Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 11
  1. #1
    Join Date
    Jun 2007
    Posts
    223
    Tokens
    0

    Default Revising for Yr11 GCSE's

    WEll am going into Yr 11, in a few days and I need tips on revising and when about starting to revise in the year? and other useful infomation you dude's can give me, Cheers

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    West Yorkshire, UK
    Posts
    306
    Tokens
    0

    Default

    tbh the best revision you can do is pay attention in lessons and do the homework/practice.

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Posts
    1,471
    Tokens
    0

    Latest Awards:

    Default

    Pay 100% attention
    Put in all the effort
    Do all homework
    Start revising your work months before your exams
    Past papers <-- They were the most useful to me
    Make mnemonics for tricky things, maybe science... One I made was

    Some Really Silly Rabbit Met Emma Rooney [For science]

    Meaning:

    Stimulus Receptor Sensory neurone Relay neurone Motor neurone Effector Response - That was for the relay arc
    Good luck, you will get what you deserve

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    North East
    Posts
    1,270
    Tokens
    0

    Latest Awards:

    Default

    Iv'e just been in year 11 and seriously, everyone makes such a big deal out of it and i don't think it was that big. They told us to start revising at christmas holidays which nobody did as it's like 5 months before the exams, i started revising about a month or two before they started and came out with 10 passes lowest one B.
    It depends on how confident you are in how much you know, don't start worrying about it yet but at Christmas if you think crap i think im gonna do crap because i'm crap in those crap practise test thingy's, then you can start revising. But if it's all going good i'd do the same as me and just start revising a few months before. safe


  5. #5
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Posts
    4,514
    Tokens
    1,832

    Latest Awards:

    Default

    When you do start revising, take 15 minute breaks every so often, like an hour or 2, cos otherwise it'll just go in one ear and out the other.
    Take notes.
    Make up little mnemonics like Luke said, i remember when I was in year 7, my science teacher use to teach all these things to us like this one -
    My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets.
    cheesy, i know.
    But thats how I remembered the order the planets went in.
    Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.

    Also, Im a girl, and I use my mirror in the morning a bit, whilst I get ready, do my hair and that, and I stuck post-it notes around the mirror and as I was doing that I read them.
    Draw big attractive posters, with like all information on.
    Read them, Cover them, Try and say some of them.
    Get your friends or family to test you on them.
    Read them before you go to bed, that always helped me.

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Location
    Kent
    Posts
    11,415
    Tokens
    787

    Latest Awards:

    Default

    People make up that doing GCSE's are really hard, there not.

    Tbh i never really tried hard and never revised for the exam's yet i did good. So tbh, stop panicking just listen in lessons [:

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Apr 2007
    Location
    UK
    Posts
    56
    Tokens
    0

    Default

    Well im also going into Yr11 in a few days.

    I think if you give school your 100% and do Homework/Coursework, and revise hard before the exams you shud do well, Should'nt wory that much about it tbh


    F/R Varrio 3

  8. #8
    Join Date
    Jul 2006
    Posts
    43
    Tokens
    0

    Default

    Start revision early.. learning the syllabus for 10+ subjects in a short space of time isn't easy.
    If you don't understand anything.. ask teachers to figure it out quickly..don't leave it till the last moment.
    can't really give many tips on revision because people tend to learn in different ways from each other. Mindmaps worked well for me.
    try to experiment with different types of revision eg. plain reading, mindmaps with pictures, pacing up and down a room while revisiong etc to see whats best for you.

    good luck mate

  9. #9
    Join Date
    Jul 2005
    Location
    Harrogate
    Posts
    5,556
    Tokens
    141

    Latest Awards:

    Default

    Woooowww, you're starting to revise now? I wasn't even thinking about it at the start of Yr 11. I revised for my GCSE's through the revision lessons a couple of weeks before the exams, just pay attention in class and you'll good^^

  10. #10
    Join Date
    Aug 2007
    Posts
    721
    Tokens
    0

    Default

    The best advice anybody can give is just lisen, revise for it, and take mock tests.

    If you didn't get the GCSE you wanted. You can always go back and do them .

Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •