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Revision

Revision. The revision section contains links and information linked to what you are studying in school. Various materials for each subject will be updated in February each year as will the links to different websites that you might find useful.

The first step will be to sets up your revision timetable and get started, so what’s stopping you?

Whole School

Revision Tips / How to revise

If you have bought CGP revision guides, activate the online version. This gives you access to a free online ‘how to revise’ booklet by CGP.

Generic Support

Subject Specific (A-Z)

Art (OCR)

Web links

Log onto a range of search engines and Pinterest and The Student Art Guide with search phrases such as:

  • A level ‘insert theme title’ preparatory work
  • GCSE ‘insert theme title’ preparatory work

School document location

Exam unit prep. 40% Coursework amendments 60%:
Attend after school sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings for additional help.

Biology (AQA)

Web links

AQA GCSE Trilogy (Biology as part of the Combined Course with Chemistry and Physics):

AQA GCSE Biology (Biology - Separate Course):

AQA A Level Biology (Year 12 and 13):

School document location

Student shared area > Science > AQA Biology

Business & Enterprise (Pearson - Edexcel)

Revision Guide

All students have the opportunity in Year 10 to purchase an exam board revision guide. It is vital that they have one of these as it forms the basis of home learning tasks and background reading. Available on the school’s parent pay system at the start of Y10, or via…

REVISE Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Business Revision Guide + App

Past Papers

Attempting past papers is the no. 1 way to improve. It helps to fully assess students’ levels of understanding and enables students to improve the exam techniques. The following webpage will allow students to access past papers, mark schemes and examiners reports…

Pearson Past Papers

You will then have a selection of years to choose from.

Web links

Some brilliant websites for further reading topics covered in the lesson…

Chemistry (AQA)

Web links

Teams resources in folder titled KS4 Resources you have access to all lesson plans and lesson resources.

Computer Science (OCR)

Web links

Dance (AQA)

COMPONENT ONE

Web links

Links for set phrase videos and notes


COMPONENT TWO

Web links

AQA Teaching Resources

Drama (OCR)

For revision materials about this subject please contact the subject leader: mhenson@williambrookes.com

DT Textiles (AQA)

Web links

English (AQA)

Web links

School document location

Student shared area > English > 2019-20 > GCSE

Food Prep and Nutrition (AQA)

Web links

School document location

Student shared area > DT > GCSE DT FOOD > Year 11 2017-18 NEW > Revision

French (Edexcel)

Memrise - Vocabulary learning website

This is a really handy way to help students learn vocabulary for French.

Students need to register for which they will need a username, an email address and a password. (An example username is PJones).

Once logged in, it is a good idea for students to set themselves a realistic vocab revision timetable and start learning the GCSE French (2016 - Edexcel) vocabulary list.

Visit Memrise website

Each course is divided into levels which correspond to the different sections of the core vocabulary.

Students should click on the level/section they want to learn and then start planting. Memrise will create a vocab learning and testing programme for them which will quickly help them to commit the vocabulary to long term memory.

Students can also create their own courses to help them to learn any French they find difficult.

Other web links

Resources for Revision

Students can find a wealth of resources for listening, speaking, reading, writing and past papers in the Student Shared Area on the William Brookes School SharePoint.

Geography (AQA)

Web links

Health and Social Care (OCR CNAT)

KS5 Edexcel Level Health and Social care

Revision book: Pearson REVISE BTEC National Health and Social Care Revision Guide: (with free online Revision Guide) for home learning, 2021 assessments and 2022 BTEC Nationals in Health and Social Care).

Revision Workbook: BTEC National Health and Social Care Revision Workbook: Second edition (REVISE BTEC Nationals in Health and Social Care).

KS4 OCR Cambridge National level 1/2 Health and Social care:

Revision book: My Revision Notes: Cambridge National Level 1/2 Health and Social Care

Revision home learning booklet issued to all students

History (Edexcel)

GCSE History: Edexcel Specification

  • American West
  • Anglo-Saxons and Normans
  • Crime & Punishment
  • Weimar & Nazi Germany

All our class and revision materials are located in the students' KS4 area, accessible via Teams / OneDrive. There you will find the four GCSE units and their respective course and revision materials (including revision booklets, knowledge organisers, past papers, mark-schemes and examiner reports)

Additionally, the CGP GCSE topic guides can be ordered through the school in the autumn term, or they are available here (be sure to pick the 4 books that correlate to the units above): CGP History GSCE books

A Level History: AQA Specification

  • The Making of a Superpower: USA, 1865-1975 (1K)
  • The Making of modern Britain, 1951-2007 (2S)

All our class and revision materials are located in the students' KS5 area, accessible via Teams / OneDrive. There you will find the two taught units and the NEA (non-examined assessment) materials, including past papers, mark-schemes and examiner reports.

Maths (Edexcel)

Web links

  • Maths Genie - This site contains video clips, examples, exam revision questions with worked solutions. Use your mock exam results to work through the topics you need to improve on first before moving on to more general practise
  • Corbett Maths
  • White Rose Maths
  • Hegarty Maths

KS5 (Sixth Form)

Students are reminded that they have access to revision resources on the Maths Genie website.

All students have access to Pearson Active Learn. If they have forgotten the login details, please ask one of the sixth form maths teachers.

Students may also find other useful sites such as Dr Frost Maths that are a good revision resource.

School document location

Remember that maths clinics are held every Wednesday - 1:30pm - 2pm AND 3:40pm - 5pm.

Music (AQA)

School document location

  • Book - ordered for students through school
  • CPG AQA - Revision and Practice
  • Past papers - to be sat in lesson as timed papers
  • Powerpoint (sent each week via email - for each lesson) with language they should know for the exam. This can be accessed in the CPG book

PE (BTEC CNAT)

KS5 BTEC Level 3 Sport

Revision book: Pearson Revise BTEC National Sport Units 1 and 2 Revision Guide

KS4 OCR Cambridge National level 1/2 Sports Science

Revision book: Cambridge National in Sport Science Revision Guide and Workbook with Digital Access

Physics (AQA)

Web links

Politics (Edexcel)

A Level Politics: Edexcel Specification

  • Component 1: British Politics
  • Component 2: British Government
  • Component 3(b): Global Politics

All our class and revision materials are located in the students' KS5 area, accessible via Teams / OneDrive. There you will find the three components and their respective course and revision materials, as well as past papers, mark-schemes and examiner reports.

In addtion, tutor2u is an excellent online resource we would recommend for quizzes and other revision resources; it is regularly updated to take in the current political picture.

Product Design (AQA)

The following websites will be useful to you:

Attend any extra revision sessions that are organised in the build-up to the exam.

Psychology (OCR)

For revision materials about this subject please contact the subject leader: ellie.dickinson@wbs.318education.co.uk

RS (AQA)

Web links

  • Seneca Learning sign up for a free account for great activities. Start the ‘religion’ sections for AQA, and complete the Christianity and Islam sections (the ‘Themes’ sections have other religions that we don’t study, so they’re not ideal). Ask your teacher for a class code
  • GCSE Bitesize has some areas that are useful, but it is very general and brief (only use the Christianity and Islam sections!)
  • Request.org - fantastic information about Christian beliefs, practices and responses to ethical issues
  • 30 Facts About Islam provides some basic overviews of Islam and some key beliefs
  • AQA website with specimen papers, mark schemes and the specification
  • The app 'RE definitions' can be downloaded onto any device which can be used to check the meaning of any key word

Physical Resources

  • Notes in your exercise book can be used to make revision mind maps or flash cards
  • There are student revision booklets for most units. Use these to revise core knowledge
  • Optionally, you can purchase a revision guide, like this one on Amazon

Exam Papers

Exam 1 will consist of two booklets - Booklet one is Christian beliefs (question 1-5) and practices (question 6-10); Booklet two is Islamic beliefs (question 1-5) and practices (question 6-10). 1 hour 45 minutes needs to be split evenly between both booklets.

Exam 2 will consist of ALL 6 themes A-F with a question 1-5 to answer. You are to answer only 4 of the themes. The themes you will study and answer are:

  • Theme A - Relationships and Families
  • Theme B - Religion and Life
  • Theme E - Religion, Crime and Punishment
  • Theme F - Religion, Human Rights and Social Justice

You will write your answers on a separate answer booklet. It is also a 1 hour 45 minute exam.

Science (AQA)

Please refer to specific Science subjects for all material required

Spanish (Edexcel)

Memrise - Vocabulary learning website

This is a really handy way to help students learn vocabulary for Spanish.

Students need to register for which they will need a username, an email address and a password. (An example username is PJones).

Once logged in, it is a good idea for students to set themselves a realistic vocab revision timetable and start learning the GCSE Spanish vocabulary as follows:

Other web links