The Current Year 10 Chat Thread (2020-2021)
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Original post by b1nary
you aren't going to do PE again? howww? i wish i could. i swear its required by law to do PE until you finish ks4
yeah, i think in most schools they scale it down from two or three lessons a week (depending on the school) to only one lesson a week
(edited 3 years ago)
Original post by ethnicphilonoist
yeah, i think in most schools they scale it down from two or three lessons a week (depending on the school) two only one lesson a week
lucky, we gotta do a double lesson every week
Original post by b1nary
lucky, we gotta do a double lesson every week
in year 10, even with corona or was that in year 7, 8 and 9 ?
in some schools there cancelled PE altogether ~
YAAAY WE FINISH SCHOOL IN JUNE 2022
2 more years we can do this
2 more years we can do this
What are your hobbies/ interests? I like photography,cooking,and listening to music
What subjects are you studying? (Don't forget the Exam Board!) I am studying AQA English Lit and Lang, Edexcel Maths, AQA double science, AQA drama, AQA media, AQA Spanish, AQA History
What is/are your favourite and least favourite subject(s)? My favourite subject has got to be english lit and my least favourite is maths
What are your predicted grades? have to wait and see
What grades do you want?grade 5 and above
What's your favourite way to revise? Flashcards
What's your dream future occupation? idk
What are your thoughts about year 9 and leaving it? wont miss it that much
How are you feeling about starting year 10?excited/nervous
What subjects are you studying? (Don't forget the Exam Board!) I am studying AQA English Lit and Lang, Edexcel Maths, AQA double science, AQA drama, AQA media, AQA Spanish, AQA History
What is/are your favourite and least favourite subject(s)? My favourite subject has got to be english lit and my least favourite is maths
What are your predicted grades? have to wait and see
What grades do you want?grade 5 and above
What's your favourite way to revise? Flashcards
What's your dream future occupation? idk
What are your thoughts about year 9 and leaving it? wont miss it that much
How are you feeling about starting year 10?excited/nervous
Original post by 04MR17
Hi, I'm not a year 10 and I only made a single post in the year 9 thread, but here comes my spontaneous Year 10 advice free of charge:
Year 10 involves a lot of hormones. You're growing a lot this year. Maybe Lewis from your Maths class fancies you. Maybe you're not friends with Louise any more because she blanked you on Snapchat. Who knows?
However, at some point you are going to need to remember and recall the things you have learnt this year. That time will come in the summer of 2022 in an exam hall on a warm afternoon, but from now: things start to count.
How can you best make use of your time?
- Attendance. Not feeling too well? Have 2 paracetamol and come into school anyway. Avoid the curry at lunch and you'll be fine. You'll be sorry if your exercise books is missing bits of information when you come to reading them back for revision next year.
- Keep everything. Don't throw away any worksheets, booklets, textbook photocopies, exercise books. Keep it all and keep it tidy. This year is about getting some knowledge - including in physical form.
- Have fun. Despite all the scary words in this post this is still not the big crunch time yet. Stay relaxed, get into yoga, go swimming, spent time with your friends (always wear protection).
- Keep calm. Now is not the time to have a massive row with a teacher for confiscating your phone or your earrings (boys). Now is the time to show your maturity, breathe a little and rise above the situation. You're better than that.
Give it some beans everyone.
Year 10 involves a lot of hormones. You're growing a lot this year. Maybe Lewis from your Maths class fancies you. Maybe you're not friends with Louise any more because she blanked you on Snapchat. Who knows?
However, at some point you are going to need to remember and recall the things you have learnt this year. That time will come in the summer of 2022 in an exam hall on a warm afternoon, but from now: things start to count.
How can you best make use of your time?
- Attendance. Not feeling too well? Have 2 paracetamol and come into school anyway. Avoid the curry at lunch and you'll be fine. You'll be sorry if your exercise books is missing bits of information when you come to reading them back for revision next year.
- Keep everything. Don't throw away any worksheets, booklets, textbook photocopies, exercise books. Keep it all and keep it tidy. This year is about getting some knowledge - including in physical form.
- Have fun. Despite all the scary words in this post this is still not the big crunch time yet. Stay relaxed, get into yoga, go swimming, spent time with your friends (always wear protection).
- Keep calm. Now is not the time to have a massive row with a teacher for confiscating your phone or your earrings (boys). Now is the time to show your maturity, breathe a little and rise above the situation. You're better than that.
Give it some beans everyone.
wait Louise is gonna blank me on snapchat?
Original post by b1nary
Hey! I'm Binary, and i'm going into year 10. Yay! 
I like being organised
, I swim, I am looking forward to 2021-2022 and what it brings. 
I am studying:
EDEXCEL Maths (Higher)
AQA Biology (Higher)
AQA Chemistry (Higher)
AQA Physics (Higher)
WJEC EDUQAS Religious Studies
AQA English Literature
AQA English Language
AQA Engineering
EDEXCEL B Geography
AQA Spanish
OCR Computer Science
(I'm not sure if there is a higher for each subject)
My favourite subject would be Maths and RS, and least favourite is both of the English.
We haven't received any predicted grades because of the pandemic.
I hope for 9s in every subject
but lowest I would be happy with would be 7.
I like to condense my notes and do practice questions.
I aspire to be an Engineer, but not sure in which aspect.
I will miss year 9, it was fun and chill.
I am quite scared about going into year 10, but hopefully it will be a whizzz and all of us here will get the grades we hope for in year 11.
I like being organised
, I swim, I am looking forward to 2021-2022 and what it brings. I am studying:
EDEXCEL Maths (Higher)
AQA Biology (Higher)
AQA Chemistry (Higher)
AQA Physics (Higher)
WJEC EDUQAS Religious Studies
AQA English Literature
AQA English Language
AQA Engineering
EDEXCEL B Geography
AQA Spanish
OCR Computer Science
(I'm not sure if there is a higher for each subject)
My favourite subject would be Maths and RS, and least favourite is both of the English.
We haven't received any predicted grades because of the pandemic.
I hope for 9s in every subject
but lowest I would be happy with would be 7. I like to condense my notes and do practice questions.
I aspire to be an Engineer, but not sure in which aspect.
I will miss year 9, it was fun and chill.
I am quite scared about going into year 10, but hopefully it will be a whizzz and all of us here will get the grades we hope for in year 11.
Spoiler
how can u like maths but hate english
it should be the opposite LMAO
oh yes year 6 those were the lovely days
Original post by Pushkins_tail
Hey, I'm Evie, I'm going into Year 10 in 5 days
My hobbies include reading, although I've been in a major book slump recently :'( ,listening to, and trying to find new music ,and I also love watching old films. The subject I'm studying are:
I'm not 100% sure what my exam boards are but I think most are AQA, I also don't know what my predicted grades are but I think I'm doing Ok in most subjects... I hope.
my favourite subject has always been English, but thanks to having a great teacher in year 8 + 9 I also love science. My least favourite subject is probably maths.
I have no real idea what I want to do when I'm older, probably something to do with writing, like journalism or publishing, but I also think going into STEM, specifically psychology or neuroscience, could be really interesting...
I've never been very good at revising in the conventional sense, which I will definitely have to work on, but I actually really like taking tests, I really have no idea why
I have mixed feelings about starting year 10; on the one hand I'm looking forward to be dropping subjects I never liked (PE and Geography) and learning interesting GCSE content in subjects I enjoy. However, I feel like I have forgotten everything I learnt last year because of the 5/6 month break from in-person learning...we'll see I guess.
Anyway, sorry for the long post, good luck everyone.
My hobbies include reading, although I've been in a major book slump recently :'( ,listening to, and trying to find new music ,and I also love watching old films. The subject I'm studying are:
•
English Lit
•
English Lang
•
Maths (Higher? Further?)
•
Triple science
•
RS
•
Spanish
•
French
•
History
•
Music
I'm not 100% sure what my exam boards are but I think most are AQA, I also don't know what my predicted grades are but I think I'm doing Ok in most subjects... I hope.
my favourite subject has always been English, but thanks to having a great teacher in year 8 + 9 I also love science. My least favourite subject is probably maths.
I have no real idea what I want to do when I'm older, probably something to do with writing, like journalism or publishing, but I also think going into STEM, specifically psychology or neuroscience, could be really interesting...
I've never been very good at revising in the conventional sense, which I will definitely have to work on, but I actually really like taking tests, I really have no idea why
I have mixed feelings about starting year 10; on the one hand I'm looking forward to be dropping subjects I never liked (PE and Geography) and learning interesting GCSE content in subjects I enjoy. However, I feel like I have forgotten everything I learnt last year because of the 5/6 month break from in-person learning...we'll see I guess.
Anyway, sorry for the long post, good luck everyone.
yaaas finally someone who doesnt like maths
girl i relate on the next level
Original post by 04MR17
Hi, I'm not a year 10 and I only made a single post in the year 9 thread, but here comes my spontaneous Year 10 advice free of charge:
Year 10 involves a lot of hormones. You're growing a lot this year. Maybe Lewis from your Maths class fancies you. Maybe you're not friends with Louise any more because she blanked you on Snapchat. Who knows?
However, at some point you are going to need to remember and recall the things you have learnt this year. That time will come in the summer of 2022 in an exam hall on a warm afternoon, but from now: things start to count.
How can you best make use of your time?
- Attendance. Not feeling too well? Have 2 paracetamol and come into school anyway. Avoid the curry at lunch and you'll be fine. You'll be sorry if your exercise books is missing bits of information when you come to reading them back for revision next year.
- Keep everything. Don't throw away any worksheets, booklets, textbook photocopies, exercise books. Keep it all and keep it tidy. This year is about getting some knowledge - including in physical form.
- Have fun. Despite all the scary words in this post this is still not the big crunch time yet. Stay relaxed, get into yoga, go swimming, spent time with your friends (always wear protection).
- Keep calm. Now is not the time to have a massive row with a teacher for confiscating your phone or your earrings (boys). Now is the time to show your maturity, breathe a little and rise above the situation. You're better than that.
Give it some beans everyone.
Year 10 involves a lot of hormones. You're growing a lot this year. Maybe Lewis from your Maths class fancies you. Maybe you're not friends with Louise any more because she blanked you on Snapchat. Who knows?
However, at some point you are going to need to remember and recall the things you have learnt this year. That time will come in the summer of 2022 in an exam hall on a warm afternoon, but from now: things start to count.
How can you best make use of your time?
- Attendance. Not feeling too well? Have 2 paracetamol and come into school anyway. Avoid the curry at lunch and you'll be fine. You'll be sorry if your exercise books is missing bits of information when you come to reading them back for revision next year.
- Keep everything. Don't throw away any worksheets, booklets, textbook photocopies, exercise books. Keep it all and keep it tidy. This year is about getting some knowledge - including in physical form.
- Have fun. Despite all the scary words in this post this is still not the big crunch time yet. Stay relaxed, get into yoga, go swimming, spent time with your friends (always wear protection).
- Keep calm. Now is not the time to have a massive row with a teacher for confiscating your phone or your earrings (boys). Now is the time to show your maturity, breathe a little and rise above the situation. You're better than that.
Give it some beans everyone.
As a south asian i wont be able to avoid the curry at lunch
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hi, I'm Josh and I'm starting Year 10 in a few days.
For GCSE I am studying:
English Literature (Edexcel)
English Language (Edexcel)
Maths (AQA)
Chemistry (AQA)
Computer Science (OCR)
French (AQA)
Spanish (AQA)
Food (AQA)
Geography (AQA)
RS short course (WJEC/Eduqas)
PE (Non-GCSE)
I don't have my predicted grades yet, but I would like most/all to be 7's and above. I'm not sure how to do this though. If you have any advice about getting top grades and revising well then that would be greatly appreciated.
Good luck with your GCSE's everyone!
For GCSE I am studying:
English Literature (Edexcel)
English Language (Edexcel)
Maths (AQA)
Chemistry (AQA)
Computer Science (OCR)
French (AQA)
Spanish (AQA)
Food (AQA)
Geography (AQA)
RS short course (WJEC/Eduqas)
PE (Non-GCSE)
I don't have my predicted grades yet, but I would like most/all to be 7's and above. I'm not sure how to do this though. If you have any advice about getting top grades and revising well then that would be greatly appreciated.
Good luck with your GCSE's everyone!
Original post by ethnicphilonoist
in year 10, even with corona or was that in year 7, 8 and 9 ?
in some schools there cancelled PE altogether ~
in some schools there cancelled PE altogether ~
yepp, in year 9 too. in year 7 and 8 we had more lessons. we still have pe, but we have to come into school wearing our pe kit on our pe day
Original post by owlknightdragon
how can u like maths but hate english
it should be the opposite LMAO
oh yes year 6 those were the lovely days
it should be the opposite LMAO
oh yes year 6 those were the lovely days
lol i just do. nahh english makes me sick, especially the 15 poems for GCSE
Original post by b1nary
lol i just do. nahh english makes me sick, especially the 15 poems for GCSE
who else is starting year 10 tomorrow (3rd of Sep) >.<
(edited 3 years ago)
Original post by ethnicphilonoist
who else is starting year 10 tomorrow (3rd if Sep) >.<
not tomorrow but im also starting year 10 soon
Original post by ethnicphilonoist
who else is starting year 10 tomorrow (3rd if Sep) >.<
mee
Original post by ethnicphilonoist
who else is starting year 10 tomorrow (3rd if Sep) >.<
I'm starting tomorrow - 4th of Sept
Original post by ApplePi55
The Current Year 10 Chat Thread (2020-2021)
Babies born from 2005 to 2006!! Woohooo
Hey, and welcome to the current year 10 thread! For some, this is when you start your GCSEs and for others, it's your second year! You can use this thread to share what you're feeling, thoughts on starting year 10, how the pandemic may affect your studies, your GCSEs and anything else 
Feel free to share any useful study material/threads, vent, ask questions, complain, moan or even share success! We're all in this together! So hopefully, we'll all make friends (no enemies) and by the end of it, be ready to take on year 11!
Let's get to know each other
WE’RE FINISHING SCHOOL IN JUNE 2022!!
GOOD LUCK YEAR 10 AND HAVE FUN BUT DON'T FORGET TO CRACK DOWN
The Current Year 10 Chat Thread (2020-2021)
Babies born from 2005 to 2006!! Woohooo
Hey, and welcome to the current year 10 thread! For some, this is when you start your GCSEs and for others, it's your second year! You can use this thread to share what you're feeling, thoughts on starting year 10, how the pandemic may affect your studies, your GCSEs and anything else Feel free to share any useful study material/threads, vent, ask questions, complain, moan or even share success! We're all in this together! So hopefully, we'll all make friends (no enemies) and by the end of it, be ready to take on year 11!Let's get to know each other
•
Introduce yourself
•
What are your hobbies/ interests?
•
What subjects are you studying? (Don't forget the Exam Board!)
•
What is/are your favourite and least favourite subject(s)?
•
What are your predicted grades?
•
What grades do you want?
•
What's your favourite way to revise?
•
What's your dream future occupation?
•
What are your thoughts about year 9 and leaving it?
•
How are you feeling about starting year 10?
WE’RE FINISHING SCHOOL IN JUNE 2022!!
GOOD LUCK YEAR 10 AND HAVE FUN BUT DON'T FORGET TO CRACK DOWN
Hi! I'm Vilas, and I'm going into Year 10 in 3 days!!! (oof)
My hobbies include playing the piano (I'm in Grade 5) and I love to learn. I live in Wales so grades here are kinda different - here we have the A*-G system. I also use the WJEC board for all subjects.
Subjects I'm taking:
Compulsory:-
WJEC GCSE English Language
WJEC GCSE English Literature
WJEC GCSE Mathematics
WJEC GCSE Maths-Numeracy
WJEC GCSE Biology
WJEC GCSE Chemistry
WJEC GCSE Physics
WJEC GCSE Welsh 2nd Language
WJEC GCSE Religious Studies
WJEC GCSE Skills Challenge Certificate (like E-Bacc in England but here we call it Welsh Bacc)
Options:-
WJEC GCSE Geography
WJEC GCSE German
WJEC GCSE Music
Favourite Subject: Maths (definitely)
Least Favourite Subject: Probs P.E./History (even though I haven't picked them for my options)
Predicted Grades: I haven't been predicted any grades as we haven't done much GCSE work yet. But the grades I am hoping to get are As and A*s.
Favourite Way to Revise: Over the summer holidays I have been searching long and hard for the best study/revision techniques. I've watched UnJaded Jade, Eve Bennett and Lucreziachloe. But I came across a particular channel called Ali Abdaal and found there that according to numerous studies, the best revision techniques are (1) Active Recall - testing yourself and (2) Spaced Repetition - testing yourself over a period of time. He talks about this in a lot of his videos and he shows how he uses Google Sheets to test himself and as a retrospective revision timetable. You should all check out his channel.
My Future Dream Job: I'm aspiring to go to Oxbridge and study medicine there. I'm not too sure what speciality I want to dive in yet though.
Thoughts about Year 9: I can't believe I've missed half of Year 9! It was quite an amazing year to be honest, as I made a lot more friends and participated in DofE Bronze which was so fun, even though we never got to do the expedition (because of the pandemic).
Thoughts about starting Year 10: I kinda feel nervous as I'm starting GCSE, but I can't wait to meet all my friends again. Also I'm looking forward to be dropping some subjects that I didn't enjoy (i.e. PE) but I feel slightly nervous as teachers have high expectations of me since last year.
Don't worry guys - hopefully we will make it to June 2022. Good luck everyone!
Original post by VilasL06
Hi! I'm Vilas, and I'm going into Year 10 in 3 days!!! (oof)
My hobbies include playing the piano (I'm in Grade 5) and I love to learn. I live in Wales so grades here are kinda different - here we have the A*-G system. I also use the WJEC board for all subjects.
Subjects I'm taking:
Compulsory:-
WJEC GCSE English Language
WJEC GCSE English Literature
WJEC GCSE Mathematics
WJEC GCSE Maths-Numeracy
WJEC GCSE Biology
WJEC GCSE Chemistry
WJEC GCSE Physics
WJEC GCSE Welsh 2nd Language
WJEC GCSE Religious Studies
WJEC GCSE Skills Challenge Certificate (like E-Bacc in England but here we call it Welsh Bacc)
Options:-
WJEC GCSE Geography
WJEC GCSE German
WJEC GCSE Music
Favourite Subject: Maths (definitely)
Least Favourite Subject: Probs P.E./History (even though I haven't picked them for my options)
Predicted Grades: I haven't been predicted any grades as we haven't done much GCSE work yet. But the grades I am hoping to get are As and A*s.
Favourite Way to Revise: Over the summer holidays I have been searching long and hard for the best study/revision techniques. I've watched UnJaded Jade, Eve Bennett and Lucreziachloe. But I came across a particular channel called Ali Abdaal and found there that according to numerous studies, the best revision techniques are (1) Active Recall - testing yourself and (2) Spaced Repetition - testing yourself over a period of time. He talks about this in a lot of his videos and he shows how he uses Google Sheets to test himself and as a retrospective revision timetable. You should all check out his channel.
My Future Dream Job: I'm aspiring to go to Oxbridge and study medicine there. I'm not too sure what speciality I want to dive in yet though.
Thoughts about Year 9: I can't believe I've missed half of Year 9! It was quite an amazing year to be honest, as I made a lot more friends and participated in DofE Bronze which
Thoughts about starting Year 10: I kinda feel nervous as I'm starting GCSE, but I can't wait to meet all my friends again. Also I'm looking forward to be dropping some subjects that I didn't enjoy (i.e. PE) but I feel slightly nervous as teachers have high expectations of me since last year.
Don't worry guys - hopefully we will make it to June 2022. Good luck everyone!
My hobbies include playing the piano (I'm in Grade 5) and I love to learn. I live in Wales so grades here are kinda different - here we have the A*-G system. I also use the WJEC board for all subjects.
Subjects I'm taking:
Compulsory:-
WJEC GCSE English Language
WJEC GCSE English Literature
WJEC GCSE Mathematics
WJEC GCSE Maths-Numeracy
WJEC GCSE Biology
WJEC GCSE Chemistry
WJEC GCSE Physics
WJEC GCSE Welsh 2nd Language
WJEC GCSE Religious Studies
WJEC GCSE Skills Challenge Certificate (like E-Bacc in England but here we call it Welsh Bacc)
Options:-
WJEC GCSE Geography
WJEC GCSE German
WJEC GCSE Music
Favourite Subject: Maths (definitely)
Least Favourite Subject: Probs P.E./History (even though I haven't picked them for my options)
Predicted Grades: I haven't been predicted any grades as we haven't done much GCSE work yet. But the grades I am hoping to get are As and A*s.
Favourite Way to Revise: Over the summer holidays I have been searching long and hard for the best study/revision techniques. I've watched UnJaded Jade, Eve Bennett and Lucreziachloe. But I came across a particular channel called Ali Abdaal and found there that according to numerous studies, the best revision techniques are (1) Active Recall - testing yourself and (2) Spaced Repetition - testing yourself over a period of time. He talks about this in a lot of his videos and he shows how he uses Google Sheets to test himself and as a retrospective revision timetable. You should all check out his channel.
My Future Dream Job: I'm aspiring to go to Oxbridge and study medicine there. I'm not too sure what speciality I want to dive in yet though.
Thoughts about Year 9: I can't believe I've missed half of Year 9! It was quite an amazing year to be honest, as I made a lot more friends and participated in DofE Bronze which
Thoughts about starting Year 10: I kinda feel nervous as I'm starting GCSE, but I can't wait to meet all my friends again. Also I'm looking forward to be dropping some subjects that I didn't enjoy (i.e. PE) but I feel slightly nervous as teachers have high expectations of me since last year.
Don't worry guys - hopefully we will make it to June 2022. Good luck everyone!
wowww me too. i hope to study medicine at Oxbridge too but I'm in london
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