TOASTIE's toil for 8s!

Mandarin is pretty awesome- we’re definitely a minority in the school but it’s good as we have a really small class (like just about 20ppl) where we have a lot of banter 😂
I used to struggle with maths from about year 7-9, I was in one of the two top sets (they’re exact same ability) but I was really struggling to get the grades the rest of the class were getting. I did maths every day over the summer from year nine to ten! I didn’t do much, max ten mins from my textbook improving my speed and accuracy at factorising etc which completely turned around my grade! At the beginning of year 10 I got a 6 in my baseline assessment (sounds bad but it was one of the highest in my year) and since then I’ve made sure I always understood the work in class and completed the extension work. Also if there’s an area I know I’m bad at (e.g: trig graphs!) then I will practise them first in my 9-1 textbook, then my grade 9 targeted textbook. But as the grade 9 textbook is seriously difficult I often go to my teacher at lunch or after school to ask how to do problems. Don’t worry about annoying them, [in my case] the teacher loves maths and is happy to help solve problems! In the end, they do want you to get the best grade😆😆
Good luck and please let me know if you need any help with maths!
Toastiekid X

They’re the grades i need for the courses I want to do at one of the sixth forms I’m applying to! I gotta aim high if I want to get a place😆😆
I guess make sure you understand everything- if you don’t understand say preparing a pure dry salt in chemistry there will probably be a question where you’ve gotta apply your previous knowledge to get the answer. So basically revise everything, if you don’t understand it ask a friend or your teacher to explain it; I suck at trying to learn stuff from the textbook, I’ve got to have someone explain it or I forget. Also do loads of practise questions! There are now quite a lot of questions made for people to prepare for the new gcses so use them! You can then get used to the way you need to phrase answers and vocab you need to use.
Hope this helps! If you have any questions let me know!
Toastiekid x

Hey!
Your gyg thread is AMAZING!!!!!! Lovin it!!!!!
How do we access the questions for the new gcse? Xxxxx thank you!

They’re the grades i need for the courses I want to do at one of the sixth forms I’m applying to! I gotta aim high if I want to get a place😆😆
I guess make sure you understand everything- if you don’t understand say preparing a pure dry salt in chemistry there will probably be a question where you’ve gotta apply your previous knowledge to get the answer. So basically revise everything, if you don’t understand it ask a friend or your teacher to explain it; I suck at trying to learn stuff from the textbook, I’ve got to have someone explain it or I forget. Also do loads of practise questions! There are now quite a lot of questions made for people to prepare for the new gcses so use them! You can then get used to the way you need to phrase answers and vocab you need to use.
Hope this helps! If you have any questions let me know!
Toastiekid x

thank you for your advice for maths! i should probably start practicing things in maths but i ALWAYS procrastinate *oops*

i think japanese has quite a small class too!
but saying that, my spanish class is TINY - they have two top sets for spanish and my set has around 15 people in it which is great because the environment is so chill and we can have a bit of banter and we have a great teacher so hopefully i can get a 9 in this subject!!! 🤞🏼

Wow that’s so small! My smallest class (music) has 15 and my largest (maths) has 30! We have more than half our year taking Spanish (around 120) about 50 taking French 20 taking mandarin and the other 30 or so either do Latin or no language. Yeah procrastination is a big issue for me...I have a maths and English exam on Monday 😂

Thank-you! x

Do mean practise questions? You can buy a textbook or look on the website of the exam board and subject you’re doing to get specimen papers.
Hope this is helpful!

Oh yes i did mean practise questions, must have missed out the word itself! Thank you xxx

haha no problem! Which subjects are you doing? X

Wow your predicted grades are amazing! A 9 in maths!! Good luck for this year (a little late but i think we all need it after Michael Gove crashed his way through the GCSE spec)
Also can we join forces and defeat the beast that is physics? It really needs to be put back in its place after gloating about the dreaded equations we're supposed to commit to memory

Other than the core subjects and triple science im taking history, drama and french. Also rs since its compulsory at my school Xxxx

Thank you! and yes, I will join the fight against Physics as I need an 8/9 in physics to study the maths course I want to do at one of the sixth forms I'm applying to! And one of the other sixth forms has Physics as a compulsory subject which I don't mind as I think I'll enjoy it more with better teachers (who like the subject)
I'm guessing you dislike physics but which subject do you enjoy the most? You can probably tell I enjoy maths (though my teacher is very annoying) but I also have a hilarious English teacher!
good luck x

A 8/9 in physics- gosh, that makes me dizzy to think about, though I'm sure your passion in maths might help you out there a bit (..maybe?). My favourite subject is probably English, though both A Christmas Carol and Macbeth are driving me nuts at the moment- ACC has to be the blandest thing I've ever come across.

well done on your predicted grades!
how do you revise for science? i'm stuck at grade 7s and 6s even though my target is an 8

I used to love English but I've gone off it since GCSEs began
I'm so glad I'm not doing a Christmas carol (no offence)
Which books do you like reading (for pleasure)?
For me: Harry Potter, Cassandra clare, Tom Hoyle- actually there are too many.