KS3 REVISION BOOKLET
Year 8
Trinity Catholic High School
2014
Using this booklet to help you revise, will help you go from this…..
2012
to this……..
What will I find in this booklet?
1. An introduction to a number of revision techniques
2. A revision tips mind map
3. Subject Specific Revision Activities with Stretch and Challenge Activities
An Introduction to Revision
Trinity Catholic High School
Summer 2014
This booklet aims to help you prepare for your forthcoming summer exams. We
have high expectations of all students at Trinity and therefore it is most important
that you try you hardest to meet or exceed your target level. Before you begin
revising, it is important to check your target level for each subject.
WARNING: Should you not meet your target level you will be given a 10
hour revision pack for EACH subject that you underachieve in and this
must be completed to a very high standard. In addition, you WILL have to
re-sit the test at Saturday school. The Headmaster will be informed of your
progress and you may also be targeted for after school classes and
Saturday School. If you revise thoroughly, you will avoid having to give up
your free time to attend extra classes.
If you use this booklet to help you revise, you WILL reap the rewards when you
finally achieve or exceed your target level!
Prizes will be awarded in assemblies to those students who perform
exceptionally well in their tests.
“Before everything else, preparation is the key to success”.
Remember to create a revision timetable so that you do not overload, or under
load yourself. Revision should be carried out in blocks of 45 minutes. Factor in
breaks for snacks, walking the dog, going for a bike ride. A sample timetable is
shown below. Make up a similar timetable according to your own school day and
stick up on your bedroom wall or in your study area to help you keep on top of
homestudy and revision. Good Luck!
5- 5.45pm
15 minute
break
TV
6-6.45pm
Dinner
Time
15 minute
break
Internet
8.30-9.15pm
Science Revision
Monday
English
H/S
Tuesday
French
H/S
Reading
Music
Revision
RE H/S
TV
History Revision
Wednesday
English
Revision
Snack
Geography
H/S
Maths H/S
Reading
ICT Revision
Thursday
RE
Revision
Phone
Calls
Drama H/S
Spanish
H/S
Phone
Calls
Geography
Revision
Friday
PRE H/S
TV
Science H/S
English
Revision
TV
TIME OUT!
1010.45am
RE
Revision
45 minute
break
11.30 –
12.15
Maths
Revision
Saturday
Sunday
French
Revision
Maths
Revision
7.308.15pm
ICT H/S
Science
Revision
Lunch
2–
2.45pm
English
Revision
ICT
Revision
1 hour
break
3.45 – 4.30pm
Spanish Revision
History Revision
Features of a Good Revision
Plan!
No matter what the task, all good
revision plans have the following 5
features:
1. List each topic in each subject.
2. Decide upon the area which
requires the most attention.
3. Work out how much time you
have before the tests begin.
4. Match the topics to the time
left.
5. Tick off the completed work.
The morning of the test:
Have a good, healthy
breakfast.
Stick to your normal routine.
Use positive self-talk.
Imagine positive situations.
Leave the house with plenty
of time to spare.
Bring water with you into the
test.
Exam Technique:
Read questions carefully.
Have spare pens, pencils and
rulers at the ready.
Give yourself time checkpoints.
Underline key words in
questions.
In Maths, don’t miss out any
steps in your working out!
Move on if you are unsure of a
question. You can return to this
later and guess at the answer if
necessary.
Distribute time on a question in
relation to the number of marks
that are available.
Go back over your answers
and double check them!
Do not leave questions
unanswered.
Mind Maps: Mind Maps are excellent memory techniques because, by
using
a mixture
of colour, pictures and imagination with logical and
Revision
poster
sequential information, they use both sides of your brain. Condense your
notes and organise them by theme, main ideas and details. An example
is shown below:
Strategies for Revising
For each subject, your teacher has
suggested a range of revision
strategies, you can find this
information within this booklet.
Some of these methods are shown
below. Find out more about
revision strategies on this page
and the next!
TEST A FRIEND:
Test your friends on their revision
notes and have them test you on
yours! Talking through previous
lessons and what you learnt will do
you SO much good!
Spider Diagrams: Before you begin revising a topic, you might like to
test yourself and see what you know first. This will help you to gain an
impression of how competent you are in a particular area, to see exactly
what you need to revise and how much time you should be spending on
it. Once you have divided your revision up into manageable sections and
allocated time to each part, devote five minutes at the start of each study
session to creating a spider diagram detailing all that you can recall about
that area of knowledge.
Write the title of the section in the middle of your paper and draw a ring
around it. Divide the large section into smaller sub-sections by writing
sub-headings around the main word. Use these words as the foundations
from which to build your other thoughts around. Recalling certain facts
and arguments will lead you to other connected information and ideas.
Once you have written all that you can, take a look at your revision guide,
class notes or text book and try to establish what has been left out. After
refreshing your mind on the information you were already familiar with,
your revision session should then be centred on filling the gaps in your
knowledge.
FIRST CLASS:
Use the VLE to access loads of
revision resources and past test
papers that your teachers have
created for you!!!!
Imagine YOU‟RE the BOSS!
Now you can be the teacher!
Imagine you were creating the test
paper. Write a list of questions that
might come up and try to answer
them. Why not create a mark
scheme as well – what answer will
be awarded FULL marks???
Hot Potatoes: „Hot Potatoes’ is a software package that allows you to
make five different types of interactive exercises to help you to revise.
You can make yourself the following, based on areas of subjects that
you struggle most with!
Multiple-choice quizzes
Short answer quizzes
Jumbled sentence exercises
Crossword exercises
Fill-in-the-blanks exercises
You can access this brilliant software at http://hotpot.uvic.ca/. What
have you got to lose? Simply download the software and get cooking up
a storm of learning!! Don’t half bake your revision!
Cue Cards: Note/cue cards are always really handy for when you're out
and about. List definitions and rules you need to know. Or write key
words from which you can fill in the gaps to tell the whole story. These
are also (very!) handy for learning language vocabulary. You can buy
index cards in any good newsagent that will be a convenient size once
cut in half, or buy ready made ones. Once filled in, these cards will allow
you to reclaim time that would otherwise be wasted - on the bus, in the
queue at the supermarket - there's no limit. Don’t forget to place on key
word on one side of the cue card and the definition of the word on the
other side of the card. Get Mum or Dad or even your Grandma or
Grandpa to say the key word and test you on the definition!
CONTENTS
Page 1: Art
Page 2: Design and Technology
Page 3: English
Page 4: French
Page 5: Geography
Page 6: History
Page 7: ICT
Page 8: Maths
Page 9: Music
Page 10: P.E.
Page 11: R.E.
Page 12: Spanish
Page 13: Textiles
Audacity is a FREE piece of
software that you have been introduced to in ICT lessons. You can use
Audacity to record your revision notes and cut, copy or mix sounds
together. Play them back, especially if you are an aural learner, and
listen to your words being said back to you. This will help to solidify your
revision. Don’t forget that you can record your voice onto iPods and
iPhones – when you are on the bus with your headphones in, no one
will ever know that you are listening back to your class notes rather than
the latest “Will-i-am” track!
- they’re exams – not worth ruining
your health for!
FRESH AIR AND EXERCISE!
– football, walking, running …
Stressed?
- Take more breaks
KEEP YOUR WORK-LIFE
BALANCE!
Tired?
- Get more sleep
- not more coffee
Eat brain food – more
complex carbs (potatoes,
rice, cereals) and less of
the simple carbs
(sweets& sugary foods).
WHERE? Place it!
You need A quiet space,
WHEN? Pace it!
WHEN? Plan it!
– how often, how long for?
Your own study area
- and a good sized table
Work in short bursts
then short break
– 10 to 20 minutes,
E.g.: Learn by heart
- 10 French words, 9 times tables…
HOW?
See ‘Online
Revision Guides’
Make a revision plan
Try :
EASY SESSION / HARD SESSION in
turn
- separate from your
relaxation area if possible
Try :
EASY DAY / HARD DAY in turn
… followed by longer session and
longer break
Play background music
Map it! - mind map or
spider diagram
HOW? Preferred
Learning Styles –
identify it!
Revision
Tips
Say out aloud or sing it!
Draw it! - pictures
IS YOUR MIND
READY? Prepare
it!
IS YOUR BODY
READY? Prepare
it!
Drink loads of water –
the brain works best
with 6-8 glasses.
Need reassurance?
- Rely on family, friends & good planning
- not lucky mascots
Secondary Revision
Ask an Expert
Home Learning
Multiple Intelligences
List it in order
Learning lists – make up
your own funny phrases
or acronyms (initials)
Explain it to someone
else
Reading too long? Sing,
rap rhyme or dance the
words!
Work out a realistic schedule,
such as …
... every night 6 till 7 o’clock?
– 40 to 50 minutes,
E.g.: Do a past exam paper …
… plan schedule around your
favourite TV programmes?
... Saturday mornings instead
of Friday evenings?
... and
CHANGE THE
SCHEDULE
IF IT
DOESN’T
WORK!
Art
Year 8
Outline of Assessment given:
There will be 2 exam papers which will comprise of an observational drawing timed test and an extended
project e.g. My Ideal City.
Topics to be revised:
Support your current project
Link to your Gallery/ Museum research
Be thoroughly documented – show off your presentation skills
Be visually exciting
Be well thought out
AO1 Develop Ideas – gather lots of information
AO2 Experiment, Select & Refine (try different materials)
AO3 Record Ideas – what you think & why?
AO4 Present - a personal response –what did you enjoy & why?
Subject Specific Strategies for Revising:
Drawing is making a mark. Making marks is what creates an image.
TRY some of these….
Zoom into an area of the still life / object.
Look carefully at the shapes that you see.
Draw lightly, transferring the shapes and structures you are looking at – fill the page.
Start to look for the light and the dark.
Vary the pressure of your pencil to create the tones you see.
Aim for 4 tones – black, dark grey, light grey & white.
Make your drawing look 3D by using directional shading – you are giving it form.
In order to create an image you must believe you can make those marks into a work of Art. Within your
project:
Experiment with a range of materials – e.g. collage, biro, felt tips, colour pencils, different types of
paint/ pastels etc.
After experimentation choose the method you like best.
Evaluate all the work you produce – record your thoughts and ideas, comment on how your ideas have
developed, what you think has worked well and what you can do to improve it.
Stretch and Challenge – Home Study Activities
These are posted on the VLE.
Week Beginning: 5th May 2014
Task Outline:
What’s On?
List 5 Galleries or Museums in London or across the UK that are currently
holding exhibitions you would be interested in going to.
Success Criteria:
Galleries / Museums listed showcase the variety of what’s on.
Week Beginning: 12th May 2014
Task Outline:
Contrast & Compare
Contrast & Compare two exhibitions of your choice from the selection you have
found interesting on the internet (or in person).
Success Criteria:
Include images of the work featured in the exhibition.
Include the exhibition blurb-what’s it about from the galleries perspective.
Express your opinion of the exhibitions – what interests you about them? Why
have they caught your eye? ….The I-Factor!
Week Beginning: 19th May 2014
Task Outline:
The I-Factor
Produce a review of a chosen Artist’s / Designer’s work featured in your
favourite exhibition.
Success Criteria
Include images
Express your opinions & thoughts about the work consider…..Does it have
meaning? Does it tell a story? What’s your reaction to it? Why do you have
this opinion? Do the materials encourage a reaction?
Present as a newspaper article.
Wider Reading: Books, Articles, Journals
Broadsheet Newspaper Art/ Culture Supplements, Local Newspapers,
Time Out magazine, Online Reviews, Check out Tate Channel, The Art
Library (All Art studios have a satellite library)
Art is everywhere and so are articles about it e.g. check out the Henri
Matisse Cut-Outs Exhibition 17th April-7th September 2014 online
exhibition information from the Tate Gallery.
Useful Websites:
Tate Galleries www.tate.org.uk – raw canvas student help
National Gallery www.nationalgallery.org.uk
Saatchi Gallery www.saatchi-gallery.org.uk
British Museum www.britishmuseum.org
www.art2day.co.uk investigate the Fine Art Area
Design &
Technology
Year 8
Outline of Assessment given:
There will be one exam paper (1 hour) covering Theory and Design skills.
Differentiated papers will be issued to students where needed.
Topics to be revised:
Stages in the Design Process
Designing Skills
Problem Solving skills
Isometric drawing/sketching skills
Packaging symbols
Visual Analysis of consumer products
Health and Safety in the workshop
Tools and Machinery used in the workshop
Materials
CAD Skills (Google SketchUp!)
Subject Specific Strategies for Revising:
Use Year 8 Revision PowerPoint Guide to revise (on VLE).
Use Revision sheet to check areas needing revision (Task 1 on VLE).
Prepare mnemonic for the stages of the Design Process (Page 9 of Homestudy Booklet).
Practice Isometric drawing (Task 2 on VLE)
Practice Visual Analysis skills using worksheet (Task 3 on VLE).
Review your own Design Folder & Homestudy Booklet.
Stretch and Challenge – Home Study Activities
These are posted on the VLE.
Week Beginning: 5th May 2014
Task Outline:
Prepare mnemonic of Design Process.
Success Criteria:
Mnemonic is remembered in starter ‘test’ at the next Design & Technology
lesson, recalling which design process relates to which letter.
Week Beginning: 12th May 2014
Task Outline:
Print off Task 3 (Product Analysis sheet); fill in the boxes and bring to next lesson.
Success Criteria:
Complete all sections with the name of the feature and a reason explaining why
it is there.
Week Beginning: 19th May 2014
Task Outline:
Print off Task 2 (Isometric drawing sheet); complete drawings and bring to next
lesson.
Success Criteria
Accurate 3D drawings using isometric grid
Wider Reading: Books, Articles, Journals
Look for technology or design in the news.
Collect articles or interesting pictures on products / ideas / projects /
buildings and bring them to the next Design & Technology lesson.
Useful Websites:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/
http://www.technologystudent.com/
http://www.designandtech.com/
http://www.design-technology.info/
English
Year 8
Outline of Assessment given:
There will be 3 exam papers: differentiated according to ability.
Reading: 1 hour 15 minutes
Long writing task: 45 minutes
Short writing task: 30 minutes
Topics to be revised:
Reading
Audience and purpose (who is the text written for and what is it trying to
do)
Style of writing (formal, informal, descriptive etc)
Layout (overall format)
Structure/organisation (the way the text has been put together)
Viewpoint (through whose eyes is the story told and the effect on the
reader)
Language (how the writer uses language to create the desired effect on
the reader e.g. facts/opinions, imagery, vocabulary, sentences and
punctuation).
Writing
Writing conventions of writing to explain, comment, inform, and imagine.
Connectives (to link ideas)
Developing powerful sentences
Punctuation
Spelling of common words.
Subject Specific Strategies for Revising:
Use non-fiction texts (leaflets, advertisements, articles, news reports) to identify form, purpose
audience.
Annotate features of language and layout on a range of non-fiction texts. (keep a private folder at
home).
Write cue cards on:
AFOREST (Anecdotes/alliteration, facts, opinions, rhetorical questions/repetition, exaggeration,
statistics, trebles).
PALL: Purpose, audience, language and layout.
Use the sample questions on the VLE to practice planning and writing responses under timed
conditions.
Create mind maps of features of writing types.
Make a list of synonyms for common words like good, bad, nice etc.
Make a list of the words you frequently misspell and learn them..
Stretch and Challenge – Home Study Activities
These are posted on the VLE.
Week Beginning: 5th May 2014
Task Outline:
Reading Paper
Read the advice on how to answer questions on the reading paper.
Read the text on the practice paper and answer the questions.
Success Criteria:
Understand, describe, select or retrieve information, events or ideas from texts
and use quotation and reference to text infer and deduce information from a
text.
Deduce, infer or interpret information, events or ideas from texts understand the
writer’s viewpoint.
Identify and comment on the structure and organisation of texts, including
grammatical and presentational features at text level.
Explain and comment on writers’ uses of language, including grammatical and
literary features at word and sentence level.
Identify and comment on writers’ purposes and viewpoints and the overall effect
of the text on the reader.
Week Beginning: 12th May 2014
Task Outline:
Writing to Inform
Read the advice on how to answer questions on the writing paper
Write the answer to the long writing question using the planning sheet.
Success Criteria:
Produce texts which are appropriate to task, reader and purpose.
Organise and present whole texts, sequencing and structuring information, ideas
and events.
Vary sentences for clarity, purpose and effect.
Select appropriate and effective vocabulary.
Week Beginning: 19th May 2014
Task Outline:
Write to describe.
Plan the answer to the short writing question and write your response.
Success Criteria
Produce a text appropriate to task, reader and purpose.
Pay attention to details by: appealing to the senses; use careful vocabulary
choices such as strong verbs, adverbs and adjectives.
Appeal to the senses.
Use simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification etc to create imagery
Show, don’t tell.
Use accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar.
Wider Reading: Books, Articles, Journals
Weekly/Daily newspapers, non-fiction magazine/ website
articles, advertisements, leaflets.
Useful Websites:
www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/writing
www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/writing (tips for writing)
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/english/writing/index(the writing triplets
and sentences/punctuation)
www.edufind.com/english/punctuation/index.cfm (punctuation)
www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/punctuation/commas/game.shtml
(commas)
http://englishplus.com/grammar/index.htm (grammar)
French
Year 8
Outline of Assessment given:
There will be 3 exam papers:
Listening – 30 mins;
Reading – 30 mins;
Writing – 1 hour
Differentiated papers and support sheets available
Topics to be revised:
Shops & things to buy: Unité 1 (Shops and what they sell,
money and prices) Summary p. 19
Means of transport: Unité 2 (countries in Europe, transport,
read and write holiday postcards, describe places, say what
you are not going to do, say what you can/can’t do)
Summary p 35
Your daily routine, school life & hobbies: Unité 3 (School,
school life, comparisons, daily routine, say what you don’t
want to do, discuss homework) Summary p.51
Talking about yourself, family and friends: Unité 4
(describing yourself and others, helping at home, say what
you have done recently, asking questions, talk about
presents and souvenirs, talk about the past and the
present) Summary p.67
To talk about food: Unité 5 (Opinions, buying food and
drink, describing food and recent meals, ordering a meal)
Summary p.83
To talk about travelling: Unité 6 (talk about travel plans, ask
for information and tickets, describe a journey, describe a
day out, discuss what you did recently) Summary p.99
Parts of the body & Clothes: Unité 7 (describing clothes,
parts of the body, how you feel and what hurts) Summary
p.115
Key Grammar to revise
Present tense (-er, -re, -ir verbs)
Past tense: Unité 4, 5 & 6 and p.159 10.4
Future tense: Unité 2 and p.28
Subject Specific Strategies for Revising:
Colourful and detailed mind maps on each topic including examples in French
Cue cards arranged per topics and the associated vocabulary. Ask someone to test you.
Acronyms to remember lists: Mrs Van Der Tramp to remember past tense verbs that use être
Self and peer assessment using a traffic light (green, amber, red) revision lists
Stretch and Challenge – Home Study Activities
There will be 3 activities posted on the VLE in My Classes which you
must complete in the 3 weeks leading up to the exam. Once
completed, they must be either printed off or sent to your class
teacher.
Week Beginning: 5th May 2014
Task Outline:
Prepare your own dictionary. Choose 70 key words from Units 1 to 7
(10 per topics). Arrange them in topics, order them alphabetically
and find the meaning.
Success Criteria:
A variety of vocabulary must be used. Do not repeat vocabulary that
appears in more than one module. To progress further find
unknown vocabulary on the topic that you do not already know.
Week Beginning: 12th May 2014
Task Outline:
Prepare a 20 questions’ quiz on the grammar topics covered this
year Success Criteria:
Ensure that you use all three tenses and are aware of irregular verb
formations. Also try to use different parts of the verb, not just the
first person.
Week Beginning: 19th May 2014
Task Outline:
Prepare a PPT to introduce yourself to a French friend. Include
detailed information about yourself and your family, where you live,
your school, what you like to do in your spare time, where you went
on holiday last year and what are your plans for this year.
Success Criteria:
You must include all information stated above. You must also ensure
that you use all three tenses. Check structure, word order and
ensure that you use time markers. When giving opinions you must
justify them.
Wider Reading: Books, Articles, Journals
Tricolore Total 2
Refer to websites below.
Useful Websites:
http://www.linguascope.com
http://www.languagesonline.org.uk
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/talk
http://www.zut.org.uk/index.html
Geography
Year 8
Outline of Assessment given:
There will be 1 exam paper: The exam will last 1 hour and you will be examined on the SETTLEMENT unit.
There will be a differentiated exam for students who are working at level 4c and below, as well as an
extension paper for students with a target of 7b and above.
Topics to be revised:
Settlement site
Settlement hierarchy
How to draw a line graph
Changes in settlement size over time
Urban model
Land use zones in urban areas
Urban regeneration in Stratford (Olympics)
Impact of urban regeneration on different groups of people
(winners and losers)
Your own opinion about regeneration in Stratford
Subject Specific Strategies for Revising:
Mind maps help you to generate ideas and make associations & links.
They can also act as a powerful memory aid because they are visual. Re-read your lesson notes and
make a mind map.
Colour, symbols and pictures can be included on your mind map to make it more memorable.
Make a poster of key words, with illustrations and put it up in your bedroom, your bathroom, the
kitchen, somewhere you will see it every day.
Highlight key words with highlighters to make sure you don’t forget the important information. Make
cue cards of key words.
A good way of remembering important processes, diagrams and terminology is through cue cards. Be
creative. Draw colourful images that help you remember what is on the card!
Decorate your room with Posters!! Make your room a revision centre!
Use a bright array of coloured paper, place post it notes and images all over your wall. This way,
whatever you're doing you are constantly looking at your revision notes!
Ask your teacher for a ‘How to…draw a line graph’ worksheet. Practise this skill.
Stretch and Challenge – Home Study Activities
These are posted on the VLE.
Week Beginning: 5th May 2014
Task Outline:
Complete a mind map of the unit.
Success Criteria:
A detailed mind map including examples from all topics.
A mind map illustrating topics discovered from your extra reading from the
website.
Week Beginning: 12th May 2014
Task Outline:
Draw and label an urban model.
Success Criteria:
An annotated, detailed diagram of an urban model.
An explanation of the land use pattern on the urban model.
Week Beginning: 19th May 2014
Task Outline:
Describe the advantages and disadvantages of urban regeneration in Stratford.
Success Criteria
Using paragraphs make a balanced argument about the urban regeneration in
Stratford.
Evaluate the urban regeneration of Stratford.
Wider Reading: Books, Articles, Journals
Magazine article in the ‘Taking it Further’ file on the VLE.
Useful Websites:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/environment_eart
h_universe/changes_in_environment/revise4.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/urban_enviro
nments/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/videonation/videos/index.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2006/10/30/2012_live
s_feature.shtml
History
Year 8
Outline of Assessment given:
There will be one exam paper. Students will have 1 hour to complete the exam. Differentiated papers
will be issued to students as required.
Topics to be revised:
Tudors, Stuarts, Civil War
Chronology & Succession – make sure that can order dates
chronologically and revise the Tudor and Stuart family trees
Mary Queen of Scots – Who was she? Why was she executed?
Did Elizabeth I make the right decision?
The Civil War – What were the causes of the civil war? Who
were the Royalists and Parliamentarians? How did the soldiers
fight? Weapons? Advantages? Disadvantages?
Using sources – revise how to use source evidence in your
answers.
Subject Specific Strategies for Revising:
You and a friend could create a word search of all the key words and write the definitions as
clues. Swap word searches and try to find words based on the clues they've given you. The
following website will assist you in this task. http://hotpot.uvic.ca/
Create a detailed mind map of an event you want to study. Highlight the most important
points on your completed diagram, then practice explaining the factors highlighted. Draw arrows
to show causes and consequences of the event. Explain why you have placed your arrows in
those positions.
Create cue cards with questions on one side and answers on the other. Get someone else to
test you.
Choose a picture source and ask 5 questions about the source. (E.g. who produced this
source? What is the purpose of this source? What can I learn from this source?) Answer your
own questions using evidence.
Stretch and Challenge – Home Study Activities
These will be posted on the VLE.
Week Beginning: 5th May 2014
Task Outline:
Create 20 cue cards with key words on one side,
meanings on the other. Learn all key words and ask
someone to test you on the spelling and meaning of
5 words every day.
Success Criteria:
Select key words from the lists you have been given in lesson and
from your classwork.
Make sure your key words are linked to the topics you need to
revise (not just any topic).
Spelling matters – so make sure you check carefully with a
dictionary or your text.
Week Beginning: 12th May 2014
Task Outline:
Draw a detailed family tree for the Tudors and the Stuarts
Extension: Add a fact about each royal you believe played a key
role in England’s history.
Success Criteria:
Use your class notes, text book and independent research to
develop and check your family tree.
Make sure that you include facts about every royal that you
have studied – keep the key topics (above) in mind to guide you
here.
Week Beginning: 19th May 2014
Task Outline:
Create an A3 mind map with ‘The Civil War’ in the centre. Your
branches should be linked to the key topics (above). Make sure
you fully understand all aspects of The Civil War (before, during,
after).
Success Criteria:
You will need to use facts and figures and other evidence from
the text and your own research.
Colours and images are useful as well. For more mind map
ideas, see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlabrWv25qQ&safe=active
and http://thinkbuzan.com/
Wider Reading: Books, Articles, Journals
Use the website below to access articles, essays, and source information
about the English Civil War.
www.englishcivilwar.org
Useful Websites:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/civil_war_england.htm
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/CivilWar.htm
ICT
Year 8
Outline of Assessment given:
Paper 1 – 1 hour long split into 3 sections
Section A – multiple choice questions
Section B – questions on screens from different applications
Section C – short answer questions on each of the topics below and an extended question
Paper 2 – a differentiated paper which will be based on Paper 1 but will put more less emphasis on writing
and more emphasis on using the visual skills of learners.
Topics to be revised:
Airbrushing images
Movie making (EU Citizenship task)
Creating websites
Animation (cross-curricular with English)
Spreadsheets
Subject Specific Strategies for Revising:
Learn the keywords and their definitions by getting a friend to test you
Create a mind map for teach topic
Familiarise yourself with the different softwares used throughout the year and the features they have
Practise creating formulas in Microsoft Excel
Practise creating animations or games in Scratch
Answer the past paper questions that are in First Class
Make revision cards on different coloured card for each topic
Revise with friends from class. Take turns preparing revision lessons for each other.
Stretch and Challenge – Home Study Activities
These are posted on the VLE.
Week Beginning: 5th May 2014
Task Outline:
Good Practice using computers and e-Safety.
Success Criteria:
All: List precautions that should be taken when using school computers.
Most: Describe reasons for taking precautions.
Some: Identify ways of ensuring work is kept secure on a school network.
Week Beginning: 12th May 2014
Task Outline:
Filling in the missing words on a mind map on the different software’s used in
Year 8 ICT.
Success Criteria:
All: Identify 2 features of each software used in Year 8.
Most: Describe 2 features of each software used in Year 8.
Some: List some advantages and limitations of using each software in Year 8.
Week Beginning: 19th May 2014
Task Outline:
Creating a small animation in Scratch and then creating a game card which has
instructions on it which explains how to recreate your animation.
Success Criteria
All: Understand the instruction blocks needed to create an animation in Scratch.
Most: Be able to describe what the instruction blocks do in a given sequence.
Some: Use iteration instruction blocks in an animation and describe their
purpose in the animation you have created.
Wider Reading: Books, Articles, Journals
Case Studies on a wide range of ICT topics
http://www.teach-ict.com/case_studies/news_tasks.htm
e-Safety resources for 11-19 year olds
http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-and-resources/youngpeople/11-19s
Useful Websites:
http://www.teach-ict.com/ks3home.htm
http://www.reviseict.co.uk/ks3/index.shtml
http://youtube.com
Mathematics
Year 8
Outline of Assessment given:
There will be 3 exam papers:
Paper 1 (Non Calculator)
Paper 2 (Calculator)
Mental test
Sets
1a-1b level 6-8 paper
2a-2c level 5-7 paper
3a-3c level 4-6 paper
4 level 3-5 paper
Topics to be revised:
SET 1A – 2B
Rounding to 1, 2 and 3 decimal places. Leading
to rounding to significant figures.
BIDMAS and the 4 operations.
Long multiplication and division
Calculating with measurements- Metric and
Imperial conversions.
Squares, roots and cubes. Solving/simplifying
expressions involving indices.
Measure and draw angles. Finding the
unknown angle on a line, at a point and in a
triangle/polygon.
Recognise Alternate (Z), Corresponding (F) and
Supplementary (C) angles.
Construct triangles with a protractor, compass
and a ruler. Know how to bisect an angle.
Calculate and solve problems involving
percentage increase/decrease.
Calculate with ratio and proportion.
Add and subtract decimals.
Multiply and divide with decimals
Squares, triangle numbers and patterns,
finding the nth term.
Mappings and graphs
Equations of line y=mx+c. Plotting straight line
graphs.
Expanding single and double brackets.
Recognising basic factorising.
SET2C-4
Rounding to 10, 100, 1000 and to 1 decimal
place.
BIDMAS and the 4 operations.
Long multiplication and division.
Calculating with measurements -Metric
Conversions.
Squares, roots and cubes.
Measure and draw angles. Finding the
unknown angle on a line, at a point and in a
triangle.
Construct triangles with a protractor,
compass and a ruler.
Calculate percentages e.g. 5%, 10%, 25%
50%.
Convert between fractions, decimals and
percentages.
Adding/subtraction fractions, including with
different dominators.
Calculate with ratio and proportion.
Understand reflections and line symmetry.
Add and subtract decimals.
Multiply and divide with decimals.
Divisibility and multiples.
Find prime factors of numbers.
Solve simple linear equations.
Interpret real life graphs.
Collect data and draw bar charts
Understand and use tally charts.
Simplifying expressions.
Solving linear equations with unknowns on
both sides.
Substituting into formula, including using
negative numbers.
Writing formula.
Transformations: Enlargement, Reflection,
Translations and Rotation. Including describing
transformation.
Convert between fractions, decimals and
percentages.
Adding/subtraction fractions, involving
different dominators and Mixed numbers.
Multiply and Divide fractions.
Interpret graphs and charts.
Collect and analyse information.
Draw bars charts and pie charts.
Subject Specific Strategies for Revising:
Flash/cue cards.
Mymaths and other mathematical websites. (login: tchs Password: ratio)
Mind maps.
Practice exam papers (look on emaths website).
Stretch and Challenge – Homestudy Activities
These will be posted on the VLE.
Week Beginning: 5th May 2014
Task Outline:
Past SATs non calculator paper posted on VLE for students to print off and bring in
completed to teacher.
Success Criteria:
Students should be looking to reach their target grade in the paper and highlight
topics for revision.
Week Beginning: 12th May 2014
Task Outline:
Take two topics from completed SATs paper and complete a revision task on
those topics. This may be posted on the VLE discussion boards or handed into
staff.
Success Criteria:
Students should be looking to reach their target grade in the paper and highlight
topics for revision.
Week Beginning: 19th May 2014
Task Outline:
Students complete a presentation on a topic of their choice and post on VLE
discussion board.
Success Criteria:
The poster is very detailed covering all key points to the highest grade/level for
the topic. A variety of research has been used. Ideas are organised into
meaningful groups and examples are shown to illustrate the key points.
The poster is innovative, exceptionally well presented with meaningful use of
colourful and displays well from a wall. It serves its purpose for revision.
Mathematical terminology is used and all spellings are fully correct.
Wider Reading: Books, Articles, Journals
Basic Mathematics: Practical real life examples (Teach
yourself series) – Alan Graham
KS3 Maths Revision Guide - Levels 5-8 (Revision Guides),
Richard Parsons
Useful Websites:
www.mymaths.co.uk
www.emaths.co.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/maths/
Music
Year 8
Outline of Assessment given:
Your listening exam will take 45mins to complete and will cover all of the Units that you have covered
in Year 8 (They are listed below to remind you). Some questions will be multiple choice whilst others
require slightly longer answers. You will hear a range of different genres of music in your exam and will
be required to identify/describe the music you can hear. In addition, you will also be given a
comparison question where you may also be asked for your opinions. There will be a differentiated
paper available with a similar selection of questions as listed above.
Topics to be revised:
African Music
(African culture, instruments and key rhythmical words)
Caribbean Music
(Caribbean culture, artists, genres and musical devices found
in Reggae music)
Theme & Variations
(How to vary a musical idea – developing use of musical
elements, more advanced keyboard skills)
Film Music (How to create music for a certain atmosphere,
which scales create which mood?)
Protest Songs (The mining Industry, traditional modern
folk/protest songs, applying music and rhythms to lyrics).
Subject Specific Strategies for Revising:
Read back through your books and create mind-maps on each topic reminding yourself of what we
have covered.
Go on First Class to find some of the resources we have used in class – and additional resources
which you might like to use to test your knowledge.
Revise the notes of the piano/keyboard by locating ‘C’ (which is to the left of the two black keys),
and then counting up the alphabet to ‘G’.
Create a poster with images to help you remember some of your keywords e.g. call and response,
polyrhythm, unison, improvisation, Master Drummer etc.
Stretch and Challenge – Homestudy Activities
These will be posted on the VLE.
Week Beginning: 5th May 2014
Task Outline:
Create a mind map on the seven elements of music & draw a keyboard
identifying all of the different keys (including the black keys)
Success Criteria:
A creatively presented mind map displaying the seven elements of music and
their meanings. Pictures could also be included to aid revision of the definitions.
(Tempo, Texture, Timbre, Dynamics, Duration, Pitch, Silence).
A correctly labelled keyboard diagram including all the white keys and both the
sharp and flat name of each black note.
Week Beginning: 12th May 2014
Task Outline:
Watch a war film and make a list of 5 musical features you can hear that make
the music appropriate to the film e.g. a marching snare drum.
Success Criteria:
List five musical features, and explain why it helps to make the music
appropriate to the film. You may wish to consider the instruments used, as well
as how the elements of music are used.
Week Beginning: 19th May 2014
Task Outline:
Create a mind map identifying all of the different ways you can vary a theme.
Success Criteria:
A colourful and creatively presented mind map displaying at least eight different
ways a theme can be varied. Try to provide a definition for each of these
techniques. You may wish to illustrate the different ways with pictures /
diagrams to help you understand their meaning.
Wider Reading: Books, Articles, Journals
To develop your keyboard skills further, take a look at the extra sheet
music available in the Stretch and Challenge folder on First Class, or
choose a favourite song of yours and try to learn it using a youtube
video tutorial.
Useful Websites:
www.teachingideas.co.uk/music/namethatnote.htm
www.thirteen.org/publicarts/orchestra/orchestra03.swf
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/music/
You Tube – C is to the left of the two black keys & Every Good Boy
Deserves Football.
http://www.musictechteacher.com/musicquizzes.htm
Physical Education
Year 8
Outline of Assessment given:
END OF UNIT: Year 9 All sports
Final Practical Assessment (2x Lessons)
Competitive situation
Topics to be revised:
Skills: Competes to a representative standard in at least 1 event.
Understands fitness, coaching and training requirements for the event.
Knows rules for competition.
Physical Capacity: To cope with the demands of the environment.
Mental Capacity: Determined to succeed, keep going in challenging
situations, deal with emotions and good at helping others succeed as well.
Evaluation: Able to plan ways to improve performance. Use correct
terminology at all times.
Warming up and cooling down: Able to design and lead warm ups and cool
downs suitable for the sport. I can lead skills practices/drills.
Healthy lifestyle: Understand how athletics benefits health & fitness and can
share this information with a group of any size and can lead groups to
improve their skills/fitness in a lesson.
Subject Specific Strategies for Revising:
Practise at various clubs in your local area during the summer term;
Redbridge Sports Club Directory
Produce cue cards to learn the different rules.
Watch you tube clips of sports and critique.
Video your performance or your peers and coach them to improve.
Stretch and Challenge – Homestudy Activities
These will be posted on the VLE.
Week Beginning: 5th May 2014
Task Outline:
Exercise has physical, social and mental benefits. Explain what is meant by each
of these terms and describe how exercise gives us these benefits. This must be in
detail and handed in NOT EMAILED.
Success Criteria:
Each benefit will have a clear definition. Using a range of the sports that we have
covered this year, you will explain how each gives us all of the 3 benefits, with
specific examples.
Extension Task: What is osteoporosis and how does PE reduce the risk of getting
this condition.
Week Beginning: 12th May 2014
Task Outline:
Describe the coaching points for the long jump. Explain what aspects of fitness
would be needed to be able to compete at a top level in the long jump
Success Criteria:
You will include the approach, take off, flight and landing in your coaching
points. For fitness you will describe speed, power, flexibility and coordination
and explain why a long jumper needs each of these components of fitness.
Week Beginning: 19th May 2014
Task Outline:
Explain the role of the official in either tennis or rounders. Describe which
qualities would an official need to show and explain why they would need each
of these qualities.
Success Criteria:
Each quality has been clearly explained, and examples from the sport have been
identified when the official would need to exercise this quality.
Wider Reading: Books, Articles, Journals.
All sportsmen/women biographies
Newspaper articles
Sport reports
Useful Websites:
Athletics
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/
http://www.uka.org.uk/
http://www.getactivelondon.com/
Badminton
http://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/homepage.asp
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/badminton/4162194.stm
Cricket
http://www.ecb.co.uk/ecb/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/cricket/default.stm
Dance
http://www.sadlerswells.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/keystage_3/topics/other_subjects.shtml
Football
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/
http://www.thefa.com/
Gymnastics
http://www.british-gymnastics.org/site/
http://www.getactivelondon.com/
Hockey
http://englandhockey.co.uk/
http://www.getactivelondon.com/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/hockey/default.stm
Netball
http://www.englandnetball.co.uk/
http://www.getactivelondon.com/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/netball/default.stm
Rounders
http://www.roundersengland.co.uk/rounders/index.cfm/rounders-england/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/special_events/newsid_3028000/302
8081.stm
Rugby
http://www.rfu.com/
http://www.getactivelondon.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/
Tennis
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/rules_and_equipment/default.stm
http://www.lta.org.uk/
Religious
Education
Year 8
Outline of Assessment given:
There will be 1 exam paper. 1 hour long. This will extend to 1 hour 15 minutes for some pupils requiring
extra time.
Differentiated papers will be issued to pupils where needed.
Topics to be revised:
The Exodus: Moses’ early life, the burning bush, the 10 plagues, the
night of the escape, the 10 commandments.
The Passover: How is it celebrated today? Jewish festival of
Pesach.
The Last Supper: How is it linked to the Passover? What
happened? What did Jesus say and do?
Evaluation techniques: How to give a balanced viewpoint with
reasons and examples for both sides and a conclusion.
Utilitarianism: the greatest happiness for the greatest number.
Moral situations, what would you do? What would a utilitarian do?
What is Philosophy? What is a philosophical question? How could it
be answered?
Subject Specific Strategies for Revising:
Attend room 47 on Friday lunchtimes to use additional revision resources / ask a teacher.
Create a key word cloud using wordle.
Create mind map / cue card on each topic listed above.
Create questions for each topic and test your teacher.
Stretch and Challenge – Home study Activities
Research Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. Who were they and what have
they got to do with utilitarianism?
Week Beginning: 5th May 2014
Task Outline:
Create a list of key words from your studies since Christmas. Include their
definitions and which topic they come under.
Success Criteria:
Key word
Definition
Topic
Present your key word list as above. Include at least 15 words.
Week Beginning: 12th May 2014
Task Outline:
Create 9 exam questions using the following: Describe, Explain, Evaluate to start
each question. Base the questions on the topics to be revised.
Success Criteria:
Set of exam questions created. Read aloud to family/friends to ensure you have
created questions rather than statements. Present as a list of questions or as a
revision worksheet. Answer the following: Are all topics covered? Do you have to
refer to Biblical examples in your responses? Are key words explained?
Week Beginning: 19th May 2014
Task Outline:
Write bullet point responses to the 9 exam questions created last week.
Success Criteria:
Present your 9 exam questions with bullet point responses. Each bullet point is to
represent a paragraph. Present as a list or as 9 spider charts. Answer the following:
Have you explained any key words in the question? Have you referred to examples?
Have you given your opinion? Have you given an alternative opinion? This piece of
work should be 2-3 pages long. 2-3 questions per page of average type size /
handwriting.
Wider Reading: Books, Articles, Journals
-
A range of books available in your R.E. classroom, including G.C.S.E.
textbooks on Philosophy.
Biblical commentaries online.
The Exodus is recorded in the Bible. Chapter: Exodus.
The Last Supper – A new approach to Mark’s Gospel. Available in
R.E. classrooms.
Useful Websites:
www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/introduction
www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/the-ten-plagues-of-epypt/4571.html
www.bbc.co.uk/religions/religions/judaism/history/moses
Spanish
Year 8
Outline of Assessment given:
There will be 3 exam papers:
Listening – 30 mins, Reading – 30 mins, Writing – 1 hour
Differentiated papers and support sheets available
Topics to be revised:
“¿Qué hay de interés?” Asking what is of interest in a place.
Unit 4.1
“Tus vacaciones” Talking about where you go and what you do
on holiday. Unit 4.2
“¿Dónde fuiste?” Saying where you went, what for and who
with. Unit 4.3
”¿Adónde fueron?” Talking about where other people went.
Unit 4.4
“¿Lo pasaste bien?” Saying what you did on holiday. Unit 4.5
“Fueron de excursión”. Saying what other people did on
holiday. Unit 4.6
“¿Qué hiciste el sábado?” Describing an event in the past. Unit
5.5
Use of Present tense (refer to pages 132 to 134)
Use of the Preterite tense (refer to unit 4&5 and pages 136 –
137- 87
Imperfect tense (refer to page 88 and137)
Use of Future tense (refer to page 134 and page 9)
Adverbs (refer to page 8 and 130)
Talking about frequency (refer to page 34 and 127)
Vocabulary revision: pages22-23-40-41-58-59-76-77- 94 -95110-111
Subject Specific Strategies for Revising:
Make up own “cue cards”, “mind maps” and “notes” use them to record key vocabulary and
grammar points. You may include pictures, use colour pencils and highlighting colours
You may make “Summary tables or grids” to put together verbs conjugation
Work with a partner and organize a “team –teaching” system, to teach each other
To learn vocabulary do it as “read/learn, cover, write and compare.”
Stretch and Challenge – Home Study Activities
There will be 3 activities posted on the VLE in My Classes which you
must complete in the 3 weeks leading up to the exam. Once completed,
they must be either printed off or sent to the “discussion” folder.
Week Beginning: 5th May 2014
Task Outline:
Prepare your own dictionary. Choose 50 key words from unit 4. Find the
meaning and order them alphabetically. You can also refer to the back
of textbook.
Success Criteria:
A variety of vocabulary must be used. Do not repeat vocabulary that
appears in more than one module. To progress further find unknown
vocabulary on the topic that you do not already know.
Week Beginning: 12th May 2014
Task Outline:
Prepare a quiz of 25 questions on grammar. Refer to pages 7, 8, 9, 12,
27, 34, 35, 39, 65, 68, 69, 70, 78, 87, 88 and 129 to 137.
Success Criteria:
Ensure that you use all three tenses and are aware of irregular verb
formations. Also try to use different parts of the verb, not just the first
person.
Week Beginning: 19th May 2014
Task Outline:
Prepare a PPT for a pen friend about your last holidays. Include where
you normally go, where you went, who with, when, what you did, what
you used to do regularly, what was the weather like, opinions and
where you are going next time. Refer to unit 4.
Success Criteria:
You must include all information stated above. You must also ensure
that you use all three tenses. Check structure, word order and ensure
that you use time markers. When giving opinions you must justify them.
Wider Reading: Books, Articles, Journals
Listos 2.
Refer to websites listed below.
Useful Websites:
www.asisehace.net/
www.spanishrevision.co.uk/ks3/
www.bbc.co.uk/gcsebitesize/
www.languagesonline/
http://www.sunderlandschools.org
Textiles
Year 8
Outline of Assessment given:
There will be 1 exam paper (differentiated by ability): 1hr 30 mins
You will need: Pen, pencil, colouring pencils, rubber, ruler.
Topics to be revised:
Equipment – names and uses.
Reflective fluorescent materials
Fibres – animal and man made
New school bag ‘v’ Old school bag
Construction of a bag
Pattern pieces
Designing new bags
Suitable bag fabrics
Quality Control
Order of Manufacture – Level 8
Subject Specific Strategies for Revising:
Colourful, detailed and focused mind maps.
Colourful cue cards – using images and key word testing.
Revision list check – use traffic light system.
Stretch and Challenge – Home Study Activities
There will be 3 activities posted on the VLE in My Classes which you must
complete in the 3 weeks leading up to the exam. Once completed, they
must be printed off and brought to the next lesson.
Week Beginning: 5th May 2014
Task Outline:
Be prepared to debate the advantages/ disadvantages of the new school
bag and your old school bag
Success Criteria:
Have your points on cue cards so you can refer to them in class. Consider
what you would say to conclude your points.
Week Beginning: 12th May 2014
Task Outline:
Design a power point showing someone how they would make your
drawstring bag. Go through each process.
Success Criteria:
Include key words and their definitions.
Ensure each slide has images/ diagrams/ key words to ensure each slide is
informative and interesting.
Week Beginning: 19th May 2014
Task Outline:
Come to the lesson with 5 quiz questions that can be asked on any of the
topics you have been asked to revise.
Success Criteria
Trial the quiz questions on your family to evaluate the success of them.
Can you think of another quick revision game that the whole class can
complete?
Wider Reading: Books, Articles, Journals
Students are encouraged to watch The Great British Sewing Bee and
can make notes from this.
The Telegraph also regularly prints interesting Textiles articles
complete with pattern pieces and information about different fibres
and fabrics.
Useful Websites:
www.educationquizes.com/KS3/D-and-T/textiles-o2/
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/GCSE/bitesize/design/textiles/
www.textile4u.wikispaces.com/