I dont know how i could plan out my studying schedule.

I am curreently going into year 11 and im not really sure about how i could plan out my studying session where i can both go over stuff i have learnt during Year 10 and In the moment (stuff in school).

I want to study as hard as i can for every subject so i can keep my optiones opened for when i go into sixth form. However if i had to pick subjects in which are my main focus for a levels it would have to be my sciences, maths and english lit. (Im considering taking alevel chem + maths + eng lit and possibly further maths if i actually get better at it).

I want to stufy but prevent the chances if me going through an academic burnout, coz i want to still enjoy studying my sciences without grtting overwhelmed.

I am concious that it would help me if i did past papers, but i dont know how to properly study with them, do i just randomly do them or what? Please someone give me insight on this- 😭😭

Thank you so much for spending your time to read this and i hope you have a nice day <3

Reply 1

HC_8452

Hi there! I'm a scottish student and took 5 highers last year, so I'll try my best to give advice, although I'm not so familiar with the English school system of things.

So I took 8 National 5 subjects in 2022-2023 and 5 highers 2023-2024. Since we take our subjects in one whole course throughout the year and sit the exam at the end of the year, it definitely requires a lot of time management and figuring out what works best for you.

You can start by making some sort of revision/study timetable. In the beginning, since you don't fully know how you might work best, try blocking some small time slots and spread out your subjects. For example, don't work on one subject for too long as you may find this very boring and tiring. You can block parts of subjects as well: like you said you wanted to go over some older content, you could block that in and then block in the learning of new content.

With past papers I like to spread them out over a longer period of time. Before my own exams I like to block out every past paper I have and do one or half every day leading up to the exam (depending on how long the papers are). They can be a good way to gauge what questions are like and the sort of answers and expectations they have. If possible, you can do these as clumping together each topic and do some past paper questions on each topic separately in chunks (this is up to you).

Most importantly, make sure to leave yourself some free time, otherwise you will feel burnt out and then trying to remain on top of your studies can be even more difficult. Remember to think about the big picture.

I think I've covered everything! Good luck with your studies! Make sure you find what works best for YOU as well, after all, we're all different and different study methods work best for different people 🥰

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Reply 2

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Original post by xprettyprincessx

I am curreently going into year 11 and im not really sure about how i could plan out my studying session where i can both go over stuff i have learnt during Year 10 and In the moment (stuff in school).
I want to study as hard as i can for every subject so i can keep my optiones opened for when i go into sixth form. However if i had to pick subjects in which are my main focus for a levels it would have to be my sciences, maths and english lit. (Im considering taking alevel chem + maths + eng lit and possibly further maths if i actually get better at it).
I want to stufy but prevent the chances if me going through an academic burnout, coz i want to still enjoy studying my sciences without grtting overwhelmed.
I am concious that it would help me if i did past papers, but i dont know how to properly study with them, do i just randomly do them or what? Please someone give me insight on this- 😭😭
Thank you so much for spending your time to read this and i hope you have a nice day <3

hey im also going into yr11 and trying to work out how to get the best grades in gcses (i also enjoy my sciences and maths a lot).
i personally struggle with time management and focusing, so instead of saying 'im going to revise chem for an hour today' i try and instead say 'im going to completely go over quantitative chem today', because it gives me an end goal instead of a vague amount of time (it doesnt work 100% of the time, but seems to work a lot better than when i set myself a time limit). it doesnt even have to be a whole topic, it can just be a small portion, or for example, it could just be deciding to look over and memorise all the physics equations. (however if you work better with timings or things like the pomodoro method, definitely continue to organise yourself like that)

for sciences and maths i absolutely love using cognito, and it also has well organised past papers that you can access. i would say when going over topics within a subject, try and focus on doing exam questions specific to that topic rather than a whole exam paper (you can get these on cognito, freesciencelessons and many other sites). maybe every couple of weeks/once a month try doing a full past paper in timed conditions, mark it, and then go from there to see where you need to improve.

sorry for the massive reply haha but hopefully this helps! lmk if you need any more help with anything or even just wanna chat 🙂