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My goals for this year~
Hopefully get 7+ in my grades. I want to know at the end of the year when results come around that i tried my best.

My Year 10 EOY mock grades (Higher for everything):
English Language AQA: 9
English literature AQA: 8
Maths Edexcel: 7
Biology AQA: 6
Chemistry AQA: 8
Physics AQA: 6
R.E. AQA: 9
Spanish AQA: 7
History Edexcel: 9
Geography AQA: 9

My hobbies:
I love reading (i will read anything from classics to detective thrillers to romance! Please send me book recs x).
I enjoy baking and cooking for my family.
In my spare time i go to St John's Ambulance where i learn first aid and hopefully this year i will start volunteering at events!
I am also a netflix consumer :tongue:

If anyone has any revision tips/ resources i should look into buying please send a message. Thank you in advance!
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(っ◔◡◔)っ 💗niamhcheesecake's yr 11 journal 💗



My goals for this year~
Hopefully get 7+ in my grades. I want to know at the end of the year when results come around that i tried my best.

My Year 10 EOY mock grades (Higher for everything):
English Language AQA: 9
English literature AQA: 8
Maths Edexcel: 7
Biology AQA: 6
Chemistry AQA: 8
Physics AQA: 6
R.E. AQA: 9
Spanish AQA: 7
History Edexcel: 9
Geography AQA: 9

My hobbies:
I love reading (i will read anything from classics to detective thrillers to romance! Please send me book recs x).
I enjoy baking and cooking for my family.
In my spare time i go to St John's Ambulance where i learn first aid and hopefully this year i will start volunteering at events!
I am also a netflix consumer :tongue:

If anyone has any revision tips/ resources i should look into buying please send a message. Thank you in advance!

Savemyexams
Physicsmathstutor
Chemguide
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06/09/2023
Today i just did my homework which was:
History: Recap of 800-1700 migration + finish off industrial revolution facts and reading
Geography: 20 questions on all the topics we have done for our gcse's
Very happy i was not set much homework today! But i was told about our mocks in December and our teachers are telling us to start revising now but someone i know in yr 12 said not to. Any thoughts?
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Original post by niamhcheesecake
06/09/2023
Today i just did my homework which was:
History: Recap of 800-1700 migration + finish off industrial revolution facts and reading
Geography: 20 questions on all the topics we have done for our gcse's
Very happy i was not set much homework today! But i was told about our mocks in December and our teachers are telling us to start revising now but someone i know in yr 12 said not to. Any thoughts?

Listen to the teacher - the person you know is weakening the competition (as the exams are marked on a curve, the grade boundaries are dependent on how well people did)
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Original post by BankaiGintoki
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Physicsmathstutor
Chemguide

Thank you!
Original post by BankaiGintoki
Listen to the teacher

I think i will start Monday with light revision to get back into the swing of things as this week i am still getting used to not sleeping in T-T.
Original post by niamhcheesecake
(っ◔◡◔)っ 💗niamhcheesecake's yr 11 journal 💗



My goals for this year~
Hopefully get 7+ in my grades. I want to know at the end of the year when results come around that i tried my best.

My Year 10 EOY mock grades (Higher for everything):
English Language AQA: 9
English literature AQA: 8
Maths Edexcel: 7
Biology AQA: 6
Chemistry AQA: 8
Physics AQA: 6
R.E. AQA: 9
Spanish AQA: 7
History Edexcel: 9
Geography AQA: 9

My hobbies:
I love reading (i will read anything from classics to detective thrillers to romance! Please send me book recs x).
I enjoy baking and cooking for my family.
In my spare time i go to St John's Ambulance where i learn first aid and hopefully this year i will start volunteering at events!
I am also a netflix consumer :tongue:

If anyone has any revision tips/ resources i should look into buying please send a message. Thank you in advance!


Take your Y10 grades as good but also insignificant. My GCSE results, which were completed in 2023 Grades

Maths 8
Physics 8
Biology 7
Chemistry 7
French 7
English 7
English 8
History 7
Business 5

If you look closely I was gutted with business, because it looks bad, because I am doing A level economics. What was even more frustrating is that I was predicted an 8. So my advice is do not fully trust teachers in Y10, because things may change from better to worse.
Original post by Kingdragon
Take your Y10 grades as good but also insignificant. My GCSE results, which were completed in 2023 Grades

Maths 8
Physics 8
Biology 7
Chemistry 7
French 7
English 7
English 8
History 7
Business 5

If you look closely I was gutted with business, because it looks bad, because I am doing A level economics. What was even more frustrating is that I was predicted an 8. So my advice is do not fully trust teachers in Y10, because things may change from better to worse.

what was the gcse requirements for A Level economics at your sixth form? I think it is just your grades in maths and english?
I think 6 in maths and English
Original post by Kingdragon
Take your Y10 grades as good but also insignificant. My GCSE results, which were completed in 2023 Grades

Maths 8
Physics 8
Biology 7
Chemistry 7
French 7
English 7
English 8
History 7
Business 5

If you look closely I was gutted with business, because it looks bad, because I am doing A level economics. What was even more frustrating is that I was predicted an 8. So my advice is do not fully trust teachers in Y10, because things may change from better to worse.

I am in year 11 :smile: That's annoying though.
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Hi @niamhcheesecake just to let you know I've moved your blog over to the new forum for Grow Your Grades 2023-24. Good luck with everything!
Hi @niamhcheesecake just to let you know I've moved your blog over to the new forum for Grow Your Grades 2023-24. Good luck with everything!

Thank you!
Everything i have done in the last week:

08/09/2023
Geography: Complete the rest of the quiz and revise for test on Friday.
R.e: 12 marker on teams.
Biology: B1 revision- cell structure and division. Notes (freesciencelessons) and practise questions (physicsandmathstutor).
Chemistry: sheet in book on balancing equations.

11/09/2023
History: Prepare and plan 16 mark question on migration.
English: Review key quotes and complete last slide homework.

12/09/2023
Maths: Crossover section in maths paper.
Spanish: revise for vocab test.
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11/09/2023
History: Prepare and plan 16 marker on migration.
English: Review key quotes and write two paragraphs on Malcom's role in Macbeth.

12/09/2023
Maths: Crossover section paper.

13/09/2023
Geography: Revise for test: Urban, resources, rivers, coasts and ecosystems.
History: 12 mark sheet and L2 read and make notes.
R.E: Write a summary for each 12 scene for Les Mis and what Christian values are shown in them.

14/09/2023
Spanish: Grammar sheet in book.
Maths: Probability revision mathswatch and grade 7+ sheet
Physics: finish exampro questions and practical sheet.

15/09/2023
R.e: Creation and Incarnation. 2x 1 markers, 2x 2 marker, 2x 4 marker, 2x 5 markers, 2 x 12 marker :frown:
English: Plan Lady macbeth essay for Monday test.

I had an okay week but a bit annoyed that my school has already started doing tests. I had a history and Geography test and I think they went okay. Next week on Monday I have English Lady Macbeth essay, On Thursday a Spanish writing on healthy living and on Friday a Maths Test on probability, a Biology test on Kidneys and plant hormones and a chemistry test on paper 1. :''(
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18/09/2023
Lady Macbeth essay test
Spanish: complete writing strip and revision for test
History: 4 marker

19/09/2023
Maths: revise for test
English: Macbeth essay plan

20/09/2023
Geography: 2x4 markers
History: impact of migrants: Ludwig Hond, Hugo Hurst, Wilheim Wolff, Carlo Gall
R.e: finish ppt
Physics: complete practise test
Spanish: revise spanish emb

21/09/2023
Spanish writing test
Spanish: Theme 1 topic 2: healthy eating questions
Maths: revise for test
English: finish context sheet for J+H

22/09/2023
Maths test: probability
Biology test
Chemistry test
Geography: green pen test: rewrite 9 marker and complete sheet
R.e: finish notes on the ppt

Got my Geography and History tests back and got 9's in both so very happy. :biggrin:
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Original post by niamhcheesecake
18/09/2023
Lady Macbeth essay test
Spanish: complete writing strip and revision for test
History: 4 marker

19/09/2023
Maths: revise for test
English: Macbeth essay plan

20/09/2023
Geography: 2x4 markers
History: impact of migrants: Ludwig Hond, Hugo Hurst, Wilheim Wolff, Carlo Gall
R.e: finish ppt
Physics: complete practise test
Spanish: revise spanish emb

21/09/2023
Spanish writing test
Spanish: Theme 1 topic 2: healthy eating questions
Maths: revise for test
English: finish context sheet for J+H

22/09/2023
Maths test: probability
Biology test
Chemistry test
Geography: green pen test: rewrite 9 marker and complete sheet
R.e: finish notes on the ppt

Got my Geography and History tests back and got 9's in both so very happy. :biggrin:


Wow, you're really hitting the ground running! Congrats on your geography and history tests! How did you feel about the texts you did last Friday? Have you got the results back for that?
Wow, you're really hitting the ground running! Congrats on your geography and history tests! How did you feel about the texts you did last Friday? Have you got the results back for that?

My school is big on testing so we have two tests per half term! I don't know whether to be happy or annoyed because it is already quite alot of work. Chemistry and Biology I got a 9 and R.E I got 54/54 so a 9 :biggrin: English Literature i got an 8 and Maths I got a 7 (2 marks from an 8). But i am really proud of the maths as i started on 5's at the beginning of year 10.
I have been MIA for the past two weeks as i have been really busy but this is all the school work i have done :smile::
25/09/23
Spanish: revise free time vocab for test: present, past, future and subjunctive.
History: complete abolitionist notes
Maths: Worksheet 1 algebra
English: Revise Macbeth quotes.

26/09/23
Maths: mathswatch
PSHEC: 5 questions
English: Macbeth essay plans on supernatural and ambition

27/09/23
R.E. revise church and kingdom

28/09/23
Maths: Crossover sheet+ grade 7 another section
English: green pen Macbeth essay

29/09/23:
Chemistry Mock Paper 1 :frown:
Geography: finish table and sheet
R.E. finish the lesson and 5 marker
02/10/23:
Spanish: revise healthy eating
History: reading and make notes on Jewish migrants
Maths: mathswatch

03/10/23
Maths: Mathswatch

04/10/23
Geography: Half of Paper 2
History: finish the table and do source 8 marker
R.E.: revise for church and kingdom test

05/10/23
R.E. church and kingdom test
Spanish: vocab worksheet
Maths: Mathswatch and revision (TheGcseMathsTutor!!)

06/10/23
Maths mock- full paper of algebra
Geography: Sheet and exam question- 6 marks
R.E: 12 marker
09/10/23
Spanish: reading techniques sheet
History: finish table and make notes on WW1+WW2 (How did it impact migration)
Biology: exam questions on genes

10/10/23
PSHEC: sexual harassment questions
History: table

11/10/23
History: definitions if key immigration acts of the 20th century and make notes on the Burnley riots
R.E.: A3 sheet
Chemistry: green pen paper 1 mock and do concentration calculations

12/10/23
Spanish reading and listening Got an 8 :smile:
Physics: energy exampro questions

13/10/23
English literature Paper 1
Geography: re-do 9 marker
R.E: finish a3 sheet
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