Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls Year 9 Summer 2026 Revision Timetable and Subject Guide

Revision Timetable Booklet Overview

  • Year Group: Year 9
  • Term/Date: Summer 2026
  • Student Information Fields:   - Name   - Tutor group   - My ambitions for the future are…   - What success in my assessment looks like to me…   - Doing well in this assessment will allow me to…   - My promise to myself for post-exam celebration and relaxation: [Student to complete]   - Bad revision habits to kick: [Student to complete]

Wellbeing during Exam Periods

It is essential to prioritize emotional and physical health to prevent stress from negatively impacting revision or general health. If you feel overwhelmed, remember you are not alone.

Sleep
  • Importance: Sleep replenishes energy and is critical for retaining information learned throughout the day. It helps regulate emotions, which enhances the level of concentration during waking hours.
  • Pre-sleep Routine: Engaging in relaxing activities before bed is recommended.
  • Avoiding Disruptions: Avoid caffeine, strenuous physical exercise, and mobile phones immediately before sleep.
Brain Food
  • Meal Consistency: Never skip meals, as this lead to a decrease in concentration.
  • Recommended Diet: High intake of fruit, vegetables, and protein is encouraged.
  • Hydration: Drink plenty of water.
  • Caffeine Management: Reduce caffeine intake significantly. Excessive caffeine can impair memory retention and degrade sleep quality.
Exercise
  • Mental Health Benefits: Exercise is scientifically proven to alleviate stress and anxiety.
  • Physical Activity: Engaging in walks, stretching, or playing with a pet to increase heart rate and improve blood flow is beneficial even when feeling stressed.
Taking Breaks
  • Duration vs. Quality: Studying for many hours without stopping causes a loss of concentration.
  • Strategy: Regular short breaks are necessary to maintain focus on complex tasks.

6 Winning Revision Techniques

1. Flashcards
  • Purpose: These help in practicing the summarization of information and identifying specific learning gaps.
  • Methods of Use:   - Condense specific topic notes onto a single card.   - Write a term on the front and its definition on the back.   - Write a question on the front and the answer on the back.
  • Active Recall: Avoid simply reading the cards; hide the answers to practice forced recall.
  • Social Learning: Have friends or flatmates test you.
  • Visual Aids: Use colors and images to improve memory, but ensure the focus remains on testing rather than aesthetics.
  • Digital Tools: Numerous apps are available for creating digital flashcard sets.
2. Mnemonics, Songs, and Stories
  • Fact Learning: Use creative narratives or rhymes to cement facts.
  • Case Study (Horace Wells): To remember that Horace Wells was an American dentist who pioneered the use of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), use the story: "Horace fell down a well and started laughing."
  • PULSE Mnemonic (Heart Attack Symptoms):   - P: Persistent chest pains   - U: Upset stomach   - L: Lightheadedness   - S: Shortness of breath   - E: Excessive sweating
3. Sticky Notes
  • Usage: Ideal for summarizing information and highlighting key details.
  • Thematic Organization: Use different colors to represent different themes.
  • Spacial Recall: Place them around the home, but relocate them frequently to prevent "environmental blindness" where you become too accustomed to their location.
4. Exam Practice
  • Resources: Utilize past papers or practice questions to test existing knowledge.
  • Phased Approach:   - Phase 1: Attempt questions without looking at notes to identify weak areas.   - Phase 2 (With Notes): Practice planning frameworks for answers and use lists to compare arguments against or for specific statements.   - Phase 3: Attempt the question again without any notes.
5. Mind Maps
  • Connectivity: Use them to map connections between complex ideas.
  • Visuals: Incorporate colors, images, and diagrams to assist in remembering cycles and processes.
  • Active Engagement: Do not just look at a mind map. Try to recreate it from memory, summarize the concepts further, or add specific examples to each node.
6. Mixing up the Timing
  • Spaced Repetition: Test yourself on the same material at specific intervals: at the end of the day, the next day, and finally at the end of the week.
  • Randomization: Change the order of the material being tested to prevent the brain from becoming accustomed to a fixed pattern.

Mathematics Subject Topic List

Non-Calculator Topics
  • Order numbers: U600, U435
  • Order of operations: U976
  • Metric units: U388
  • Fraction and percentages of an amount: U881, U554
  • Multiply and divide by fractions/decimals: U224, U538, U293, U868
  • Compare and order fractions, decimals, and percentages
  • Convert fractions, decimals, and percentages
  • Reverse percentages
  • HCF (Highest Common Factor) and LCM (Lowest Common Multiple): U529, U751, U250
  • Standard form: U888
  • Error interval: U509
  • Substitution: U278, U925
  • Form and solve equations: U533, U332
  • Factorise quadratics: U594
  • Share in a ratio: U888
  • Recipes: U599
  • Ratio and fraction problems: U286
  • Scale drawings: U325, U870
  • Distance-time graphs: U751, U529, U125
  • Indirect proportion: U759, U738
  • Measure and draw lengths/angles: U768, U105
  • Reflection: U741
  • Construct triangles: U921
  • Plot coordinates: U842
  • Midpoint: U280
  • Equation of a line: U569
  • Find missing angles with reasons: U330, U534
  • Pressure, force, and area (Formula: Pressure=ForceArea\text{Pressure} = \frac{\text{Force}}{\text{Area}}): U657
  • Find mode, median, mean, and range: U201, U585
  • Probability scale: U599
  • Pictogram: U178
  • Pie charts: U476, U748
Calculator Topics
  • Rounding numbers: U480, U298, U731, U965
  • HCF and LCM: U529, U751, U250
  • Convert fraction, decimal, and percentages: U888
  • Represent inequality: U509
  • Percentage profit: U278, U925
  • Simple and compound interest: U533, U332
  • Form expressions: U594
  • Expand and simplify quadratics: U768, U105
  • Solve equations: U741
  • Solve inequalities: U921
  • Plot linear graphs: U842
  • Combine ratio: U280
  • Density and mass: U569
  • Frequency Trees: U330, U534
  • Frequency Table: U657
  • Venn diagram: U201, U585
  • Draw and interpret scale diagrams: U599
  • Finding the area of shapes: U403, U914, U462, U966
  • Area of compound shapes: U357
  • Finding volume of cubes, cuboids, and prisms: U447, U799, U187, U789, U933, U315, U390, U730, U628, U732, U655, U842, U526, U456, U260, U291, U408, U506, U508, U172
  • Angles on parallel lines: U970
  • Pythagoras Theorem: U826, U427, U385, U828

Science Subject Topic List

Biology
  • Cell Biology
  • Digestion
Chemistry
  • Atomic Structure
  • The Periodic Table
Physics
  • Energy
  • Electricity

History and Geography Topic List

History
  • Chronology: Understanding BC and AD; ordering dates and time periods chronologically.
  • The British Empire and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
  • World War I (WW1):   - Causes of WW1.   - The daily experiences and living conditions of soldiers in the trenches.
Geography
  • Globalisation:   - Definitions of the term.   - Transnational Corporations (TNCs).   - The positive and negative impacts of globalization.
  • Superpowers:   - Definitions and defining characteristics.   - Concepts of Hard Power and Soft Power.   - Case Studies: USA, China, and India.

Modern Foreign Languages and Computing

French
  • Skills Assessed: Reading (plus translation into English), Writing (plus translation into French), Listening, and Dictation.
  • Lexical/Grammar Topics: Technology, Jobs, School, Social Media, Music.
  • Grammar focus: Past tenses and Future tenses.
  • Recommended Resources: Languagenut or KS3 French BBC Bitesize.
  • Suggested Tasks:   - Learn vocabulary using flashcards or games on Languagenut.   - Practice writing, reading, and listening tasks specifically via Languagenut.
Computing
  • Resources: Access the Year 9 revision resources via the Computing Teams room.
  • Assessment Topics:   - Flowcharts   - Programming Fundamentals   - Digital Graphics