my top 5 revision tips

Exams are fast approaching and people are starting to plan out their revision. However, a lot of people don't understand how important it is to be organised with your revision as you are approaching your exams. I am here today to give you some advice and tips, that help me to stay organised with my studying.

1. Tip number one is to organise your school work into folders. This should be done before your revision even begins because it makes it a tonne easier to see what belongs where and to see what you have to revise for each subject/topic. Doing this before you start your revision means that you can have it all separate for when it comes on to the next tip.

2. This tip is probably one of the most important, and that is a study planner! I had never bothered with a study planner/revision timetable, until last year, where it helped loads. Last year I made one by myself using Excel, which is an option, but this year I used a website called Get Revising. It allows you to input all of your exams, deadlines, classes and other commitments, and then helps you to place blocks of revision for you to follow. By doing this, you can easily change it around if something comes up, without having to cross everything out on a printed sheet. You can also make it look all colourful, which I think makes it more fun! However, I think it is important to be realistic with the amount of revision you are going to do when designing your planner, because it means that you will be more likely to stick to it. 

3. During my college days, I find that I have a lot of free time, where at the start of the year I watch Netflix or go out to eat, etc. But as it gets closer to exams I think it is very important to use your free time wisely, for example, you could use it to read over notes that you have made previously, or you could even use your time to complete any homework assignments which will leave you with more time to revise at home, after school or college. To help with keeping up to date with homework, you can use a regular planner, where you can write in the homework you are set and when it is due in, and then tick it off when you have completed it. 

4. FLASH CARDS! I love using a website/app called Quizlet for this, because it gives you the chance to make your own flash cards and then test yourself on them later using different games (the website has more games that the app, but you can log in and your flash cards are saved on both). Another good thing about this app though it that you have the option to make your flashcards public, so you and your friends can work together to complete flashcards for different topic to speed up the process.

5. The final tip can sometimes depend on the subject. But I think past papers are really helpful because it gives you the opportunity to familiarise yourself with the different kinds of questions that they will ask you. You could then mark them yourself or ask your teacher to mark them. Some subjects are based around essay questions, so if this is the case it may be more useful to just plan the essays on past papers, rather than completing them.

I hope some of these tips help, they definitely work for me! If you have any other tips that might help some others out then please leave them in a comment. I might do some more revision/exam based Blog posts between now and exam season, so let me know if you would like to see those? And comment with any suggestions. Speak to you next week, Georgia X