The clocks went forwards and that’s right
summer has finally come, out go the winter
clothes and in comes the summer clothes, but
for now your social life has to come to a
stand still, exams round the corner and you
realize you haven’t done much revision. You
need to pull together and start but most of
all don’t panic!

So here are desidesi’s top 5 revision tips
and how to ace through those summer exams!
1) Make a revision plan:
- Don’t cram it all the night before
- Spread you revision over the weeks to come
and split into topics that you need to tackle
before the main exam
2) Link things
- So relate your notes to something you like
your favourite food or colours make your notes
personal to you.
3) Work out your revision style
- If you’re a person that has a picture memory,
make a mind map use colours make your notes
stand out to you, make a slideshow anything
that will make the information stand out to
you
- Maybe you love your music so much that you’re
always singing along to a song, make a song
out of your topic!
- If your prefer to do quizzes or exam question
do it!
Just remember its all about how you revise
and how information stays in your brain.
4) Lock away all distractions
- That means disable the internet shut your
phone anything that may temp you to give up
on the revision
5) Take a break
- Its important to take small breaks after
every hour of revision take 15 minutes break
but don’t overdo your break because the longer
your break the harder it will be to return
back to revising so yes in your break your
distractions come out enjoy yourself for 15
minutes!
- You can also take 5 minutes break after
every half an hour, so in that 5 minutes go
for a walk and get out of your revising environment.
- Too much of the same walls will stress you
out.
- Sometimes it may be good if you go for a
walk with your revision notes a change of
environment can help

Scary thought isn’t it locking yourself away
from the world and committing yourself to
your books? But all isn’t doom and gloom just
thinks about the smile in august when you
open up your exam results and know you have
done your best! So there you go that is Desidesi’s
top 5 revision tips! Now apply them to your
revision and come out stress free!
And remember on the day before the exam chill
don’t try doing to much last minute revision
get a goodnights sleep and most of all have
a good breakfast in the morning!
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