I don't know what I'm doing

There's only 38 days until my GCSE season starts (25 if you include the Spanish Speaking Exam) and it's literally keeping me up at night. I can't tell if I've done enough, done too much, there's been times where I do too little, there's been times where I do too much, my school doesn't give me study leave but does offer Easter sessions, and I don't know what I'm doing, I need help from God, and I have no idea what I'm doing

Feb Mock Grades: Maths Higher (No Revision) - 7. English Language - 6 (Barely). English Literature - 5 (1 mark away from 6). Combined Science Higher - 66. Spanish Foundation - 4 (2 marks away from 5). R.E. Short Course - 3. Psychology - 5. Further Maths (No Revision) - 6. DT - 2

For Math and Further Maths I don't revise it but when I do it's just practice questions and past papers

For English Literature I have copied and pasted all of SaveMyExams key quotations for Macbeth, A Christmas Carol, An Inspector Calls into flashcards. I haven't done character quotations, profiles, themes and that's what I'm most scared about because people have been saying if I can answer the questions with my current knowledge then I've done enough but I'm like in-between, I can answer the questions but not Grade 9 level and I'm very scared that there might be something on the paper that I haven't revised. For Power & Conflict I haven't done anything but I'm planning to learn all of their opening lines, imagery, final lines, and which one can be compared to which.

For English Language it's just past papers

For Science I use Cognito, Flashcards that I copied and pasted from PMT, exam questions and past papers

For Spanish I use Duolingo and Past Papers. I have made flashcards on everything on a booklet my teacher gave me (according to her if I learn all of the words I'll learn everything the exam board will ask me) but I don't touch them

For R.E. I use past papers and I did try to make flashcards using a revision guide but not only is there not enough time but I also really cannot be arsed. I don't touch this subject tho

For Psychology it's just flashcards, exam questions, and past papers

For DT I use flashcards from a revision guide, BBC Bitesize, and Past Papers. I don't touch this subject tho

For pretty much all of them I have too many textbooks and workbooks. I have also mathematically worked out which subject to study most and least based on my past grades, predicted grades, enjoyability, amount of papers, and exam dates, which is how I made a whole revision timetable

Reply 1

badman777222

Original post

by Unknown97537

There's only 38 days until my GCSE season starts (25 if you include the Spanish Speaking Exam) and it's literally keeping me up at night. I can't tell if I've done enough, done too much, there's been times where I do too little, there's been times where I do too much, my school doesn't give me study leave but does offer Easter sessions, and I don't know what I'm doing, I need help from God, and I have no idea what I'm doing
Feb Mock Grades: Maths Higher (No Revision) - 7. English Language - 6 (Barely). English Literature - 5 (1 mark away from 6). Combined Science Higher - 66. Spanish Foundation - 4 (2 marks away from 5). R.E. Short Course - 3. Psychology - 5. Further Maths (No Revision) - 6. DT - 2
For Math and Further Maths I don't revise it but when I do it's just practice questions and past papers
For English Literature I have copied and pasted all of SaveMyExams key quotations for Macbeth, A Christmas Carol, An Inspector Calls into flashcards. I haven't done character quotations, profiles, themes and that's what I'm most scared about because people have been saying if I can answer the questions with my current knowledge then I've done enough but I'm like in-between, I can answer the questions but not Grade 9 level and I'm very scared that there might be something on the paper that I haven't revised. For Power & Conflict I haven't done anything but I'm planning to learn all of their opening lines, imagery, final lines, and which one can be compared to which.
For English Language it's just past papers
For Science I use Cognito, Flashcards that I copied and pasted from PMT, exam questions and past papers
For Spanish I use Duolingo and Past Papers. I have made flashcards on everything on a booklet my teacher gave me (according to her if I learn all of the words I'll learn everything the exam board will ask me) but I don't touch them
For R.E. I use past papers and I did try to make flashcards using a revision guide but not only is there not enough time but I also really cannot be arsed. I don't touch this subject tho
For Psychology it's just flashcards, exam questions, and past papers
For DT I use flashcards from a revision guide, BBC Bitesize, and Past Papers. I don't touch this subject tho
For pretty much all of them I have too many textbooks and workbooks. I have also mathematically worked out which subject to study most and least based on my past grades, predicted grades, enjoyability, amount of papers, and exam dates, which is how I made a whole revision timetable

Honestly your doing such a great job in my experience consistency is key , it doesn’t matter if your revise for an hour one day or 8hours the next as long as you continue then you will get great gcse results.your revision sources such as flashcards will definitely help with memory so don’t stress

Reply 2

VaBook7

Hi sounds like you've got a good plan! My only tip is don't be too dependent of Save My Exams for English, it's ok but not amazing, and duolingo isn't that useful for gcse learning. However everything else you're doing seems really sensible - don't worry too much :smile:

Reply 3

Unknown97537

Original post

by badman777222

Thanks

Reply 4

Helloeveryone45

For eng lang the only thing you can do is practice so we'll done for doing the past papers, keep going with that. For eng lit copying and pasting quotations isn't enough, you need to sit down with about 5 or 6 essays, all on different themes all the way from inspector goole's character all the way to Eva (do this for all 3 of your texts) and really write the essay, the extract will be random every time. Get your teacher to mark if and for the lobe of good take that feedback and run with it bc there's no point asking a teacher for feedback and then saying "you need to elaborate here" or "you need to explain your point fully" and then not doing that. Everything else sounds amazing, and if you're doing the essay thing, you're halfway there. Have faith in yourself because consistency is the best thing you can do. Take adequate breaks :smile:

stay healthy

Reply 5

LikeableRobot

Original post

by Unknown97537

There's only 38 days until my GCSE season starts (25 if you include the Spanish Speaking Exam) and it's literally keeping me up at night. I can't tell if I've done enough, done too much, there's been times where I do too little, there's been times where I do too much, my school doesn't give me study leave but does offer Easter sessions, and I don't know what I'm doing, I need help from God, and I have no idea what I'm doing
Feb Mock Grades: Maths Higher (No Revision) - 7. English Language - 6 (Barely). English Literature - 5 (1 mark away from 6). Combined Science Higher - 66. Spanish Foundation - 4 (2 marks away from 5). R.E. Short Course - 3. Psychology - 5. Further Maths (No Revision) - 6. DT - 2
For Math and Further Maths I don't revise it but when I do it's just practice questions and past papers
For English Literature I have copied and pasted all of SaveMyExams key quotations for Macbeth, A Christmas Carol, An Inspector Calls into flashcards. I haven't done character quotations, profiles, themes and that's what I'm most scared about because people have been saying if I can answer the questions with my current knowledge then I've done enough but I'm like in-between, I can answer the questions but not Grade 9 level and I'm very scared that there might be something on the paper that I haven't revised. For Power & Conflict I haven't done anything but I'm planning to learn all of their opening lines, imagery, final lines, and which one can be compared to which.
For English Language it's just past papers
For Science I use Cognito, Flashcards that I copied and pasted from PMT, exam questions and past papers
For Spanish I use Duolingo and Past Papers. I have made flashcards on everything on a booklet my teacher gave me (according to her if I learn all of the words I'll learn everything the exam board will ask me) but I don't touch them
For R.E. I use past papers and I did try to make flashcards using a revision guide but not only is there not enough time but I also really cannot be arsed. I don't touch this subject tho
For Psychology it's just flashcards, exam questions, and past papers
For DT I use flashcards from a revision guide, BBC Bitesize, and Past Papers. I don't touch this subject tho
For pretty much all of them I have too many textbooks and workbooks. I have also mathematically worked out which subject to study most and least based on my past grades, predicted grades, enjoyability, amount of papers, and exam dates, which is how I made a whole revision timetable

try the pomodorro technique-
25 min study/ 5 min break
or
50 study/ 10 break
or
90 study/ 10 break
the only thing you seem to need is to just do a bit every day- even 5 min on flashcards will help!😃