Making a timetable.

Hey there, can I ask what you're studying for GCSE or A-levels etc... I can help you out if it's GCSE?

Yeah I’m doing GCSE!

Okay so I'm currently in yr 11 and should have been doing GCSE so I can tell you how my revision timetable went? So I started revising from it in like jan/Feb of yr 11 ( I didn't revise for gcses in yr 10, only for end of topic tests and mocks). Obviously I did bits and bobs from Sept-jan/Feb. I made mine on a Google spreadsheet (highly recommend) and stuck to it pretty well. So firstly, you need to add in any clubs you attend (scouting and volunteering for me), this is crucial as I found doing things I wanted to do really helped me out with stress etc. Then, I'd revise for around 3 hrs per night, 1 hour per subject e.g: I might revise geography, history and spanish one night and spend an hour on each. However, if I had mock exams for a week, I'd go off the revision timetable and revise for that mock exam. I'd recommend having one day off because I didn't do that and I do slightly regret that as it got intense, so like have Sunday off for example. I also added in like 15min breaks between revising each subject. It really depends on you, as I prefer to revise longer and can't just take a break after 30mins of revision because I feel like I haven't done anything. My timetable was 2 weeks (I alternated) but I can I my find one of the weeks, the second weeks was the same but I switched the subjects around a bit for variety. Once you get into the swing of revising from a timetable you'll get used to it. I've tried to attach the first week as a photo below, let me know if you can actually see it! Hope this helped, feel free to ask any more questions if you don't have a clue what I'm talking about!

That looks very intense, you doing ok?

Haha I know it's VERY intense, safe to say I didn't have much of a life outside of school. I didn't stick to it fully and looking back on it, I don't know what I was thinking! I genuinally enjoyed studying though I guess, which is a little weird? I was getting great grades anyway so I definetly went wayyyy too far with my revision! I'm sure I would have changed it if GCSEs had been going ahead, as this was for mocks as well!! I certainly learned from my mocks that this much wasn't needed - my sister revised wayyyyy less than me like barely revised and was getting the same grades as me (which annoyed me quite a bit) so looking back on it, this was probably a bit overkill!

Hey, have you tried the Get Revising Study Plan? I also couldn't stick to timetables but the way they did it was super helpful they made everything manageable

Okay so I'm currently in yr 11 and should have been doing GCSE so I can tell you how my revision timetable went? So I started revising from it in like jan/Feb of yr 11 ( I didn't revise for gcses in yr 10, only for end of topic tests and mocks). Obviously I did bits and bobs from Sept-jan/Feb. I made mine on a Google spreadsheet (highly recommend) and stuck to it pretty well. So firstly, you need to add in any clubs you attend (scouting and volunteering for me), this is crucial as I found doing things I wanted to do really helped me out with stress etc. Then, I'd revise for around 3 hrs per night, 1 hour per subject e.g: I might revise geography, history and spanish one night and spend an hour on each. However, if I had mock exams for a week, I'd go off the revision timetable and revise for that mock exam. I'd recommend having one day off because I didn't do that and I do slightly regret that as it got intense, so like have Sunday off for example. I also added in like 15min breaks between revising each subject. It really depends on you, as I prefer to revise longer and can't just take a break after 30mins of revision because I feel like I haven't done anything. My timetable was 2 weeks (I alternated) but I can I my find one of the weeks, the second weeks was the same but I switched the subjects around a bit for variety. Once you get into the swing of revising from a timetable you'll get used to it. I've tried to attach the first week as a photo below, let me know if you can actually see it! Hope this helped, feel free to ask any more questions if you don't have a clue what I'm talking about!

P.S: As you can tell from my timetable, it's safe to say I went a little too hard on the studying, I was a bit of a study enthusiast. I also didn't stick to it if I went on holiday/ went out with friends or shopping etc...
I recommend watching Eve Bennet's youtube video on how to make a revision timetable as that's where I got the idea from!