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year 11 - my journey

I am a year 11 student. my mocks are in 8 weeks and 1 day. I can't really focus myself so I'm going to document my journey here

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I'm doing 11 GCSEs (if I pass the test to get into further maths)

predicted grades

eng lit 5
eng lang 6
maths 8
German 8
bio 9
physics 9
chem 9
food 9
ict 9
business 9
(edited 1 month ago)
I want to get 9s in all my subject except English (I'm rly bad but I'll aim for a 7/8)
I'll keep posting my scores and progress here
(edited 1 month ago)
Moved to Grow your Grades :smile:
Original post by curly_fries
I'm doing 11 GCSEs (if I pass the test to get into further maths)

predicted grades

eng lit 5
eng lang 6
maths 8
German 8
bio 9
physics 9
chem 9
food 9
ict 9
business 9


I wouldn't take level 2 FMaths - use the time to raise your grades in other subjects.
Original post by Muttley79


I wouldn't take level 2 FMaths - use the time to raise your grades in other subjects.


I would, but the only problem is that my school will drop us down a set if we don't take further maths.
ok so thinking about further maths I made a table comparing the benefits and drawbacks of doing it and there are more negatives so I might not take it. honestly I don't even mind dropping sets as the teachers in set 2 are way better than set 1. I just need to know my parents opinions.
Original post by curly_fries
I would, but the only problem is that my school will drop us down a set if we don't take further maths.


What does that matter at this stage? Your grades need to be higher in some subjects - this is how I would 'sell' it to your parents.
so according to my timetable I was supposed to do 4 subjects today but ended up doing 3, which isn't bad and I don't feel like I overworked myself so that's a good thing. I will post my reasoning behind this timetable tomorrow.
once again I only managed to revise three subjects but I'm sure slowly I can get that up to 4
so we've done 3 test so far - chemistry, maths and German

in maths i got 23/25
and in German (which was a translation) I got 11/12

I think this sets me off to a strong start to the year
so today I felt very tired because I came home an hour later than I usually do so I couldn't get a lot of work done. I'll try to wake up early tomorrow and study before school.

3 pages of food tech are very long - took me over 1 hour and I kept losing concentration.
doing cgp book for ict is kinda pointless, I should rather use that time to focus on coding and learning the coding concepts.
Original post by curly_fries
so we've done 3 test so far - chemistry, maths and German

in maths i got 23/25
and in German (which was a translation) I got 11/12

I think this sets me off to a strong start to the year


This is great, well done! You're right, you're definitely off to a really good start. When will you get your chemistry result?
oh I did get it back... got 29/30 in it

and we did another German paper (listening and reading) - 42/50
since I want to get into medicine, I have been researching possible work experience opportunities I could get into from home. here is a list of things I found:

https://bsmsoutreach.thinkific.com/courses/VWE

https://www.rcgp.org.uk/your-career/work-experience/observe-gp

https://medicmentor.co.uk/

https://www.gmc-uk.org/about/what-we-do-and-why/learning-and-support/e-learning-resources/patient-journey-to-gp-practice

https://futurefirst.org.uk/product/free-work-experience-in-health-and-social-care/

speakers for school work experience


As well as these, I will also volunteer in a care home near my house. I have also applied to be a NHS cadet, but the sessions haven't started yet so no clue what its going to involve.
Original post by curly_fries
since I want to get into medicine, I have been researching possible work experience opportunities I could get into from home. here is a list of things I found:

https://bsmsoutreach.thinkific.com/courses/VWE

https://www.rcgp.org.uk/your-career/work-experience/observe-gp

https://medicmentor.co.uk/

https://www.gmc-uk.org/about/what-we-do-and-why/learning-and-support/e-learning-resources/patient-journey-to-gp-practice

https://futurefirst.org.uk/product/free-work-experience-in-health-and-social-care/

speakers for school work experience


As well as these, I will also volunteer in a care home near my house. I have also applied to be a NHS cadet, but the sessions haven't started yet so no clue what its going to involve.

This is exciting! It sounds like you're really focused and have a lot planned. Well done on your test result as well!
I have a day off tomorrow so I'm going to revise:
- German vocab
- physics (because we don't have a teacher rn)
- maths (I have a test on Friday)
- biology (I have a test)
Ty, I am planning to do these in the summer holidays after GCSEs are done. I'm also thinking about getting a job (there are multiple tuition centres in my town)
so I did another German test, but I didn't do that good

I got 20/32 (it was the 150 word task)

to improve, I'm going to use the sentence builders and write myself model paragraphs to refer to when revising

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