Key Stage Three Science: the Revision Guide: Levels 5-7

Very usefull

My son advised me he was struggling with maths and science after being moved to the top set (he’s in year 7/first year secondary school), I’ve been able to help him to an extent but knew I needed more help and saw these books and the study guides on here for sale, I took the plunge and bought the foundation and higher study guides for maths and science and the targeted workbooks for Y7 and Y8 (as some of the things they are doing are for the next year - factorising being one I can think of off the top of my head) They are absolutely fabulous and have helped him understand the tricky things he has been struggling with, they have also given him a lot of confidence as he thought he didn’t know certain things but after working through the workbook saw that he did know it.

I bought this revision guide, along with a Letts KS3 success Science revision Guide for my 12 year-old child who has dyslexia. His science teacher recommended it, I believe, as it used a slightly different approach to presenting the information. I like the way the information is presented and this is written with a sense of humour, however, pupils with dyslexia (or similar specific learning difficulties) may find this difficult to read. The type-face is quite bold and not 'easy-on-the-eye'. Many key words are in different colours (which is great if the coloured type-face doesn't bother the reader) and many words are underlined. I found it 'uncomfortable' to read for long periods of and I don't have dyslexia. For pupils revising short sections at a time, it would be very beneficial. There is a revision summary for each section, with 30 or so questions and the answers must be written on a separate sheet. Answers to a very few 'trickier' selected questions are in the back of the book and the author advises that the answers to most of the questions are found in the relevant sections.

Very good came probably

As expected