grow your grades 2023!!!!

Original post by rowan_willow

Tuesday of week six!

So I have done roughly 1,200 words of my 2,500-word essay. I am aiming to have done 2000 by the end of today (we will see how that goes lmao) And hopefully I will do my wider reading tonight too, but hey not too much pressure.

We've been given a pretty annoying seating plan in film studies which put a downer on my mood, but every day is a fresh slate!!!

How is everyone else doing with their week? Also I wanna hear!! fave song atm? Mine is Wildest Dreams TV :333

Anyway,

Happy Tuesday :biggrin:

good luck for your essay, Im sure it will be great! 😀 my favourite song at the moment is black hole by boygenius :smile:

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Original post by Evil Homer

Invested in this working cafe dog, what type is it and what's it's name?

He is called Toby and is a golden retriever but is about the size of a horse, his paw is the same size as the hand and I'm not even kidding!!!

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Original post by erin11

good luck for your essay, Im sure it will be great! 😀 my favourite song at the moment is black hole by boygenius :smile:

Thanks! I just finished it which is good because I am so done lol, I love boygenius so good choice!

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Original post by rowan_willow

Current predicted grades for A-levels (yr13)

Politics: A

Film studies: A

English Literature: B

EPQ: A

Grades I would like to achieve in 2024:

Politics A*

Film studies: A

English Literature: A

EPQ: A

My plan is to do 2 hrs revision a day after school, apart from tuesdays. I will have Weekends off to do no work at all as a nice way of relaxing. My focus is my grades and hopefully I can get into the University of Nottingham!! That's the dream. I am looking foreward to this journey.

Friday week six

This insane week is over I got a LOT of work done, usually I struggle with being overwhelmed but doing gyg has really helped with my motivation!!

Homework:

Film

• ~~Mustang essay~~
• ~~Divining the real: the leaps of faith in André Bazin’s film criticism~~

Politics

• ~~How Biden is reshaping the courts~~
• Judicial review notes section
• Politics essay

English Literature

• Re-read Othello, Make notes on key events in Othello
• English essay
• Read chapter 18 of wuthering heights

Other:

~~• Complete English NEA~~
~~• Finish my UCAS application~~

Plans for the rest of today:

•

Write my english essay

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Re-read othello + write key events

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Read chapter 18 of Wuthering heights

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Make notes on judicial review

•

SLEEP

I submitted my UCAS yesterday, it feels so weird! Finalising my personal statement felt endless I cant lie. I also finished my English lit NEA, I'm not totally happy with it but it is only a first draft so that helps, and the first draft is always thte most difficult.

Thank you for all the support this week, couldn't have done it without you!!!!

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Back from the weekend!!

Monday week seven!

I crossed off all the work from last week,

I won't add it to this week as it's all done :biggrin:

I was on an English trip to London today, there was a conference on Literature and Carol Ann Duffy was there which was pretty cool. I didn't have any lessons but I did get some work done on the train.

Here is my plan for the week:

Homework:

English:

None

Politics:

None

Film:

None

Other tasks:

EPQ:

•

complete my final dissertation draft

•

Finish my research review

•

check my activity log

•

Write my introduction

•

Write my summary

Revision:

•

Two essay plans for each subject

•

Two powerpoints on a politics chapter

•

Write an essay for each subject.

It might be a lot but I will let you know if I get it done.

How was everyone's weekend?

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emm4nuella

Original post by rowan_willow

Back from the weekend!!

Monday week seven!

I crossed off all the work from last week,

I won't add it to this week as it's all done :biggrin:

I was on an English trip to London today, there was a conference on Literature and Carol Ann Duffy was there which was pretty cool. I didn't have any lessons but I did get some work done on the train.

Here is my plan for the week:

Homework:

English:

None

Politics:

None

Film:

None

Other tasks:

EPQ:

•

complete my final dissertation draft

•

Finish my research review

•

check my activity log

•

Write my introduction

•

Write my summary

Revision:

•

Two essay plans for each subject

•

Two powerpoints on a politics chapter

•

Write an essay for each subject.

It might be a lot but I will let you know if I get it done.

How was everyone's weekend?

it was good thank you <3! love the look of your plan - enjoy :smile:

!

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Tuesday week seven

So guys I'm not gonna lie, today has been difficult, just hit one of those mental health days y'know. I didn't get the job I applied for :frown:

but it's all good. I had to kinda take the day off from extra work so I could power through my school day. I think I pushed myself too hard last week which kinda burnt me out if I'm honest. I will take it more easy for the rest of this week!

I guess this just proves that looking after yourself is as important as growing your grades :smile:

I'm gonna do some hole punching as I think thats a low-effort productive task that would work lol. I hope you've all had a great day!!

Also I'm curious, those who read this lil blog thing, what unis are y'all applying too?

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Original post by emm4nuella

it was good thank you <3! love the look of your plan - enjoy :smile:

!

Thanks! I really like the look of the plan you've set up for this week too :3

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emm4nuella

Original post by rowan_willow

Thanks! I really like the look of the plan you've set up for this week too :3

aww cheers :smile:

!

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Tuesday week eight:

Hey guys! After a short break, I am back, sorry for just vanishing, we all need a break sometimes though.

How has everyone's week been? I've really enjoyed catching up to all your gyg, seems like we are getting along nicely :biggrin:

Plan for today:

•

Write my 30 marker film essay

•

Write my 12 marker Politcs essay

•

Write my 30 marker politics essay

•

Go to brownies (volunteering)

Plan for the week:

•

Write two essay plans per subject

•

Write Powerpoints for one topic per subject

•

Considering politics wider reading???

•

Complete Supreme Court notes

•

Finish final politics essay

The school have finally sent off my UCAS and a few unis have confirmed they've recieved my application!! Aaaaaa! I'm excited to start getting results, how have you all found this process??

Best of luck,

Have a great week <33333

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congrats on sending off your UCAS, must be such a relief! what subject have you applied for?

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Original post by erin11

congrats on sending off your UCAS, must be such a relief! what subject have you applied for?

I've applied for Politics and International relations, just received an offer from Westminster! It's not my top choice but still exciting. You're applying for Politics and French right? What kinda places have you decided on? (if any lol)

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Original post by rowan_willow

I've applied for Politics and International relations, just received an offer from Westminster! It's not my top choice but still exciting. You're applying for Politics and French right? What kinda places have you decided on? (if any lol)

congrats! Yep, politics and French - I am applying to Manchester, Sheffield, Bath, university of London institute in Paris but still deciding on a 5th option (hopefully KCL but that might change) aha

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Original post by rowan_willow

Current predicted grades for A-levels (yr13)

Politics: A

Film studies: A

English Literature: B

EPQ: A

Grades I would like to achieve in 2024:

Politics A*

Film studies: A

English Literature: A

EPQ: A

My plan is to do 2 hrs revision a day after school, apart from tuesdays. I will have Weekends off to do no work at all as a nice way of relaxing. My focus is my grades and hopefully I can get into the University of Nottingham!! That's the dream. I am looking foreward to this journey.

Omg guys grow your grades REALLY WORKS!!! I just got my first draft for my English NEA and I got an A!! :,D I never get A's in English so I can't thank you all enough for being so supportive. I will write more about my plans for the day later I just had to let out this excitement somewhere

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Original post by rowan_willow

Omg guys grow your grades REALLY WORKS!!! I just got my first draft for my English NEA and I got an A!! :,D I never get A's in English so I can't thank you all enough for being so supportive. I will write more about my plans for the day later I just had to let out this excitement somewhere

OMG YAYYY!!! Im so proud of you <333

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emm4nuella