A month is tight but usable. The key is to stop trying to cover everything and instead prioritise the topics where marks are available.
Week 1: Audit and foundation
Spend Day 1 with the syllabus checklist. Go through every statement and mark it red (cannot do), amber (shaky) or green (confident). Count your reds and ambers. These are your revision targets.
Days 2 to 7: work through your red topics. For each one, read the textbook section, write 3 to 5 key points from memory, then attempt one past paper question on that topic.
Week 2: Targeted practice
Take your amber topics and do 3 past paper questions on each. After each question, check the mark scheme and write down what you missed. If you are still making the same errors, re-read the concept page and try again.
By the end of Week 2, every red topic should have moved to amber and many ambers should have moved to green.
Week 3: Full papers under timed conditions
Sit one full Paper 2 and one full Paper 4 under exam conditions (no notes, strict time). Mark them using the mark scheme. Identify your 3 weakest areas and spend the remaining days of Week 3 drilling those.
Repeat with a second full paper set. Compare your scores. The trend matters more than the absolute number.
Week 4: Refinement and exam readiness
Days 1 to 3: do a final round of targeted past paper questions on any remaining weak topics.
Days 4 to 5: sit one more full paper under timed conditions. This is your dress rehearsal.
Days 6 to 7: light review only. Re-read your error logs, check your equation list, and rest. Cramming new material at this stage does not help.
What to cut
If time runs short, prioritise topics by their typical mark weighting. Motion, Forces and Energy carries the largest share. Thermal Physics and Waves are also heavily tested. Space Physics carries fewer marks. Focus your remaining hours where they count.
Study session structure
Each session should last 45 to 60 minutes. Spend the first 10 minutes reviewing yesterday’s errors. Spend 30 minutes on new practice. Spend the final 10 minutes writing a brief summary of what you learned. Two focused sessions per day is sustainable for a month.
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