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Hi all, this post is aimed at other GCSE students, years 10 - 11 or even passed, I'm in year 10, and I'm having GCSE jitters. I know I have a year and a half to practice and everything I just feel like I'm not going to get it right, I keep feeling anxiety and doubt whenever I think about GCSEs and I don't know what to do about it. does anyone have any advise to calm my nerves and or have any advice to do with the GCSEs themselves
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Hi im in year 11 rn and was in the exact same position as you last year! all i can say is to make sure you stay on top of your online work and you should be fine. You don't need to start practising or revising anything in year 10 (you can if you want to, but make sure you don't burn yourself out, it's better to be the most motivated in yr 11), however i do recommend to start going over any weaker points/making some revision resources in the summer, so by the time you reach mocks, then all the work hasn't piled up on you. I did this in the summer last year and managed to do relatively well in my mocks, which was especially useful since the exams were cancelled again and the mocks could be used as evidence for teacher assessed grades. Also, to make sure you do effective revision, just do as many practise questions as possible, that way you're more likely to get more questions right and reinforce your understanding, but do the practise questions after going over the topic so you can understand it better. Wishing you the best for your GCSEs! 
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(Original post by H_allpress)
Hi all, this post is aimed at other GCSE students, years 10 - 11 or even passed, I'm in year 10, and I'm having GCSE jitters. I know I have a year and a half to practice and everything I just feel like I'm not going to get it right, I keep feeling anxiety and doubt whenever I think about GCSEs and I don't know what to do about it. does anyone have any advise to calm my nerves and or have any advice to do with the GCSEs themselves
Hi all, this post is aimed at other GCSE students, years 10 - 11 or even passed, I'm in year 10, and I'm having GCSE jitters. I know I have a year and a half to practice and everything I just feel like I'm not going to get it right, I keep feeling anxiety and doubt whenever I think about GCSEs and I don't know what to do about it. does anyone have any advise to calm my nerves and or have any advice to do with the GCSEs themselves
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(Original post by MeleA)
Hello, I can give subject specific advice if you want- which GCSEs do you take? Also, please don't stress!!! Year 10 is a year to discover how to revise and to work out how to nail each subject. As long as you try your best in year 10 that is all that matters. For calming nerves make sure to have a balance in your life- for example my friend goes for a run pretty much everyday to calm her nerves!! Find time to relax but at the same time do what you can with your work. You will improve so much throughout the rest of year 10 and year 11- for example in year 10 I got 6s in biology and thought I could scrape a 7 for GCSE but this year I have really improved and achieved a 9 on my mock! Try not to stress!!!! Let me know what subjects you take and I'll see if I can help with any worries you may have 😊
Hello, I can give subject specific advice if you want- which GCSEs do you take? Also, please don't stress!!! Year 10 is a year to discover how to revise and to work out how to nail each subject. As long as you try your best in year 10 that is all that matters. For calming nerves make sure to have a balance in your life- for example my friend goes for a run pretty much everyday to calm her nerves!! Find time to relax but at the same time do what you can with your work. You will improve so much throughout the rest of year 10 and year 11- for example in year 10 I got 6s in biology and thought I could scrape a 7 for GCSE but this year I have really improved and achieved a 9 on my mock! Try not to stress!!!! Let me know what subjects you take and I'll see if I can help with any worries you may have 😊
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Back in year 10 and 11 I also felt really anxious about taking my GCSEs, especially when I thought about the exams or how I would feel right before an exam. My year 10 experience was terrible, and I was constantly doubting my own abilities. I think I got better at handling pressure as time went on and slowly got into my own rhythm of things when I got into year 11. It's okay to feel worried, but don't let it consume you completely, since you still have so much time. I've also adopted a much healthier mindset on myself, where I prioritise improvement over hard grades. There are many things that time and experience will teach you that I can't explain through a small block of text.
A lot of this is my own opinion or approach but, I basically don't think about my exams at all (even though I'm a year 12 studying for A-levels); maybe I don't think about exams enough, but I still find that my mind was a lot more at ease in year 11 compared to year 10, even though year 11 was closer to doing my GCSEs. I just focused on my own mistakes and faults, and revised like crazy.
I hope you start feeling better soon!
A lot of this is my own opinion or approach but, I basically don't think about my exams at all (even though I'm a year 12 studying for A-levels); maybe I don't think about exams enough, but I still find that my mind was a lot more at ease in year 11 compared to year 10, even though year 11 was closer to doing my GCSEs. I just focused on my own mistakes and faults, and revised like crazy.
I hope you start feeling better soon!
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(Original post by H_allpress)
Hi all, this post is aimed at other GCSE students, years 10 - 11 or even passed, I'm in year 10, and I'm having GCSE jitters. I know I have a year and a half to practice and everything I just feel like I'm not going to get it right, I keep feeling anxiety and doubt whenever I think about GCSEs and I don't know what to do about it. does anyone have any advise to calm my nerves and or have any advice to do with the GCSEs themselves
Hi all, this post is aimed at other GCSE students, years 10 - 11 or even passed, I'm in year 10, and I'm having GCSE jitters. I know I have a year and a half to practice and everything I just feel like I'm not going to get it right, I keep feeling anxiety and doubt whenever I think about GCSEs and I don't know what to do about it. does anyone have any advise to calm my nerves and or have any advice to do with the GCSEs themselves
I'd advise you not to think about exams too much, focus on understanding everything you learn in school and you'd be fine. Btw you can message me for any help, what specification are you on?
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(Original post by H_allpress)
Hi all, this post is aimed at other GCSE students, years 10 - 11 or even passed, I'm in year 10, and I'm having GCSE jitters. I know I have a year and a half to practice and everything I just feel like I'm not going to get it right, I keep feeling anxiety and doubt whenever I think about GCSEs and I don't know what to do about it. does anyone have any advise to calm my nerves and or have any advice to do with the GCSEs themselves
Hi all, this post is aimed at other GCSE students, years 10 - 11 or even passed, I'm in year 10, and I'm having GCSE jitters. I know I have a year and a half to practice and everything I just feel like I'm not going to get it right, I keep feeling anxiety and doubt whenever I think about GCSEs and I don't know what to do about it. does anyone have any advise to calm my nerves and or have any advice to do with the GCSEs themselves
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https://youtube.com/channel/UCOU1qp1q5-mBb4vqmK85pPw
Try the videos about GCSEs. I agree with everything she says. Basically you’ll be ok
Try the videos about GCSEs. I agree with everything she says. Basically you’ll be ok
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(Original post by MeleA)
Hello, I can give subject specific advice if you want- which GCSEs do you take? Also, please don't stress!!! Year 10 is a year to discover how to revise and to work out how to nail each subject. As long as you try your best in year 10 that is all that matters. For calming nerves make sure to have a balance in your life- for example my friend goes for a run pretty much everyday to calm her nerves!! Find time to relax but at the same time do what you can with your work. You will improve so much throughout the rest of year 10 and year 11- for example in year 10 I got 6s in biology and thought I could scrape a 7 for GCSE but this year I have really improved and achieved a 9 on my mock! Try not to stress!!!! Let me know what subjects you take and I'll see if I can help with any worries you may have 😊
Hello, I can give subject specific advice if you want- which GCSEs do you take? Also, please don't stress!!! Year 10 is a year to discover how to revise and to work out how to nail each subject. As long as you try your best in year 10 that is all that matters. For calming nerves make sure to have a balance in your life- for example my friend goes for a run pretty much everyday to calm her nerves!! Find time to relax but at the same time do what you can with your work. You will improve so much throughout the rest of year 10 and year 11- for example in year 10 I got 6s in biology and thought I could scrape a 7 for GCSE but this year I have really improved and achieved a 9 on my mock! Try not to stress!!!! Let me know what subjects you take and I'll see if I can help with any worries you may have 😊
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(Original post by H_allpress)
Hi all, this post is aimed at other GCSE students, years 10 - 11 or even passed, I'm in year 10, and I'm having GCSE jitters. I know I have a year and a half to practice and everything I just feel like I'm not going to get it right, I keep feeling anxiety and doubt whenever I think about GCSEs and I don't know what to do about it. does anyone have any advise to calm my nerves and or have any advice to do with the GCSEs themselves
Hi all, this post is aimed at other GCSE students, years 10 - 11 or even passed, I'm in year 10, and I'm having GCSE jitters. I know I have a year and a half to practice and everything I just feel like I'm not going to get it right, I keep feeling anxiety and doubt whenever I think about GCSEs and I don't know what to do about it. does anyone have any advise to calm my nerves and or have any advice to do with the GCSEs themselves
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(Original post by Levi-Jai)
just remiund yourself that you have learnt only half of what you need to know. as long as you keep up with your online lessons and work, you will be fine. just dont do what i did! i left all revision untill the morning of my exams
just remiund yourself that you have learnt only half of what you need to know. as long as you keep up with your online lessons and work, you will be fine. just dont do what i did! i left all revision untill the morning of my exams
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Hi everyone, I was just wondering if people think/don't think we'll be having mini assessments for gcse grading- bc it hasn't been announced yet
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in my experience
all i ever needed was 5C grades a B grade in maths to get a BSc and a MSc. on my CV grades haven't been on there since sixth form
i was quite a good student aiming for A grades generally but if i knew all this was i needed
i would have sort of relaxed more had a bit more fun. all that time spent trying to get an A grade in media studies ffs when everyone else was out having fun. no one really said why i need the A grade but I went for it anyway (it mattered way more to teachers than me ie. on their performance) kinda feel scammed...
all i ever needed was 5C grades a B grade in maths to get a BSc and a MSc. on my CV grades haven't been on there since sixth form
i was quite a good student aiming for A grades generally but if i knew all this was i needed
i would have sort of relaxed more had a bit more fun. all that time spent trying to get an A grade in media studies ffs when everyone else was out having fun. no one really said why i need the A grade but I went for it anyway (it mattered way more to teachers than me ie. on their performance) kinda feel scammed...
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(Original post by anushkarxy)
Hi everyone, I was just wondering if people think/don't think we'll be having mini assessments for gcse grading- bc it hasn't been announced yet
Hi everyone, I was just wondering if people think/don't think we'll be having mini assessments for gcse grading- bc it hasn't been announced yet
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(Original post by MeleA)
Hello, I can give subject specific advice if you want- which GCSEs do you take? Also, please don't stress!!! Year 10 is a year to discover how to revise and to work out how to nail each subject. As long as you try your best in year 10 that is all that matters. For calming nerves make sure to have a balance in your life- for example my friend goes for a run pretty much everyday to calm her nerves!! Find time to relax but at the same time do what you can with your work. You will improve so much throughout the rest of year 10 and year 11- for example in year 10 I got 6s in biology and thought I could scrape a 7 for GCSE but this year I have really improved and achieved a 9 on my mock! Try not to stress!!!! Let me know what subjects you take and I'll see if I can help with any worries you may have 😊
Hello, I can give subject specific advice if you want- which GCSEs do you take? Also, please don't stress!!! Year 10 is a year to discover how to revise and to work out how to nail each subject. As long as you try your best in year 10 that is all that matters. For calming nerves make sure to have a balance in your life- for example my friend goes for a run pretty much everyday to calm her nerves!! Find time to relax but at the same time do what you can with your work. You will improve so much throughout the rest of year 10 and year 11- for example in year 10 I got 6s in biology and thought I could scrape a 7 for GCSE but this year I have really improved and achieved a 9 on my mock! Try not to stress!!!! Let me know what subjects you take and I'll see if I can help with any worries you may have 😊
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(Original post by neney)
hii! i'm also in year 11 and in my school our teachers have already made our last set of exams (for march which is most likely my last ones for gcse) and they have given us checklists to revise based on those tests - i thought this was for every school so i'm interested to see what other schools are doing
hii! i'm also in year 11 and in my school our teachers have already made our last set of exams (for march which is most likely my last ones for gcse) and they have given us checklists to revise based on those tests - i thought this was for every school so i'm interested to see what other schools are doing
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(Original post by H_allpress)
Oooof, how did that work out? x
Oooof, how did that work out? x
would not recomend doing that
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(Original post by Lovlie)
How long would you recommend studying a day for a year 10. I can never sit down and study for more 30 minutes. I tried the break method thing but I can never come back and start studying again 😑😑😑😑
How long would you recommend studying a day for a year 10. I can never sit down and study for more 30 minutes. I tried the break method thing but I can never come back and start studying again 😑😑😑😑
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(Original post by anushkarxy)
Hi! thanks for your response, if they're in march will you have them online? we haven't been told anything about tests for us yet
Hi! thanks for your response, if they're in march will you have them online? we haven't been told anything about tests for us yet
my school are considering it since everything is uncertain atm - for now, the plan is to have them in school (mostly going to be us and the year 13s in for school to do exams) but obviously if cases go up we can do them online which i think is not fair.
has your school given you anymore information?
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