GCSE help- Advice from an A* Student

Hi, I studied my GCSE'S Last year (2023) and I achieved grades ranging from 7-9's in Maths, English, Triple science, History, Sociology, Food nutrition and health, and Italian. I am currently taking Biology, Psychology, Media studies and English lang/lit for a levels. I am happy to answer any questions and give any help to current GCSE 2024 students struggling with exams. Comment any questions below.

Triple science websites and advice

Triple science websites and advice

My best advice for science would be to learn the exam command words (e.g describe means simply outline the process, whereas explain means say why this happens) as i find people loose the most marks by not answering the questions with the right type of knowledge rather than not actually knowing it.

Thank you completely bombed paper 1 chemistry as I simply did not know how to revise and I guess using only flash cards was extremely dumb

Do you have any advice for food? I’m also aiming for a 9 in food.

Flashcards are a great way to revise content, i would suggest making a few cards in context you really struggle with so you can solidify that knowledge completely rather than making loads of flashcards on the whole topic, so you become overwhelmed with the amount your trying to memorise and end up taking in nothing. Chemistry is a very hard paper and the grade boundaries are generally lower than other subjects, i wouldn’t worry too much i’m sure you’ve done better then expected

Hi, I studied my GCSE'S Last year (2023) and I achieved grades ranging from 7-9's in Maths, English, Triple science, History, Sociology, Food nutrition and health, and Italian. I am currently taking Biology, Psychology, Media studies and English lang/lit for a levels. I am happy to answer any questions and give any help to current GCSE 2024 students struggling with exams. Comment any questions below.

Hi can I get advise for sociology, done paper 1 but idk if i done well, mock grades were 1 and 2 and i just want to get at least a 4 or a 5, please help me out for crime and deviance and social straficication in the next exam

Hi, i achieved a grade 9 in this subject and i personally found Seneca an amazing website for food nutrition and health (aqa) as the content is almond identical to what’s on the spec. i would suggest making flashcards on the longer answer questions using the Seneca content (e.g how to use a temperature probe, the process of dextrinisation, etc) as this will help answer the longer answer 6-12 mark questions. Also printing off past papers and attempting to answer the multiple choice questions. i’d be happy to help mark any longer answer question you attempt

Hii, any resources/general advice for GCSE italian as not many people take it as a GCSE and I'm struggling, thank you!

Of course, personally for italian my best advice is to revise key words and phrases in depth so you can easily recognise them in exam questions. the biggest thing which looses marks is people not realising what the question is about rather then not knowing how to answer it with the correct knowledge. Some websites i found useful were ThisisLanguage for example practice questions, Quizlet for flashcards Of key words and exam command words and linguascope for good language examples for the italian writing element.