I'm bready! Toastie's Year 13 gyg

days 3, 4 and 5

day 3 (friday)
in the morning i had double physics, in which i gave my pag presentation (which i did on the very cool space mission OSIRIS-REx). it was quite a nice presentation to give as it was just to my class (nothing like project xyz last year where we presented to a big lecture theatre) and i got asked some really good questions we then recapped the gravitational fields things we did at the end of last year, i had glandular fever back then so i didn't really concentrate so am very glad we recapped the stuff again otherwise i'd be pretty screwed
after break i had double core which was lovely, we started doing partial fractions (so that we could integrate fractions with lots going on). i forgot how much i love core
then after lunch we had club taster sessions, i was running a club so had to prep for that over lunch before going to/running a few sessions `which was really fun (and nice to meet lots of new year 12s)
in the evening i came home and played with our new kitten, she's very sweet and is currently trying to run across my laptop keyboard without me catching her
the weekend
i didn't really do anything, didn't have much homework (other than the pag i've owed for approximately 10 weeks now) so i did a bit of the pag but mainly just chilled out
day 4 (mon)
my morning was a bit weird; i opted to take two off syllabus courses (they're run by teachers at school during the school day teaching cool maths/other subjects) so i went to a maths one (called sums and integrals) and an economics one (macro for grownups) which were both very exciting i've taken them both as a taster and i'm supposed to drop down to just one next week but i'm hoping i can sneak into both of them in sums and integrals we did some cool maths that made me go wHOa and macro for grownups was so lovely, i've missed econ so much and it's made me realise how much i want econ to be part of my degree when i do uni
after break i had stats in which we threw beanbags what we thought was 3m and got loads of people to do it and recorded their actual results in a spreadsheet
then i had core in which we did more partial fractions except they were a lot harder
in the afternoon i had mechanics, we did moments again but with forces coming at things from different angles, i got really into the questions and ended up doing more of them after school:nerd:
at the end of the day i had a free in which i tried (and failed) to finish the pag from ages ago then after school i did a load of moments and partial fraction questions with my friends
day 5 (today)
i had core first in which we summed some partial fractions to infinity which was interesting (and very satisfying; we did them as telescoping sums)
then i had personal development (basically pshe) in which we covered the equalities act and our rights.
after break i had mechanics in which we did even more on moments though it was with boxes which we tipping or sliding which i found quite hard to get my head around at first.
then stats, in which we took the data from the spreadsheet we made yesterday and made a funky histogram (for some reason i always thought histograms were a gcse thing and didn't exist at a-level so i was very disappointed to see them again) and talked about how the data was distributed.
in the afternoon i had double physics we did electric fields which was HARD, i found it conceptually really confusing. i started getting my head around it towards the end of the lesson but i'm hoping that the homework will solidify everything for me
after school i ate caramel m&ms with my friend, came home and have been playing with the kitten since. i might begin some homework but she's so cute.

here is a pic of my bby



i hope everyone has had a good first week(ish) back
toastie
10/09/2019

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Glad you've had a good few days! Well done for your presentation! What a lot of partial fractions and mech Finish that PAG though

you're doing so well and i love how enthusiastic you are!! the sums and integrals thing sounds especially cool.. also KITTEN SHE'S THE CUTEST I'VE EVER SEEN <3

and don't worry about the pag i've got five or six from year 12 that i still need to improve and give in for remarking ;-;

All you really need to bother about with electric fields is that it's just gravitational but sometimes going the other way; the general structure of the equations is the same.
Telescoping sums are nice and it's really one-method-fits-all so as long as you don't make numerical mistakes it's free marks pretty much

also goddamn that kitten is cute

Sounds like you had an interesting week at school. Unfortunately the pictures aren't loading but your kitten must be very cute.

Telescoping sums I found electric fields hard too wish I could see the kitten but the photo won't show on my laptop so I'll try looking on my phone later!

...had to make this quick so I can run downstairs for bake off

aghh sorry i thought i did it the right way but idk
hope you've had a good week

i know, it's only one more period of mechanics a week (3 now, 2 last year) but it feels like i'm seeing my mechanics teacher all the time
will do at some point...

i'm glad there's general agreement that they're freaking awesome oh no
i forgot!! agh gotta run, thank you for the reminder!

days 3, 4 and 5

day 3 (friday)
in the morning i had double physics, in which i gave my pag presentation (which i did on the very cool space mission OSIRIS-REx). it was quite a nice presentation to give as it was just to my class (nothing like project xyz last year where we presented to a big lecture theatre) and i got asked some really good questions we then recapped the gravitational fields things we did at the end of last year, i had glandular fever back then so i didn't really concentrate so am very glad we recapped the stuff again otherwise i'd be pretty screwed
after break i had double core which was lovely, we started doing partial fractions (so that we could integrate fractions with lots going on). i forgot how much i love core
then after lunch we had club taster sessions, i was running a club so had to prep for that over lunch before going to/running a few sessions `which was really fun (and nice to meet lots of new year 12s)
in the evening i came home and played with our new kitten, she's very sweet and is currently trying to run across my laptop keyboard without me catching her
the weekend
i didn't really do anything, didn't have much homework (other than the pag i've owed for approximately 10 weeks now) so i did a bit of the pag but mainly just chilled out
day 4 (mon)
my morning was a bit weird; i opted to take two off syllabus courses (they're run by teachers at school during the school day teaching cool maths/other subjects) so i went to a maths one (called sums and integrals) and an economics one (macro for grownups) which were both very exciting i've taken them both as a taster and i'm supposed to drop down to just one next week but i'm hoping i can sneak into both of them in sums and integrals we did some cool maths that made me go wHOa and macro for grownups was so lovely, i've missed econ so much and it's made me realise how much i want econ to be part of my degree when i do uni
after break i had stats in which we threw beanbags what we thought was 3m and got loads of people to do it and recorded their actual results in a spreadsheet
then i had core in which we did more partial fractions except they were a lot harder
in the afternoon i had mechanics, we did moments again but with forces coming at things from different angles, i got really into the questions and ended up doing more of them after school:nerd:
at the end of the day i had a free in which i tried (and failed) to finish the pag from ages ago then after school i did a load of moments and partial fraction questions with my friends
day 5 (today)
i had core first in which we summed some partial fractions to infinity which was interesting (and very satisfying; we did them as telescoping sums)
then i had personal development (basically pshe) in which we covered the equalities act and our rights.
after break i had mechanics in which we did even more on moments though it was with boxes which we tipping or sliding which i found quite hard to get my head around at first.
then stats, in which we took the data from the spreadsheet we made yesterday and made a funky histogram (for some reason i always thought histograms were a gcse thing and didn't exist at a-level so i was very disappointed to see them again) and talked about how the data was distributed.
in the afternoon i had double physics we did electric fields which was HARD, i found it conceptually really confusing. i started getting my head around it towards the end of the lesson but i'm hoping that the homework will solidify everything for me
after school i ate caramel m&ms with my friend, came home and have been playing with the kitten since. i might begin some homework but she's so cute.

here is a pic of my bby



i hope everyone has had a good first week(ish) back
toastie
10/09/2019

toastinators: if you want to be added or removed then just let me know

Thanks! Had a great week so far except for calling stupid housing services to fix the bathroom light after I called them out to isolate it because there was a leak in the bathroom smh. I must've called like four times and waited piss ages because I got cut off the line for some reason before I managed to get through to someone and sort **** out. My parents are free tomorrow so I'll be heading down the market with mum to get some fresh fruit and veg and probably wonder around the local Morrisons lol. Hope you have a great week as well.

Makes it more than half the school days That still sounds like a lot to me though, we used to have 3 lessons of maths+3 of fm so having half of what we had as mech sounds like

A kitten!!
So. Much. Maths

Kitty

We did them in A Level further maths but called it something else... method of differences springs to mind? Unless that was something else! but we did them in first year and they were the only series proofs I could do in the section didn't work on my phone either!
yay! glad I reminded you - hope you enjoyed it bread

can't see the photo of the kitten but i see loads of photos on sc so it's okay
we're meant to be starting partial fractions soon, hope they're not too bad

glad everything has been going well
can't see the kitten either
get your PAG done!!

Hey Toastie,

I originally planned to follow alongside some of the GYG's this year, but unfortunately I'm really starting to feel the pressure with my subjects at Higher level and need to devote my full attention to my studies; as a result I have sadly put forward a request to have my tag withdrawn for the meantime. It was great following along (although your blog has only just begun) and I hope I can some time again in the future.

Oooh, sums and integrals, that sounds cool! And MEI buddies! Are you doing your major in mechanics? And could I be tagged please? Thank you!

that sounds super annoying