GCSE stress and regret!

The summer holidays are almost over and i'm going on holiday soon, i am feeling so much regret as i feel i have not made the most of the summer by revising. Did any previous year11s feel this way before GCSEs and are any going into year 11 students feeling this way? When is the right time to start revising because i feel like i have already screwed up year 11 and haven't even started yet!!

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Strawberry150708

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Original post by checkered-almond

The summer holidays are almost over and i'm going on holiday soon, i am feeling so much regret as i feel i have not made the most of the summer by revising. Did any previous year11s feel this way before GCSEs and are any going into year 11 students feeling this way? When is the right time to start revising because i feel like i have already screwed up year 11 and haven't even started yet!!

Hi, a fellow "going into Year 11" student. I'm really not sure because our teachers told us to make the most of these holidays to relax a bit before Year 11 hits and we get extra stressed, but at the same time I'm doing drama coursework so it's not like I can relax completely. I'd say do some refreshers of knowledge so you're not a blank slate once year 11 starts, but also don't go full hardcore into studying so you can chill? e.g. duolingo for languages or just generally looking over vocab, rereading notes for other subjects and maybe rereading things like your english set texts just so you don't forget completely --- of course it depends on how you've learnt stuff and whether previous end-of-year or term tests have shown that you need urgent improvements in various areas. But more importantly, if you get burnt out now doing revision I assume it'll be a lot harder in Year 11 than if you are somewhat relaxed; I guess we won't be relaxing much this year as we have in previous years, but don't over work yourself because that could impact you negatively once we actually start Year 11.
Good luck!

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Original post by checkered-almond

The summer holidays are almost over and i'm going on holiday soon, i am feeling so much regret as i feel i have not made the most of the summer by revising. Did any previous year11s feel this way before GCSEs and are any going into year 11 students feeling this way? When is the right time to start revising because i feel like i have already screwed up year 11 and haven't even started yet!!

You haven't screwed up Year 11. It's okay to use the summer holidays for relaxation - I think this is how most people will have spent their summer! It's what I did back in school and university anyway. Try to relax and enjoy this downtime, because you've a very busy year ahead of you once it actually starts! :smile:

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I'm going into Year 11 in September, and I feel the same way.

I revised quite a lot in Year 10, but it feels now like none of the revision resources I made are useful, as they are all based on topics which don't correspond exactly with the order of topics in the specification.
So at the moment for science I am going through the specification and making flashcards on Revisely, with the help of Kerboodle and freesciencelessons, but it's a slow process and I doubt I'll finish by the end of the holidays.
I want to organise everything from all my subjects into flashcards and information sheets so that I have them all ready and can go straight into practicing in year 11, but I'm probably not going to have time.
I'm also going away for a few days next week, so really most of my preparation will have to be crammed into the final week-and-a-bit before school starts.

I take art, and I am behind on my coursework. I am really slow at getting started on drawing, and most of the drawings I start I end up rubbing out or throwing away, so I make really slow progress. These summer holidays were supposed to be my buffer to add to my coursework, but even if I get more drawings done and complete everything I should have at this stage, I'll still have to put in loads of time in year 11 (which I need for revision), and I won't have a long holiday before the art exam where I can catch up if something goes wrong.

It's scary that this is suddenly the 'real deal'. There's still a lot of content to cover, and I don't understand how we're supposed to be taking in new learning, while at the same time revising for our mocks and recapping what we've already done.

I know I haven't given you any helpful advice (sorry), but you are definitely not alone. I hope you manage to figure something out and I hope year 11 goes well for you.

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maia Ibrahim

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Original post by checkered-almond

The summer holidays are almost over and i'm going on holiday soon, i am feeling so much regret as i feel i have not made the most of the summer by revising. Did any previous year11s feel this way before GCSEs and are any going into year 11 students feeling this way? When is the right time to start revising because i feel like i have already screwed up year 11 and haven't even started yet!!

I'm going into year 11 and wanted to make the most out of this summer but I've been messing around and also feel like I screwed up. I keep saying im gonna study but i dont. I'll try today(lies)

Original post by checkered-almond

The summer holidays are almost over and i'm going on holiday soon, i am feeling so much regret as i feel i have not made the most of the summer by revising. Did any previous year11s feel this way before GCSEs and are any going into year 11 students feeling this way? When is the right time to start revising because i feel like i have already screwed up year 11 and haven't even started yet!!

Hey @checkered-almond,

Don't stress!

I know when I was at high school we were told to just make sure all of our GCSE resources were made for the content we have been taught so far as that makes it much easier in year 11. As then all you need to then be doing is making resources for the content you learn as you go. I don't remember revising over the summer or if I did it was more going over the basics of certain subjects or working on things I had struggled on in the past. As this made sure I wouldn't have been behind when learning new content.

Just enjoy this summer as you don't want to burn yourself out ahead of year 11. Overall, just make sure you are aware of the revision methods that work for you and have all your revision materials made to what you have learnt so far. Maybe also do a bit of research on the different online revision materials you can use such as SENECA, different Youtubers such as Mr Bruff and freesciencelessons, Weebly geography and more.

I don't think there really is a right time because I find it depends on how long it takes you to learn the content because once you have done that then you can start doing all different practice questions to get you prepared. I would maybe recommend asking your teachers what they think is the best time.

Hope that helped! 🙂

Rebecca
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Original post by checkered-almond

The summer holidays are almost over and i'm going on holiday soon, i am feeling so much regret as i feel i have not made the most of the summer by revising. Did any previous year11s feel this way before GCSEs and are any going into year 11 students feeling this way? When is the right time to start revising because i feel like i have already screwed up year 11 and haven't even started yet!!

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