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Heyyy

Update since I’ve done half of my exams (8/16). Sorry this is gonna be a really long post since I can’t figure out how to do spoilers 😭
Edit - I have now figured out how to use spoilers on the new experience (thank you @Notnek )

English Language

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Chemistry

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Physical Geography

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Spanish Listening and Reading

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Computing Paper 1

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Physics

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Maths Non Calculator

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Tags - @Evil Homer , @curly_fries , @brainzistheword
(edited 1 year ago)
Original post by agent_duck343
Heyyy

Update since I’ve done half of my exams (8/16). Sorry this is gonna be a really long post since I can’t figure out how to do spoilers 😭

English Language

thank you so much @Trickia I genuinely would not have been able to get through that without your tips

I didn’t really answer the third question because even though I knew what to write about I blanked on the exam and couldn’t find any structural features

The descriptive writing was considerably better than expected (I did the picture one)


Chemistry

So bad

I’m really disappointed because this is one of my favourite subjects

I was caught off guard by bioleaching, phytominign and the avogrado constant


Physical Geography

I managed by time so well and did all the questions

I’m quite happy with this paper overall


Spanish Listening and Reading

I was surprised that they don’t speak super fast in the listening unlike when we do them in class

The reading has probably been my favourite paper so far


Computing Paper 1

Mediocre

There were good and bad bits to this one

Completely flopped the anti malware question for no good reason


Physics

Previously on this site I have complained about the equation sheet however because we will get it for GCSEs we got given it for mocks

I take back my previous comment - that sheet saved my life otherwise I would’ve failed all the equation questions

I definitely need to revise the motor effect and generator effect


Maths Non Calculator

Awful

So horrific

One of the teachers made the questions on the paper so I can’t even look at what the answers are now

I worked it out and have definitely lost 1/5 of the marks (the last question was worth 7 marks!)


Tags - @Evil Homer , @curly_fries , @brainzistheword

No problem xx

Don't stress out too much as these are just mocks to see how your doing xx

Q3 some points for structural features. Don't focus too much on finding them!

Dialogue, punctuation, sentence (simple, complex etc), focus shifts to character etc
Are ones you may find so don't stress!
Also narrative authority and perspectives. 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc. How does this make this interesting bunch of waffle.

Practice more under exam conditions to ease yourself and handle the stress or do calming techniques
Holaaa

Finally all 15 of my exams are finished except for my spanish speaking which I have on thursday so here is an update on the second half of my mocks

Maths Calculator

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Spanish Writing

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RS

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Biology

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Food

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Computing Paper 2

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Human Geography

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Tags - @Evil Homer @brainzistheword @curly_fries
Updateee
-. This week has been back to normal at school
-. I’m still not used to having actual lessons again😭
-. there are art and textiles exams as well as language speaking exams this week so lots of people aren’t in class
-. I’ve got my speaking tomorrow - I’m confident with my one minute presentation but the rest I’m petrified for

Tags - @Evil Homer @brainzistheword @curly_fries
Original post by agent_duck343
Updateee
-. This week has been back to normal at school
-. I’m still not used to having actual lessons again😭
-. there are art and textiles exams as well as language speaking exams this week so lots of people aren’t in class
-. I’ve got my speaking tomorrow - I’m confident with my one minute presentation but the rest I’m petrified for

Tags - @Evil Homer @brainzistheword @curly_fries


You will be fine good luck babes xx
You said you could never gyg like I am trying to but a) currently your grades are so much stronger than mine and b) you are definitely more disciplined than me, lucky you have most of your mocks out of the way I wish you the best of luck with your results.

You said to tag you on your post on my gyg but I don't know how to so feel free to tag me
Hey how did the speaking go?
Heyyyy - I kinda forgot about this bc of christmasssss (ONLY 12 DAYS TO GOOOO)

My speaking wasn't as bad as I expected and I think I'm getting all my spanish tests back tomorrow so I will update at the weekend with those : ) Also I got an award in the end of term celebration assembly for most effort in spanish so I'm gonna be gutted if I don't do well

Some of my friends have got like 7 of their mocks back already but so far I've onyl got 3 back
-. maths non calc - 78/100 (i'm surprised bc this test was super hard I literally wanted to cry after that)
-. maths calc - 92/100 (So please with this one)
-. physics - 78/112 (quite rubbish but I'm not too bothered about physics so its fine ig)

Tags - @Evil Homer, @brainzistheword, @curly_fries , @FanB1984
Original post by FanB1984
You said you could never gyg like I am trying to but a) currently your grades are so much stronger than mine and b) you are definitely more disciplined than me, lucky you have most of your mocks out of the way I wish you the best of luck with your results.

You said to tag you on your post on my gyg but I don't know how to so feel free to tag me

you just put the @ sign then start typing my username and it should come up with a list
Original post by agent_duck343
Heyyyy - I kinda forgot about this bc of christmasssss (ONLY 12 DAYS TO GOOOO)

My speaking wasn't as bad as I expected and I think I'm getting all my spanish tests back tomorrow so I will update at the weekend with those : ) Also I got an award in the end of term celebration assembly for most effort in spanish so I'm gonna be gutted if I don't do well

Some of my friends have got like 7 of their mocks back already but so far I've onyl got 3 back
-. maths non calc - 78/100 (i'm surprised bc this test was super hard I literally wanted to cry after that)
-. maths calc - 92/100 (So please with this one)
-. physics - 78/112 (quite rubbish but I'm not too bothered about physics so its fine ig)

Tags - @Evil Homer, @brainzistheword, @curly_fries , @FanB1984

That's good to hear! 🎉
Original post by Trickia
That's good to hear! 🎉

Thanksss xx
Heyyyy
I definely didn’t forget about this again 🥲

Here are the rest of my marks except for food as we haven’t got that back yet

english language 57/80 (so proud of myself)

english literature 20/30 (decent but I know I wasn’t in a god mindset that day so was kinda expecting lower)

biology 82/118 (silly mistakes)

chemistry 77/117 (so disappointed in myself as this was my worst percentage out of all my subjects. But the year average was 40% so the test was hard)

RS 82/99 (pleased with this)

Computing paper 1 61/81 (it has an extra mark bc the teachers can’t count )

computing paper 2 56/80 (meh)

paper 1 geography 72/88 (happy and I got full marks on the coasts section)

paper 2 geography 45/58 (also happy with this one as I got 8/9 on a nine marker)

Spanish I am so so pleased with - I don’t usually tell people my test scores or brag but these I literally told all my friends and family 🫠

Reading 48/50🎉, Listening 38/50, Speaking 62/70 🎉, Short writing task 20/20🎉🎉🎉, Long writing task 22/28 (I missed the top band as I misinterpreted one of the bullet points), translation 11/12🎉🎉


ALSO ITS FINALLY THE HOLIDAYYYS
What are your plans for the next two weeks? I plan to do lots of cooking to prepare for NEA2 (I am currently waiting for some banana bread to bake as I type this), watch too many christmas movies and eat too much food and spend time with family 💜✨.

Tags - @Evil Homer @brainzistheword @curly_fries @FanB1984
Original post by agent_duck343
Heyyyy
I definely didn’t forget about this again 🥲

Here are the rest of my marks except for food as we haven’t got that back yet

english language 57/80 (so proud of myself)

english literature 20/30 (decent but I know I wasn’t in a god mindset that day so was kinda expecting lower)

biology 82/118 (silly mistakes)

chemistry 77/117 (so disappointed in myself as this was my worst percentage out of all my subjects. But the year average was 40% so the test was hard)

RS 82/99 (pleased with this)

Computing paper 1 61/81 (it has an extra mark bc the teachers can’t count )

computing paper 2 56/80 (meh)

paper 1 geography 72/88 (happy and I got full marks on the coasts section)

paper 2 geography 45/58 (also happy with this one as I got 8/9 on a nine marker)

Spanish I am so so pleased with - I don’t usually tell people my test scores or brag but these I literally told all my friends and family 🫠

Reading 48/50🎉, Listening 38/50, Speaking 62/70 🎉, Short writing task 20/20🎉🎉🎉, Long writing task 22/28 (I missed the top band as I misinterpreted one of the bullet points), translation 11/12🎉🎉


ALSO ITS FINALLY THE HOLIDAYYYS
What are your plans for the next two weeks? I plan to do lots of cooking to prepare for NEA2 (I am currently waiting for some banana bread to bake as I type this), watch too many christmas movies and eat too much food and spend time with family 💜✨.

Tags - @Evil Homer @brainzistheword @curly_fries @FanB1984

But you came back to us, that's the main thing!

Please let us know how your banana bread turns out, standard or is there any chocolate chip action going on in there?
Original post by Evil Homer
But you came back to us, that's the main thing!

Please let us know how your banana bread turns out, standard or is there any chocolate chip action going on in there?

I used this recipe https://abeautifulmess.com/one-banana-banana-bread/#wprm-recipe-container-41751
As I only had one banana that was wayyyy too ripe to eat (no yellow left) so I made this. They’re so light and I topped it with a sprinkle of brown sugar and cinnamon so they’re crispy on the top and they rose quite a bit
Original post by agent_duck343
Heyyyy
I definely didn’t forget about this again 🥲

Here are the rest of my marks except for food as we haven’t got that back yet

english language 57/80 (so proud of myself)

english literature 20/30 (decent but I know I wasn’t in a god mindset that day so was kinda expecting lower)

biology 82/118 (silly mistakes)

chemistry 77/117 (so disappointed in myself as this was my worst percentage out of all my subjects. But the year average was 40% so the test was hard)

RS 82/99 (pleased with this)

Computing paper 1 61/81 (it has an extra mark bc the teachers can’t count )

computing paper 2 56/80 (meh)

paper 1 geography 72/88 (happy and I got full marks on the coasts section)

paper 2 geography 45/58 (also happy with this one as I got 8/9 on a nine marker)

Spanish I am so so pleased with - I don’t usually tell people my test scores or brag but these I literally told all my friends and family 🫠

Reading 48/50🎉, Listening 38/50, Speaking 62/70 🎉, Short writing task 20/20🎉🎉🎉, Long writing task 22/28 (I missed the top band as I misinterpreted one of the bullet points), translation 11/12🎉🎉


ALSO ITS FINALLY THE HOLIDAYYYS
What are your plans for the next two weeks? I plan to do lots of cooking to prepare for NEA2 (I am currently waiting for some banana bread to bake as I type this), watch too many christmas movies and eat too much food and spend time with family 💜✨.

Tags - @Evil Homer @brainzistheword @curly_fries @FanB1984


Aiyo well done celebrate this🎉
Brag infront of family members lol
Original post by Trickia
Aiyo well done celebrate this🎉
Brag infront of family members lol

Thanks 💜
Original post by agent_duck343
Heyyyy
I definely didn’t forget about this again 🥲

Here are the rest of my marks except for food as we haven’t got that back yet

english language 57/80 (so proud of myself)

english literature 20/30 (decent but I know I wasn’t in a god mindset that day so was kinda expecting lower)

biology 82/118 (silly mistakes)

chemistry 77/117 (so disappointed in myself as this was my worst percentage out of all my subjects. But the year average was 40% so the test was hard)

RS 82/99 (pleased with this)

Computing paper 1 61/81 (it has an extra mark bc the teachers can’t count )

computing paper 2 56/80 (meh)

paper 1 geography 72/88 (happy and I got full marks on the coasts section)

paper 2 geography 45/58 (also happy with this one as I got 8/9 on a nine marker)

Spanish I am so so pleased with - I don’t usually tell people my test scores or brag but these I literally told all my friends and family 🫠

Reading 48/50🎉, Listening 38/50, Speaking 62/70 🎉, Short writing task 20/20🎉🎉🎉, Long writing task 22/28 (I missed the top band as I misinterpreted one of the bullet points), translation 11/12🎉🎉


ALSO ITS FINALLY THE HOLIDAYYYS
What are your plans for the next two weeks? I plan to do lots of cooking to prepare for NEA2 (I am currently waiting for some banana bread to bake as I type this), watch too many christmas movies and eat too much food and spend time with family 💜✨.

Tags - @Evil Homer @brainzistheword @curly_fries @FanB1984


Well done, for your grades, my Spanish mock was horrific but I was given a cashier in my speaking task. Hope you enjoy your Xmas.
Original post by FanB1984
Well done, for your grades, my Spanish mock was horrific but I was given a cashier in my speaking task. Hope you enjoy your Xmas.

Thank youuuu
I think I got the same card for the role play task

Have a very merry christmas 🎄🎄🎄
Heyyy
Happy New Year! What does everyone think of the new TSR look - personally I love the purple 💜

Anyways this week we had our mock results day and got our grades from mocks as well as our new predicted grades so here they are✨
(I’ll put them current, predicted)
Maths 9-, 9
English Language 8,8 (really shocked at this)
English Literature 7, 8
Biology 9, 9
Chemistry 9, 9 (the grade boundaries were really low so I’m pleased with this)
Physics 8, 8
RS 8, 9
Food 9, 9
Geography 9, 9
Spanish 9, 9
Computing 7, 7

Overall I’m pleased with my current grades and my predicted grades as they have increased since year 10 EoYs so now I’m going to apply to the other two sixth forms😌

Tags - @Evil Homer @brainzistheword @curly_fries @emm4nuella @FanB1984
(edited 1 year ago)
Original post by agent_duck343
Heyyy
Happy New Year! What does everyone think of the new TSR look - personally I love the purple 💜

Anyways this week we had our mock results day and got our grades from mocks as well as our new predicted grades so here they are✨
(I’ll put them current, predicted)
Maths 9-, 9
English Language 8,8 (really shocked at this)
English Literature 7, 8
Biology 9, 9
Chemistry 9, 9 (the grade boundaries were really low so I’m pleased with this)
Physics 8, 8
RS 8, 9
Food 9, 9
Geography - 9, 9
Spanish 9, 9
Computing 7-, 7

Overall I’m pleased with my current grades and my predicted grades as they have increased since year 10 EoYs so now I’m going to apply to the other two sixth forms😌

Tags - @Evil Homer @brainzistheword @curly_fries @emm4nuella @FanB1984

Hooray, I'm really pleased to hear you like the purple :awesome:

Congratulations on your mock results and predicted grades, they're fab!

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