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Year 8 Revision
Lists
Summer exams
2018
Exams Start Monday 4th June 2018Helpful tips for successful revision
Make sure you know EXACTLY WHAT you need to learn. Ask your
teacher. Most subjects will give you a revision list.
Don’t expect the teachers to tell you everything that is on the exam! Plan your
revision early.
Make out a revision timetable. You will be creating one of these during your
Study Skills session in school with your form tutor. Make sure you stick to it.
The exams begin Monday 4th June.
You must NOT leave all your revision to the night before. This is unwise.
Make sure you get plenty of sleep in the weeks and days leading up to your
exams.
There are many different ways to revise. You will go through a number of
methods during your Study Skills sessions in school.
Whichever method you choose it is a good idea to get someone to ask you
what you have learnt. This is how you will know the bits that you need to go
over again.
The secret is to be ORGANISED and not to panic!
Make sure you come to each exam properly equipped e.g. pens, pencils,
rubber, ruler, calculator, colouring pencils etc.These exams will test what you know, what you understand and what you can do.
When you revise, try to understand the notes. Do not try to memorise everything,
except maybe in languages. If you understand for example, the Science notes then you
are more likely to remember them. Trying to remember facts that you do not
understand is a waste of time.
In order to understand your subject, you must do more than just read your notes. The
following examples are some ways you might like to try to understand your notes
better:
1. Underline or highlight important words or sections and make a list of key
words and definitions.
2. Make a summary of the topic. Some useful methods are:
(a) Lists – of key facts and key words is a useful way of remembering things.
(b) Flow charts – a flow chart is a series of short statements connected by arrows.
It is useful for summarising a sequence of events.
(c) Diagrams- draw diagrams to summarise important sections or notes. Diagrams
are helpful because people find it easier to remember things in pictures. Make
your diagram simple and easy to remember. Write the labels a little distance
from the diagram so that you can cover them up later and test yourself.
(d) Note cards – writing down the main points from a lot of information on note
cards. These are good as you only include the essential information. They are
small and can fit in your pocket so you can revise anywhere.
3. Use previous test papers you have already done. Go over the questions and see
if you can improve your mark.
The next few pages show how you might like to organise your revision. This way you
will not leave out any subject and you can see what you have already completed.
These are the revision lists from your subject teachers. Make sure that you revise
everything on the list.
You should set revision targets for the following week well in advance and try very
hard to keep to them. This may mean you may miss your favourite television
programme but the effort will be worth it in the end.
You may also have homework to complete during this time.
Revision should only be started when all homework for that evening is
completed.
Good luck!Important information about:
ART
There is no specific revision needed for this subject.
MUSIC
In Music class, you will perform on the tin whistle the song ‘Love Me
Tender’ on page 21 of your workbook. This will be a solo assessment.
“Genius is 1% inspiration
And
99% perspiration”
Thomas Edison –
Inventor of the light bulb!Date Subjects Work to be learnt Tick when
and completed
time
Wed Geography Keywords
16th
May The list of keywords and definitions will be
given out in class. Learn all definitions.
Atmosphere
2x30 Evaporation
minutes Dispersed
Source
Migrant
Tributary
Function
Nucleated
Pollution
Precipitation
Relief
Settlement
Site
Tsunami
Weather
Urban
Convenience
Comparison
Flood
Plates
Home Economics
Revision list the same for all bands- the
questions just have a different format.
1. The Balance of Good Health/The
Eatwell Plate – Page 63/64.
2. Green, amber and red foods –
Page 68.
3. Eight guidelines for a healthy
diet. Page 61.Thurs English You will complete a standardised English
th test which will assess your reading and
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writing. You will complete exercises in the
May following areas:
2x 30 1) Spelling
minutes
2) Punctuation
3) Grammar
4) Comprehension- reading for
meaning
5) Vocabulary
6) Synonyms
7) Meanings of words
You should revise the following topics:
Spelling rules, common mistakes
with spellings, homophones,
patterns of words, single and double
letters, rules for plurals, prefixes and
suffixes.
Punctuation rules for the use of the
full stop, comma, apostrophe, colon,
semi colon, question mark, speech
mark and exclamation mark.
Religion 1. The Ministry of Jesus.
John the Baptist, The Baptism of
Jesus, The Call of the Disciples, The
Parables.
Term 2 Lessons 10, 13, 15, 16, 19.
Pages 95, 96, 104, 110, 112,117
_____Fri
18th Year 8 (See learning outcomes for full details
of units)
May Maths
Unit 1: Facts, Figures and Charts
2x30
Unit 2: Time, Timetables and the Calendar
minutes Unit 3: Money and Decimals
Sat French
19th Unit 1
Myself-term 1 booklet – Eiffel Tower – page
May
24
Greetings
2 x 30
minutes Saying hello
Asking how someone is
Saying how you are
Asking someone’s name
Saying your name
Birthdays
Months
Days of the week
Numbers to 31
Asking when someone’s birthday is
Saying when your birthday is
Saying how old you are
Unit 2
Families and pets- Term 2 booklet – Family
on the front – pages 19 and 20
______Simpsons family members
Pets
Colours
Describing self, others and pets
Personality
Physical description
*read/cover write and check is the best
method for revising French.
REMEMBER!! You can log on free to
Linguascope for revision
Username: htc
Password: salut3
Sun Science
th
20 Environment and Feeding Relationships
May
Acids and Alkalis
2x30
minutes Solids, Liquids and Gases
The Normans
Who were the 3 contenders to the throne
History
and why did they want to be King?
The Battle of Hastings
Motte and Bailey Castles. The parts of them,
advantages/disadvantages.
The Stone Keep
Parts of the Castle ( drawbridge, portcullis,
Great Hall, spiral staircase etc)
Attacking and defending the castles.
Life in a castle.Mon Irish
21st An Seomra Ranga-The Classroom
Míonna agus Laethanta- Months and Days
May
Uimhreacha- Numbers
An t-Am –The time
2x30
minutes
Religion 2. The Early Church and the
Eucharist
Term 3 Lessons: 4 – 6 Pages 152 –
154,
Tues Geography
22nd Data Response
May
Flood prevention measures.
2x30
minutes
Weather systems – Anticyclones and
Depressions.
Instruments used to measure
weather – Thermometer,
Anemometer, Compass Points, Rain
gauge.
River drainage basins – Key features.
Physical and Human Causes of
flooding
Ordnance Survey
Four figure grid references.
Class teacher will go through revision during
class to explain all.Home Economics
1. Page 80 and 81- Different types
of family.
2. Vitamin C. Pages 78/79.
3. Shopping in different types of
shops. Page 121-123 and 127.
Wed Technology 1) Technology safety rules
23rd
May 2) Hand tools (Hand file, Pliers )
2x30 3) Electronic symbols
minutes
Term 3
French
Where you live/other Europeans-Book 3 –
Types of houses – Page 24
Places in France
Asking someone where they live
Saying where you live
Countries
Types of towns/villages/places to live
Types of houses
My bedroom
Where things are in the bedroom
*read/cover write and check is the best
method for revising French.
REMEMBER!! You can log on free to
Linguascope for revision
Username: htc
Password: salut3 Grammar rules- tense, verbs, nouns,
Thurs English adjectives, adverbs and creating
24th May
sentences.
2x30
minutes How to read for meaning.
Infer meaning of new words from
surrounding text.
Fri 25th Maths
May Unit 4: Directed Numbers
Unit 5: Coordinates & Graphs
2x30 Unit 6: Symmetry
minutes
Unit 7: Perimeter, Area & Volume
Sat 26th Religion
May 3. (a) The Mass Today – Ex Bk – order of the
Mass
2 x 30 (b) The Mass Through the Ages
minutes Term 3 Lessons: 8 – 12 Pages
159, 164, 165
Irish
An Aimsir- The Weather
Sun History
27th The Normans In Ireland
May
Ireland before The Normans.
The Kingdoms and who ruled them?
2x 30
Dermot Mc Murrough, Rory O’ Connor,
minutes Tiernan O’ Rourke.
The deal between Dermot and Strongbow
The Marriage of Aoife and Strongbow.
John De Courcy. Who was he? Why was he
important?
( good and bad points about him)Home Economics
7. Supermarket layout. Page 123/124.
8. Buying online. Page 176.
9. What are food miles? Page 112
only.
Mon
28th Science Solutions
May
Energy
2x 30
Circuits
minutes
Tues Maths
29th Unit 8: Number Patterns and Sequences
Unit 9: 2D & 3D Shapes
May
Unit 10: Angles
2x 30
minutesScience
Wed Forces
30th
Solar System
May
All pupils have extra information on these
2x 30 topics in their books
minutes
thur English
31st Make sense of unfamiliar language.
May Synonyms and antonyms.
2x 30 Meanings of different words.
minutes
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Technology 4) Drawing of the printed circuit board
used in the steady hand game
5) The stages in the vacuum forming
process
6) The staged when soldering the
electronic components into the PCB
7) 3D Drawing of the steady hand
gameFriday History
Practice Extended Writing
1st
June Pupils will be asked to complete an
Extended Piece of Writing on either The
2x 30 Normans or The Normans in Ireland as
minutes revised above.
Eg Life in a Castle
The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife
**Use the Saturday and Sunday to revise over all of your notes, particularly the
tests that you have on Monday.**
EXAM WEEK
Monday 4th – Friday 8th June
Spend about 15/20 minutes going over your revision notes for each
subject being tested the next day. If there is one exam day when you
think the testes will be more difficult, then plan ahead for this by doing a
little of one of those subjects earlier this week.
Go to bed early and make sure you have breakfast.
You will not be able to concentrate if you have not eaten.
Monday 4th – Friday 8th June
Make sure you have a copy of your exam timetable.
Know what day and time you have each exam.
Revise each evening for the exams that you have the next day. There may be time to study before some of the exams. Make sure
you have notebooks and revision notes for those subjects with you.
During the exam
Do not be distracted during the exam. Concentrate on what you are
doing. Do not be tempted to cheat or copy.
You will not be allowed to eat sweets or have fizzy drink during the
exam. It is a good idea to have a bottle of water with you during
the exams.
Make sure you go to the toilet during break and lunch. You will not
be allowed to go to the toilet during exams.
Take some time each evening to make sure you have enough pens,
pencils etc with you. It is disruptive to others when a pupil has to
borrow equipment during an exam.You can also read
