[shyamshah]

Hello,
Anyone know ways to revise for RS, Food technology and ICT? there aren't many past papers around which i havent done and i dont know how i am meant to revise for them
Thank you in advance

[Jhyzone]

(Original post by shyamshah)
Hello,
Anyone know ways to revise for RS, Food technology and ICT? there aren't many past papers around which i havent done and i dont know how i am meant to revise for them
Thank you in advance

Are you sure? If you give me your exam board for each subject I may be able to point you in the right direction.

As a general guide for any subjects I propose 4 steps:


1) Print out a copy of the Specification for each subject. Have a look through the bullet points, headings etc.


2) Make study notes using your textbook that will cover these bullet points. Make sure your notes are in your own words, use colours, draw pictures, anything that will make it PERSONAL to you. Let's face it by the end of day it will be you who will be using them. Just to point out though, writing notes is time consuming so make sure you just copy whats RELEVANT and what you DO NOT KNOW already


3) Study your notes! Write them down a few times or better still condense your notes into flashcards. Read them again. Explain them to someone else or to something. Teach it to others. Write a song about it. Do anything that will help you memorise your notes Again it must be PERSONAL to you.


4) Practice past paper questions. This may be difficult if you cannot find any past exam papers. The best way would be to turn each of the bullet points from the specification into a question - use what, how, why, when, where? etc.
If you do this for every bullet point of the specification you're on the way to getting A*s. Nearer the exam time it would be good if you can practice writing exam under timed conditions too.


I hope this helps. Please do not hesitate to PM me if you have anymore questions.

[shyamshah]

(Original post by Jhyzone)
Are you sure? If you give me your exam board for each subject I may be able to point you in the right direction.

As a general guide for any subjects I propose 4 steps:


1) Print out a copy of the Specification for each subject. Have a look through the bullet points, headings etc.


2) Make study notes using your textbook that will cover these bullet points. Make sure your notes are in your own words, use colours, draw pictures, anything that will make it PERSONAL to you. Let's face it by the end of day it will be you who will be using them. Just to point out though, writing notes is time consuming so make sure you just copy whats RELEVANT and what you DO NOT KNOW already


3) Study your notes! Write them down a few times or better still condense your notes into flashcards. Read them again. Explain them to someone else or to something. Teach it to others. Write a song about it. Do anything that will help you memorise your notes Again it must be PERSONAL to you.


4) Practice past paper questions. This may be difficult if you cannot find any past exam papers. The best way would be to turn each of the bullet points from the specification into a question - use what, how, why, when, where? etc.
If you do this for every bullet point of the specification you're on the way to getting A*s. Nearer the exam time it would be good if you can practice writing exam under timed conditions too.


I hope this helps. Please do not hesitate to PM me if you have anymore questions.

Im on AQA for RS and Food tech and Edexcel for ICT, but i have done all the past papers available on the websites for the selected subjects. I have written notes for Food tech and RS, I will print the specification for the subjects. Thank you again.

[iJess]

For RS the head of re recorded re voice clips for us and we got booklets on every topic split in to 2 booklets. Book 1 for the first exam & book 2 for the 2nd exam. Do you school do similar?

[shyamshah]

(Original post by iJess)
For RS the head of re recorded re voice clips for us and we got booklets on every topic split in to 2 booklets. Book 1 for the first exam & book 2 for the 2nd exam. Do you school do similar?

Nah they dont, they have questions on the school website but there is no mark scheme so i dont really see the point in doing those questions.

[thatgirlbecky]

EDIT: Woops, this was meant to be in reply to iJess' post

Wow, my teacher has barely covered all the course content and i doubt she'll get around to teaching it before our exam in 5 weeks Our RS department would never bother to create something like that! I can tell I'm going to be self-teaching myself Hinduism and failing the exam...