revision and procascination

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it's really easy to grab your phone and spend ages looking at something on there rather than revision but you need to keep reminding yourself that your phone / any other form of procrastination is just a distraction and you only have a limited amount of time before your mocks, so use it effectively!

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I used to keep my phone in another room or hide it so I wouldn't use it whilst revising.

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go through your exam board specifications (all available to you online) and look through each topic and make sure you know everything it says you should. It's a great way to find gaps in your knowledge as they have the basis of everything you can be tested on.

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Make sure you prioritise your weaker topics as there isn't much point revising things you already know. Do revise them to a certain degree, just don't spend too much time focused on topics you are confident in.

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some people find scheduling out revision really effective when making sure they get everything done / having a structured plan to make sure you reach daily targets so if it's something you would want to try, I'd recommend it

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do all your notetaking before you answer practice questions / past papers, especially with physics and econ

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I would make short mind maps or page summaries of topics for physics / econ and use them for when I start answering questions so everything I need to know is condensed and easy to access in a way I can revise it / use it effectively

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I used physics and maths tutor (https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/) for some summary page content for all subjects and used science shorts (https://scienceshorts.net/) for physics. They have video run-throughs of exam papers / making mind maps, etc, so highly recommend them.

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make sure you're not just reading notes / highlighting / rewriting content as that wont make you remember any info!

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make your own revision cards / mindmaps / quizzes

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timed recall: write as much as you can about a topic for 15 mins without looking at your notes. Then after you've reached your time limit, go through your notes for and see what's missing. With a different colour, go back and add as much as you can remember for 5 mins and keep repeating so you are activiely recalling information.

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do past papers and look at markschemes, they're the key to forming well-worded answers in physics and econ!

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do practice essays in econ and if possible, ask your teacher to give feedback on them

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spaced repitition also wokrs very well, making sure you can still remember something 15 mins, an hour, a few hours, the next day after you revise it.