Going into A levels tips

I'm looking to do A levels
-maths
-further maths
-physichs
-computer science
Have yet to still start college however I want to start early to ensure I do good what should I be doing over the holidays? And if there are any tips I am happy to listen.

I'm looking to do A levels
-maths
-further maths
-physichs
-computer science
Have yet to still start college however I want to start early to ensure I do good what should I be doing over the holidays? And if there are any tips I am happy to listen.

Hi @Broidk1
I hope you are well! Those sound like some good options to do for A-Levels and will definitely be beneficial in future years to come! My best advice for A-Levels from my own experience would be to start revising as early as you can, going over all the main topics and spreading the revision out over the 2 years that you are at college for. This way it does not feel like a big panic at the end of the year and you wont have to cram all revision into a few weeks. I found that going over every new thing I learnt and keeping notes on it helped to be able to remember it further down the line!
A-Levels are quite abit of a step up from GCSE's but that should not worry you as with some hard work and dedication, good grades are more than achievable! As mentioned above, buying the head start books and any books you might need for the A-Levels would be good to do now so that you can read through them over the summer and be even more prepared for September!
Let me know if you have any more questions about A-Levels and I will try my best to help! Good luck with everything!
Thanks, Matt 🙂
Official LJMU Student Rep

Honestly in the beginning you spend your days doing absolutely nothing except mess about and talk with friends in your spare time because the freedom is a novelty. My piece of advice, from someone who just finished their a levels, is take advantage of that time and really enjoy it because the 2 years fly and every second counts. But also remember that you still need to focus in lessons and make sure you stay up to date with assignments and homework because you can fall behind rather quickly if you don’t. Hope college is a blast for you though because aside from the workload I really did enjoy it xx

Buy the CGP head start books and review any gcse topics that you found challenging. For maths work on your skills in proof and algebra. For comp sci and physics do some wider reading into your areas of interest.

Thanks alot could u tell me which books ur referring to please

They're called CGP headstart to a level

I'm looking to do A levels
-maths
-further maths
-physichs
-computer science
Have yet to still start college however I want to start early to ensure I do good what should I be doing over the holidays? And if there are any tips I am happy to listen.

I would say get ahead with wider reading. You will need to do this near the end of year 12 and at the start of year 13 for your personal statement for uni (if you apply). The year 12 summer feels short as you have to do a lot of things in 6 weeks. So I feel this would help.

Hi there!
Unless advised by your school, please do not try and 'get ahead' of content as you will burn yourself out - i tried to do this and my academic performance was not good as a result.
I would focus more on getting folders, pens, pencil case, pencils, specific calculators and geometry sets, specific textbooks your school has advised and pads of paper together because these will start to go as back to school season returns. it is good to have them now and prepared so you are not without anything essential for your first few lessons.
If you really want to prepare, I would go over year 11 work and purchase any workbooks (GCP do exam board specific work books) which are useful.
Kind regards, Jenifer (Kingston rep)

Could you please expand on what you mean by wider reading tyy

Yess tyy I jus wanted to make sure I was prepared for the new difficulty