My First Year Of GCSE's

I'm currently in year 11 and my revision processes are summarising key notes in each subject topics and put them on an index card and stick them on your bedroom wall or anywhere else you are guaranteed to see them. Hopefully seeing them everyday will allow it to stay in your head

S**t ...my revision consisted of having a textbook open while playing CoD

Lol, have you done your GCSE's? if so how did you do.

hey! i'm also in y10 and want to do medicine so i'll defo be following your thread!

Back At School:
This week has been my first week back since the holidays. I really enjoyed a-lot of my lessons and had a motivational talk from my mom about me not putting enough effort in because I'm gifted and talented and I think I can leave everything to last-minute. Oops! It's true, yes, ok, I do get a bit over confident when it comes to my academics. Only because my IQ is in the genius range.

Anywaaay! I've got french homework, business homework and 9 subjects to revise for tests. I know manic. I need to get a good score on my biology test as I only managed to get a level 5/B- on my chemistry.
I don't spend much of my time concentrating on lessons and normally stare at the clock, especially after 2h30 minutes straight of Biology. GGGR!

I'm also worried medicine isn't for me and don't know if i'm following an academic trend. What I really want to do is be an entrepreneur or something with horses; like a show jumper. Yeah this year I have changed my career 34 times. I KNOW RIGHT!

I'm struggling to get good marks on test, but I feel my revision is enough. My mom doesn't agree. I was just wondering if you had any tips on revision and if you could comment them below.

Hi,
Today was actually pleasantly surprising. I enjoyed all of my lessons and this is way I have decided to write a little bit about them.

MATHS:-
We are doing algebra and are currently rearranging the formulas which I enjoy. I never used to like algebra but my teacher, who I have had for the second year now, is amazing.

English:-
I have a love hate relationship with this topic but I really enjoyed todays lesson. We had to write a creative piece of writing that emphasised a tense atmosphere.I get my test results tomorrow for a test we had done last week. WISH ME LUCK!!!

Business:-
We did the maths side of business today and I really liked it. Working out revenue and profit and how variable and fixed costs are calculated. I did a nice piece of homework and handed it in. My teacher loved the homework so I'm happy with the lesson. I scored an 8 in my last test I hope I get a 9 next time seeing as we will be doing maths in the next test.

French:-
My teacher told us to prepare for mocks and make sure we are taking enough time out of our social lives (mines non existent)
to revise.We are still on the topic of the family house and I enjoyed the lesson. I did well on my test and used 4 tenses.


QUESTION OF THE DAY:-
FAVOURITE SUBJECT AND WHY?

good luck for your english test and french mocks!
my favourite subject is drama bc we do little to no work and analysis is so easy for me and i just love performing with my friends

i’m also in the same situation! year ten who wants to go into medicine (although i only realised after i picked my gcses last year that wanted to go into medicine so now i dont even do triple science)

n e ways, for revision , i feel like making notes is a good way to start. it probably isn’t the best way to start but is effective as a foundation. i run a studygram account so i also focus on making them look good, which makes the revision process easier. the way i do it is by using a textbook and rewriting everything we covered in class . reason being is that it goes through your head again?? i realise in class i don’t actually take good/quality notes because its usually what the teacher is telling me to write - not what i understand of the content. if you understand the content and can write it in your own words, it makes the revision process a lot easier.

another technique is probably flashcards. they’re short and snappy and especially good if you have the facts on one side and the questions on the other. but make sure to do these along the way because when it came to geography i found myself doing last minute flash cards for case studies and that took years!

but an important way to do things is spacing them out and focusing on things that you struggle with. do practise exam questions and if you don’t do well on them, revise the topics more often. for questions you’re better at, revise them but just less frequently. there was a very good technique on tumblr i saw linked to this if you want me to send it!!