y11 grades boost help

hi so i have decent predicted grades from my year 10 mocks but im aiming for stright 9s and always seem to land on just the borderline for all my subjects. i feel like im doing everything right but i cant seem to get the top grades or if i can its just barely. how do i give myself that push so i can comfortably achieve the 9's.

English language; 8
English literature; 9
Maths; 8
Biology; 9
Chemistry; 8
Physics; 9
Food; 8
Computing; 8
Business; 7
Spanish; 8

thanks!

Reply 1

DerDracologe

Find the specific problem areas that keep coming up and work on them. They might be specific topics or exam tech related but either way if you fix those it will make a big difference in a lot of cases.
Depending on the subject either do more practice or deepen your understanding, subjects like maths need a lot of practice so you can apply your knowledge whereas for subjects like English lit you’ll do better if you read more into the texts or watch some videos on interpretations to broaden your view.
Your grades are amazing btw! If you have any subject specific questions on anything I might be able to help :smile:

Reply 2

maveline

hey! these are great predicted grades, so you're already off to a strong start.

for english language, i would heavily advise for you to practise a lot of past papers and then submit these to your teachers for marked feedback. applying the feedback they give you to your future work may be what gets you those few marks you need.

for maths, i practised all the past papers in my examboard. for any questions i got wrong, i would look up a walkthrough on how to do them as well as videos revolving around the topic itself. i also did a "corbettmaths 5-a-day," which is just 5 new maths questions each day.

best of luck!

Reply 3

amal549

Original post by DerDracologe

thank you. ill try and find what are my weaker topics and hopefully by going over them i see an improvement!!

Reply 4

amal549

Original post by maveline

hey! these are great predicted grades, so you're already off to a strong start.
for english language, i would heavily advise for you to practise a lot of past papers and then submit these to your teachers for marked feedback. applying the feedback they give you to your future work may be what gets you those few marks you need.
for maths, i practised all the past papers in my examboard. for any questions i got wrong, i would look up a walkthrough on how to do them as well as videos revolving around the topic itself. i also did a "corbettmaths 5-a-day," which is just 5 new maths questions each day.
best of luck!

ooh thank you for the corbet maths. that sounds promising!!