The Current Year 9 Thread (2014-2015) Mark I

Hmm... Well I have some friends who do those subjects but neither do both! + They both seem to enjoy them too. <img src="images/smilies/tongue.png" border="0" alt="" title="" smilieid="5" class="inlineimg"> I can ask for you? ^_^<br>
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Why are you thinking of those two for your last option? <img src="images/smilies/biggrin.png" border="0" alt="" title="" smilieid="3" class="inlineimg"><br>
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Completely off topic but anyway

Does your username happen to come from the band, or was it just a cool sounding word......

My favourite band.

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Hey, I'm in year 9 and am currently picking my options; I know they don't matter much but some advice would be great. I've picked Further Maths (you have to pick it no matter the set in my school), Triple Science (once again have to pick no matter the set) Geography, History and French. On top of the obvious compulsory English Lit, Lang, Maths, Double Science, R.E and P.E. Anyone who's taking any of these options, could you please give me an overview/rating of them and some advice? I'm hopefully aiming for straight A*s and hong to pursue a levels/career in the sciences/maths but still unsure. Anyways, would be great if someone could get back to me!

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Thank you to the person who repped me.


Hi! I'm karmacrunch and I'm in Y10. Out of your options I do Geography! I can quote a friend to tell you about History and French though!

Well... Geography... I love it so much, there is so much interesting content! It will honestly be fine! I think you'll know about the two main types of Geography? Physical and Human? Well there should be a good split between them in your specification and at many times they interlink. Therefore, don't worry about not liking particular topics... there is a good mix.

I'm sure you'll have heard that there are quite a few case studies from other people but don't be put off by that! Don't treat them as something you have to memorise. Try to learn them, like general knowledge and it's much easier to retain everything.

Erm... What else? Do you know which board you're most likely to be on? I know that your GCSEs are changing but still. (I'm on AQA Spec A)

Quote me if you have any questions and I hope this helps!

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Am I not good enough to inform about history karma?

Oh but of course you are! Sorry. I put Mr... because he's the first person I could think of that's doing GCSE History atm.

+ I didn't realise that he wanted explanations for all of the subjects. Whoops.

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Haha, I was joking hun We're all gonna end up being useless for them next year when the changes come into effect My little brother is in year 9 and his options assembly just made me angry because they were talking about the changes

I know, dw. I know right?! The same with A-Levels too. I'm glad that I managed to squeeze in with the old GCSEs though.

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How many gcses do most people do? I am doing 12 next year and I'm a bit worried about having enough lesson time/ revision time

I think I'm taking OCR Triple Science, AQA Geography and OCR Hisory for my options. I've already done AQA French speaking/writing assessments and I'm doing the reading and listening exams in May so I've already got a bit of GCSE experience now luckily. Just wondering, if anyone could tell me what my three options might be like if they've done them or are doing them it'd be really helpful as those 3 aren't set in stone yet. Thanks

Well... Geography... I love it so much as there is so much interesting content! It will be fine! I think you'll know about the two main types of Geography? Physical and Human? Well there is a good split between them in the AQA specification and at many times they interlink. Therefore, don't worry about not liking particular topics... there is a good mix.

I'm sure you'll have heard that there are quite a few case studies from other people but don't be put off by that! Don't treat them as something you have to memorise. Try to learn them, like general knowledge and it's much easier to retain everything.

I know that your GCSEs are changing but there should still be some similarities. I'm currently on AQA Spec A.

Hey there I'm a Community Assistant here, so if you're ever having any problems TSR or study related then let me know

For my GCSEs, out of the ones you did, I did:
- History (AQA B): This was one of my favourite subjects, I've taken it for A Level There's quite a lot of dates and names to learn, but other than that it's about explaining events and their consequences, plus there's a lot of source skills too. The workload isn't that much either, just mainly practice essays
- Triple Science (AQA): Also fairly easy to understand, by learning mark schemes of exam questions you can make sure you know how to get all of the marks It's all about understanding how to apply the knowledge, and it pretty easy to learn from the textbook

Read on for more subjects info!

- English lit and lang (both AQA): I'm a very humanities based student (took both at A Level), so if you ever need any help with them ask me The key is making sure your coursework is as good as it can be, then learn how to structure your exam questions as there's particular things you need to do for the marks
- RE (OCR? Edexcel? Who knows, I did both short course and long course though): Very easy, no workload, just learn the opinions and about 4 reasons that you can just reuse, there's particular quotes which can be used for practically everything too
- Maths (AQA): Once you know how to do something, you can just do it. Make sure you understand everything as you go along and ask your teacher for help if you get anything wrong I also took this for A LevelAgain, let me know if you need anything

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That's really helpful, thank you both so much

That's really helpful, thank you both so much