Year 8 revision list
English
Shakespeare
Topic
The Tempest
What will I be assessed on in
the exam?
√ Your overall
knowledge of the play
and your
understanding of the
key scenes you have
studied in class
√ Finding quotations
within the extract you
are provided with and
recalling other
quotations which you
have learnt
√ Analysing language
and structure
√ Explaining
Shakespeare’s
intentions
√ Ability to recognise
the influence of
context on the play
√
What can I do at home?
√ Revise the key extracts you have been provided with
√ Memorise some of the important quotations within these
key scenes (your teacher will provide you with a list of these)
√ Practise identifying language and structural features within
the extracts
√ Practise writing PEAs on how effectively Shakespeare uses
language and structure to convey meaning
Maths
Unit 1 Foundation
Unit and Page
What will I be assessed on in the
exam?
Mathswatch
clips Clip
1.1
Page 3
Calculate with negative numbers.
Clip 68a
Clip 68b
1.2
Page 4
Calculate with brackets, powers and
roots.
Clip 75
Check a calculation using inverse
operations.
Clip 21
1.2
Page 6
Rounding to decimal places
Clip 32
1.2
Page 7
Multiply and divide decimal numbers.
Clip 66
Clip 67
1.3
Page 8
Rounding to significant figures
Clip 90
Simplify a calculation by cancelling.
Clip 26
1.3
Page 9
Estimate the answer to a calculation.
Clip 91
1.3
Page 9
Use one calculation to work out the
answer to another.
Clip 92
1.4
Page 10
Recall Prime number
Clip 28
1.4
Page 11 &
19
Find the LCM of two numbers
Clip 80
1.4
Page 11 &
19
Find the HCF if two numbers
Clip 79
1.5
Page 13
Indices
Clip 29
82
Clip
1.6
Page 15
Understand index notation and use the
rules of indices.
Clip 82
131
Clip
1.7
Page 18
Writing a number as a product of its
primes
Clip 78
Unit 2 Foundation
Unit and Page
What will I be assessed on in the exam?
Maths Watch
Clip
2.1
Page 33
collect like terms
Clip 33
2.2
Page 3536
Simplify algebraic expressions.
Clip 34
35
2.3
Page 37
Substitute into an expression and
formula
Clip 95
2.4
Page 39
Substitute into a formula
Clip 95
2.5
Page 41
expand brackets
Clip 93
2.6
Page 43
Factorise expressions completely.
Clip 94
2.7
Page 45
Write expressions and find their values.
Clip 137
Clip
Unit 3 Foundation
Unit and Page
What will I be assessed on in the exam?
Maths Watch
Clip
3.1
Page 60
Use a tally chart and grouped frequency
tables
Clip 15
Clip 65
3.2
Page 62
Complete and read information from
tables and distance charts.
Clip 6b
3.2
Page 63
Complete and read two way tables
Clip 61
3.3
Page 65
Draw and interpret data from bar charts
stem and leaf diagrams.
Clip 15
3.4
Page 67
draw and interpret time series graphs
Clip 153
3.5
Page 69
Draw and interpret stem and leaf
diagrams
Clip 89a (Old
GCSE)
Clip 89b (Old
GCSE)
3.6
Page 71
Draw pie charts and read information
from them.
Clip 128
3.7
3.8
Page 74
Page 76
Draw and interpret scatter graphs and
draw a line of best fit.
Clip 129
Unit 4 Foundation
Unit and Page
What will I be assessed on in the exam?
Maths Watch
Clip
4.1
Page 94
order fractions according to size
Clip 70
4.1
Page 96
Add and subtract fractions and mixed
numbers.
Clip 71a & 71b
4.3
Page 98
Multiply fractions and mixed numbers.
Clips 73
4.4
Page 100
Divide fractions and mixed numbers.
Clips 74
4.5
Page 102
Convert decimals to fractions and
fractions to decimals.
Clip 84
4.6
Page 104
Convert fractions to percentages and
percentages to fractions.
Clip 85
Compare the size of decimals, fractions
and percentages; arrange them in size
order.
Clip 85
Write one number as a fraction or
percentage of another number.
Clip 88 & 89
4.7
Pages
102 &104
Page 106
Calculate fractions or percentages of
amounts.
Clip 86 & 87
4.7
Page 108
Calculate simple interest and VAT.
Clip 111
4.8
Page 109
Calculate percentage increase or
decrease.
Clip 88
4.5 &
4.6
Unit 5 Foundation
Unit and Page
What will I be assessed on in the exam?
Maths Watch
Clip
5.1 & 5.2 Page
123126
Solve one- and two-step equations.
5.3
Page
127
5.4
Page
129
Page
130
Solve more complex equations involving Clip 135a &
brackets and/or with the unknown on
135b
both sides.
Represent and interpret inequalities on
Clip 138
a number line.
5.4
5.5
Page
131
5.5
Page
131
Clip 100
Clip 135a& b
Identify integers that satisfy an
inequality.
Solve inequalities.
Clip 138
Solve one- and two-step Inequalities.
Clip 139
Clip 139
5.6
Page
134
Substitute values into a formula and
solve the resulting equation.
5.6
Page
134
Rearrange a formula to make a different Clips 100, 136,
letter the subject.
137
Clip 95
5.7 & 5.8 Page
135
Generate terms of an arithmetic
sequence and find the nth term.
Clips 37, 102,
5.8
Page
137
finding the nth term
Clip 103,
5.8
Page
138
decide whether a given 166
Science
Topic
Content
Periodic Table
Elements
Periodic table
Digestion
Organs of the digestive
system
Waves
Light- refraction,
reflection and dispersion
Sound Echo location,
Frequency, wavelength,
pitch and loudness
Energy and reactions
Chemical reactions
Respiration
Cellular respiration
Word and symbol
equation
Anaerobic respiration
Energy transfers
Conservation of energy
Energy transfers
Sankey diagrams
Conduction, convection
and radiation
Metals and reactivity
Reactivity series
Reactions of metals
Photosynthesis
Leaf structure
Photosynthesis
Motion
Speed
Speed distance graphs
Microbes
Bacteria, Viruses and
Fungi