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supplies needed per a-level

Heyy, so I'm starting year 12 in a month and I have no clue what resources/supplies I need for each of my chosen subjects which are :
-Computer science
-Art
-Psychology
-Math
it would be a great help if anyone could tell me what kind of notebooks and folders i need and how many each, and whether i need binders of any sort and all.
thanks in advance!

Reply 1

For psychology ALOT of pens! its a very heavy content subject and your pens will run out a lot faster than you realise! With art they should give you a list of things you will need to buy prior to starting in September, i ended up buying a HUGE folder for my alevels but in actuality i could of bought a normal sized binder for each subject, normal A4 notebooks should be fine lined for psych and art and squared for math. Make sure you keep all notes and pieces of work in order if you can or all in one place organised, it will help alot when it comes to Mock revision! hope this helps and goodluck

Reply 2

Original post by kezowskii
For psychology ALOT of pens! its a very heavy content subject and your pens will run out a lot faster than you realise! With art they should give you a list of things you will need to buy prior to starting in September, i ended up buying a HUGE folder for my alevels but in actuality i could of bought a normal sized binder for each subject, normal A4 notebooks should be fine lined for psych and art and squared for math. Make sure you keep all notes and pieces of work in order if you can or all in one place organised, it will help alot when it comes to Mock revision! hope this helps and goodluck

thank you so much!!!! this is super helpful as I was confused on the stuff I needed to buy plus I've heard so many ppl regret buying too many folders and stuff so thank you once again:smile:

Reply 3

I would say a folder /binder for each subject especially psychology as they do give you lots of handouts and papers also jotters sometimes they give you them in class don’t know if it’s like that at your school though but I find it good to have a jotter for notes I take in class and another note book for more detailed notes and practice papers when approaching exams
As for maths definitely I scientific calculator a Casio is good choice as you will use it slot also school ones are not that good and sometimes can do the complex sums also maybe a math set kit thing with rulers but the might have them at school but with maths you go through some jotters lol 😂 I had 15 at the end of math no joke as you do lots of question sheets so might need a few of those but they might give them out at school
Art well art classes do have art supplies well my school does however at the start you will probably be doing sketches do just some art pencils stadler and Fabre castell do nice ones also bob standard pens lol I like bic and uni ball pens

Reply 4

I don’t take computer science so I’m not sure I’m not very good with technology you’d think I’d would be lol in this generation one time I was in admin class this is going back a few years I typed a sentence and ask someone how do you type more /move the line down and they said press the back button lol I was so embarrassed

Reply 5

Also a planner and calnder for the wall to write your dates down when homework due when exam when becase you can easily lose track also haveing it physical right in front of you where you can scribble on it help lol 😂

Reply 6

Original post by Topbannana123
I would say a folder /binder for each subject especially psychology as they do give you lots of handouts and papers also jotters sometimes they give you them in class don’t know if it’s like that at your school though but I find it good to have a jotter for notes I take in class and another note book for more detailed notes and practice papers when approaching exams
As for maths definitely I scientific calculator a Casio is good choice as you will use it slot also school ones are not that good and sometimes can do the complex sums also maybe a math set kit thing with rulers but the might have them at school but with maths you go through some jotters lol 😂 I had 15 at the end of math no joke as you do lots of question sheets so might need a few of those but they might give them out at school
Art well art classes do have art supplies well my school does however at the start you will probably be doing sketches do just some art pencils stadler and Fabre castell do nice ones also bob standard pens lol I like bic and uni ball pens


How many pages did those jotters have cause i just want to have one with all my work in it

Reply 7

A big one lol or small one for each each topic

Reply 8

Thanks everyone !!!!

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