Yes! We have compiled the Silverdale Parent Guide to Intelligent Revision to help with this. Download the guide below:

Help them to organise and set small goals. Offer incentives, if possible, for short term goals and work together to break down the size of the task. This process begins with prioritisation so scoring topics out of 20 to allow you to begin planning. Then design a timetable and try not to plan too far in advance. Play to your child’s strengths for example using revision styles like drawing (dual coding), mapping, flash cards, mind maps, storytelling, link their hobbies to their revision.

Yes, work out together the blocks of time available each week. Try to consider when your child works best, how long they can hold concentration, and when they have access to a space to revise without disruption. Then divide the available time into one hour blocks and try to follow the structure recommended in the Silverdale Parent Guide to Intelligent Revision. You can download this revision template as a starting point.

One key aspect is prioritising topics within each subject and making sure every time your child sits down to revise that they have thought intelligently about which topic and how they plan to revise before they start.

This will be covered in several ways. Indication of revision materials that include past questions is offered in the subject revision videos on this page. Additional resources will be accessed in lessons and in revision specific lessons leading up to the exams. Teachers regularly use exemplar answers but please ask your child to ask their teacher if they want a model of a specific topic or question.

Please read through the Silverdale Parent Guide to Intelligent Revision. This contains a suggested approach to revision.

This will be done repeatedly in lessons, and we are conducting additional timed (mock style) assessments leading up to the exams. This is also something that can be practised at home. Using a stopwatch and a short answer question try to answer similar questions more quickly over time, marking down how long each took. Picking up the marks more quickly in shorter answer questions can often free up more time for longer questions that have the potential for higher marks. Practice is important especially as there are a lot of exams and you require strong hand muscles, so regular timed tasks that mirror the exam will be a very good use of revision time.

The following videos provide additional time management tips:

• How I Manage My Time - 10 Time Management Tips
• How to manage your time more effectively

The following videos provide information on improving the quality of sleep:

• 6 tips for better sleep
• The benefits of a good night's sleep

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and exam access information is available to teachers on our secure school systems.

This is largely true. It is important that students learn the breadth of the course and make links between knowledge to help access the highest grades. It may also help them in their post-16 studies. There have been specific changes to what students they will be examined on for each subject, and this is detailed in the subject presentations and is being relayed carefully to students in lessons.

All students are already being provided with this information in lessons. Specific details are also on the subject videos on this page. In addition, many subjects are providing handouts or information on Google Classroom.

These details are being given to students in lessons as well as being detailed on the subject videos. If this is not clear or seems unavailable please contact your child’s teacher by email in the first instance.