what should I be doing in september?
- Revisit the topics you learnt last year to refresh your knowledge. This can help to reduce feeling overwhelmed – look how much you’ve already covered!
- Get into the habit of summarising class notes each week.
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Study Smarter: Essential Revision Skills
Whether you’re revising for a test or exam, being familiar with a few key revision strategies, will help you to lock in that knowledge and give yourself a huge boost on the day!
These bitesize videos explain the science behind impactful revision and introduce you to some of the top techniques.
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Preparing for resits
GCSE English Language resits
Senior Examiner, Graham, shares his advice to students preparing to resit their AQA GCSE English Language exam.
How to prepare for your GCSE Maths resit
Joe Robinson talks you through his top tips to help you get ready for your GCSE Maths exams.
Exam Walkthrough videos
AQA GCSE English Language
In this video series, senior examiner, Graham, takes you through each question of the AQA GCSE English Language, Paper 1 and Paper 2 exams. Above all, you’ll get to know what each question is testing and how best to prepare.
AQA GCSE MFL (French, German and Spanish)
Get to know exactly what each section of the AQA GCSE MFL Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing exams are looking for. Sheena and Jose share their tips for approaching each question so that you can target the areas you find tricky.
GCSE Maths - AQA and Edexcel
Confused by command words? Stumped by algebraic graphs? Maths teacher, Deb, breaks it all down in these short videos, including an overview of the exam papers. Basically, your GCSE maths prep just got a little bit easier!
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