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Gyg - y10 (going into y11)

Helloo, I have just finished y10 and will be sitting my gcses in 2025. Im aiming for all 8s and 9s (mostly 9s) in'shaa'Allah and I wanted to make this to hold myself accountable and revise over the summer. I have a lot of free time so I want to be able to use it to my advantage and really solidify my y10 knowledge :smile:).

Alhamdulilah I’m happy with my y10 mock grades, although I would like to bring Spanish up to an 7/8 atleast for y11 nov mocks 🙏🙏🙏.
Tbh i just have no idea how I’m going to structure my revision this summer😭. I keep procrastinating (it will be the death of me) but I’m hoping to start with going over my science + Spanish flashcards. Does anybody have any tips on how I could structure my revision for the holidays?
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Reply 1

make a revision timetable?
it rlly helped me when i was in exam week
put in enough breaks and free slots for rest, lunch and stuff, and incase u want to focus on smth a bit extra
try and keep to it (ik its hard, im such a procrastinator, so by the time i acc start, im behind half a subject lol)
but space them out nicely, so ur not doing, say too much maths one day, and too much sciencey stuff another

im in yr 10 going into yr11 too btw
also trying for 8/9s and rlly want to revise this summer but idk if i have enough will power lol (im such a bad procrastinator)
anyways, ill be watching this thread to try and motivate me through ur efforts xx
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Reply 2

Original post by mm_966
make a revision timetable?
it rlly helped me when i was in exam week
put in enough breaks and free slots for rest, lunch and stuff, and incase u want to focus on smth a bit extra
try and keep to it (ik its hard, im such a procrastinator, so by the time i acc start, im behind half a subject lol)
but space them out nicely, so ur not doing, say too much maths one day, and too much sciencey stuff another

also, dont revise too much, cos you'll burn yourself out
have some fun too xx

Reply 3

Original post by erenjaeger78999
Helloo, I have just finished y10 and will be sitting my gcses in 2025. Im aiming for all 8s and 9s (mostly 9s) and I wanted to make this to hold myself accountable and revise over the summer. I have a lot of free time so I want to be able to use it to my advantage and really solidify my y10 knowledge :smile:). Here are my y10 mock grades
English language- 9
English literature -8
Maths -8
Biology - 9
Chem - 8
Physics - 8
Geography - 8 (grades were capped at 8 for some reason)
Religious studies - 9
Spanish - 6 (im not good at Spanish sigh)
Alhamdulilah I’m happy with these grades, although I would like to bring Spanish up to an 7/8 atleast for y11 nov mocks 🙏🙏🙏. I would like to maintain these majority of these grades aswell (but I’m praying for a 9 in maths 🙏)
Tbh i just have no idea how I’m going to structure my revision this summer😭. I keep procrastinating (it will be the death of me) but I’m hoping to start with going over my science + Spanish flashcards. Does anybody have any tips on how I could structure my revision for the holidays?

hii!! I'm also in yr10 going into yr11
And just like you I'm aiming to get 8/9s and revise during the summer as I've heard yr11 can get rlly stressful!!
Also those are are amazing mock results!! Do you have any tips for english lang, lit and geo as I didn't doo particularly well on them in my mocks 😬
thanks!! (and good luck with your gyg journey!!)

Reply 4

Original post by erenjaeger78999
Helloo, I have just finished y10 and will be sitting my gcses in 2025. Im aiming for all 8s and 9s (mostly 9s) and I wanted to make this to hold myself accountable and revise over the summer. I have a lot of free time so I want to be able to use it to my advantage and really solidify my y10 knowledge :smile:). Here are my y10 mock grades
English language- 9
English literature -8
Maths -8
Biology - 9
Chem - 8
Physics - 8
Geography - 8 (grades were capped at 8 for some reason)
Religious studies - 9
Spanish - 6 (im not good at Spanish sigh)
Alhamdulilah I’m happy with these grades, although I would like to bring Spanish up to an 7/8 atleast for y11 nov mocks 🙏🙏🙏. I would like to maintain these majority of these grades aswell (but I’m praying for a 9 in maths 🙏)
Tbh i just have no idea how I’m going to structure my revision this summer😭. I keep procrastinating (it will be the death of me) but I’m hoping to start with going over my science + Spanish flashcards. Does anybody have any tips on how I could structure my revision for the holidays?

you got your Mock results already I'm waiting until September until I see my Results. I'm aiming for 4s and 5s and one 7 and that's in Art

Reply 5

Original post by Azariah14
you got your Mock results already I'm waiting until September until I see my Results. I'm aiming for 4s and 5s and one 7 and that's in Art

ugh dont u js hate art gcse?

Reply 6

Original post by mm_966
also, dont revise too much, cos you'll burn yourself out
have some fun too xx

thank you sm, how many subjects do you think i should aim to revise per day

Reply 7

Original post by mm_966
ugh dont u js hate art gcse?
I hate that subject with my life lol, Alhamdullilah I was able to drop it

Reply 8

Original post by infamous.nugget
hii!! I'm also in yr10 going into yr11
And just like you I'm aiming to get 8/9s and revise during the summer as I've heard yr11 can get rlly stressful!!
Also those are are amazing mock results!! Do you have any tips for english lang, lit and geo as I didn't doo particularly well on them in my mocks 😬
thanks!! (and good luck with your gyg journey!!)

hellooo, i dont really have any tips for english language as i didnt revise for it (oops) but time management in the exam is the most important thing imo, but for english lit i really recommend memorising as many quotes as you can and pay attention to the writers choice of language + the effects on the reader!! dont forget to include lots of context aswell. for geography literally just learn key definitions and case studies :smile:

Reply 9

Original post by erenjaeger78999
hellooo, i dont really have any tips for english language as i didnt revise for it (oops) but time management in the exam is the most important thing imo, but for english lit i really recommend memorising as many quotes as you can and pay attention to the writers choice of language + the effects on the reader!! dont forget to include lots of context aswell. for geography literally just learn key definitions and case studies :smile:
Also Mr.Salles english on yt helps a ton, im going into yr11 too and he helps sm.

Reply 10

Original post by erenjaeger78999
hellooo, i dont really have any tips for english language as i didnt revise for it (oops) but time management in the exam is the most important thing imo, but for english lit i really recommend memorising as many quotes as you can and pay attention to the writers choice of language + the effects on the reader!! dont forget to include lots of context aswell. for geography literally just learn key definitions and case studies :smile:

ok thanks sm!!

Reply 11

Original post by erenjaeger78999
thank you sm, how many subjects do you think i should aim to revise per day

the month before exams i was aiming for 3-4, but obvs you can spread it out a bit more as its the summer holidays
that was after school days and i didnt plan the weekends
lemme put a pic...
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this kinda contradicts what i said before abt trying to not put too many sciencey subjects on one day lol
but this is js personal preference of mine, as i focused on the ones im bad at
for example, drama isnt on there, as i didnt need to rlly revise for that

Reply 12

Original post by mm_966
ugh dont u js hate art gcse?

at the start of Yr 10 YES I didn't want to do it at all I HATED it with a passion but during the middle of the year not really because I don't really do much in the lessons it like a free Period as long as I have something done then I'm good

Reply 13

Original post by Azariah14
at the start of Yr 10 YES I didn't want to do it at all I HATED it with a passion but during the middle of the year not really because I don't really do much in the lessons it like a free Period as long as I have something done then I'm good

lucky i have so much course work

Reply 14

We can take our art packs home if we want so I take mine home and complete my coursework and I already do 4 lessons one week and 2 the other week so I always finish most of the work in schl.

Reply 15

Original post by mm_966
lucky i have so much course work

plus we did all our coursework at the start of the schl yr

Reply 16

Original post by Azariah14
plus we did all our coursework at the start of the schl yr

i js dont have the energy to do it at home
its rlly bad
and im so slow cos im such a perfectionist
i was put into art intervention cos im so slow lol
we're working on our LSPs now?
wbu?

Reply 17

Original post by mm_966
i js dont have the energy to do it at home
its rlly bad
and im so slow cos im such a perfectionist
i was put into art intervention cos im so slow lol
we're working on our LSPs now?
wbu?

we did our final pieces for our mocks and just completed our coursework books and tbh I don't even know what an LSP is?

Reply 18

Original post by Azariah14
we did our final pieces for our mocks and just completed our coursework books and tbh I don't even know what an LSP is?

large scale piece?
its like the midway point of the course
how have u alr done ur final piece?
what r u gonna do in yr 11 then?

Reply 19

Original post by mm_966
large scale piece?
its like the midway point of the course
how have u alr done ur final piece?
what r u gonna do in yr 11 then?

Nvm i've done a large scale piece we just call it our final piece for yr 10

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