Should I revise during the Y10/11 summer holidays?

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Hi,

I’m going into year 11 in September and I’m already stressing over GCSEs. In my mocks, I got nine 9s and an 8 so I feel as though the standards set for myself are really high.

I’ve seen some people say that they were glad that they did nothing, but then others say that it’s worth doing some revision during the vast amount of time off. Should I be revising?

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arch17

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Original post by georgia2211

Hi,

I’m going into year 11 in September and I’m already stressing over GCSEs. In my mocks, I got nine 9s and an 8 so I feel as though the standards set for myself are really high.

I’ve seen some people say that they were glad that they did nothing, but then others say that it’s worth doing some revision during the vast amount of time off. Should I be revising?

the more work you put in the better youll do, so even tho youve done super well in your mocks you should still do some work. when you say 'revising' over summer dont think of it like long periods of hardcore work, instead just recapping topics from y10 and doing practice questions. if you find that all okay then maybe look ahead into some topics of y11 using revision guides and just get an idea of what youll be doing next year. i defo think this is helpful especially in subjects you struggle more with

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*LifeHappens*

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Original post by georgia2211

Hi,

I’m going into year 11 in September and I’m already stressing over GCSEs. In my mocks, I got nine 9s and an 8 so I feel as though the standards set for myself are really high.

I’ve seen some people say that they were glad that they did nothing, but then others say that it’s worth doing some revision during the vast amount of time off. Should I be revising?

You did really great in your mocks, great work!

You should definitely use your summer holidays to relax a bit and enjoy yourself a bit - do the things you wanted to do during the year, but couldn't because of studying and exams.

Although, it will help you in the long run if you do a bit of work (it can be from one hour a day to just 3 hours a week), but don't think of it as something you have to force yourself to do - it might help making a list of topics you want to re-look at or subjects you felt you were weak in during the year. You could also get any work done that you were procrastinating throughout the year (maybe you wanted to look back over some of your notes or look at a few past papers but never got round to doing that); all of these small preparations can help you feel a lot more confident going into year 11.

If you have spare time, you can look at topics you will cover in year 11 (like @arch17 mentioned) - this can give you an insight into what you may learn from september and help you feel more prepared.

I hope that helps and have a good summer holidays!

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CatalinaIK

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Original post by georgia2211

Hi,

I’m going into year 11 in September and I’m already stressing over GCSEs. In my mocks, I got nine 9s and an 8 so I feel as though the standards set for myself are really high.

I’ve seen some people say that they were glad that they did nothing, but then others say that it’s worth doing some revision during the vast amount of time off. Should I be revising?

I feel like every year 11 regrets not doing enough work at the beginning of the year and this applies to summer too. I think you should make sure you know all of the content that you've already learnt. Make sure you know it really well and would be able to sit an exam on just that content in September. In year 11 you will learn a lot of new content which is often the harder stuff as well so you won't have time to relearn everything that you did in year 10. I underestimated the amount of content that I would have to know for each subject so I found myself cramming the days and even the night before GCSEs. That being said, please don't burn yourself out as it is important to go into year 11 feeling refreshed and with a positive mindset

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username5922568

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Original post by username6117609

Hi,
I’m going into year 11 in September and I’m already stressing over GCSEs. In my mocks, I got nine 9s and an 8 so I feel as though the standards set for myself are really high.
I’ve seen some people say that they were glad that they did nothing, but then others say that it’s worth doing some revision during the vast amount of time off. Should I be revising?

no don't you won't remember anything. But if you can't relax and will stress over not just make resources and organise yourself for year 11 so your all prepared for mocks and real thing. Good luck for Yr 11 I finish soon it goes by so fast so don't worry

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cantankerouswolf

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Original post by username6117609

Hi,
I’m going into year 11 in September and I’m already stressing over GCSEs. In my mocks, I got nine 9s and an 8 so I feel as though the standards set for myself are really high.
I’ve seen some people say that they were glad that they did nothing, but then others say that it’s worth doing some revision during the vast amount of time off. Should I be revising?

I am currently in year 11 (and I only have further maths GCSE left) so I would like to think I am in a decent position to give advice. In my year 10 mocks I only got 3 grade 9s, 3 grade 8s, and 4 grade 7s. I would say it gave me a bit of a kick in the backside to learn my content. the problem I had was that during year 10 i basically got straight 9s (apart from in English) on my topic tests but I struggled to recall all the info for a larger exam.

What I did was during the summer was that I revised a little on the things which I struggled in (although this mainly consisted of writing notes since I barely had any). I also tried learning the 'off by heart information' (e.g dates in history). the problem with this is that since when I got back to school I barely had any time, I wasn't able to revise the information I had learnt and thus lost it. I would say you should aim to just check your recall of these must learn things every week or so (or every two weeks). Many might disagree, but I would try not to do past papers just yet. This is because, once you get to the exam season (for both January mocks and the real GCSEs) you will have likely gone through quite a lot of past papers and you don't want to end up running out of past papers. Also when revising, you will eventually get tired and bored (over the last 3 weeks I have basically given up on revision) so you don't want to over revise.

Another thing I would strongly recommend (if english is not your strong point like me) is planning essays. I ended up learning my English lit essay plans too late (but luckily my exam board does passage-based essay Qs which means you can end up not learning quotes since you have to write an essay on an extract).

Anyway, you have had really good grades so I would not worry yet. Also, bear in mind that you will have loads of time to revise for your January mocks and that definitely was what helped me learn a lot of information. In my January mocks, I ended up getting all 9s apart from an 8 in music (which I had gotten a 9 for in year 10 and that I did not revise), an 8 in history (i got 85 percent but our teachers moved grade boundaries from 75 percent to 90 percent for a 9), and a 6 in English lit (although everyone in my class got a 6 and it seemed to be that it was the teacher who was being a harsh marker).

Good luck!

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omar212

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Original post by username6117609

Hi,
I’m going into year 11 in September and I’m already stressing over GCSEs. In my mocks, I got nine 9s and an 8 so I feel as though the standards set for myself are really high.
I’ve seen some people say that they were glad that they did nothing, but then others say that it’s worth doing some revision during the vast amount of time off. Should I be revising?

personally i did quite bad in my mocks and so at this point i have no choice but to revise on holiday. im really bad with tests though and i literally dont understand chemistry. anyone got help or tips

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cantankerouswolf

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Original post by omar212

personally i did quite bad in my mocks and so at this point i have no choice but to revise on holiday. im really bad with tests though and i literally dont understand chemistry. anyone got help or tips

If you do aqa learn explanations off by heart of bonding structure, rates of reaction etc.

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