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Next week your child will be completing their Progress Tests. These tests will provide us with a good indication of how your child has started life in Year 8. To ensure there is enough time for the tests to be completed the school day is being extended to 3.20. This will be for this week only and timings will return to normal the week after. To help your child revise you could do the following things:
The school website has a copy of all the knowledge organisers for every subject. They are a fantastic summary document of the topics your child is studying.
Curriculum Intent - St Edmund Campion Catholic School and Sixth Form (stedcamp.bham.sch.uk)
Below is a link to a website with a collection of revision methods that your child can use to prepare. They have been learning some of these strategies in form time and will be familiar with several.
Retrieval Practice for Revision | TeacherToolkit
Below are links to YouTube videos on different revision strategies which your child could use to support their revision.
How to Make the PERFECT Mind Map and STUDY EFFECTIVELY! | Eve - YouTube
How to take Cornell notes - YouTube
How to Study Effectively with Flash Cards - College Info Geek - YouTube