A student was telling me about their magic revision notebook the other day. It is where they put all their important information that they need to remember. It sounds very special and it is special for this student. Even in this digital age, new stationery is exciting and can help you to get your revision started, organised and even motivate you in the process. Here is our wishlist of the ten best revision resources for GCSEs and A levels.
The ten best revision resources for GCSE and A levels
- Magazine folders – Brilliant for organising notes. If you have piles of notes, books, exercise books, handouts, these can help you get organised and declutter in the process. Have one for every subject and if you like bright colours have a different colour for each subject. You can put everything for each subject in the one folder: books, revision guides, handouts, tests, past exam papers. Suddenly, everything feels organised. Ryman has a set with eleven different colours.
- Notepads of paper – for making revision notes. If your preferred method of note taking is Cornell notes, you can buy ready made Cornell notepads (these ones by Rhino) which saves you having to get a ruler out and draw a wide margin. If mindmaps are your preferred choice, get some A3 paper in stock so you can go to town with posters and mindmaps.
- A white board and marker pens – Whiteboards are brilliant for helping to organise your thoughts, make notes and also for testing by blurting. Blurting is when you write down everything you can recall and then see what you have missed out and add in a different colour. A big advantage is that there is no paper – you can rub out and start again. Some students take photos of their notes on the whiteboard and use them at later dates.
- Post-it notes – Brilliant for writing reminders, quotes, key words, dates. You can put them around the house or on your notes for reminding you of the key information on that page.
- A4 exercise books – These are perfect for practice questions and past papers. Have one for each subject so you keep all your practice questions and answers for past papers in one place.
- Revision guides – Even if you don’t use revision guides for revision, they are useful as a checklist for ticking everything off. They also contain lots of useful information and practice questions for the whole specification to ensure that you have covered all the content
- Workbooks for Science and Maths separate workbooks for science and maths can help students to do practice questions. There are lots of different ones, linked to publishers and even your favourite revision Youtube site, so find one that suits you.
- Coloured pens and pencils – if colour is important to you, having a selection of bright colours to choose from might help to motivate you to stick to the task.
- Flashcards – A pile of flashcards are handy for when you have a key word, quote, formulae or date to remember are very effective for recall and testing.
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