Good Luck Year 11! :D

I am the same with mind maps and notes!

Instead, I devise flashcards on Quizlet and I take numerous quizzes across different platforms like Gojimo. Both Gojimo and Quizlet are free and are available on the app store and online.

Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/
If you learn best through repetition, do a drill of flashcards about 2/3 times and hopefully, you'll retain the information better!

Gojimo: http://app.gojimo.co/qualifications
This app provides quizzes for the vast majority of subjects on the national curriculum and if you get a question right or wrong, it explains the answer for you and tracks your progress and your weaknesses. They are tailored to students in KS3, doing GCSEs and A-levels as well as to students doing different qualifications across the world.

Have you also tried this technique called the Cornell note-taking technique? Here is a diagram below and an explanation about how the technique works:



Ideally you should do this without looking at the textbook or looking at any prompts and in your own words!

Hope these tips and ideas help!
FLM3026

Haha no worries mate, and thank you, hopefully with all the effort and time I put in, it will be well worth it. Same to you! what subjects are you taking?

Thank you very much for the advice! I'll definitely be trying Gojimo, and the Cornell note-taking technique (I hope it works...)

I am shitting myself for maths because everybody has so many high expectations of me getting a good grade. I want to at least get a C so I do not have to retake it the following year!

Wow this is amazing, thank you!

I'm in Year 11 and while I have always performed well academically, this year I seem to have been on a bit of a slide, and this has really lifted my spirits! I'm aiming for 7 or 8 A*s, but I'll still be over the moon with 5 or above. For me hardcore revision starts on Monday, and once I actually do start there'll no no looking back - I need these grades!

Good luck to you, even though you're only in Year 10, you already have the right mindset, something which will come in very handy this time next year.

Lastly, thanks again!

No problem! It's the least I can do

Wow! You seem like someone of an ambitious, self-motivated and driven nature and I find that highly admirable so good on you! With such an attitude, the world is your oyster!

I'm predicted all A's at the end of the year 10 in all of my subjects so I've really got to knuckle down in order to reach or at least get high B's at the end of the year. It won't be the end of the world if I don't reach those targets because targets don't necessarily mean much provided that you seriously knuckle down and work towards those grades next time!

Good luck on your revision but make sure you don't wear yourself out, OK? Make sure you take time out to relax and enjoy other things

Thank you as well!
FLM3026

Ah thank you, I hope I do well!

Don't worry too much on how you do this year, in my year 10 mocks I got 4 A*s, 2 As, 2Bs, a C and a D, but in my year 11 ones I got 5 A*s, 4 As, 2Bs, no Cs and no Ds, so it's easy to bounce back if things don't turn out your way! (Just try not to get ill )

I won't wear myself out, I know I tend to work for long periods of time but I know my limits

No problem!

Wow, those are excellent year 10 mocks results! I am in the process of doing mine and I doubt I've done well (or just not as well as I'd wanted to) but as you mentioned, there's always time to learn from that experience and do better next time!

Congratulations on your year 11 mocks! You should be darn well proud of yourself!
FLM3026

Exactly - they're called mocks for a reason! And it's better to slip up now than in your real exams (not that I'm saying you have btw)

Good luck with the rest of your mocks and I'm sure you've done well in the ones you've done

Really when are you going to start?