I&#x27;ll just do it later - a procrastinator’s Y12 GYG 2020/21

Wooo maths and geography gang :woo:

I do Aqa for maths and ocr fir geography but if you want any tips or help just give me a shout (I’m going into Y13) :tongue:

Can I have a tag please? Best of luck for Y12!

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Original post by macy_m

Yay productivity, that’s what i like to see :lol:

Whoop whoop !

so far I've got halfway through what I wanted to do tonight.. it's gonna be a pretty late night I think but that's my own fault for procrastinating so I can't complain! :s-smilie:

Original post by Becca216

Wooo maths and geography gang :woo:

I do Aqa for maths and ocr fir geography but if you want any tips or help just give me a shout (I’m going into Y13) :tongue:

Can I have a tag please? Best of luck for Y12!

Thanks, if you don't mind me asking, how did you find the jump from GCSE to A level geography.. I've been told bad things which have worried me a little but I do love geog so idk I'll probably be okay :lol:

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Of course! Thank youu! Good luck to you too :smile:

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I hope you finished what you wanted to finish 😁

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Original post by RyanC_

Thanks, if you don't mind me asking, how did you find the jump from GCSE to A level geography.. I've been told bad things which have worried me a little but I do love geog so idk I'll probably be okay :lol:

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Of course! Thank youu! Good luck to you too :smile:

I found the change in exam technique hard - I got a U in my first test because even though I’d got all the correct content, the exam technique was completely wrong, so I’d say make sure you listen to your teacher when ever they give you guidance on exam technique. The biggest difference is the length of the questions, I know it varies from exam board to exam board, but for OCR the longest is 33 marks. In terms of content, I don’t think it’s too much harder than gcse, you just go into more detail for each topic.

You will be fine if you work hard (Since my U I have managed to start getting As and A*s) so don’t worry too much :smile:

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Original post by macy_m

I hope you finished what you wanted to finish 😁

Most of it yeah, I also just got the email to say I get to leave one out cos the book extract I needed to do it got taken down or something :woo:

Original post by Becca216

I found the change in exam technique hard - I got a U in my first test because even though I’d got all the correct content, the exam technique was completely wrong, so I’d say make sure you listen to your teacher when ever they give you guidance on exam technique. The biggest difference is the length of the questions, I know it varies from exam board to exam board, but for OCR the longest is 33 marks. In terms of content, I don’t think it’s too much harder than gcse, you just go into more detail for each topic.

You will be fine if you work hard (Since my U I have managed to start getting As and A*s) so don’t worry too much :smile:

Is it like a change from PEE paragraph type answers or something (cos tbh I don't like them anyway)? I will make note of everything the teacher says :lol:

I really want geography to go well! That's not too bad, I am one of those people who writes too much anyway (the type who at the end of the lines has arrows and words going everywhere 😂 ) and as long as the time limit allows for it I should be ok :biggrin:

. That's good, thank you so much for your insight! :thumbsup:

I do need to prepare myself to not be really upset if I do get D/E/U at the beginning tbh lol but I'll keep this in mind!

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Original post by RyanC_

Most of it yeah, I also just got the email to say I get to leave one out cos the book extract I needed to do it got taken down or something :woo:

Is it like a change from PEE paragraph type answers or something (cos tbh I don't like them anyway)? I will make note of everything the teacher says :lol:

I really want geography to go well! That's not too bad, I am one of those people who writes too much anyway (the type who at the end of the lines has arrows and words going everywhere 😂 ) and as long as the time limit allows for it I should be ok :biggrin:

. That's good, thank you so much for your insight! :thumbsup:

I do need to prepare myself to not be really upset if I do get D/E/U at the beginning tbh lol but I'll keep this in mind!

I guess every school teaches differently but, yes in some questions I still use PEE paragraphs, in others I don't. You should be fine with your grades - some people get low grades at the start others don't, but if you do, just use it as a motivation to do better next time :biggrin:

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Mini Update:
(yes I am procrastinating)

I finally handed all my work in that I did online today :woo:

so that leaves me with just.. maths.. :s-smilie:

. I am trying to do the dreaded maths work and I am just a confused mess (more on Q3+4) :lol:

and I am once again panicking because this just makes no sense to me :confused:

. I will attach a pic below of the questions lol which to many of you will probs seem easy but my GCSE teachers weren't the best to say the least so I have no idea😂

I think I will probs do another mini update on Tuesday after collecting my iPad and whatever else we might do and then a big one on Wednesday to sum up my first day :thumbsup:

The dreaded maths:

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jemima0103

good luck this year. add me to tag list pleasee

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jemima0103

Original post by RyanC_

Mini Update:
(yes I am procrastinating)

I finally handed all my work in that I did online today :woo:

so that leaves me with just.. maths.. :s-smilie:

. I am trying to do the dreaded maths work and I am just a confused mess (more on Q3+4) :lol:

and I am once again panicking because this just makes no sense to me :confused:

. I will attach a pic below of the questions lol which to many of you will probs seem easy but my GCSE teachers weren't the best to say the least so I have no idea😂

I think I will probs do another mini update on Tuesday after collecting my iPad and whatever else we might do and then a big one on Wednesday to sum up my first day :thumbsup:

The dreaded maths:

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I know how you feel with this. I do maths and I'm in year 13 now, but even I have to go back and look at my notes when it comes to stuff like this. It will come in handy when you do differentiation and integration though

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Original post by RyanC_

Mini Update:
(yes I am procrastinating)

I finally handed all my work in that I did online today :woo:

so that leaves me with just.. maths.. :s-smilie:

. I am trying to do the dreaded maths work and I am just a confused mess (more on Q3+4) :lol:

and I am once again panicking because this just makes no sense to me :confused:

. I will attach a pic below of the questions lol which to many of you will probs seem easy but my GCSE teachers weren't the best to say the least so I have no idea😂

I think I will probs do another mini update on Tuesday after collecting my iPad and whatever else we might do and then a big one on Wednesday to sum up my first day :thumbsup:

The dreaded maths:

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Is there any particular questions you are stuck with? Don’t worry too much, once you know all the tips and tricks these kind of questions become second nature :redface:

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Original post by jemima0103

good luck this year. add me to tag list pleasee

Thank youu :biggrin:

I wll do that now! Good luck to you too :yep:

Original post by jemima0103

I know how you feel with this. I do maths and I'm in year 13 now, but even I have to go back and look at my notes when it comes to stuff like this. It will come in handy when you do differentiation and integration though

Yeah, I've kept all my GCSE maths books and revision guides just in case I need to look back at the basics :lol:

. I'm gonna take another look at the maths later today, I think it's easier than I made it out to be and I was just panicking a lot yesterday lol :s-smilie:

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Original post by Becca216

Is there any particular questions you are stuck with? Don’t worry too much, once you know all the tips and tricks these kind of questions become second nature :redface:

It's mainly the ones that look scary (for example 2h) cos I see them and panic most of the time :lol:

.. I think I'm gonna give it another go later today with a different mindset (not panicking) and try again :smile:

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I'm just reallllly hoping my teachers are nice cos if I don't like them I will not learn (that's partly what went wrong in Y11! 😂) but if they're good I can pick stuff up quite well :biggrin:

Guess I'll find out soon lol

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Original post by RyanC_

It's mainly the ones that look scary (for example 2h) cos I see them and panic most of the time :lol:

.. I think I'm gonna give it another go later today with a different mindset (not panicking) and try again :smile:

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I'm just reallllly hoping my teachers are nice cos if I don't like them I will not learn (that's partly what went wrong in Y11! 😂) but if they're good I can pick stuff up quite well :biggrin:

Guess I'll find out soon lol

Ahh yes, it’s good to take a break, it’s sometimes amazing how much easier something can be once you’ve had a break from it :yep:

for 2h, write each one as an individual power, then multiply together (idk if that helps at all) :redface:

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Original post by RyanC_

Mini Update:
(yes I am procrastinating)

I finally handed all my work in that I did online today :woo:

so that leaves me with just.. maths.. :s-smilie:

. I am trying to do the dreaded maths work and I am just a confused mess (more on Q3+4) :lol:

and I am once again panicking because this just makes no sense to me :confused:

. I will attach a pic below of the questions lol which to many of you will probs seem easy but my GCSE teachers weren't the best to say the least so I have no idea😂

I think I will probs do another mini update on Tuesday after collecting my iPad and whatever else we might do and then a big one on Wednesday to sum up my first day :thumbsup:

The dreaded maths:

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I kinda see why you hate indices now :redface:

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Original post by Becca216

Ahh yes, it’s good to take a break, it’s sometimes amazing how much easier something can be once you’ve had a break from it :yep:

for 2h, write each one as an individual power, then multiply together (idk if that helps at all) :redface:

Yeah, that was my thought exactly :biggrin:

thank you, that actually helped a lot! :smile:

I'm gonna try them now.

Original post by Roses & Dreams

I kinda see why you hate indices now :redface:

😅😂 yup

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Oooo wow that maths looks hard :eek3:

YouTube might have videos explaining + going through how to get to the answer so that might help :smile:

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Original post by Chronoscope

Oooo wow that maths looks hard :eek3:

YouTube might have videos explaining + going through how to get to the answer so that might help :smile:

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It is

I got a few of them done using YouTube but IDK if they're right or not lol.. and I only have tonight to get the rest done! (like 17 little questions so not tooo bad) :facepalm:

Oui I will add you when i update on Wednesday :biggrin:

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Original post by Becca216

Ahh yes, it’s good to take a break, it’s sometimes amazing how much easier something can be once you’ve had a break from it :yep:

for 2h, write each one as an individual power, then multiply together (idk if that helps at all) :redface:

I tried 2h and ended up with x^13/6 not sure if it's right though :s-smilie:

I know you're not supposed to but I find substituting numbers in helps me work them out :lol:

but as long as I get an answer it doesn't matter I suppose?

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Original post by RyanC_

I tried 2h and ended up with x^13/6 not sure if it's right though :s-smilie:

I know you're not supposed to but I find substituting numbers in helps me work them out :lol:

but as long as I get an answer it doesn't matter I suppose?

No it doesn’t matter - I do it all the time to check my answers :smile:

I would on,y do it in exams though if you have enough time....

And from what I can do in my head I think your answer to 2h is right :biggrin:

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