Hello Everyone! Thank you to everyone who's already signed up to Grow Your Grades- your blogs are already looking fantastic and it's so great to see such dedication to your revision.
We now have an overall prize for the lucky winner which is...
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We've also decided to extend the deadline until
MONDAY 22ND FEB so there's still time to get your blog up and running if you want to take part!
GET YOUR ENTRY IN HERE! (For anyone who wants to start their new blog all you need to do is start a new thread- outlying your academic goals, then PM me to let me know you're getting involved!)Thought this would be a good time to also share some top tips about how to most effectively use your blog to your advantage...
Revision blog top tips:1. Be specificWe're really interested to hear about everything that you do- made an exam timetable? I'm interested. Created some swish flashcards? Show 'em off! Wrote out your notes? Yep, I want to hear about it!
2. Be reflectiveFind out what does and doesn't work for you, evaluate how you're feeling about exams and how you can make improvements as you go.
3. Show your workingTell us what methods you're using, how they're helping and what you don't like. Share your wisdom so we can all learn from each others mistakes.
4. We want to get to know you!Show us a bit of personality, get creative let us know the highs and lows of your revision.
5. Keep up to dateKeep posting regularly and don't give up! You don't need to post every day, but updating regularly will be key to an excellent (and useful) blog!