GCSE/IGCSE knowledge organisers
Knowledge organisers are a popular tool for revision; they allow students make links between themes and condense content into bitesize chunks. So whether you call them knowledge organisers or topic sheets, take a look at this collection to support your students' revision.
English
AQA English Language Knowledge Organiser
A revision resource to help students remember what they need to do to answer the questions, how many marks they get for each and some sentence openers. It will need printing on A3.
Knowledge Organiser: Language and Structural Terminology
The knowledge organiser is essentially an analysis terminology sheet, offering students key structural and language terminology and analytical verbs plus words to use for effect on the reader. It's aimed at AQA Language Paper 1 but can be adapted.
Blank Knowledge Organisers
1. KS3 MAGIC, FANTASY and SUPERNATURAL 2. KS4: Power and Conflict Poetry 3. KS4: Unseen Poetry 4. KS4: Shakespeare 5. KS4: 19th Century Novel 6. KS4: An Inspector Calls
AQA Love and Relationships Poetry Knowledge Organiser / Revision Sheet
An excellent teaching and revision guide for AQA's Love and Relationships cluster. Editable and all on two sides of A3. Contains everything students need to know on all fifteen poems; each poem has a section on Meaning, Context, Language and Form/Structure. There are also sections on theme pairings,...
English Literature Knowledge Organiser/ Writing Mats (AQA)
These knowledge organisers provide a quick guide for pupils to help them write effective answers for AQA English Literature paper 1 and paper 2 with poetry on one side and fiction on the other. Keep them on your classroom desks to use as writing mats, or give them to students to revise from. Each on...
An Inspector Calls Knowledge Organiser
This An Inspector Calls knowledge organiser or revision mat on JB Priestley's classic text includes detailed notes on all the characters, the key themes, the most important linguistic devices, key areas of form, important contextual information, key themes, key quotes and more. The resource is best ...
Maths
Knowledge organiser - pythagoras and trigonometry
A resource summarising Pythagoras and trigonometry. Aiming to use the resource as an aid for the students before the topic is taught. This will hopefully allow more time for the students to use their knowledge with problems.
Knowledge organiser Unit 2F Intorduction to Algebra
I wrote this having been inspired by a twilight INSET at my school promoting the benefits of low stakes quizzes and knowledge organisers. This is how i used it with my year 9 foundation group. At the beginning of the unit i gave everyone an A4 colour copy of the knowledge organsier. Every lesson i r...
GCSE revision checklists
Here is a "mind map" of all of the gcse topics students need to know for the GCSE maths exam. There is a foundation and higher version. (For an editable version visit my website! https://www.missbanks.co.uk/revision-checklists)
Maths Learning Mat - KS3/KS4
A learning mat I produced to be laminated and out on all desks to give students a first place to look for help. Works well to encourage independence.
Knowledge Organiser Maths - Foundation
Questions and answers of core knowledge for every topic required for Foundation GCSE. Suitable for every year group. Useful for knowledge organisers, vocabulary practice, choral response in lessons. Topics are in line with CGP Book chapters. Provided as a powerpoint and PDF. If you like this res...
Science
AQA 9-1 New GCSE: B2 Organisation Knowledge Organiser
A knowledge organiser for B2 Organisation. It contains all the key knowledge from these topic for the new GCSE. It's a big topic with a lot of content so this one covers two full pages. I set revision tasks for the students from the start of the topic (e.g. learn 1-9). I then delete parts of th...
AQA GCSE Science Key Words - Knowledge Organiser
This document is for student revision activities and include a list of key words and meanings for the AQA GCSE Science specifications. They are intended to be used to test pupils understanding. This could take place either during the relevant topic or as a test at the end and is designed to comple...
AQA GCSE Combined Science - Required Practical revision sheets
Revision sheets for all the required practicals for Combined Science
Knowledge organisers for AQA GCSE 9-1 Chemistry
Started to make some knowledge organisers. I print them and laminate them and have them on desks every lesson. I like them to be simple and, where possible, pictorial in an attempt to aid their understanding and retention.
GCSE Edexcel 9-1 Combined Science Chemistry Knowledge Organisers (Year 10, CC1-CC12)
A set of knowledge organisers for Edexcel 9-1 Combined Science Chemistry for the first 5 topics, Year 10 (CC1 - CC12 using the Pearson identifiers). The knowledge organisers look good printed out on A3 and are a useful revision aid. Each topic has 3 sheets one for Higher, Standard and a support sh...
AQA 9-1 New GCSE: C9 and C10 Knowledge Organisers
Two knowledge organisers for C9: Chemistry of the Atmosphere and C10: Using Resources. It contains all the key knowledge from these topics for the new GCSE. I set revision tasks for the students from the start of the topic (e.g. learn 1-7). I then delete parts of the organiser and get students ...
iGCSE Physics Equations and iGCSE Physics Formulae with their Units all on one page
Hello everyone! I made this page for all iGCSE scientists for their Physics exams. The resource includes all the formulae and equations needed for Paper 1 and Paper 2, and also includes the UNITS that students need to learn. I wasn't able to find anything suitable for the new scheme, so I borro...
Knowledge Organiser for GCSE Physics Calculations
Key points for students when doing physics calculations at GCSE. Ideal for revision and as a reminder when answering questions. Includes; \- A guide to solving physic problem \- Rearranging Formulas \- Substitution \- Proportionality including graphs
Humanities
GCSE Geography - Knowledge organisers / Topic summaries / Revision
A set of six knowledge organisers / topic summaries for GCSE topics. Each topic is summarised on one A3 sheet of paper (apart from The Changing Economic World which is extended). Topics included are: Physical landscapes in the UK Challenge of natural hazards Challenge of resource management Cha...
9-1 Edexcel History Learning/Topic Placemats for Superpower Relations and The Cold War - Topic 1
9-1 Edexcel History Learning/Topic Placemats for Superpower Relations and The Cold War - Topic 1 -Origins of the Cold War 1945-58 These interactive learning placemats were designed to meet the challenges of the new 9-1 GCSE. They build upon the successful Medicine Through Time Placemats that I ...
AQA History Edward & Mary Knowledge Organisers
All of the essential information on Edward and Mary on 1 sheet. Can be pasted to PowerPoints or made into flash cards. Knowledge quizzes to come which are based upon these sheets. Students said they helped them to feel revision was manageable.
All the Germany 1918-45 topics on one page
Mindmap of all the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany topics for GCSE, including pointers to key questions for each sub-topic. Created originally for EdExcel iGCSE Development of Germany, but equally applicable for AQA / OCR / SHP Depth Studies with a little tweaking. Handy for planning or revisio...
Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Revision notes- Germany
An A3 sheet summarising the Weimar and Nazi Germany topic for Edexcel 9-1.
Christianity Islam Knowledge Organisers AQA
**NEW SPEC RELIGIOUS STUDIES AQA KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS** 4 x AQA Component 1 (study of religions) ISLAM + CHRISTIANITY Revision Knowledge Organisers. For GCSE RS Component 1 (study of religions)- made for Spec A - AQA but easily amended. Covers all areas of Christianity and Islam (Beliefs, Teachings,...
AQA Crime & Punishment Revision Poster (Unit 3)
This is a further revision poster in the same format as the one for medical ethics. It could be used as a placement throughout lessons, but I tend to give pupils these as a revision summary at the end of the topic. It is very text heavy, so may only be suitable for higher ability pupils, which is th...
New Spec 9-1 AQA Christianity Practices Knowledge Organiser
A quick overview of everything in the Christian Practices section of the new spec AQA specification. Useful for revision to give a overview of this part of the course.
AQA GCSE Religious Studies - Religion, Peace and Conflict Knowledge Organiser
Knowledge Organiser for the AQA Religion, Peace and Conflict theme. Can be used by students for self-quizzing, revision, checking understanding and retention of knowledge over time.
Languages
French GCSE Holidays: Present, Past, Future Tense Knowledge Organiser & Translation
A comprehensive knowledge organiser / topic speaking mat on the topic of holidays with translation practice based on this. The knowledge organiser could be used throughout teaching the topic, or as a plenary activity. It is extremely rich in vocabulary chunks and structures and it will allow pupils...
GCSE AQA New Spec German Writing Mat - 90 Word
Writing Mat designed to assist students in the writing of the 90 words, 16 mark task, in the new AQA GCSE (1-9). It has lots of useful phrases, verb help, a pupil speak markscheme. Very useful to stick in the front of pupils' books/print out back to back and laminate for use in class. I have found t...
German Literacy Mat
Literacy mat for German, to support students' general as well as subject specific literacy. The literacy mat fits in with the whole school literacy focus, but with examples in German, as they are more useful for us in German lessons than examples in English.
Writing mat for past tense
Contains a summary of sentence starters, modal verbs, opinions, infinitive clauses, relative clauses etc to help students to improve their past tense writing.
Knowledge Organiser (KO) for German GCSE AQA OUP Textbook 1.1 - Relationship with Family and Friends
A knowledge organiser (KO) for German GCSE. It is for theme 1.1 - Relationship with Family and Friends. It complements the OUP textbook. It includes key grammar ("Haben and sein", "Regular and irregular verbs in the present tense", and "Reflexive verbs in the present tense...
Spanish conversation speaking mat
I created this resource with other trainee teachers. It's a general speaking mat to encourage students to converse in Spanish, whether it's everyday classroom language and conversation or a debate. Some phrases may also help with their writing. Happy teaching!
Spanish tenses word mats
This is a set of 2 double-sided, colourful word mats (to be printed on A4 or A3 and laminated) for pupils to refer to in Spanish lessons when producing spoken or written work. It gives the conjugation of different verb tenses, opinions in different tenses, important conjunctions and time structures.
GCSE Spanish - Writing Skills
Sheet containing different ways to express opinions, time phrases, linking words and verb tenses.
GCSE Spanish "Excellence in writing" mat
A double-sided writing mat which encourages students to include a wide range of connectives, opinion phrases, intensifiers, infinitive constructions etc. in their written or oral work. Sheet also includes easy-to-use complex structures and 'Grade 9' features such as idioms and subjunctive to enable ...
Computer science
2.6 Data Representation Summary Sheet (with quick fire questions) Revision / Knowledge Organiser
**2.6 Data Representation Summary Sheet (with quick fire questions) Revision / Knowledge Organiser** Three pages of A4 that concisely summarise the important information regarding data representation. Aimed specifically at GCSE computer studies but can be used at any keystage. Comes with a set of ...
OCR GCSE Computer Science Keywords
This interactive presentation is suitable for the current GCSE specification, along with the new 9-1 curriculum. It allows students to click onto a section and revise for that specific area. There are 26 areas in total. Please see image for details of some of the keyword areas covered.
AQA Computer Science Revision page.
For students who struggle to orgainse their revision. A simple A3 layout template of content, split into all areas of the AQA specification.
GCSE/IGCSE revision resources
Support your students in the run-up to May with this bumper collection of GCSE revision and IGCSE revision resources.
Student support resources
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