This document provides revision strategies and tips for mathematics. It recommends practicing exam-style questions, using the PIXL Maths App, creating topic cards, and creating mind maps. The PIXL Maths App allows students to access practice questions online or via the app. Students should aim to complete one practice paper per week and have multiple revision sessions of at least one hour each week increasing closer to the exams. Top tips include reviewing past mock exams, focusing on incorrect questions, attending drop-in sessions, and knowing their current grade and targets for improvement.

1. Revision strategies
Mathematics
Mrs Louise Wiles
Head of Mathematics

2. Maths revision

3. Maths revision
 Practice of exam-style questions
 Using the PiXL Maths App
 Creating topic-cards (“flash” cards)
 Creating a “mind-map” for a topic
 Reading through revision guides
 Reading through their notes
Excellent
strategy
Poor /
ineffective
strategy

4. Practice Exam Style
Questions
Maths Revision Booklets
Contents section
Topics to revise
Past Papers

7. PiXL Maths App
PiXL APP for iOS / android
or standalone
School id: CL4199
All yr11s are already
registered to use the site
for free.
Usernames/passwords
currently
“Surname+first initial”,
without any hyphens or
spaces

8. PiXL app online
 http://mathsapp.pixl.org.uk/PMA.swf

9. PiXL Maths App

10. PiXL Maths App

11. PiXL Maths App

12. PiXL Maths App - Therapy videos

13. PiXL Maths App

14. Where can they find practice questions?
 In their booklets
 MyMaths.co.uk username: leysland password : octagon
 PiXL Maths app
 Revision guides / Mathswatch DVDs
 Homework booklets
 Mark schemes available from:
 www.wjec.co.uk search for “past papers / mark
schemes”
 http://qualifications.pearson.com search for Mathematics (B)
 www.aqa.org.uk search for Mathematics (Linear)

15. How much revision should they do?
 It is expected that students will complete all papers in
their booklet before the exam.
 This is the equivalent of at least one a week up until study
leave
 A session of maths revision should be at least 1hr
 Students should aim for at least two sessions each week,
then greatly increase this when exams become nearer

16. Top tips
 Students should carefully review each of their previous two mock
exams.
 These have been marked according to official exam board
specifications
 It is much more useful to look at questions which they have got
incorrect.
 Our drop-in sessions continue to run on Tuesdays and Thursdays every
week
 Students should already know what their current grade is and what
they need to do to improve
 If they take steps themselves to do this, they will maximise their
progress

17. Any questions?