How do people stay consistent with revision timetables??

my teacher told me to try out a revision timetable and i said sure, why not, lets try it. i still havent gotten round to it tho(mostly cause of procrastination hahah) and i just dont understand how im supposed to plan it and how people manage to follow it when spaced repetition exists- how am i supposed to follow a fixed schedule when spaced repetition calls for reviewing content in a non-fixed manner? plus, the amount of time i have also depends on when ill be washing my hair and if im doing any clubs or doing something with my family, or working on my textiles GCSE sketchbook (takes me ages :,( lol) i tried doing a timetable last year but it just didnt work for me- i made the times go up by half an hour in each box. obviously ended up scrapping the idea because it just seemed so pointless. how can i make a flexible timetable?? not a big fan of going digital as i want it to be on the wall in my room. or should i just scrap a revision timetable completely?? it would be nice to atleast have subjects/topics vaguely planned out but the idea of a revision timetable confuses me

Hey @weemie,
Sticking to a revision timetable can be tough - and the truth is that what that timetable looks like will look different for every student. Some students enjoy doing four thirty to forty minute blocks of different subjects each night; others prefer only focusing on one subject a night and studying it in-depth for two hours. A revision timetable is ideally built around your schedule; if you have clubs or events with your family during the week, you can make up for it by doing some extra revision on the weekends or vice versa.
What I would recommend if you're struggling to stick to a strict timetable is to draw up one that works for you. How many hours could you spare on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc.? Do you want to study one subject a night, or three or four?
If you choose one subject a day, you might study (for example) Maths on a Monday, English Langauge on a Tuesday, Biology on a Wednesday - you can write up a list of what days you want to assign to each subject.
If you want to study multiple subjects a day, break those subjects down into managable blocks (e.g. 30/40 minutes each) and alternate them throughout the week.
I studied GCSE Art and Design, so I completely understand wanting to work on your Textiles sketchbook. No matter what format you choose, I would recommend allocating a day solely to Textiles (perhaps a day over the weekend) as I know it can be quite content heavy and require a lot of time. That way, you won't feel like you're falling behind in that subject whilst still regularly revising your others. 🙂
Hopefully this was helpful and best of luck,
Eve (Kingston Rep).

my teacher told me to try out a revision timetable and i said sure, why not, lets try it. i still havent gotten round to it tho(mostly cause of procrastination hahah) and i just dont understand how im supposed to plan it and how people manage to follow it when spaced repetition exists- how am i supposed to follow a fixed schedule when spaced repetition calls for reviewing content in a non-fixed manner? plus, the amount of time i have also depends on when ill be washing my hair and if im doing any clubs or doing something with my family, or working on my textiles GCSE sketchbook (takes me ages :,( lol) i tried doing a timetable last year but it just didnt work for me- i made the times go up by half an hour in each box. obviously ended up scrapping the idea because it just seemed so pointless. how can i make a flexible timetable?? not a big fan of going digital as i want it to be on the wall in my room. or should i just scrap a revision timetable completely?? it would be nice to atleast have subjects/topics vaguely planned out but the idea of a revision timetable confuses me

Hi @weemie
I used to find that having more of a to do list rather than a timetable worked for me. I would sometimes make this in advance or sometimes on the day. It would be a list of things that I ideally wanted to complete that day, but there would not be any times on it. This meant that I could have more things for the days where I did not have anything after school and less on the busier evenings.
Hope this helps!
Sophie.
BCU Student Rep.

my teacher told me to try out a revision timetable and i said sure, why not, lets try it. i still havent gotten round to it tho(mostly cause of procrastination hahah) and i just dont understand how im supposed to plan it and how people manage to follow it when spaced repetition exists- how am i supposed to follow a fixed schedule when spaced repetition calls for reviewing content in a non-fixed manner? plus, the amount of time i have also depends on when ill be washing my hair and if im doing any clubs or doing something with my family, or working on my textiles GCSE sketchbook (takes me ages :,( lol) i tried doing a timetable last year but it just didnt work for me- i made the times go up by half an hour in each box. obviously ended up scrapping the idea because it just seemed so pointless. how can i make a flexible timetable?? not a big fan of going digital as i want it to be on the wall in my room. or should i just scrap a revision timetable completely?? it would be nice to atleast have subjects/topics vaguely planned out but the idea of a revision timetable confuses me

Hey similar to the to do list idea I used to make a timetable where each slot had options. eg I liked maths, biology and history the same so i put them together. It meant I felt a bit more control over it which helped me stop procrastinating, and I could prioritise where I felt most behind. Also try not to be overly ambitious when you make the timetable - be realistic about how much time you have in a day! Hope this helps 🙂