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Notre Dame High School

Notre Dame
High School

Year 11

‘All shall be well’ Julian of Norwich

 General Info 

I'm concerned about something. Who can I speak to in school? 

We are a caring community that supports each other.  We have a wide range of staff who can help advise you.  If you are not sure who to ask, or how to contact a specific person, visit our Pastoral Office.

For full info on all the ways that we can support you, visit our Student Welfare page.

For more advice on safeguarding issues and how to access support, visit our Safeguarding page.

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Clubs, Activities & Events 

For information about our wide variety of clubs, activities and events, visit our Clubs & Events page.

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Y11 Recommended Reads 

Y11 Careers Advice

For up-to-date careers advice and guidance, click on the links below.

  

 

GCSE Revision Advice

Students are given a revision planner booklet to help them to schedule their revision for the mocks and the final exams.  They will be shown how to plan their revision in PSHEE lessons.

Kerboodle Instructions 

You can't use your Google account to login.

Usernames are usually your first initial, followed by your surname, all lower case with no hyphens. 

Your password is the same as your user name the first time you log in. You will then be prompted to change your password. The Institution code is esm2. 

Your Maths teachers have got your usernames and passwords. Any issues email Mrs Chadwick.

How to Revise 

Revision Tracker

It makes sense to do a small chunk of revision for each subject per week.  If you've got 10 subjects, identify 10 revision slots in your week. For example you could study 2 subjects per week evening.

You can use a tracker to track how well you are revising each subject.  There are copies of the one below on Student Reception.  Or, click on it to download a ppt version that you can adapt and print out.

Revision Planner
To plan your revision for each week, you have been given a revision planner booklet.  If you would like an electronic version to adapt as you wish, download a copy from the end of this webpage.

Coping with pressure during the exams 

Stress can be good sometimes, it can help you to work harder and focus. But it can also have a big effect on you and make it hard to cope. Stress might affect you if you’re:

  • struggling to sleep
  • having negative thoughts about the future
  • getting headaches or feeling unwell a lot
  • not eating because of how you’re feeling
  • always thinking about your exams or worrying about them
  • not able to enjoy things anymore.

Think positively

When we feel anxious, we can start thinking things like ‘I can’t do this’ and ‘I’m going to fail’. It can be difficult, but try to replace these with positive thoughts such as: ‘this is just anxiety, it can’t harm me’ and, ‘relax, concentrate - it's going to be okay’.

Video advice on specific revision techniques 

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Exam Timetable, Rules & Guidance 

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The Exams section of our website contains the following pages:

BBC BITESIZE

Explore all the ways to revise with BBC Bitesize

Quizzes Past Papers Flashcards
Study Guides Podcasts Bitesize app

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BBC Bitesize have created a set of Top Revision Tips.

They also have advice on

Subject Specific Revision

Art 

Exam Board Links

Biology 

There are two Google Classrooms to help you with revision. 

  1. KS4 Biology Lessons ( code v4npkhf) which has explainer videos for every lesson, plus copies of all booklets you have received since Year 9

  2. KS4 Biology Exam Style Questions (code x6oqm44) which has packs of exam style questions for every specification point 

Chemistry 

KS4 Chemistry Google Classroom code is:ojm5ene

It contains the following items carefully organised by topic of study:

  • Lesson PowerPoints
  • Textbook extracts
  • Practice/summary questions and the mark scheme
  • Summary videos
  • Checklists
  • Knowledge organiser
  • Link to the past paper store (Google Drive folder)
  • 'My GCSE at a Glance' sheet explaining the overall layout of the assessment

Exam Board Links

Other links

  • Cognito: Over 400 Science and Maths videos lessons.

Fashion and Textile Design 

Exam Board Subject Page

GCSE Design and Technology Specification Specification for first teaching in 2017 (aqa.org.uk)

GCSE Fashion and Textile Design

French 

GCSE Specification Template (eduqas.co.uk)

Exam Board Subject Page

Google Classroom code GCSE Past Papers and Revision Classroom Code

  1. For speaking revision please ensure you use the roleplay and photocard booklets given in class.

  2. For reading and listening revision, the past papers Google Classroom will help you to revise and develop your skills - ensure you write down new vocabulary.

  3. For writing revision, please refer to your writing booklets for advice and examples.

  4. All of this should be underpinned by additional resources on Memrise or Quizlet for vocabulary and on Seneca for grammar and further exam practice.

Food Preparations and Nutrition 

Exam Board Subject Page

GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition Specification Specification for first teaching in 2016 (aqa.org.uk)

GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition

Geography 

Exams:

14th May – Paper 1 Living with the Physical Environment

6th June Paper 2: Challenges of human environment

12th June: Paper 3: Fieldwork and Pre-release

Revision Advice:

1.      1. Put your revision timetable somewhere you will not lose it and refer to it regularly. Tick things off as you do them.

2.      2. Do the activities – you only remember 10% of what you see. No passive activities. Doing will help you learn.

3.      3. Identify the areas of the syllabus you are least confident in, (you can use your revision guide to help?) Prioritise and spend more time on these areas. Access Google Classroom, the videos below to help you OR BBC Bitesize/ Internet Geography to help you.

4.     4.  Use Seneca regularly. Download onto your phone. Instead of scrolling – do 10 mins a day on a different topic. This will help you recall basic info.

5.     5.  Make some revision cards / case study summaries. 5  key questions on one side, 5-8 key facts on the back. Test yourself regularly.

6.      6. Do the practise questions in your revision guide and in your case study booklet.

7.      7. Complete practise questions. There are lots (and mark schemes) available here:

https://www.aqa.org.uk/find-past-papers-and-mark-schemes?subject=Geography

 Excellent revision Sources Videos:

Tutor2u
Revision blasts Geography:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tutor2u+geography+aqa+gcse

Geography Hawkes 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJX0GLv7s9w

Mr B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPjZAnj4nSU

Graphic Design 

Exam Board Subject Page

GCSE Design and Technology Specification (1DT0) (pearson.com)

GCSE Graphic Design

History 

Our Y10/11 revision resources are shared via Google Classroom

The code is: g2r24km

Specification Page

Japanese 

Our resources are shared via our Google Classroom

The code is: efamdhz

Maths 

Our resources are shared via Google Classroom

The code is: 4zj7a4s

Exam Board links

Other links

Music 

Google classroom code (for all resources) : jjmmv3h

P.E. 

Physics 

Combined Science Physics:

Useful online video:

Exam board resources:

Triple Science Physics

Revision websites

Useful online video:

Exam board resources:

Product Design 

Exam Board Subject Page

GCSE Design and Technology Specification (1DT0) (pearson.com)

GCSE Product Design

Religious Studies 

Our revision support is accessible via each class' Google Classroom .

Exam Board Subject Page

Edexcel RE GCSE Specifiaction A         Papers 1A, 2F and 3A

  • 11X-RE1 LTA: bqgcysf
  • 11XRE2 KST: 74rgkpq
  • 11X RE3 JSE: rm2ootf
  • 11X-RE4 JSL: 7ykkyqh 
  • 11Y- RE1 CNE: 67nh2cn
  • 11Y-RE2 KST: zqxkbuo
  • 11Y-RE3 LTA: oinemlx
  • 11Y RE4 JSL: se3atb5

Spanish 

The Spanish revision resources are on Memrise.  To access resources by theme visit our KS4 Spanish page.

 
  1. Download
    Revision Planner Summer 2026
  2. Download
    Revision Tracker Summer 2026

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