How To Plan Your Revision

Step 1: Time

The odd hour here and there isn't enough. Make a revision plan you can stick to, with a daily outline that includes times for breaks and meals. Try to keep a diary which outlines not only your revision timetable but also social and other arrangements.

Step 2: Mix subjects

Know your strong and weak subjects and mix them up on your timetable, don't do all the nightmare topics at once.

Step 3: Targets

Set reasonable targets that you know you can reach and tick them off as you accomplish them. It may even be a good idea to reward yourself with a treat on the completion of a target.

Step 4: Support

You will need help at some point, ask parents, siblings, teachers and friends for support. This may be as simple as giving you a quiet space to work in and keeping noisy siblings away from you when you are trying to revise.

Step 5: Space

Find somewhere suitable to revise. Whether it's at home, at school or at the local library make sure the space is comfortable and quiet. You could also try working with other people but, if you can't concentrate, save get-togethers for breaks away from the studying and books.

Step 6: Exams

As soon as you have your exam dates put them into your revision plan.

Step 7: Exam Papers

Get hold of past exam papers so that you can practise answering them. Themes and questions are often recycled over the years so a past question may appear in your own exam.