Website guide for Students

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Start at mrkidmansclassroom.com

Go to mrkidmansclassroom.com and choose Student when asked.

Interactive Revision is the first Home card. It guides you through a topic, combining notes with practice.

You can also choose KS4 revision for individual subject and unit pages.

Choose a topic for Interactive Revision

Open Interactive Revision from Home or the first button on a unit.

Choose KS4, Geography, G2: Tectonic hazards and Earth and plate margins, then Start revision.

You can choose all topics in a unit. The session includes the activities available for your selection.

Read the notes and control the pace

Read each revision point, then use Next revision point to continue. Previous lets you go back.

Use Text size or Full screen to make the display comfortable.

The Skip button names the next activity if you want to move on.

Explore each keyword with Frayer models

The Frayer models explain important words using a definition, characteristics, examples and non-examples.

Read the complete model, then explain the word in your own words.

Next keyword moves to the next term.

Match keywords to their meanings

Keyword Connect asks you to match terms and meanings. Select a keyword, then its definition to draw a connection.

The activity gives feedback on your choice.

Use the controls above the activity to continue or revisit earlier work.

Check what you remember

The session includes quiz questions for the topic. Answer from memory, then use Check answer.

Read the feedback and revisit any ideas you need to strengthen.

Your selected question order stays the same when you go back.

Rebuild the notes with cloze

Topic cloze uses the same revision content, with key words missing.

Try to supply each word before clicking its gap to reveal it.

Explain why it fits the sentence, then move on when you are ready.

Explain your thinking with hinge questions

Choose an answer to the hinge question, then click Check answer.

Read the explanation and think about why the other choices do not fit.

If you are unsure, return to the notes or ask your teacher about the idea.

Practise an answer and get AI feedback

Write your answer, then click Check my answer to copy the question, answer and AI marking prompt.

Paste it into an AI that accepts images, read the feedback and improve your answer.

This online session has no downloads. Use unit Notes or Gap Finder for paper resources.

Choose Geography

Find Geography in the subject list and open it.

We will use Geography throughout this guide, but you can follow the same steps for your other subjects.

Find past papers and other revision websites

The links at the top of Geography take you to Past papers and BBC Bitesize. There are also links to Quizlet and Save My Exams. Past papers give you exam questions and mark schemes to practise with.

Open the topic you want to revise

Use the search box or browse the topic cards.

For this example, search for tectonic and open G2: Tectonic hazards.

A unit page brings the notes, quiz and other resources together.

Find the tools at the top of the unit

The first button opens Interactive revision. The other buttons open Gap finder, download a PLC or Key words, save the Notes, or open AI Exam Practice.

You can come back to this row whenever you need another resource.

Read the notes a little at a time

Click Next to reveal more revision content. Show all displays it together.

Read a short section, then try to explain it without looking.

Use the notes to make something you can revise from, such as flashcards, a mind map or a short summary.

Use diagrams in your own revision resources

The diagrams help explain the topic.

For tectonic hazards, you could draw and label the plate boundaries, then add an explanation in your own words.

Cover the labels later and see what you can remember.

Try the quiz beside the notes

Answer the questions in Test yourself. Some ask you to choose an answer; others ask you to type one.

Try to answer from memory before checking the notes.

Click Check when you are ready.

Use the feedback to decide what to revisit

Read the feedback after checking your answers.

If you got something wrong, return to the relevant notes and improve your revision resource.

Move through the questions and try another set to practise again.

Download the key words and learn their meanings

Click Key words at the top of the unit to download a list of important terms and definitions.

Turn these into flashcards, cover the definitions and test yourself, or ask someone to quiz you.

This shows part of the downloaded Geography list.

Save the revision content for use on paper

Click Notes at the top of a unit to download its revision guide.

Open the downloaded Word file and print it if you prefer to work on paper.

Gap Finder can also create a personalised guide for the areas you need to revise. The following slides show how.

Gap Finder gives you two ways to begin

Click Gap finder on the unit page.

Choose Use the PLC to rate your confidence against the learning goals, or Answer some questions to try a quiz.

We will use the PLC route in this example.

Use the PLC to rate each learning goal

A PLC is a personal learning checklist.

For each statement, choose green if you can do it confidently, amber if you need more practice, or red if you do not understand it yet.

Be honest: your answers help the site choose useful revision material for you.

Choose how to revise your gaps

After rating every statement, submit your choices. Your results show areas to work on.

Choose Interactive revision to practise the associated topics online.

Or use Download PDF or Download Word for a personalised paper resource.

Use the personalised guide to revise your gaps

The guide brings together revision material for the areas you selected, including relevant key words and activities.

Print it if you prefer a paper resource.

Once you have revised those areas, return to the unit and test yourself again.

Open AI Exam Practice from your unit

Return to the unit and click AI Exam Practice.

The unit is already selected for you. Start the questions when you are ready.

These exam-style questions give you practice at writing or drawing an answer.

Write your answer before asking for feedback

Type your answer in Your answer / working. You can also add a drawing or handwritten working.

This example explains how earthquakes happen at a destructive plate margin.

Try the question yourself first, using the marks to judge how much detail to include.

Copy your answer ready for AI marking

Click Check my answer.

It copies a picture containing the question, your answer and a prompt telling an AI to mark your work and give feedback.

You are copying it so that you can paste it into an AI. If copying fails, download the picture and attach it instead.

Paste the picture into an AI

Open an AI that accepts images. This example uses Google AI Mode.

Paste the copied picture and send it. You do not need to write another prompt because the marking instructions are already in the picture.

Here, the picture alone produced feedback.

Read the feedback and improve your answer

The AI comments on the answer and suggests an improvement.

In this example, it suggests using the term subduction. Add useful improvements to your answer and revision notes.

AI can make mistakes. Ask your teacher if its marking seems wrong or its comments are unclear.

Ask the site to build your revision timetable

Open the Revision timetable generator from Home or the GCSE revision page.

Choose Build my timetable for me. It will ask a few questions and create a plan that you can change.

Choose a week and its start date

Choose A week plan.

Enter the date you want the week to begin, then click Continue.

Our example starts on Monday 26 October 2026. Use a date that suits your own revision.

Divide the day into morning, afternoon and evening

For Time slots, choose Morning / afternoon / evening.

Click Continue.

This keeps the plan simple and gives you a choice of sessions for each day.

Leave mornings out of the plan

Untick Morning. Leave Afternoon and Evening ticked, then click Continue.

The timetable will only use the sessions you have selected. You can plan shorter tasks and breaks within a session.

Keep Sunday and Friday evening free

Tick Leave Sunday blank so no revision is scheduled that day.

Under Friday, tick Leave evening blank.

Click Continue. Sunday will remain visible in the timetable, with its sessions left empty.

Choose these eight subjects

Tick English Language, Maths, Geography, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Physical Education and Art and Design.

These are the site's labels for English Language, maths, geography, the three sciences, PE and art.

Click Continue. You can skip the optional website links for this example.

Build the plan with separate subject sessions

Choose Keep subjects separate, then click Build my timetable.

The site fits your selected subjects into the available sessions. If there are too few sessions, this option can add another week.

Our example fits into one week.

Check the completed timetable

The plan includes all eight subjects, uses afternoons and evenings, and leaves Sunday and Friday evening empty.

Look through it before saving. A timetable should fit your real routine, so you can still make changes.

Turn a subject name into a useful revision task

Click a session and replace the subject name with a clear task.

For example: Geography: tectonic hazards - recall plate margins, then 10 questions.

Specific tasks make it easier to start when the session arrives.

Download or print your timetable

Choose Download PDF, open the downloaded file and use Print or Ctrl+P to print it.

Choose Download Word if you want an editable copy.

Save your plan before leaving the page so that you can use it again later.

Put the timetable in your phone's calendar

Choose Add to calendar, then Download iCal (.ics). Follow the instructions for your calendar.

For Google Calendar, import the file on a computer and use the same account on your phone. For Apple Calendar, follow the iPhone or Mac instructions shown.

Later edits need a new download; importing again can duplicate events.