Year 11 GYG: revision timetables and a deadline
Hi I'm in year 11 and over the past 6 weeks I've been finding it increasingly difficult to stick to a revision timetable. Either I get off track really easy as I end up doing other revision or homework instead of what I planned. I also find that my revision time gets interrupted for various reasons. Recently I've decided to switch from an actual timetable to just a really long checklist that leads up to my mocks and exams but I don't know if this is a reasonable way to be revising and managing my time.
(Sorry about the rant if you have advice plus let me know)
Here are my current grades and what I am hoping for my GCSE's:
--Math (7), I used to be very bad at math when I was younger so it took a lot of effort to get to this point but for the career I want I would pretty much need math A level and therefore want to get a 8 or 9 in it.
--English language (7) Literature (8), I don't focus very much on English as a subject and would like to try a bit harder because I think I might be able to get a better grade (I got a 5 last year) if I revised for it properly
--Biology (7/8) I would like to get a 9 and take it for A-level so I want at least an 8 at mocks so that it's possible to get a 9 in the actual exams. I changed biology teachers this year and am now needing to catch up a bit.
(Sidenote: when do people actually stop learning content and focus on revision as I'm kinda confused some said Easter holiday and some subjects straight after mocks)
--Chemistry (7) I get pretty consistent eights in chemistry apart from calculations in which have been the main cause for losing marks and I recently had a pure calculations exam in which I failed, I really like the subject and theory (hopefully for A level so a 8/9) but can't get calculations right and all the advice I've been given is to do practice questions but I can't do them because I genuinely don't know what to do
--Physics (7/8) it's been ok I used to really not like it but it's not too bad now I like the more theoretical questions and the radioactivity and waves and astrophysics topics. Hoping for an 8 but don't want to do it for a level.
--Geography (8) could do better I struggle to get through the 8-markers and don't end up writing enough or analysing properly. I am pretty happy with my marks in geography and hope I get a grade 9 if I can find a good way to write 8 markers
--Chinese (8/9) I do well in the reading and listening aspects, speaking isn't too much of an issue but have been told I sound too robotic when speaking ( how do I fix this ??) . I also need to do more writing practice as that's the main reason I haven't been getting straight 9's.
Would like to do for A level
--Spanish (8/9) I don't particularly like Spanish but I can do it pretty easily as it is similar to french (I'm bilingual). Need to revise it a bit as I have been putting it off for a while.
--DT (6) I am very scared that DT will be dropping my average down especially since I really messed up the sketchbook work for my second project. The due date for my third project is pretty soon but I would say it's good but not good enough to make back my grade and don't know if there's anything I can do at this point. I really like DT as a subject but I am not good at presenting my ideas in my sketchbook so I lose a lot of marks there.
If you have read this to the end thanks so much I wasn't expecting this to be so long, will probably update next just before or after mocks
Good luck everyone
(Sorry about the rant if you have advice plus let me know)
Here are my current grades and what I am hoping for my GCSE's:
--Math (7), I used to be very bad at math when I was younger so it took a lot of effort to get to this point but for the career I want I would pretty much need math A level and therefore want to get a 8 or 9 in it.
--English language (7) Literature (8), I don't focus very much on English as a subject and would like to try a bit harder because I think I might be able to get a better grade (I got a 5 last year) if I revised for it properly
--Biology (7/8) I would like to get a 9 and take it for A-level so I want at least an 8 at mocks so that it's possible to get a 9 in the actual exams. I changed biology teachers this year and am now needing to catch up a bit.
(Sidenote: when do people actually stop learning content and focus on revision as I'm kinda confused some said Easter holiday and some subjects straight after mocks)
--Chemistry (7) I get pretty consistent eights in chemistry apart from calculations in which have been the main cause for losing marks and I recently had a pure calculations exam in which I failed, I really like the subject and theory (hopefully for A level so a 8/9) but can't get calculations right and all the advice I've been given is to do practice questions but I can't do them because I genuinely don't know what to do
--Physics (7/8) it's been ok I used to really not like it but it's not too bad now I like the more theoretical questions and the radioactivity and waves and astrophysics topics. Hoping for an 8 but don't want to do it for a level.
--Geography (8) could do better I struggle to get through the 8-markers and don't end up writing enough or analysing properly. I am pretty happy with my marks in geography and hope I get a grade 9 if I can find a good way to write 8 markers
--Chinese (8/9) I do well in the reading and listening aspects, speaking isn't too much of an issue but have been told I sound too robotic when speaking ( how do I fix this ??) . I also need to do more writing practice as that's the main reason I haven't been getting straight 9's.
Would like to do for A level
--Spanish (8/9) I don't particularly like Spanish but I can do it pretty easily as it is similar to french (I'm bilingual). Need to revise it a bit as I have been putting it off for a while.
--DT (6) I am very scared that DT will be dropping my average down especially since I really messed up the sketchbook work for my second project. The due date for my third project is pretty soon but I would say it's good but not good enough to make back my grade and don't know if there's anything I can do at this point. I really like DT as a subject but I am not good at presenting my ideas in my sketchbook so I lose a lot of marks there.
If you have read this to the end thanks so much I wasn't expecting this to be so long, will probably update next just before or after mocks
Good luck everyone
Reply 1
Original post
by biochem_failureHi I'm in year 11 and over the past 6 weeks I've been finding it increasingly difficult to stick to a revision timetable. Either I get off track really easy as I end up doing other revision or homework instead of what I planned. I also find that my revision time gets interrupted for various reasons. Recently I've decided to switch from an actual timetable to just a really long checklist that leads up to my mocks and exams but I don't know if this is a reasonable way to be revising and managing my time.
(Sorry about the rant if you have advice plus let me know)
Here are my current grades and what I am hoping for my GCSE's:
--Math (7), I used to be very bad at math when I was younger so it took a lot of effort to get to this point but for the career I want I would pretty much need math A level and therefore want to get a 8 or 9 in it.
--English language (7) Literature (8), I don't focus very much on English as a subject and would like to try a bit harder because I think I might be able to get a better grade (I got a 5 last year) if I revised for it properly
--Biology (7/8) I would like to get a 9 and take it for A-level so I want at least an 8 at mocks so that it's possible to get a 9 in the actual exams. I changed biology teachers this year and am now needing to catch up a bit.
(Sidenote: when do people actually stop learning content and focus on revision as I'm kinda confused some said Easter holiday and some subjects straight after mocks)
--Chemistry (7) I get pretty consistent eights in chemistry apart from calculations in which have been the main cause for losing marks and I recently had a pure calculations exam in which I failed, I really like the subject and theory (hopefully for A level so a 8/9) but can't get calculations right and all the advice I've been given is to do practice questions but I can't do them because I genuinely don't know what to do
--Physics (7/8) it's been ok I used to really not like it but it's not too bad now I like the more theoretical questions and the radioactivity and waves and astrophysics topics. Hoping for an 8 but don't want to do it for a level.
--Geography (8) could do better I struggle to get through the 8-markers and don't end up writing enough or analysing properly. I am pretty happy with my marks in geography and hope I get a grade 9 if I can find a good way to write 8 markers
--Chinese (8/9) I do well in the reading and listening aspects, speaking isn't too much of an issue but have been told I sound too robotic when speaking ( how do I fix this ??) . I also need to do more writing practice as that's the main reason I haven't been getting straight 9's.
Would like to do for A level
--Spanish (8/9) I don't particularly like Spanish but I can do it pretty easily as it is similar to french (I'm bilingual). Need to revise it a bit as I have been putting it off for a while.
--DT (6) I am very scared that DT will be dropping my average down especially since I really messed up the sketchbook work for my second project. The due date for my third project is pretty soon but I would say it's good but not good enough to make back my grade and don't know if there's anything I can do at this point. I really like DT as a subject but I am not good at presenting my ideas in my sketchbook so I lose a lot of marks there.
If you have read this to the end thanks so much I wasn't expecting this to be so long, will probably update next just before or after mocks
Good luck everyone
(Sorry about the rant if you have advice plus let me know)
Here are my current grades and what I am hoping for my GCSE's:
--Math (7), I used to be very bad at math when I was younger so it took a lot of effort to get to this point but for the career I want I would pretty much need math A level and therefore want to get a 8 or 9 in it.
--English language (7) Literature (8), I don't focus very much on English as a subject and would like to try a bit harder because I think I might be able to get a better grade (I got a 5 last year) if I revised for it properly
--Biology (7/8) I would like to get a 9 and take it for A-level so I want at least an 8 at mocks so that it's possible to get a 9 in the actual exams. I changed biology teachers this year and am now needing to catch up a bit.
(Sidenote: when do people actually stop learning content and focus on revision as I'm kinda confused some said Easter holiday and some subjects straight after mocks)
--Chemistry (7) I get pretty consistent eights in chemistry apart from calculations in which have been the main cause for losing marks and I recently had a pure calculations exam in which I failed, I really like the subject and theory (hopefully for A level so a 8/9) but can't get calculations right and all the advice I've been given is to do practice questions but I can't do them because I genuinely don't know what to do
--Physics (7/8) it's been ok I used to really not like it but it's not too bad now I like the more theoretical questions and the radioactivity and waves and astrophysics topics. Hoping for an 8 but don't want to do it for a level.
--Geography (8) could do better I struggle to get through the 8-markers and don't end up writing enough or analysing properly. I am pretty happy with my marks in geography and hope I get a grade 9 if I can find a good way to write 8 markers
--Chinese (8/9) I do well in the reading and listening aspects, speaking isn't too much of an issue but have been told I sound too robotic when speaking ( how do I fix this ??) . I also need to do more writing practice as that's the main reason I haven't been getting straight 9's.
Would like to do for A level
--Spanish (8/9) I don't particularly like Spanish but I can do it pretty easily as it is similar to french (I'm bilingual). Need to revise it a bit as I have been putting it off for a while.
--DT (6) I am very scared that DT will be dropping my average down especially since I really messed up the sketchbook work for my second project. The due date for my third project is pretty soon but I would say it's good but not good enough to make back my grade and don't know if there's anything I can do at this point. I really like DT as a subject but I am not good at presenting my ideas in my sketchbook so I lose a lot of marks there.
If you have read this to the end thanks so much I wasn't expecting this to be so long, will probably update next just before or after mocks
Good luck everyone
Im in yr 11 as well and im doing my mocks rn and idk tbh I am following my timetable but sometimes I do get distracted. What help a little though is that I right the topic as well as the subject and I also test myself and et my parents tot mark it will me as that kind of motivates me to try a little but im kinda on the same boat I cant lie. On top of that I have pressure from everyone else to do well cause everyone thinks im smart but I have to work 2 time as hard to reach someone else calibre but hope this helps
Reply 2
Personally i find using google calendar helps bc for me visualising the timetable and being able to edit the timings helps and it also has to do lists u can make for every day and assign them specific times. Tbh for my school we still learn content up until April, but the idea is you start revising now and add content to your revision each week and keep building it up. For maths, id deffo recommend practise papers and questions but focus on the last ¼ of the paper as this is the harder questions and usually what seperates the 7s from the 8s and 9s
Reply 3
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by Ysmn_1Personally i find using google calendar helps bc for me visualising the timetable and being able to edit the timings helps and it also has to do lists u can make for every day and assign them specific times. Tbh for my school we still learn content up until April, but the idea is you start revising now and add content to your revision each week and keep building it up. For maths, id deffo recommend practise papers and questions but focus on the last ¼ of the paper as this is the harder questions and usually what seperates the 7s from the 8s and 9s
Thx, I've blocked out all my study periods and free time in holidays, my mocks are after Christmas for some reason so I'm mainly going to revise for them
Reply 4
A couple of months ago, I had the exact same issue. I tried to be super productive with my revision this year (11) and made a detailed timetable. But I kept ending up doing different homework or revision than what Id planned for that day.
Eventually I realised my timetable just wasn’t working, so I changed it. I added flexible slots where I could focus on whatever subject I was most worried about or any work that urgently needed doing, while still keeping weekly slots for each subject so nothing got forgotten.
Yes consistency is good but having some flexibility honestly helped me the most. It meant I could focus on what I actually needed to revise without feeling like I was neglecting other subjects, since they were still included in my schedule.
I also made a task list and sorted everything into categories (eg quick, medium ,long tasks). Then I used my flexible slots to pick whichever type of task suited my time and energy that week. It really helped me stay productive and more motivated for longer.
Hope this helps and good luck with your mocks + gcses!
Eventually I realised my timetable just wasn’t working, so I changed it. I added flexible slots where I could focus on whatever subject I was most worried about or any work that urgently needed doing, while still keeping weekly slots for each subject so nothing got forgotten.
Yes consistency is good but having some flexibility honestly helped me the most. It meant I could focus on what I actually needed to revise without feeling like I was neglecting other subjects, since they were still included in my schedule.
I also made a task list and sorted everything into categories (eg quick, medium ,long tasks). Then I used my flexible slots to pick whichever type of task suited my time and energy that week. It really helped me stay productive and more motivated for longer.
Hope this helps and good luck with your mocks + gcses!
Reply 5
How are you getting on this week @biochem_failure? 
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by StrawberryDreamsHow are you getting on this week @biochem_failure?
Hi I'm actually doing better I'm just getting ready for mocks, trying to get in as many past papers as I can before the exams
Reply 7
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by biochem_failureHi I'm actually doing better I'm just getting ready for mocks, trying to get in as many past papers as I can before the exams
That's great
Good luck with your past papers!Reply 8
Switching to a checklist is actually a solid move for Year 11. It focuses on task completion rather than just sitting at a desk for a set amount of time. I used one for my GCSEs because it felt way less restrictive than a rigid schedule. Just make sure you prioritize the hard topics at the top of the list.
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