Hollys y12 gyg 🌸💗

Hiii I'm Holly and going into year 12 this year!

My a level courses: Grades I want:
Biology 🌴
Chemistry 🧪
Psychology 🧠

My gcse grades 🎓:
9- Biology +Sociology
8- Physics +Chemistry +Geography + English Lit
7- Photography +Maths (1 mark off an 8 -getting it remarked)
6- Statistics +English Language
5- Spanish(F)

My goals 🥼🔭:
- Going to Uni (preferably in my home town or commuting to another one)
- Would love to study a science based subject like biochem, biomed or biology
- Working for a pharmaceutical company is something I would like to do as a career but l'm not too sure yet and this could change!

Things I want to improve 🛠️:
- My organisation skills (my y11 bag was a mess)
- Doing my homework on time/ time management
- Talking and asking more questions in class
- Finding a revision technique that works for me
(I want to try online flashcards- Is anki or gizmo or Quizlet better??)

Chemistry will definately be the hardest for me as I struggled at gose a bit, so I will be updating you all on how that's going and the revision I am doing towards it (and the other two subjects)
# Grow your Grades 2024-2025
#gyg

Reply 1

always-anxious

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Best of luck for year 12 :thumbsup:

I study biology and psychology as well :yep:

I use Anki and I find it really useful for making/reviewing my own flashcards. I use Quizlet when I'm looking for something specific (for example, explanations to a specific exam questions) as Quizlet has more variety of shared flashcards (from other users). I can't give an opinion on Gizmo as I haven't used it before, sorry!

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Reply 2

hxolly

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Original post by always-anxious

Best of luck for year 12 :thumbsup:

I study biology and psychology as well :yep:

I use Anki and I find it really useful for making/reviewing my own flashcards. I use Quizlet when I'm looking for something specific (for example, explanations to a specific exam questions) as Quizlet has more variety of shared flashcards (from other users). I can't give an opinion on Gizmo as I haven't used it before, sorry!

What do you think are the best revision techniques for bio and psych? :smile:

) Also tysmm, I will try anki and watch some tutorials as I’ve heard it’s quite confusing haha! Good luck with your studies :smile:

Reply 3

always-anxious

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Original post by hxolly

What do you think are the best revision techniques for bio and psych? :smile:

) Also tysmm, I will try anki and watch some tutorials as I’ve heard it’s quite confusing haha! Good luck with your studies :smile:

For both psychology and biology I find flashcards, blurting and exam questions useful. I tend to update my revision resources after each lesson I have. Also, if I don't understand something I watch a video about it as soon as possible to make sure I'm not falling behind. Just make sure you're keeping on top of your work and you should be okay :biggrin:

Yeah it took me some time to wrap my head around how Anki works properly (I started using it in year 11). I wouldn't say I'm an expert on Anki but if you have any questions about it then feel me to ask me and I'll try to answer the best I can :smile:

Reply 4

hxolly

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Original post by always-anxious

For both psychology and biology I find flashcards, blurting and exam questions useful. I tend to update my revision resources after each lesson I have. Also, if I don't understand something I watch a video about it as soon as possible to make sure I'm not falling behind. Just make sure you're keeping on top of your work and you should be okay :biggrin:

Yeah it took me some time to wrap my head around how Anki works properly (I started using it in year 11). I wouldn't say I'm an expert on Anki but if you have any questions about it then feel me to ask me and I'll try to answer the best I can :smile:

Thank you so much!! You’ve been really helpful! I’ve been trying anki out and so far I love it :smile:

Reply 5

hxolly

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Hii guys, I’ve finished my first two days of sixth form college now so I’ll update you all as to how it’s been!

Biology 🌴:
Loveee it so far, we’re learning biological molecules and have my first assessment in two weeks
- I had a free on Friday so I did my biology maths skills homework
- I’m also trying to find some aqa textbooks on vinted, does anyone have any suggestions on the best ones??
- I bought Olivia biology notes for year 1 and I LOVEEE them sm!

Chemistry 🧪:
We’re recapping a lot of gcse content atm so it isn’t too bad however I’m struggling with understanding the terminology (eg one mole of an atom)
- We got set homework on the a level electronic configuration but I’m finding it way too hard as we haven’t learned it yet!
- I found a website called dalton chemistry though which has been very helpful!
- Overall still not sure if I’ll be swapping chemistry to another subject, I’m gonna see how the next few weeks go.

Psychology 🧠:
I’ve had two lessons but haven’t started any content yet so I can’t really say if I like it or not yet haha! I loveee my seating plan though and the people around me are very friendly.
- I’ve printed out booklets for in class called essentials of psychology and social psychology
- I’m going to buy some dividers for my folders as I have a folder check on Friday!

I’ll update you guys next week as to how it goes! 🌸💗