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Class:

Parent/Guardian:

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Wellbeing for revision & exams – A Student Guide .............................................................................. 3

Wellbeing for revision & exams – A Parent Guide ............................................................................... 4

Message from Ms Elena Ignatiou ........................................................................................................... 5

Message from your Head of Year: Ms Katie Demetriou ........................................................................ 6

Study Skills ............................................................................................................................................. 7

Preparing for Exams ............................................................................................................................... 7

Working successfully towards the end-of-year exams............................................................................ 9

Planning your revision ............................................................................................................................ 9

Subject Exam Dates and Revision Topics .............................................................................................. 9

Computer Studies ................................................................................................................................ 9

Desing and Techonology (DT) ........................................................................................................... 9

English .............................................................................................................................................. 10

Non-Native ................................................................................................................................... 10

Near-Natives ................................................................................................................................ 11

Geography ......................................................................................................................................... 11

Greek ................................................................................................................................................. 12

Mainstream ................................................................................................................................... 12

Non-Native A ............................................................................................................................... 13

Non-Native B ............................................................................................................................... 13

History .............................................................................................................................................. 13

Mathematics ...................................................................................................................................... 14

Science .............................................................................................................................................. 14

Turkish .............................................................................................................................................. 15

How to sit exams effectively? ............................................................................................................... 16

Preparation: ....................................................................................................................................... 16

Exam days ......................................................................................................................................... 16

In the exam room .............................................................................................................................. 16

During the Exam ............................................................................................................................... 16

Revision Schedule ................................................................................................................................. 17

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Dear Students,

As you enter into the final phase of this academic year, you should reflect on your efforts and

achievements in the first two terms, and begin your systematic revision for End-of-Year exams.

Examination time can be stressful. However, having a solid revision plan in place, managing

your time wisely, and working systematically will prepare you for the final stretch.

Your teachers and parents are here to support you throughout this time, offering encouragement

and guidance along the way. We believe in you – set the bar high!

The journey to learning is not an easy path. Learn from your mistakes. Plan accordingly.

Revise thoroughly.

Remember: success is a reflection of your efforts. With great effort, comes great reward.

Wishing you all the best.

Sincerely,

Ms Ignatiou

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Dear Year 1,

Well done for the progress you have shown in the first 8 months of your journey through The

English School. I am proud of you all getting to this stage of the school year. The final exams

are coming up and I wish you every success.

Exams are a part of school life and the more prepared you are for them, the more likely you are

to reach your targets in each subject. This is why organising your time and using good revision

techniques are very important.

Planning your revision is essential. This may be the first time that you have had so many exams

in such a short period of time. If you spread out your revision in the upcoming weeks and revise

systematically, you are more likely to be calm and confident during your exam.

Read through these tips:

1. Make yourself a revision timetable.

2. Revise your subjects in manageable chunks.

3. Take breaks to relax.

4. Vary the way you revise. Don’t always just read through notes, make summaries,

draw diagrams, construct mind maps.

5. Practice by doing exercises or tasks relevant to the subject. Doing a past paper in each

subject will help.

6. Get sleep. Stick to your regular sleeping schedule.

7. Eat healthily.

8. If you feel stressed or anxious talk to your teachers. We are here to help you.

Good Luck in your exams

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Study skills or study strategies are approaches applied to learning. They are generally critical to success

in school and are essential for acquiring good grades. Learning these skills will be benefitial to you

throughout your life. Any skill which boosts a person's ability to study and pass exams can be termed a

study skill, and this could include time management and motivational techniques.

Study Skills are discrete techniques that can be learned, usually in a short time, and applied to all or

most aspects of study.

At The English School we recognise that examinations

can cause fear and panic. Everyone who has ever taken an

exam remembers the racing pulse and damp palms right

before they turned the paper over and began to work on it.

Don't worry: there are ways for you to become more

confident when it comes to taking exams. Preparation is

key to success.

Time is the most valuable resource a student has. It is also one of the most wasted of

resources. Avoiding study is the easiest thing in the world. It's up to you to use your

time effectively and efficiently. We recommend that you spend 1 -1 ½ hours studying

each night. Don’t ignore the tougher topics: it is important that you devote sufficient

time to all your subjects. Use this revision list to guide you! Before you know it the

exams will be over and you'll be accepting congratulations on your fine results!

The most important part of preparing for an exam is knowing what to study. Look back over subjects

you've spent a long time with during classes, check back over what you were assigned to read and topics

of essays and homework, and even ask your teacher in case they are willing to give a few hints. Once

you know what to study, all you have left is to know how to study.

Remember to study:

In comfortable clothes.

In a well lit, quiet and cool room.

Having eaten a good meal.

Without the television, radio or Internet disrupting you.

A little bit every night- not by cramming everything in the night before the exam.

Class and homework notes.

Past exam papers.

By predicting and answering questions that may come up.

With a study partner

By making flashcards.

By making a final, one page "review sheet" that you can carry with you for final moments of

studying on the bus or before entering your exam.

“If you employed study, thinking and planning time daily, you could develop use the power that can

change the course of your destiny! - W. Clement Stone

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While we know or think studying can be dull, studying is part and parcel of being a student, so why not make it as easy as possible? This revision guide will help!

Do you ASPIRE to achieve exam success? If the answer is ‘yes’- think:

A: Approach/attitude/arrange

Approach your studies with a positive attitude Arrange your time to avoid distractions

S: Select/scan

Select a reasonable chunk of material to study Scan the text for keywords and vocabulary: highlight keywords and mark what you don’t

understand

P: Put/Piece

Put aside your books and notes Piece together what you've studied, either alone or with a

parent/guardian

I: Inquire/inspect:

Inquire from teachers if you require academic support or assistance

Inspect what you did not understand.

R: Re-examine the content | Reflect on the material

Re-examine: What questions are there yet to ask? Is there something I am missing?

Reflect: Can I improve my understanding?

E: Evaluate/examine/explore:

Evaluate your results on tests and tasks: what are your strengths and weaknesses?

Examine your progress: toward achieving your goals Explore options: with a teacher or parent/guardian if you are not satisfied.

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1. Count the sessions / topics

2. Write them down by filling in the date boxes in the below Revision Schedule. In this Revision

Guide, you will see the date of each of the exams you will take. Please also review your exam

timetable as distributed by the Exams office. Using this decide on your revision plan for the

week before the beginning of the exams as well as the time during the exams.

3. Leave time for RELAXATION, HOBBIES, GOING OUT – it is, of course, useful to cut down

during the weeks just before the exams.

4. Again, put a copy somewhere in your study area and refer to it on a daily basis.

Computer Studies Exam Date: Monday, 10th June 2019

Duration: 1h00m Time: 08:00 until 10:00 (per group)

Topics of revision:

Main internal components of a computer

Convert the decimal numbers into binary

Bits, bytes, kilobytes and megabytes

Decompose a simple problem into smaller parts

Write clear, precise, unambiguous and efficient algorithms

Computational thinking skills to solve a problem

Patterns can define relationships between objects

Use iteration to write simple algorithms in the most efficient manner

Draw basic geometrical shapes using graphical programming software

Tasks best performed by computers, are programmed by humans

Use an iteration loop to model pattern recognition for a dance routine

Create a procedure including the use of iteration loops

‘If, then else’ is a type of selection

Dry run a program to add two numbers in assembly language

How web content is interlinked

World Wide Web and the internet

Desing and Techonology (DT) Exam Date: Tuesday, 28th May 2019

Duration: 1h00m Time: 08:00-09:00

In Design & Technology, students will be expected to answer short answered

questions and questions requiring one or two sentences. There will also be

some tables to be completed and they will also need their pencil for some drawing work

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Topics of revision:

1. Design process

2. Simple workshop tools and equipment.

3. Model making materials

4. Sustainability -protecting the environment

5. Analysis of products through specification points

6. Creating design ideas

7. Production plans

English Exam Date: Wednesday, 29th May 2019

Duration: 2h00m Time: 08:00-10:00

Non-Native Over the course of the year you have been working on developing your Reading and Writing Skills by

engaging with a variety of fiction as well as non-fiction texts.

The English End-of-Year Exam requires you to respond to an unseen extract through comprehension

questions as well as an empathy task. You will also have questions to answer on one of the class readers

you have been working on. Additionally, there will be a usage section and a narrative composition.

In preparation for your exam you should undertake a number of revision tasks including what is outlined

below.

Topics of revision:

Grammar

· Present simple and present continuous - unit 1

· Articles - unit 1

· Past simple and past continuous - unit 2

· Countables and uncountables – unit 3

· Relative pronouns – unit 3

· Present perfect, present perfect with for and since – unit 4

· Present perfect and past simple – unit 4

· Comparatives and superlatives – unit 5

· Zero and first conditionals – unit 6

· Future with going to and will – unit 6

· Modal verbs (must/mustn’t/should/shouldn’t/have to) – unit 7

Vocabulary

· Vocabulary from ‘Gateway’ units Class readers

· ‘A Christmas Carol’

· ‘Butterfly Lion’

· ‘Iron Man’

· ‘Frankenstein’ – this to be covered after Easter break

Writing skills

· Narrative writing

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Reading comprehension

· Look at the reading comprehension texts from past papers already given as practice

Near-Natives Over the course of the year you have been working on developing your Reading and Writing Skills by

engaging with a variety of fiction as well as non-fiction texts.

The English End-of-Year Exam requires you to respond to an unseen extract through comprehension

questions as well as an empathy task. You will also have P.E.E. questions to answer on The London

Eye Mystery. Additionally, there will be a narrative or descriptive composition.

In preparation for your exam you should undertake a number of revision tasks including what is outlined

in the next column.

Topics of revision:

Reading

The London Eye Mystery

Point Evidence Explanation practice

Language techniques

Writing

Features of Empathy writing

Features of Narrative writing

Features of Descriptive writing

Reading Comprehension

· Look at the reading comprehension texts from past papers already given as practice

Usage

Look at all vocabulary and usage studied through the year.

Geography Exam Date: Thursday, 30th May 2019

Duration: 1h00m Time: 08:00-09:00

This year you have studied four main topics in geography. In each topic you have

learned some information (e.g. the names of places and physical features in the landscape and the

meaning of geographical terms). You have been asked to think about and understand some geographical

connections (e.g. why more people live in some places and few people live in other places) and used

some geographical skills (e.g. reading maps or describing a photograph).

In the end of year examination questions, you will be asked to show how well you know, understand

and can do all three of these – knowledge, understanding and skills, though both short and longer

response questions.

Topics of revision:

1) What is geography

2) Map reading skills

3) Weather & climate

4) Settlements

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Greek

Mainstream Exam Date: Tuesday, 4th June 2019

Duration: 1h30m Time: 08:00-09:30

To compare a prescribed text with an unseen one

To understand the background and the plot of a text

To know the name of the author and the title of a text and identify the genre of the text (poem,

modern or traditional, or folk song, extract from a novel)

To evaluate the characters, their emotions and motives and the moral values of the era

To identify the techniques, e.g. figures of speech, imagery, use of language and narrative,

description, dialogue

To understand the plot of the Odyssey and its background (oral poetry)

To understand the role of gods and the responsibility of men for their actions

Characterisation

To understand the moral values of the Homeric world

To identify Homer’s narrative techniques, such as retrospection, retardation, foreshadowing,

description, dialogue, use of typical adjectives, similes

Topics of revision:

Α. ΚΕΙΜΕΝΑ ΛΟΓΟΤΕΧΝΙΑΣ Βιβλίο: Ο λόγος ανάγκη της ψυχής (Παιδαγωγικό Ινστιτούτο Κύπρου, ΥΑΠ) Παιδικά-σχολικά χρόνια 1. «Αναφορά στον Γκρέκο», Νίκος Καζαντζάκης (σ.24) 2. «Ανδρομάχης επάνοδος», Γιάννης Κουβαράς (σ. 56) 3. «Τα παιδιά», Θοδόσης Πιερίδης (σ. 59) Λαϊκή παράδοση και Λογοτεχνία Παραδοσιακά και Νεότερα Παραμύθια 4. «Το παραμύθι του γρουσόψαρου» (σ. 104) 5. «Η Σιχούνα» (σ. 109) Δημοτική Ποίηση με άξονα το θέμα της αγάπης/του γάμου 6. «Ποιος είδεν ήλιο από βραδιού» (σ. 83) 7. «Στεφανοφρυδάτη» (σ. 83) B. ΝΕΟΕΛΛΗΝΙΜΗ ΓΛΩΣΣΑ: will be tested prior to the June exams (20-5-19) Γ. ΑΡΧΑΙΑ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΙΑ

Βιβλίο: Ομήρου Οδύσσεια, μετάφραση Δ.Ν. Μαρωνίτη (ΙΤΥΕ «ΔΙΟΦΑΝΤΟΣ»)

-Εισαγωγή (σύντομη αναφορά σε βασικά θέματα που άπτονται του έπους)

-Κείμενο:

1. Ραψωδία α΄

Στίχοι 1-497: Προοίμιο, Πρώτο συμβούλιο των θεών, Η Αθηνά στην Ιθάκη (Αθηνά―Μέντης),

Είσοδος των μνηστήρων, Είσοδος της Πηνελόπης (Τηλέμαχος και Πηνελόπη), Τηλέμαχος και

μνηστήρες.

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2. Ραψωδία ε΄

Στίχοι 165-310: Η Καλυψώ συναντά τον Οδυσσέα, Η κατασκευή της σχεδίας, Αναχώρηση από

την Ωγυγία.

3. Ραψωδία λ΄

Στίχοι 99-249: Συναντήσεις με τον Τειρεσία και την Αντίκλεια.

4. Ραψωδία ψ΄

Στίχοι 89-270: Συνάντηση Πηνελόπης και Ευρύκλειας, Συνομιλία Πηνελόπης και Τηλέμαχου, Το

λουτρό του Οδυσσέα, Το τέχνασμα του Οδυσσέα, Αναγνωρισμός από την Πηνελόπη.

5. Ραψωδία ω΄

Στίχοι 265-377: Αναγνωρισμός του Οδυσσέα από τον Λαέρτη.

Non-Native A Exam Date: Tuesday, 4th June 2019 Duration: 1h30m Time: 08:00-09:30 Topics of revision

Will be communicated in due course.

Non-Native B Exam Date: Tuesday, 4th June 2019

Duration: 1h30m Time: 08:00-09:30

1) Able to introduce themselves and others

2) Able to distinguish the Greek letters and use them to form words like: Καλημέρα, Καλησπέρα

3) Able to identify the gender of the noun according to the ending / article ο, η, το etc

4) Able to use the present tense of the verbs (είμαι, verbs like μένω, μιλώ, πάω, έρχομαι)

5) Able to ask for and give directions

6) Able to talk about origin, nationality and language (selection)

7) They are expected to talk about themselves, their family, their free time, holidays and house

8) Able to use nouns in nominative and accusative (singular and plural)

9) Able to use numbers (up to 1000)

10) Expected to enrich their vocabulary with the months, days and seasons in Greek

Topics of revision

Κλικ στα Ελληνικά: Units 1-7

History Exam Date: Thursday, 6th June 2019

Duration: 1h00m Time: 08:00-09:00

Revision Checklist is available in History booklet on page 42.

Topics of revision:

-Ancient Egypt Timeline

-River Nile

-Society

-Housing and Diet

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-Crafts and craftsmen

-Scribes

-Pharaohs

-Army

-Religion

-Beliefs and Mummification

-Pyramids

-Valley of the Kings

-Sphinx

Additional notes made in class at the back of the booklet should also be studied.

Mathematics Exam Date: Monday, 3rd June 2019

Duration: 2h00m Time: 08:00-10:00

Topics of revision: Maths Frameworking 1.3 :

Using and Working with numbers

Sequences

Perimeter, area and volume

Algebra and Equations

Angles

Statistics

Coordinates and graphs

Probability

3D shapes

Ratio

Symmetry

Maths Frameworking 2.3 :

Geometry

Surface area and volume of prisms

Circles

Algebra

Equations and formulae

Science Exam Date: Wednesday, 5th June 2019

Duration: 2h00m Time: 08:00-10:00

The science exam consists of a mix of questions to test your

knowledge of the syllabus, your critical thinking and your

experimental skills.

Bring the following equipment to the exam. Pen

Pencil

Calculator

Eraser

Ruler

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Topics of revision:

1. Measurements, Measuring Instruments and Density

2. States of Matter

3. Expansion and Contraction

4. Solutions

5. Cells, Tissues And Organs

6. Characteristics of Living Organisms

7. Energy

8. Acids and Bases

Turkish Exam Date: Tuesday, 4th June 2019

Duration: 1h00m Time: 08:00-09:00

Topics of revision:

• Phonics

• Derivational Morphemes

• Inflectional Morphemes

• Derivatives

• Compound Words

• Nouns

• Possessive Construction

• Pronouns

• Adjectives

• Sentence Elements

• Prepositions

• Conjunctions

• Exclamations

• Indicative Mood

• Subjunctive Mood

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Preparation:

1. Make sure you know all you need to know about the exam: How long is the exam? This

information is also added in this Revision Guide.

2. Your teacher will give you many hints about preparing and coping with the exam. They may

show you past papers. They may set you practice exam questions in lessons, with a time limit.

Time yourself when practising with exam questions.

3. Make sure your writing is legible.

4. Bring the right equipment into the exam room.

Exam days

As the exams get closer, you may begin to feel nervous. Almost everyone does – and that’s normal. If

you are beginning to panic, ask yourself why.

If you have done your best and followed your plan, then be calm and confident.

The week before:

1. Check you have the correct dates and times for every exam paper. Put up the timetable at home,

so parents can help here.

2. Collect equipment together.

3. Eat well – regular, balanced meals. Remember the importance of a healthy breakfast.

4. Go to bed at reasonable time.

5. Take some regular exercise e.g. go for a walk. It will help reduce tension.

6. Allow yourself time to relax.

Each exam day

1. Give yourself plenty of time to do everything and arrive at school calm.

2. Have a good breakfast (do not drink too much for obvious reasons!)

3. Check the equipment needed. Make sure you have a good quality pen.

4. Arrive at the exam room a few minutes earlier and avoid talking to friends

about the exam – that would make you more anxious.

In the exam room 1. Settle yourself down and layout your equipment neatly.

2. Don’t look at other students. Concentrate on feeling calm and ready to do your best.

During the Exam 1. Once you get the exam paper, resist the temptation to start writing at once, even if everyone

else is. Carefully read the instructions.

2. If there is a choice, tick possible questions; if they look awful, do not panic. Read the questions

again. They always make more sense the second time!

3. Re-read the questions and underline a highlight keywords.

4. Notice if any questions have several parts – skipping parts, is throwing marks away.

5. Keep an eye on your watch and use the time wisely. Do not look round at other students

6. Learn to choose the right question (if you have a choice).

7. Read the instructions carefully

8. Try to leave time to check your answers through at the end.

Keep focused on achieving your goals

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