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Hi everyone!

I'm currently in year 11 and wanted to document my process as I got through the year.
Subjects I take + predicted grades for them!!
Triple science - 7 in all
Maths - 8
English lit - 9
English lang - 9
Citizenship - 9
Spanish - 8+
History - 9
DT - 8+
Already took German last year as I'm fluent and I got a grade 9!!

Background info:
- I've picked english lit, history, politics and economics/german for a level (depends of what sixth form I got to)
- I would love to study politics, international relations and/or law at a russell group uni (Cambridge for law is the ultimate dream)
- I'm really passionate about politics so I would love to have a career in it as a lawyer (either human rights or international law), diplomat or possibly journalist
- Aiming for all 8/9's in my GCSES

Hobbies/things I love:
Fave music - taylor swift (saw her London n2 last year) , gracie abrams (maybe seeing her in march!!), cas, the smiths, frank ocean, lorde + more which i've probs forgotten
Fave movies/TV shows - perks of being a wallflower, Brooklyn 99, Gilmore girls, 10 things I hate about you, friends
Hobbies - ballet (I take RAD and just did my intermediate foundation exam, also peter pan as a show in march) + reading (fav book is Percy Jackson lol)

I'll update as much as possible but may forget as I'm quite busy. Feel free to follow me on my journey!!
P.s sorry for spelling/grammar errors I'm lowkey really sick rn :frown:

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Reply 1

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by rebeccawootliff
Hi everyone!
I'm currently in year 11 and wanted to document my process as I got through the year.
Subjects I take + predicted grades for them!!
Triple science - 7 in all
Maths - 8
English lit - 9
English lang - 9
Citizenship - 9
Spanish - 8+
History - 9
DT - 8+
Already took German last year as I'm fluent and I got a grade 9!!
Background info:
- I've picked english lit, history, politics and economics/german for a level (depends of what sixth form I got to)
- I would love to study politics, international relations and/or law at a russell group uni (Cambridge for law is the ultimate dream)
- I'm really passionate about politics so I would love to have a career in it as a lawyer (either human rights or international law), diplomat or possibly journalist
- Aiming for all 8/9's in my GCSES
Hobbies/things I love:
Fave music - taylor swift (saw her London n2 last year) , gracie abrams (maybe seeing her in march!!), cas, the smiths, frank ocean, lorde + more which i've probs forgotten
Fave movies/TV shows - perks of being a wallflower, Brooklyn 99, Gilmore girls, 10 things I hate about you, friends
Hobbies - ballet (I take RAD and just did my intermediate foundation exam, also peter pan as a show in march) + reading (fav book is Percy Jackson lol)
I'll update as much as possible but may forget as I'm quite busy. Feel free to follow me on my journey!!
P.s sorry for spelling/grammar errors I'm lowkey really sick rn :frown:

Oh wow. I wish I was doing that good. I'm so mad we can't do Spanish bc we have to do a language and all the Spanish teachers left like last year 🙄. I reckon you could definitely get 8s and 9s in everything, you seem academic enough! I actually really like Gilmore Girls and I get ridiculed constantly by my friends for watching it with my sisters 😬. You probably won't believe this but Percy Jackson is by far my favourite series, I've been reading them since I was like 7 😂. Anyway, keep up the good work, this has inspired me to actually go and revise for my GCSEs! 👍️ (I really could be doing better 😑)

Reply 2

Awww tysm, I'm literally the same with Percy Jackson it's such a comfort book 🙂 Good luck with everything!!!

Reply 3

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by rebeccawootliff
Awww tysm, I'm literally the same with Percy Jackson it's such a comfort book 🙂 Good luck with everything!!!

Np, I feel like we've all gotta encourage each other at least a bit or no one will want to try for good grades 🤷*♂️. I keep telling myself to move on to more advanced reading but just end up crawling back to Percy Jackson, it's just a feel-good book 😊 Thanks for this, seriously appreciate it!!

Reply 4

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by Banjolele
Np, I feel like we've all gotta encourage each other at least a bit or no one will want to try for good grades 🤷*♂️. I keep telling myself to move on to more advanced reading but just end up crawling back to Percy Jackson, it's just a feel-good book 😊 Thanks for this, seriously appreciate it!!

Yesss it's such a comfort book!! I'll make sure to keep updating xx

Reply 5

Update - 18/2/25 🌸
Yesterday I did just over 4 hours:
Around 1.5 hour of english short story mind map
1 hour history blurting
1 hour maths practice from an exam pack my school gave me
1 hour C8 content with a science tutor

I was also going to write some Spanish speaking answers and make a C8 mind map but I'm not feeling 100% so I want to bed early 🙂

Todays plan:
Finish writing Spanish speaking answers for up coming mock
Maths tutoring where I'll go through a past paper I did on Sunday
Physics P6 mind map
History 8 + 16 marker for cold war exam practice (it's homework but I'm counting it has revision lol)
Citizenship catch up work from a cover lesson which I didn't do - it's a past paper so I'm also still counting it as revision
Work on DT initial sketches which I STILL haven't done + on my NEA which is long overdue
If I have time start the C8 mind map from yesterday

I know it's a lot but I have hope I'll be able to get most of it done
(edited 11 months ago)

Reply 6

Sounds intense, how do you do it?!? 😭 We did creative writing in English today and I actually really enjoyed it surprisingly. I need to do wayyy more science revision though, especially chemistry 😐️. I'm like a year behind on my NEA because our teacher last year wasn't even a DT teacher so we all practically had to restart our portfolios this year 😕 But the sketches and designing and stuff is the only thing I can truly say I'm good at so I've finished my designs; you'll do completely fine, I'm sure 🙂. I had a french speaking mock today and I did a lot better than last time but still not amazing- 45/60 (probably would've tried harder if it was spanish 😂). Well done though, wish I was that diligent!👌

Reply 7

Original post
by rebeccawootliff
Update - 18/2/25 🌸
Yesterday I did just over 4 hours:
Around 1.5 hour of english short story mind map
1 hour history blurting
1 hour maths practice from an exam pack my school gave me
1 hour C8 content with a science tutor
I was also going to write some Spanish speaking answers and make a C8 mind map but I'm not feeling 100% so I want to bed early 🙂
Todays plan:
Finish writing Spanish speaking answers for up coming mock
Maths tutoring where I'll go through a past paper I did on Sunday
Physics P6 mind map
History 8 + 16 marker for cold war exam practice (it's homework but I'm counting it has revision lol)
Citizenship catch up work from a cover lesson which I didn't do - it's a past paper so I'm also still counting it as revision
Work on DT initial sketches which I STILL haven't done + on my NEA which is long overdue
If I have time start the C8 mind map from yesterday
I know it's a lot but I have hope I'll be able to get most of it done


Good luck on finishing all your tasks!

Reply 8

Plz give tips for english how do u get nines???? I barely scraped a 5

Reply 9

Original post
by rebeccawootliff
Update - 18/2/25 🌸
Yesterday I did just over 4 hours:
Around 1.5 hour of english short story mind map
1 hour history blurting
1 hour maths practice from an exam pack my school gave me
1 hour C8 content with a science tutor
I was also going to write some Spanish speaking answers and make a C8 mind map but I'm not feeling 100% so I want to bed early 🙂
Todays plan:
Finish writing Spanish speaking answers for up coming mock
Maths tutoring where I'll go through a past paper I did on Sunday
Physics P6 mind map
History 8 + 16 marker for cold war exam practice (it's homework but I'm counting it has revision lol)
Citizenship catch up work from a cover lesson which I didn't do - it's a past paper so I'm also still counting it as revision
Work on DT initial sketches which I STILL haven't done + on my NEA which is long overdue
If I have time start the C8 mind map from yesterday
I know it's a lot but I have hope I'll be able to get most of it done

update - 21/2/25
Didn't manage to finish all the tasks I set for myself on that day but I finished them the next!! That day I also did some bio mind maps for B6, history blurting and and English mind map. Only did a chem mind map yesterday as I was feeling so unmotivated but I'm going to finish the rest today.
Todays plan -
C8 - Finish all mind maps
English short story mind maps
Maths past paper
Start practicing my speaking answers
Work on DT NEA

Hopefully I can finish everything, wish me luck 💗

Reply 10

Original post
by rebeccawootliff
Hi everyone!
I'm currently in year 11 and wanted to document my process as I got through the year.
Subjects I take + predicted grades for them!!
Triple science - 7 in all
Maths - 8
English lit - 9
English lang - 9
Citizenship - 9
Spanish - 8+
History - 9
DT - 8+
Already took German last year as I'm fluent and I got a grade 9!!
Background info:
- I've picked english lit, history, politics and economics/german for a level (depends of what sixth form I got to)
- I would love to study politics, international relations and/or law at a russell group uni (Cambridge for law is the ultimate dream)
- I'm really passionate about politics so I would love to have a career in it as a lawyer (either human rights or international law), diplomat or possibly journalist
- Aiming for all 8/9's in my GCSES
Hobbies/things I love:
Fave music - taylor swift (saw her London n2 last year) , gracie abrams (maybe seeing her in march!!), cas, the smiths, frank ocean, lorde + more which i've probs forgotten
Fave movies/TV shows - perks of being a wallflower, Brooklyn 99, Gilmore girls, 10 things I hate about you, friends
Hobbies - ballet (I take RAD and just did my intermediate foundation exam, also peter pan as a show in march) + reading (fav book is Percy Jackson lol)
I'll update as much as possible but may forget as I'm quite busy. Feel free to follow me on my journey!!
P.s sorry for spelling/grammar errors I'm lowkey really sick rn :frown:

R we twins cause we have the same intrests im seeing gracie in a couple of weeks in the o2 and ive seen taylor night 8

Reply 11

Original post
by rebeccawootliff
update - 21/2/25
Didn't manage to finish all the tasks I set for myself on that day but I finished them the next!! That day I also did some bio mind maps for B6, history blurting and and English mind map. Only did a chem mind map yesterday as I was feeling so unmotivated but I'm going to finish the rest today.
Todays plan -
C8 - Finish all mind maps
English short story mind maps
Maths past paper
Start practicing my speaking answers
Work on DT NEA
Hopefully I can finish everything, wish me luck 💗


Good luck in the nea!

Reply 12

Original post
by rebeccawootliff
update - 21/2/25
Didn't manage to finish all the tasks I set for myself on that day but I finished them the next!! That day I also did some bio mind maps for B6, history blurting and and English mind map. Only did a chem mind map yesterday as I was feeling so unmotivated but I'm going to finish the rest today.
Todays plan -
C8 - Finish all mind maps
English short story mind maps
Maths past paper
Start practicing my speaking answers
Work on DT NEA
Hopefully I can finish everything, wish me luck 💗

Doing a chemistry mind map is what I'd do when I was feeling motivated ngl 😭 How far through your NEA are you actually? You've probably done like ten times the amount I've done 😑 I've already had four of my mocks and they went surprisingly well, considering I had two english exams 😬 Very glad for the week off to revise but I'm stuck on how to revise for biology when I get back. I'd really really appreciate some tips tbh 😅 Good luck anyway!!

Reply 13

Original post
by rebeccawootliff
Hi everyone!
I'm currently in year 11 and wanted to document my process as I got through the year.
Subjects I take + predicted grades for them!!
Triple science - 7 in all
Maths - 8
English lit - 9
English lang - 9
Citizenship - 9
Spanish - 8+
History - 9
DT - 8+
Already took German last year as I'm fluent and I got a grade 9!!
Background info:
- I've picked english lit, history, politics and economics/german for a level (depends of what sixth form I got to)
- I would love to study politics, international relations and/or law at a russell group uni (Cambridge for law is the ultimate dream)
- I'm really passionate about politics so I would love to have a career in it as a lawyer (either human rights or international law), diplomat or possibly journalist
- Aiming for all 8/9's in my GCSES
Hobbies/things I love:
Fave music - taylor swift (saw her London n2 last year) , gracie abrams (maybe seeing her in march!!), cas, the smiths, frank ocean, lorde + more which i've probs forgotten
Fave movies/TV shows - perks of being a wallflower, Brooklyn 99, Gilmore girls, 10 things I hate about you, friends
Hobbies - ballet (I take RAD and just did my intermediate foundation exam, also peter pan as a show in march) + reading (fav book is Percy Jackson lol)
I'll update as much as possible but may forget as I'm quite busy. Feel free to follow me on my journey!!
P.s sorry for spelling/grammar errors I'm lowkey really sick rn :frown:

Girl oh my goddd you are so good at all your subjects what?!?!? I got an 8 in my Polish since im fluent hehe but i ASPIRE to reach your grades! I would yearn for a 9 in English and Citizenship ughhh 💔 also oh my god youre so similar to me i LOVEEEEE 10 things i hate about you!!! we would be such good friends aaaah!

Reply 14

Hey guys I’m in year 11 taking gcse
I’m doing:
German: Pearson Edexcel iGCSE
Theology and Philosophy: AQA - Route A with Islam
Triple Science: Pearson Edexcel iGCSE
Mathematics: Edexcel
History: Edexcel iGCSE
Classical Civilisation:OCR
English AQA - Lit
iGCSE Edexcel - Lang

Sooo if anyone is doing any of these subjects I would love to study with you cause I really need to lock in especially classics cause I’m failing and I don’t know anyone else who even takes this subject let alone this exam board 😓😓😓

Also can anyone give me tips on German and English because I’m not doing great at those 🙃

Reply 15

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by Banjolele
Doing a chemistry mind map is what I'd do when I was feeling motivated ngl 😭 How far through your NEA are you actually? You've probably done like ten times the amount I've done 😑 I've already had four of my mocks and they went surprisingly well, considering I had two english exams 😬 Very glad for the week off to revise but I'm stuck on how to revise for biology when I get back. I'd really really appreciate some tips tbh 😅 Good luck anyway!!

Honestly my NEA is not going too great... We are supposed to hand in to our teacher one final time this week for her to go over before submitting it but I have not done much since the last time as iv'e been caught up with all my other school work. Congrats and your mocks though and good luck on the upcoming ones!! What subject specifically do you want tips with because if it's anything stem related I'm probs as clueless as you ahah

Reply 16

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by computer.gf
Girl oh my goddd you are so good at all your subjects what?!?!? I got an 8 in my Polish since im fluent hehe but i ASPIRE to reach your grades! I would yearn for a 9 in English and Citizenship ughhh 💔 also oh my god youre so similar to me i LOVEEEEE 10 things i hate about you!!! we would be such good friends aaaah!

Omg tysm!!! Also finally another person who also does citizenship I feel like it's such a rare subject lol

Reply 17

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by Gursirman
Hey guys I’m in year 11 taking gcse
I’m doing:
German: Pearson Edexcel iGCSE
Theology and Philosophy: AQA - Route A with Islam
Triple Science: Pearson Edexcel iGCSE
Mathematics: Edexcel
History: Edexcel iGCSE
Classical Civilisation:OCR
English AQA - Lit
iGCSE Edexcel - Lang
Sooo if anyone is doing any of these subjects I would love to study with you cause I really need to lock in especially classics cause I’m failing and I don’t know anyone else who even takes this subject let alone this exam board 😓😓😓
Also can anyone give me tips on German and English because I’m not doing great at those 🙃

I would love to be study buddies!! Lmk if you want any help with German or English btw :smile:

Reply 18

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by nxjxd
R we twins cause we have the same intrests im seeing gracie in a couple of weeks in the o2 and ive seen taylor night 8

Ayyyy!!! What suprise songs did you get for taylor. Btw I'm also seeing gracie that night 🙂

Reply 19

Oh. Well, there's no way you're doing as bad as me and ours is also due in about a month 😐️ I've done the first few pages and all the last pages but haven't done any of the research and stuff in the middle. Thankkssss, I was quite proud of myself with how much I remembered for English lit and how much I wrote down but I don't think I'm prepared for paper 2 😬 I'm just not very good at biology and chemistry so that's sort of the stuff I was asking for help on, maybe a bit of english if that's not too much to ask (I know you've got better things to be doing so don't worry 😅) How are you clueless when you're literally on an 8 for maths and 7s for sciences? Stop putting yourself down, you'll make me feel bad about my own grades 😭 Anyway, good luck with all your revision 👍️

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