Year 8 Revision Booklet 2021

Year 8 Revision Guide 2021

TIPS ON HOW TO REVISE EFFECTIVELY & SUBJECT INFORMATION SHEETS

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CONTENTS Top Revision Tips .....................................................................................................3 Revision Carousel .....................................................................................................4 Best Revision Apps ...................................................................................................5 Memory Techniques ................................................................................................6 Revision sheets Computer Science ....................................................................................................8 Drama.......................................................................................................................9 English ...................................................................................................................10 Food & Nutrition ....................................................................................................12 French ....................................................................................................................13 Geography..............................................................................................................14 History ....................................................................................................................17 Mathematics ..........................................................................................................18 Music ......................................................................................................................19 Religious Studies ...................................................................................................21 Science ...................................................................................................................22 Spanish ...................................................................................................................23 Revision planner ....................................................................................................24 Notes ......................................................................................................................25

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TOP REVISION TIPS There are hundreds of websites, blogs, books and people who have advice on how to revise. We suggest you keep it simple and follow the top five tips below.

1. Create your study space: It needs to be quiet and you need to let others who live with you know that you cannot be interrupted.

2. Write and follow a revision timetable (there is a blank one included in this pack). If you miss a session, re-write the timetable to make sure you cover it later. Be realistic…how long can you concentrate for, what can you realistically cover in a 20 or 30 minute session?

3. PUT YOUR PHONE IN ANOTHER ROOM. A lot of people (adults included) kid themselves that they have worked really hard for three hours when in fact, maybe half of that time has been spent Snapchatting, checking Instagram, experiencing FOMO, checking emails, playing a quick Fortnite mobile game, etc... Be HONEST with yourself. Put the phone in another room and look forward to catching up AFTER your revision session.

4. Variety is the spice of life! Use several different techniques to help things stay in your head. 17 mindmaps will become meaningless, shake it up by trying as many techniques on the next page as appeal to you. Work out the ones that work best for you.

5. Practice makes perfect. Clichéd but true. It is much harder to do some practice questions than answering a kahoot quiz on a topic but it is probably the most effective way of testing what you know and identifying gaps that still need to be learnt. Don’t shy away from the hard revision, this is far more effective than wasted hours copying out notes.

Remember that your teachers will be revising with you in class the week before half term so you will get more tips on individual subjects then.

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REVISION CAROUSEL

Headline It Map It

Create a newspaper headline Create a mind map with the that will remind you of the key key points. Stick it on the wall. points. Start by identifying the key words.

Story It Create a bizarre and multisensory story using the key points.

Mnemonic It

Teach It

Use the first letter of key words to create a sentence.

Split a topic with friends and teach each other.

Buddy It Quiz It Create your own questions from the answers.

Tape It Let your brain really hear your work. Record yourself talking about it - even play it as you fall asleep.

Index It Write the key points on index cards. Use them to learn the sequence too.

Sing It

Working with friends can be fun. Share ways of remembering but make sure you work!

We always remember our favourite song lyrics. Take some work and set it to music even ‘twinkle, twinkle little star’ will do.

Post It

Draw It

Write key words on to post it notes and stick them around your room/house.

Create your own diagram, flow chart, time line, etc. Use colour and pictures.

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BEST REVISION APPS FOR LOWER SCHOOL

Quizlet it Quizlet enables you to create your own revision flashcards, as well as using sets created by others. Teachers in MFL have created sets for you to revise too. When you access a set, there are four different modes in which you can use them: cards, learn, match and test.

Explain Everything it Import a photo, video or popplet, then add your voice explaining what you want to remember: blurt out all the vocabulary, processes and dates you need!

Clips it On Clips you can create short clips with live annotations! We recommend changing the language of your device; use the videos to test your pronunciation for MFL.

iMindMap it With this app, you can create mindmaps using built-in sketch tools and digital add-ons, including some snazzy freehand branches. You can even record audio notes and have them sync to the cloud so you can access your creations from multiple devices.

Kahoot it Why not create your own Kahoot and challenge your friends?

Bookcreator it Create your own revision books to refer back to.

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MEMORY TECHNIQUES Learning to Learn What does the Science of Learning tell us about how we can work smarter?

You might be surprised to learn that some of the most popular techniques for learning are not very effective, according to numerous studies. In “Strengthening the Student Toolbox: study strategies to Boost learning” (Dunlosky, 2013) researchers reviewed the claims backing up several different learning methods. Their conclusions point out that many common methods students use like re-reading, highlighting and underlining and summarisation are not very effective. They are notable in how they may give you a feeling of mastery and learning but don’t provide proper feedback to show what you haven’t actually learned, and are not effective for retention.

In contrast, here are two strategies that research tells us are among the most effective for learning: Retrieval Practice and Spaced Practice.

Retrieval Practice Retrieval practice means trying to recall material you have learned, as opposed to re-reading it.

“Retrieval practice is the act of bringing something to mind that you learned before. The act of retrieval itself strengthens the memory, making information more retrievable later.”

How could you do this with your revision?

1. FLASHCARDS “Students should be encouraged to take notes in a manner that will foster practice tests. For instance, as they read a chapter in their textbook, they should be encouraged to make flashcards, with the key term on one side and the correct answer on the other” (“Strengthening the Student Toolbox: study strategies to Boost learning”)

Making your own flashcards, which you then use to test yourself with, is a great way to help you learn.

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MEMORY TECHNIQUES 2. PRACTISE EXAM QUESTIONS Set a timer and recreate exam conditions.

Completing practise exam questions and then marking them yourself against the mark scheme is a good way to test yourself and get feedback on what you need to go over.

Re-draft. Once you have marked your work, re-draft part or all of it. Now you know the answers and what’s expected, can you re-draft it more effectively from memory?

3. BLANK MIND MAPS / KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS Once you have created your own completed Knowledge Organiser / Mind map for a topic, test yourself by seeing if you can rewrite the key points from memory on to a blank version. Creating the mind map alone and re-reading it is not enough, you need to recall the information in order to strengthen your memory.

Spaced Practice Space out studying.

There is a benefit of having time delays between your revision sessions for a topic.

If you are revising a subject, you will maximise your chance of remembering the content if you revise topics over time. ‘Mass’ revision of individual topics all at once is less effective than revising topics ‘little and often’. Revising topics at a later point in time, when you may have forgotten some details, has been found to be more effective.

Even if it feels frustrating to forget, it’s actually helpful in the learning process.

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COMPUTER SCIENCE Details of exam 1 hour exam on the computer.

It will consist of both multiple choice questions and written answers.

Topics to revise How does the internet work?

Common HTML tags

When I enter a web address and press You need to know all the HTML tags enter, how does the page appear on my which are on the Year 8 Exam Revision screen? You need to know what is meant Materials on Sparkjar Topics. by these terms: • • • • • • • • •

Web browser software URL Search engine Web Server IP address A packet Fibre optic cable Copper cable Domain Name Server

Internet of Things Describe what is meant by the Internet of Things, give examples of devices and their benefits. Be able to explain the security and privacy concerns and how they could be prevented.

Graphics What are the differences between vector graphics and bitmap / raster graphics?

When are each type used?

What are the advantages of each type?

Revision tasks to be completed • • •

Create flashcards covering the key points from the Year 8 Exam Revision Materials on Sparkjar Topics, with a question on one side and answer on the other. Use these flashcards to test yourself.

Practise re-drawing the diagram showing how the Internet works.

Create a quizziz or other online quiz with the key terms.

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DRAMA Details of exam The exam will last 1 hour and will include a mixture of mix and match and short and long written answers.

Topics to revise •

What is a Production Element?

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Analysing effects of lighting choices

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Lighting terminology

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Identifying sound effects in a script

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Set design terminology

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Designing your own lighting

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Writing to evaluate

Revision tasks to be completed •

Make flash cards with key terminology · Visit this sites to experiment with lighting: http://scenicandlighting.com/ academic/light-labs-and-more/

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Watch these videos on lighting and set design:

3 ways to create a space that moves you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU8JYKGekXo Design challenge: designing and making a set: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLw-QapkxnA Extension: behind the scenes of designing the set of Wicked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DHcON8JKhY Behind the Emerald Curtain: How ‘Wicked’ uses lighting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUKDU3r6MYY Lighting War Horse: The Royal Opera House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY4oNW6s_y0&feature=emb_title •

Watch online videos of professional productions from National Theatre at Home, The Globe theatre, RSC online, Digital Theatre.

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Find pictures of theatre sets and practice evaluating using the structure used in class.

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ENGLISH Details of exam 1

Exam 1: Reading (45 minutes)

Marks

Timing (planning & writing)

Response to Prose 1. A question about ‘The Wind Singer’ by William Nicholson. You will be required to write about one of the three extracts that you studied (the extract will be provided in the exam).

2. In your answer, you could also refer to other parts of the novel.

3. The exam question will be worded in this way: Either:  How does Nicholson present the character of X in the novel…?

Or:  How does Nicholson present the theme of … in the novel? / How does Nicholson present ideas about…?

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5 minutes to plan 40 minutes to write = 45 minutes

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5 minutes to plan + 30 write + 5 check = 45 minutes

Exam 2: Creative Writing (45 minutes) 2

This exam assess your ability to narrate and/or describe. You will choose ONE of two written tasks: A) Either respond to a question that asks you to describe.

B) Or respond to a question that asks you to narrate.

You are assessed on your ability to produce: • A developed response with structure and vocabulary chosen for effect.

• Accurate use of a range of punctuation beyond full-stops, commas, capital letters and apostrophes.

• Accurate spelling of all words including some ambitious vocabulary.

• Accurate use of paragraphs which are shaped for effect.

Topics to revise Reading and writing tasks linked to the three extracts that you studied.

Creative writing

General: Vocabulary, spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Reading and writing tasks linked to ‘The Wind Singer’ and three extracts that you studied.

Reading and Comprehension Revision 1. Read the practice exams that you have already done, including CATs. 2. What are your targets?

3. Write a list of targets (e.g. use quotation marks, zoom in on words, and answer in more detail).

4. Learn terminology: simile, alliteration, metaphor, personification and onomatopoeia (SAMPO).

5. The best way to develop your comprehension skills is to read as widely as possible outside the classroom.

Creative Writing Revision 1. Revise planning. Remember: one character, one place, one event.

2. In your plan, include: • A range of descriptive words and techniques such as simile , alliteration, metaphor, personification and onomatopoeia.

• The senses (sight, sound, touch, smell and taste) • At least one interesting structural feature. Examples: A) A flashback B) A sentence of one paragraph for emphasis C) A maximum of two lines of dialogue • The punctuation marks that you have revised this academic year • Sequencing words and phrases e.g. Then, The next day, I remember when...etc.

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ENGLISH continued Topics to revise continued...

Creative Writing Revision 3. Scatter the ideas from your plan into your writing, remembering to vary your sentences.

4. Keep your eye on the clock so that you finish your story 5 minutes before the end of the exam.

5. Check your work and correct any errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar.

General Topics to Revise Vocabulary 1. Read through your homework in your exercise book. Do you repeat the same words (e.g. ‘nice’)? Use an online thesaurus to makes lists of other words that you might use.

2. Make a list of new vocabulary that you come across in your regular reading in your exercise book. Try and use these words.

3. The best way to increase your vocabulary is to read as widely as possible outside the classroom.

Spelling 1. Read through your homework in your exercise book.

2. Review classwork on spelling rules, advice on how to learn spellings, homophones, etc.

3. Learn the spelling of a few words a day.

Punctuation and Grammar 1. Read through the work from your VSPaG lessons. Learn terminology.

2. Read through your homework in your exercise book: • If you have done additional VSPaG work (e.g. revising TipTop paragraphing rules), review that.

• If your teacher has corrected your use of grammar, learn the correction(s).

3. Give yourself grammar targets, so that you do not repeat the same mistakes.

Other tips Look at interesting pictures and practise planning for ten minutes.

Further revision for spelling, punctuation and grammar is in ‘Mr Bruff’s Guide to Grammar’, which is on the DLS. Free Rice is a very useful website for developing your vocabulary. The quizzes adjust to accommodate your ability, growing gradually harder as you become more accomplished. Free Rice also provides grammar quizzes. It is also a social enterprise; the more questions you answer correctly, the more rice they donate to charity! http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1950 Oxford Dictionaries: Spellings is an invaluable website for practising tricky and/or irregular spellings. A small notebook and committing to learning around five of the spellings from this list per week could significantly help you in your English attainment. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/spelling/common-misspellings BBC Bitesize contains a range of activities and resources to support your development in English: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/z3kw2hv The VSPaG support is also fantastic: http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/english General grammar: https://www.grammarbook.com/#google_vignette

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FOOD & NUTRITION Details of exam This will be a written examination of 1 hour of short questions and longer questions to apply your knowledge.

Topics to revise Nutrition

Food science and commodities

Food groups and nutrients – main nutrients and their function.

Review questions on white sauce making Review recipe sheets and skills and also and gelatinization. health and safety needed to produce a good quality dish.

Eatwell guide and 8 Tips for Eating well and how to apply rules to meals.

Food skills and Health & Safety

Revision tasks to be completed Use your revision booklet to help you, there is a filled in copy on Sparkjar in the topic called revision.

Other tips Make sure you give examples in higher mark questions. Remember PEEL – Point, example, evidence and link.

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FRENCH Details of exam Reading and Writing: 1 hour: For the writing you will have some short exercises and one longer task where you will have to describe a person, your town, what you do in your free time or your school day and include opinions.

Make sure you answer the questions for the Reading in the language stated in the instructions.

Topics to revise • • • • • • • •

Talking about personalities Talking about relationships Talking about likes and dislikes Talking about Paris and places to visit Talking about means of transport Talking about clothes Talking about hobbies, music, tv Talking about food and drinks

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Talking about your passion The present tense of -er verbs The present tense of avoir and être: j’ai une passion pour …

The present tense of -ir and -re verbs in the je, nous and ils forms The perfect tense of regular and the most common irregular verbs Saying where you went: je suis allé (e), nous sommes allés(e)s, on est allé(e)(s)

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Using c’était…/ ce n’était pas…

Using the present and perfect tense Agreement of adjectives Je m’entends bien avec/ je me dispute avec/ je me chamaille avec/ etc…

Using the near future Using 3 time frames Using comparative adjectives Using the partitive: du, de la, de l’, des Using expressions of quantities

Revision tasks to be completed •

Questions to be answered using the support provided.

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Revise the vocabulary covered on Quizlet: 2020-2021 Year 8 French

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Look at Topics on Sparkjar

Other tips

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Remember to practise little and often.

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Topics - KS3 French - BBC Bitesize

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GEOGRAPHY Details of exam You will be sitting an examination of one hour.

The question paper will have short answers, matching exercises, definitions, filling in the gaps and other similar question types.

You will also be tested on your Application of skills and knowledge and you may be asked questions on: 1.Interpreting maps • Using symbols • Using scale • Using grid references (4 and 6 figure) • Drawing a cross section 2.Interpreting graphs or forms of data presentation • Describing trends on graphs • Identifying clustering or patterns of distribution 3.Interpreting geographical information from photographs or sketches • You should be able to describe physical or human geographical features • You should be able to explain why a location might have certain features and how this might affect people living there You will also be tested on your Skills of Analysis • You should be able to compare different locations/ views/ responses/ effects • You should be able to rank and justify the importance of factors in different geographical case studies You will also be tested on your Evaluation skills • You will be able to weigh up the arguments to an issue and give reasons for your decision

Topics to revise You will need to revise the following topics: • Ecosystems • Tropical Rainforest Biome • Case Study of the Amazon • Population and Migration • Case Study of Rural to Urban Migration in Brazil • Mexican Migration to the USA

Revision tasks to be completed The following list gives you a focus for revision ECOSYSTEMS: Ensure you have revised the meaning and understand the following aspects: Ecosystems, Biome, Biodiversity, Consumer, Carnivore, Decomposer, Herbivore, Omnivore, Biotic, Abiotic, Food chain, Food web, Nutrient cycle, Photosynthesis, Producer, Deciduous Woodlands, Light levels, Moisture levels, Canopy Case Study: The Amazon Ensure you have revised the meaning and understand the following aspects: Location, Adaptations, Emergents, Canopy, Undercanopy, Shrub layer, Forest floor, Drip tips, Epiphytes, Climate, Lianas, Branchless trunks, Animal life, Insect life, Soil In addition you need to know about: • Adaptations of plants, animals and people • How the tropical Rainforest tribes use the rainforest • What are the causes and effects of deforestation 14

GEOGRAPHY continued Revision tasks to be completed POPULATION AND MIGRATION Ensure you have revised the meaning and understand the following aspects: • Location of densely and sparsely populated areas of the world • Factors affecting population density • Factors affecting Birth, Death and Natural Increase rates • The Demographic Transition Model • Population Pyramids and how to interpret them • Push/ Pull factors of migration Case Studies: • Rural to Urban Migration in Brazil • Mexican Migration to the USA You will be completing a Decision-Making Exercise on FRACKING IN THE UK You will need to revise energy types, the positive and negative impacts of fracking BE PREPARED TO EVALUATE, JUDGE AND JUSTIFY A DECISION Remember to use a variety of revision methods So what could you do to revise? Here are some suggestions: • • • • • • • • • • •

Write up key words Spidergram Poster Diagram Cartoon pictures Notes on key ideas Watch BBC Learning zone clips Use appropriate websites e.g. Quizizz Paired Revision Testing Reduce notes to key words

Map Skills 1. To practice some map skills you could try: • •

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/map-skills http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/geography/geographical_enquiry/geographical_skills/revision/5/

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Practice describing maps and graphs:

This website might help you with some describing words: http://www.eslflow.com/Describing-graphs-vocabulary-worksheet.html Ecosystems: Use your exercise book to revise the topics but you might also find these useful: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/ztgw2hv http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/ecosystem.html

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GEOGRAPHY continued Revision tasks to be completed Brazil: Look at the notes in your exercise books but you can also look at these https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hllU9NEcJyg http://www.slideshare.net/crissy123/amazon-deforestation-presentation-7919319 Population Look at the notes in your exercise books but you can also look at these: The Demographic Transition Model http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/population/population_change_structure_rev4.shtml http://geographyfieldwork.com/DemographicTransition.htm http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-demographic-transition-definition-stages.html

Migration http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zkg82hv/revision

Other tips •

Use flashcards to learn key geography terms. Geography has quite a lot of special terminology that it is important to get clear in your head. A good way to learn and remember terms and words is by using flashcards. Write one term onto a small piece of card or paper, with the definition and brief explanation written on the other side. Once you have the cards then pick one at random and try to remember what it means, checking the back if you can’t. Once you have done this a few times you will find you can remember a lot more than before.

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Try an online practice test. You can test some of your knowledge about geography and maps on certain websites (some have been listed above).

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Apply effective studying methods. If some of the techniques are working for you better than others, then you might want to focus more time on those ones. By finding the ones that work best for you, you can make studying an easier time.

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Take breaks. Be sure to take a five minute break every twenty minutes so that you don't exhaust yourself. In these short breaks stand up and move around a bit to release some tension and get your blood moving around more. Don’t take really long breaks, you could lose your flow and find it harder to get back to work.

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Test each other’s knowledge. One of the big advantages of studying in a group is that you can test each other and see where you have gaps. You can do this by using the flashcards you prepared.

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Ask someone to test you. By reviewing what you have studied with another person, you will be able to see how much you know.

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Review your notes and flashcards. Go over the information that you have studied, highlighting facts that you know as you go.

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HISTORY Details of exam Your summer exam will last for 1 hour.

The exam will consist of a variety of questions and test you on different skills. There will be a knowledge section testing your factual knowledge of the topics below (e.g. key dates, names, etc.). There will be questions which will require extended answers and developed explanations. There will also be source-based questions, testing your ability to understand and compare historical sources/interpretations, as well as the ability to consider how useful a source is.

We will revise how to answer the different types of questions in class, but for now you should concentrate on learning the content (the facts and details).

Topics to revise The Industrial Revolution: • •

The Domestic System Child Labour

Political Change in the 19th and 20th Centuries • • • •

Problems with the political system in 1800 Peterloo Chartism / 1832 Great Reform Act Women and the Vote

Black Tudors • • • • •

John Blanke Diego Mary Fillis Cattelena of Almondsbury Jacques Francis

Revision tasks to be completed There are lots of different ways to revise History: • • • • • • • •

Colourful mind-maps Flash cards Colourful revision notes Look, cover, write, check (test yourself) Teach someone else Practise writing answers to questions Check the feedback on your marked work from throughout the year Different revision techniques suit different people, so you need to figure out what works best for you.

Other tips In the exam remember that the marks for the individual questions should act as a guide for how much you should be writing e.g. a 12-mark question requires a lot more detail and explanation than a 4-mark question.

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MATHEMATICS Details of exam Paper 1 - non-calculator (1 hour) Paper 2 – calculator (1 hour)

Topics to revise • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Powers and roots Index laws Prime numbers and prime factor decomposition Rounding and estimating Calculations with fractions Forming and solving equations Co-ordinates in 4 quadrants Metric measures Units of time Angles on a line, point, triangle and quadrilateral Angles on parallel lines Area and circumference of circles Proportion Percentage calculations Ratio Averages

Revision tasks to be completed Students should go through their exercise books and the KPI assessments and identify key facts, formula and methods for each topic. These can be summarised on mind maps, flash cards, etc.

A pack of revision questions/answers will be provided the week before half term.

These can be used for independent study both in class and over half term.

Other tips Students can use Hegarty Maths to revise and practise any topic (they don’t need to have a task set for them).

There are 3 ways to search for relevant videos/quizzes on Hegarty Maths: 1.

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Type the topic name into the search bar (top middle of screen) and select the relevant quiz.

Look back at the assessment feedback sheets in your exercise book – clip numbers are contained in the column ‘HM Clip’.

If you type the number into the search bar it will take you straight to the relevant quiz.

Click the ‘Fix Up 5’ button (next to the search button). This takes you to 5 questions you have previously tried and got wrong on Hegarty Maths.

Deliberately practising things you have previously got wrong is one of the best ways to improve.

REMEMBER TO WATCH THE HEGARTY VIDEOS FOR EXTRA HELP!

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MUSIC Details of exam Pupils will be given one hour to complete an online test. The test will feature a series of theory and listening activities relating to the schemes of work covered by the pupils this academic year.

Topics to revise Elements of Music • Pitch, dynamics, timbre, structure, texture, tempo, duration/rhythm • Understand the vocabulary associated with each element • Be able to recognise aurally, how these elements are used in different ways

Working with Chords • Recognise the notes on a treble clef and bass clef staff, including sharps and flats • Read simple rhythmic patterns with three or four beats in a bar • Have a secure understanding of how to build a triad • Know the primary and secondary chords • Recognise major and minor tonalities aurally Theme and Variations • Describe theme and variation structure • Understand how the elements of music can be changed in a variation • Aurally recognise changes in a variation • Be able to suggest how characters and personalities can be described through music Folk Music • Explain the origins of folk music from the British Isles • Identify key folk instruments and recognise them aurally • Have a basic understanding of modes and be able to explain the Dorian mode • Explain the musical characteristics of folk music e.g. simple melodies, repetition

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MUSIC continued...

How to revise for the listening test •

All PowerPoints and lesson resources can be found on the Digital Learning Site under ‘Music’

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Revise the work covered this year by working through exercise books and tasks on Sparkjar

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Use interactive websites to practise skills: https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/ for tutorials and exercises on note reading

https://quizizz.com/ for quizzes on the elements of music, rhythm, notation and instrumental sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/zbmct39 for advanced revision on music theory and the elements of music.

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RELIGIOUS STUDIES Details of exam Your summer exam will last for 1 hour and will test you on all the units that you have studied this year.

The exam will be split into four sections.

Section A: This will be a knowledge-based tasks on all the units that you have studied. Key words and concepts will be very important for this.

Section B: This will be based on shorter answer questions and will involve you explaining the meaning behind some of the key themes that you have looked at over the year. Pay attention to: • • •

What are ultimate questions and what do you think about them?

What are the most important things for Muslims and for the Islamic faith?

What examples are there of heroes and why are they heroes?

Section C: You will be given a source and asked a question based around it. You may be asked to explain, evaluate or analyse this source. It can be from any unit of work.

Section D: This is a longer written answer and will need you to use knowledge and understanding as well as your personal beliefs to write a structured answer.

Topics to revise •

What does it mean to be a hero?

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Islam

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Ultimate questions

Revision tasks to be completed • • • • • •

Read your exercise book or book creator and highlight key words or ideas.

Make a list or glossary of these terms.

Use Knowledge Organiser.

For each unit create a brainstorm of the important information for each section.

Have a friend or peer test you on the important information.

Create another brainstorm of the unit, this time without the help of your book.

Other tips •

If you revise with a friend, it will help you to make sure you have all the notes. If you have missed any lessons you must make sure that, you have caught up on all the notes.

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If stuck, see your teacher.

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SCIENCE Details of exam 2 x 1 hour exams that will include a range of question types.

Topics to revise DIGESTION • Balanced diet, energy requirements and food tests • Bacteria and digestion • Human digestive system and digestion BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES • The skeleton, muscles, joints and movement • Lungs, breathing and diffusion • Drugs and misuse • Aerobic and anaerobic respiration • Heredity, DNA and chromosomes

PERIODIC TABLE • The periodic table • Energetics and Rates REACTIVITY • Reactivity Series • Structure of the Atom • Electronic Configuration • Reactions of Metals • Extraction of Metals

SOUND • Sound: wavelength, how we hear, vibrations, reflection and absorption of sound, ultrasound, hearing range, loudness/amplitude, pitch/ frequency, comparing light and sound LIGHT AND SPACE • Spectrum of Light • Solar System • Gravity • Reflection, Refraction and Absorption.

PHOTOSYNTHESIS • Plant structure • Photosynthesis • Importance of pollination

Revision tasks to be completed • • • • •

Use your revision guide, topic booklets and PowerPoints from the SparkJar to revise any topics you are unsure about.

You can revise from the BBC Bitesize website.

Review your class notes and handouts.

Practise as many questions (obtained from the internet) as you can.

Review all the work in your exercise book and think carefully about your targets; which areas of your work need attention?

Other tips • • • • • • •

In the exam, make sure that you read the question carefully so you understand what is being asked. In addition, always try to answer the question as fully and directly as you can.

Look at the number of marks available for each question and make sure you include enough points.

Attempt every question.

Keep a careful eye on the time: it is often better to leave a question that you cannot do and spend more time on those that you confidently can.

Bring spare pens, pencils, eraser, ruler and most importantly a calculator.

Check the back page!

Check your work!

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SPANISH Details of exam Reading and Writing: 1 hour. For the writing you will have some short exercises and one longer task where you will have to write about holidays or your daily life. In either topic you will need to include opinions and different time frames (tenses) Make sure you answer the questions for the Reading exam in the language stated in the instructions.

Topics to revise Past Holidays • Where you went - countries and transport • What you did • Your opinion of the holiday Using the preterite past tense of regular AR, ER, IR verbs in I forms and we forms The preterite past tense of IR - to go: fui, fuiste, fue etc.

Past tense time phrases and sequence words Using fue + adjective to give opinions Free Time • Film and TV programmes • Free time activities • What you did yesterday • Sports Present tense of regular AR, ER and IR verbs in I form Use of time frequency phrases (normalmente, todos los días, a veces, raramente, nunca)

School • Description of school facilities • Opinions about school subjects • Typical school day • Description of school uniform Food & Healthy Living • Types of food • What you do to stay healthy (sports)

Using immediate future tense to say what you are going to do (voy a ir / voy a jugar) Using adjectives and making them agree with nouns Prefiero …. porque es más + adjective / tiene más + noun Es lo/la más + adjective – It’s the most …

Using preterite past, present, and immediate future tenses to talk about holidays in three tenses.

Using a range of opinions to state preferences and following opinions with justifications (porque es relajante) Using the preterite past tense of regular AR, ER, IR verbs in I forms and we forms (escuché, escuchamos, vi, vimos, jugué, jugamos etc.)

Revision tasks to be completed—see REVISION TOPIC IN SPARKJAR •

Practise describing photos and answering questions (maybe record yourself on your iPad)

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Revise the vocabulary covered on Quizlet 2020-2021: Dunottar Year 8 Spanish and in Knowledge Organisers in Topics

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Practise key verbs in the relevant tenses (on Quizlet or using www.conjuguemos.com)

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Make revision cards / mind-maps / notes of each topic

Other tips •

It’s important to practise little and often – aim to learn 10-20 words a week!

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Try listening to and reading as much Spanish as you can to hone your skills.

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Look at Topics on Sparkjar.

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Evening 2

Evening 1

Afternoon 2

Afternoon 1

Morning 2

Morning 1

Review

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Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

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Sunday

REVISION PLANNER

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NOTES Note down useful websites you have found (including usernames and passwords) or key information from this booklet or your school sessions to help you with your revision. Remember, it’s a personal process so everyone will have a slightly different approach!

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NOTES Note down useful websites you have found (including usernames and passwords) or key information from this booklet or your school sessions to help you with your revision. Remember, it’s a personal process so everyone will have a slightly different approach!

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