After GCSEs- the gap between exams and the summer holidays.

My final GCSE exam is on June 15th, prom is then on the 29th of June and I officially finish on the 20th of July.

What do we actually do in the period between exams and the summer holiday?

Reply 1

username3626074

I signed up to do NCS, which takes up 3 weeks of the holiday and you learn a lot. It's also pretty cheap as well, and you can find new friends c:

Tbh I would just make the most of freedom by seeing your friends and doing stuff you enjoy while you can as well

Reply 2

username3836852

Hi there,

I did my GCSE's last year, and during this period, I did nothing. I met up with my friends like once, and then stayed at home.

I regret this, as it was so much time I could have used properly!

I think you should hang out with your friends as much as you can: go to festivals, the park, swimming pool, anywhere really. Many of you're friends may be going to different sixth forms, so it might be the last time you spend a decent amount of quality time with them.

Most importantly just relax and enjoy yourself, because A-levels next year are hard !

Good luck with your exams, and have a fun summer!

All the best :smile:

Reply 3

Adrenaliine

Original post by Luna Quibbler

Oh I didn't even realise we got that time off! I thought we'd just be sitting around in class waiting for our results :biggrin:

That's good news. In that case, I will spend it catching up on lost sleep and binge watching Kitchen Nightmares.

Reply 4

username3836852

Original post by Adrenaliine

Oh I didn't even realise we got that time off! I thought we'd just be sitting around in class waiting for our results :biggrin:

That's good news. In that case, I will spend it catching up on lost sleep and binge watching Kitchen Nightmares.

As long as that makes you happy, that is a good choice. Enjoy yourself !

Reply 5

RedGiant

Original post by Adrenaliine

Oh I didn't even realise we got that time off! I thought we'd just be sitting around in class waiting for our results :biggrin:

That's good news. In that case, I will spend it catching up on lost sleep and binge watching Kitchen Nightmares.

It depends on your school. Some schools let you go home, others don't.

Also, you finish on the 20th of July?? I finished completely on the 24th June I think...

Reply 6

Adrenaliine

Original post by RedGiant

It depends on your school. Some schools let you go home, others don't.

Also, you finish on the 20th of July?? I finished completely on the 24th June I think...

To be honest, I don't think they've properly thought out when we're finishing but that's what I've been told and I don't want to get my hopes up.

Reply 7

Mesopotamian…

I basically stressed myself out and the rest of my family along with me about my GCSE results 😭

Did watch some good anime though in the mean time :biggrin:

Reply 8

Adrenaliine

Original post by Mesopotamian.

I basically stressed myself out and the rest of my family along with me about my GCSE results 😭

Did watch some good anime though in the mean time :biggrin:

Any recommendations? Been trying to get into anime actually :tongue:

Reply 9

Mesopotamian…

Original post by Adrenaliine

Any recommendations? Been trying to get into anime actually :tongue:

There's loads of good ones (although admittedly I haven't watched all of them because the study workload definitely does not get less after GCSEs :sad:

) so here are some I've watched and some that are on my list:
- Naruto: okay people will tell you this is mainstream anime - it is one of the well known ones buts it's got good plots so definitely give this a go
- Ao no exorcist: I read the manga for this because at the time they cut the anime really short but I think they rebooted it and it's on its second season now
- Attack on titan
- Hero no boko academia: haven't watched it but my friend strongly recommends it. May have gotten the words in the name slightly mixed up though :dontknow:

- Death note
- fairy tail: this was the first anime I ever watched. It had interesting things going on (magic users, dragon slayers, a super powerful wizard no one can defeat, random evil people) but it does slightly get a bit repetitive with plots over time and there's way too much fan service in my opinion but I guess you might like that
- Fullmetal alchemist brotherhood
- Black butler
- Bleach