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Chloe-Elise
19-01-2007, 18:20
I've got most of my mocks back now, I'm quite pleased with my results, apart from Maths lol. I got:
English Literature - A
English Language - A
Geography - A
Maths - D
Art - C
History - A
Science - C.
Well done Davey, you did really well :).
Well done you looke like your very good at english, I still need to improve on my english language paper, Im fine on Lit.
di marco
19-01-2007, 18:25
well done everyone that got results back! :D
Actually I got my electicity modular test results back today and I got a B and Im soooooo happy with that, I was ill on the day and went home straight after the exam and that was my worst subject
Chloe-Elise
19-01-2007, 18:43
Well done Abibie, thats so good, I thought the Electricity tests were horrible.
Well done Abibie, thats so good, I thought the Electricity tests were horrible.
I know they really were thats why I was sooo pleased whrn the teacher told me.
I got two modules back today:
Human Biology - A*
Products From Rocks - A
:D I thought I was going to get 2 D's.
I got two modules back today:
Human Biology - A*
Products From Rocks - A
:D I thought I was going to get 2 D's.
WOW well done :cheer: You must be happy
Well Done :)
I have to retake one of my modules, it was probably the one i got an F in!
I have been entered for Higher for my module 4 French exam, and i am kind of worried because its really hard! Oh and Maths Coursework is sooooo rubbish and hard.
Oh my god I have really high target grades I have no idea how I will achieve them.
Sam-Elle
24-01-2007, 17:40
Well Done :)
I have to retake one of my modules, it was probably the one i got an F in!
I have been entered for Higher for my module 4 French exam, and i am kind of worried because its really hard! Oh and Maths Coursework is sooooo rubbish and hard.
you'll do great... & i second that about maths coursework - started mine on friday it was easy then, but as soon as algebra got involved my brain has seemed to have died over the weekend :rotfl:
Ict is hard too...i hate coursework.
Well Done :)
I have to retake one of my modules, it was probably the one i got an F in!
I have been entered for Higher for my module 4 French exam, and i am kind of worried because its really hard! Oh and Maths Coursework is sooooo rubbish and hard.
you'll do great... & i second that about maths coursework - started mine on friday it was easy then, but as soon as algebra got involved my brain has seemed to have died over the weekend :rotfl:
Ict is hard too...i hate coursework.
Which maths coursework are you doing?
Sam-Elle
24-01-2007, 17:45
Which maths coursework are you doing?
t-totals. seems easy enough but it isnt when it comes to algebra and formula & all that n= something.
Which maths coursework are you doing?
t-totals. seems easy enough but it isnt when it comes to algebra and formula & all that n= something.
O we dont do that one, but we do, do a one woth lots of algebra which gets on my nerves.
di marco
24-01-2007, 18:37
Which maths coursework are you doing?
t-totals. seems easy enough but it isnt when it comes to algebra and formula & all that n= something.
i had to do that one when i did gcse, i remember getting so annoyed with it lol!
I thought all coursework was finished for maths by year 11? Obviously only in my school... Oh dear, Abbie, I have no idea how I will get a decent grade in my Shakespeare coursework, because we now have this girl in the class shouting "Lentil Soup!" the whole time. :wall:
I thought all coursework was finished for maths by year 11? Obviously only in my school... Oh dear, Abbie, I have no idea how I will get a decent grade in my Shakespeare coursework, because we now have this girl in the class shouting "Lentil Soup!" the whole time. :wall:
Ok thats odd, wel what Shakespeare coursework are you doing?
I thought all coursework was finished for maths by year 11? Obviously only in my school... Oh dear, Abbie, I have no idea how I will get a decent grade in my Shakespeare coursework, because we now have this girl in the class shouting "Lentil Soup!" the whole time. :wall:
Ok thats odd, wel what Shakespeare coursework are you doing?
Twelfth Night; it's 5% of English, as well as 10% of English Literature.
I thought all coursework was finished for maths by year 11? Obviously only in my school... Oh dear, Abbie, I have no idea how I will get a decent grade in my Shakespeare coursework, because we now have this girl in the class shouting "Lentil Soup!" the whole time. :wall:
Ok thats odd, wel what Shakespeare coursework are you doing?
Twelfth Night; it's 5% of English, as well as 10% of English Literature.
Oh I did Romeo and Juilet which is easier but that wasnt the one that counted for both.
We have to do two crossover pieces.
DaVeyWaVey
24-01-2007, 19:46
I've got a Geography exam tomorrow on Transport, worth 20% of my GCSE. I started revising today lol...i think i'm gonna do bad!
Chloe-Elise
24-01-2007, 20:50
Aww good luck Davey, I'm sure you'll be fine :)
I've just been doing Maths coursework, and its so hard! Has anybody done the statistics coursework?
We have to do two crossover pieces.
We do that as well, but Im not sure which is the other piece
I've got a Geography exam tomorrow on Transport, worth 20% of my GCSE. I started revising today lol...i think i'm gonna do bad!
OOo Well good luck I bet you'll do great.
DaVeyWaVey
24-01-2007, 21:05
Aww good luck Davey, I'm sure you'll be fine :)
I've just been doing Maths coursework, and its so hard! Has anybody done the statistics coursework?
Thanks. :) I am doing statistics coursework for Maths too.
Aww good luck Davey, I'm sure you'll be fine :)
I've just been doing Maths coursework, and its so hard! Has anybody done the statistics coursework?
I did mine in November. I found it easy, but tedious. I really don't care about a bunch of made up data about a driving school, lol!
samantha nixon
25-01-2007, 19:16
hiya
is anyones school doing the new science course where you take the exams in yr 10 and if so do you have your results back yet as we took 2 in november and i got my results today and i am not happy lol i got a b and c and at least wanted 2 b's and is it possable for me to still get an a overall now or not
also is anyone who takes child care doing their gcse a year early as we are so we now have to cram in a year and a halfs work in 6 months :( im never gonna remeber all of it
hiya
is anyones school doing the new science course where you take the exams in yr 10 and if so do you have your results back yet as we took 2 in november and i got my results today and i am not happy lol i got a b and c and at least wanted 2 b's and is it possable for me to still get an a overall now or not
also is anyone who takes child care doing their gcse a year early as we are so we now have to cram in a year and a halfs work in 6 months :( im never gonna remeber all of it
Yeah, I'm doing it, I got an A* and an A. It is still possible, you just have to get A's and possibly an A* in one. This boy got two B's and the teacher said he could still get an A.
hiya
is anyones school doing the new science course where you take the exams in yr 10 and if so do you have your results back yet as we took 2 in november and i got my results today and i am not happy lol i got a b and c and at least wanted 2 b's and is it possable for me to still get an a overall now or not
also is anyone who takes child care doing their gcse a year early as we are so we now have to cram in a year and a halfs work in 6 months :( im never gonna remeber all of it
You mean you do science modular tests, coursework and a final exam?
you'll do great... & i second that about maths coursework - started mine on friday it was easy then, but as soon as algebra got involved my brain has seemed to have died over the weekend :rotfl: .
Catch me on msn or mysapce or whatever -i'll give you a hand, i love algebra :p!
Maths Statistics coursework is the one i am doing now, nearly finished. Its horrible, the concept sounds easy - Hypothesis,graphs, explain, compare done, finito. Reality is alot harder :rotfl:
Sam Nixon don't worry, if your doing Modules like it sounds like, getting a B and C ain't the end of it all, that is really good, just keep working on it and revising and stuff and you'll do fine - and yes it is still possible to get an A overall, the modules are only worth a few % each, if you just keep doing well, do your coursework to a high standard and do well in the end exam you do fine. My modules average grade is a D, my last 2 results were a B and a C i have 2/3 left and i am still predicted a B :)
samantha nixon
26-01-2007, 16:41
hiya
is anyones school doing the new science course where you take the exams in yr 10 and if so do you have your results back yet as we took 2 in november and i got my results today and i am not happy lol i got a b and c and at least wanted 2 b's and is it possable for me to still get an a overall now or not
also is anyone who takes child care doing their gcse a year early as we are so we now have to cram in a year and a halfs work in 6 months :( im never gonna remeber all of it
You mean you do science modular tests, coursework and a final exam?
i have no idea what im doing abbie i only know the tests we have already done will actually count and i think each of the tests are 5% of it
and there is no channce of me gettting an a or a* in one of the tests lol i hate science
and kim you did really well in the tests and after yr 10 are you getting to choose whether you want to do forensic sciene, sport science or some other choices cant remeber what they are
I hated science module tests as i always got E and Us, but got C C in the final exam so basically anything is possible. Coursework helps alot plus in my science on two results were discarded as like Bad ones, i dont know whether that still happens but i assume it does.
hiya
is anyones school doing the new science course where you take the exams in yr 10 and if so do you have your results back yet as we took 2 in november and i got my results today and i am not happy lol i got a b and c and at least wanted 2 b's and is it possable for me to still get an a overall now or not
also is anyone who takes child care doing their gcse a year early as we are so we now have to cram in a year and a halfs work in 6 months :( im never gonna remeber all of it
You mean you do science modular tests, coursework and a final exam?
i have no idea what im doing abbie i only know the tests we have already done will actually count and i think each of the tests are 5% of it
and there is no channce of me gettting an a or a* in one of the tests lol i hate science
and kim you did really well in the tests and after yr 10 are you getting to choose whether you want to do forensic sciene, sport science or some other choices cant remeber what they are
I'm really not sure on that one. In our option booklet it said we had to do a certain Science GCSE and then we got to choose the other one, but no one has mentioned any choice yet. We have been told the exams are different and that we have to do an ISA next year to put towards it, even though we have done one and are in the middle of another one. Someone mentioned we just get a different book, (we do a whole GCSE this year and another one next year,) but I hope we do get to choose, then I will stay away from Physics as I will be lucky to get B's in those modules.
laurouski
26-01-2007, 23:14
I am doing the new science course (I go to the same school as Samantha Nixon), and as I've mentioned before we only got told about it something like the week before, so I didn't get a chance to do any revision at all.
Some teachers said it was worth 25%, others said 5%! So I had to get the teacher to explain the course to me properly, and don't forget, Sam, that if you're happy with all of your other science results, you can re-sit the two we've just done, anyway.
If I get the best that I'm capable of in the other tests, I think I'll re-sit the two that we've already done, since I was only 3 marks in one and 5 marks in the other away from the next grade up! :(
samantha nixon
26-01-2007, 23:42
I am doing the new science course (I go to the same school as Samantha Nixon), and as I've mentioned before we only got told about it something like the week before, so I didn't get a chance to do any revision at all.
Some teachers said it was worth 25%, others said 5%! So I had to get the teacher to explain the course to me properly, and don't forget, Sam, that if you're happy with all of your other science results, you can re-sit the two we've just done, anyway.
If I get the best that I'm capable of in the other tests, I think I'll re-sit the two that we've already done, since I was only 3 marks in one and 5 marks in the other away from the next grade up! :(
ooh i forgot that you could re sit them how many can you resit or can you do all of them
I am doing the new science course (I go to the same school as Samantha Nixon), and as I've mentioned before we only got told about it something like the week before, so I didn't get a chance to do any revision at all.
Some teachers said it was worth 25%, others said 5%! So I had to get the teacher to explain the course to me properly, and don't forget, Sam, that if you're happy with all of your other science results, you can re-sit the two we've just done, anyway.
If I get the best that I'm capable of in the other tests, I think I'll re-sit the two that we've already done, since I was only 3 marks in one and 5 marks in the other away from the next grade up! :(
The modules are 12.5% each. The Science Course that the current year 11's are doing is the one where each module carries 5%, because they have a terminal exam at the end of it. We have 6 modules totalling 75% and the other 25 an ISA, so that's why a teacher would have said 25, because two modules were covered. My Chemistry teacher said that we don't choose whether we resit, they do. I got majorly muddled with the grid when I was doing the Chemistry one, so if I hadn't of got messed up, I think I could have got A*, which is annoying, 'cause I don't think I'll ever get to resit. It's 5 marks between each boundary, so that's annoying.
samantha nixon
27-01-2007, 17:00
hopefully my teacher will choose to let me resit again then and i liked having the grid things as i didnt really know any of the answers, so least i could guess them and have a 1 out of 4 chances of getting it right
You got a 6 in your SAT, so unless you didn't do too well on your CATs, they will at least let you resit the one you got a C in, 'cause if you don't get a B it will look bad on them.
samantha nixon
27-01-2007, 20:03
when would we have done out CAT's lol cant remeber them
di marco
27-01-2007, 20:11
My Chemistry teacher said that we don't choose whether we resit, they do. I got majorly muddled with the grid when I was doing the Chemistry one, so if I hadn't of got messed up, I think I could have got A*, which is annoying, 'cause I don't think I'll ever get to resit. It's 5 marks between each boundary, so that's annoying.
i think whether you get to choose if you resit or not depends on the school. my school for alevel let us choose if we wanted to resit our exams but my sis school wont let them. therefore even though at kims school the teachers choose, samantha at your school it might work differently so you should ask your teacher about it :)
I think its because the school has to pay for them. You could probably re-sit outside of your school, no problem, and pay the cost of the exam. But your school might not want to pay for everyone to resit, because it means they wont be able to spend the money on other things. And if you got a good grade (Which you did!) then they might not see the point in spending their money on resitting you, when they could spend it on other things...
My school makes you pay half of it, if you want to resit. And thats with any exam.
when would we have done out CAT's lol cant remeber them
Years 7 and 9. You might not know though, because they're not supposed to tell you what you got; it goes with other test scores and your predicted grade is an average. I thought it was the new syllabus that was doing it, and not my school as we have been told we choose our own resits in Maths. If it is the money thing, I wish they could just tell you straight "You can resit but you have to pay £....,' however much it is.
samantha nixon
27-01-2007, 22:53
oh i remember doing them in yr 7 i think practically as soon as we first joined
oh i remember doing them in yr 7 i think practically as soon as we first joined
Yeah, with the grids that are practically the same as the Science module ones. And they wonder why my predicted grades are not what they expected.
DaVeyWaVey
28-01-2007, 12:33
I got a B in my English Language mock which i'm happy about and my Geography DME exam wasn't actually that bad which was ok. My exams are all over for now, just got to meet coursework deadlines. I got Science coursework to be done by the end of the week, i got 4 lessons left to complete my Maths coursework, I got my lines to learn for my Drama GCSE exam in March, two coursework pieces for French to be completed by February as well as some past papers to do whenever i get time to do them and i've got to have my English coursework all completed in 17 days! So got quite a lot to complete..
I got a B in my English Language mock which i'm happy about and my Geography DME exam wasn't actually that bad which was ok. My exams are all over for now, just got to meet coursework deadlines. I got Science coursework to be done by the end of the week, i got 4 lessons left to complete my Maths coursework, I got my lines to learn for my Drama GCSE exam in March, two coursework pieces for French to be completed by February as well as some past papers to do whenever i get time to do them and i've got to have my English coursework all completed in 17 days! So got quite a lot to complete..
Well done davey, and welcome to the club of meeting deadlines
Grrrr. My English teacher has told us that we are doing our next piece of coursework we are doing as a speaking and listening, but we don't actually have to do it like that, as the exam board states you can do an essay. I think she wants me to fail, my GCSE is already in enough of a mess because of the speaking and listening that you actually have to do.
Grrrr. My English teacher has told us that we are doing our next piece of coursework we are doing as a speaking and listening, but we don't actually have to do it like that, as the exam board states you can do an essay. I think she wants me to fail, my GCSE is already in enough of a mess because of the speaking and listening that you actually have to do.
I dont understand, instead of doing 5 pieces of coursework you will do 4 and one is speaking and listening?
Grrrr. My English teacher has told us that we are doing our next piece of coursework we are doing as a speaking and listening, but we don't actually have to do it like that, as the exam board states you can do an essay. I think she wants me to fail, my GCSE is already in enough of a mess because of the speaking and listening that you actually have to do.
I dont understand, instead of doing 5 pieces of coursework you will do 4 and one is speaking and listening?
Yeah, with the 3 speaking and listening pieces that the exam board states you have to do on top.
Grrrr. My English teacher has told us that we are doing our next piece of coursework we are doing as a speaking and listening, but we don't actually have to do it like that, as the exam board states you can do an essay. I think she wants me to fail, my GCSE is already in enough of a mess because of the speaking and listening that you actually have to do.
I dont understand, instead of doing 5 pieces of coursework you will do 4 and one is speaking and listening?
Yeah, with the 3 speaking and listening pieces that the exam board states you have to do on top.
Thats awful an essay is much better to do.
di marco
02-02-2007, 20:16
Grrrr. My English teacher has told us that we are doing our next piece of coursework we are doing as a speaking and listening, but we don't actually have to do it like that, as the exam board states you can do an essay. I think she wants me to fail, my GCSE is already in enough of a mess because of the speaking and listening that you actually have to do.
im sure she doesnt want you to fail, maybe she just thought that it would be better to do that than writing an essay, seeing as all the rest of the cw will be written
laurouski
02-02-2007, 22:29
Grrrr. My English teacher has told us that we are doing our next piece of coursework we are doing as a speaking and listening, but we don't actually have to do it like that, as the exam board states you can do an essay. I think she wants me to fail, my GCSE is already in enough of a mess because of the speaking and listening that you actually have to do.
I'm sure she is doing this in your best interests, maybe she thinks the class as a whole will do better this way. Some people are better at S&L, some are better at essays.
Grrrr. My English teacher has told us that we are doing our next piece of coursework we are doing as a speaking and listening, but we don't actually have to do it like that, as the exam board states you can do an essay. I think she wants me to fail, my GCSE is already in enough of a mess because of the speaking and listening that you actually have to do.
I'm sure she is doing this in your best interests, maybe she thinks the class as a whole will do better this way. Some people are better at S&L, some are better at essays.
It's a top set, I don't see the difference. Some people who don't bother to even punctuate essays are hardly going to prepare, and no matter how hard I prepare I am always a disaster. I'm never going to get an A.
Well Im sure you will do fine, have you tired asking your teacher to give you a choice?
DaVeyWaVey
03-02-2007, 15:21
I have quite a busy weekend with school work...gotta improve the last of my English coursework, got to prepare the remainder of my maths coursework, learn my french coursework as well as doing some past papers and learn some more lines for my drama GCSE exam!
Oh well, i'm sure i'll get it all done somehow. :)
Well Im sure you will do fine, have you tired asking your teacher to give you a choice?
No, but I think there is more chance of me flying to the moon than her letting me. She never lets us take essays home, even though the other top set gets to do that. So I wouldn't have the chance to write it as all the preparation time for speaking would be the homework time.
Well Im sure you will do fine, have you tired asking your teacher to give you a choice?
No, but I think there is more chance of me flying to the moon than her letting me. She never lets us take essays home, even though the other top set gets to do that. So I wouldn't have the chance to write it as all the preparation time for speaking would be the homework time.
Awww well just try your best and Im sure you'll do fine
I got my monologue result yesterday and I got a C. Really don't want that going towards my final grade. The thing that annoyed me the most was that on the assessment sheet, it said something like, "If you choose to do either your media coursework or your prose coursework as an oral, ...." What choice? I don't have a choice :wall:
I got my monologue result yesterday and I got a C. Really don't want that going towards my final grade. The thing that annoyed me the most was that on the assessment sheet, it said something like, "If you choose to do either your media coursework or your prose coursework as an oral, ...." What choice? I don't have a choice :wall:
Awww Kim arent exam boards stupid
DaVeyWaVey
06-02-2007, 20:47
I got my monologue result yesterday and I got a C. Really don't want that going towards my final grade. The thing that annoyed me the most was that on the assessment sheet, it said something like, "If you choose to do either your media coursework or your prose coursework as an oral, ...." What choice? I don't have a choice :wall:
Well done on the C Kim!
I missed my Science coursework deadline today, we're not allowed to take our coursework home and have to complete it in class in a maximum of 2 weeks, but i failed to finish as i got to the evaluation and then time was up! Luckily, they're giving me extra time to complete it so i am very grateful! :D
I am currently planning the last of my maths coursework which is due in on Thursday and learning my drama lines, got to perform our working progress tomorrow in front of the class!
Oh, and i got my interview about alevels tomorrow where i have to decide what i want to take next year.
It really pees me off lol - this boy does like, no work and got an A. It's not the exam board on that bit - it's the stupid teacher. The other top set does coursework at home, has choices etc. You're not allowed to take it home? I thought the start of not being able to take it home was for my year.
Sam-Elle
27-02-2007, 16:40
been out of re lessons all last week and only today does my teacher say we have a re mock on thursday...
and i dont know anything re-ish i need for it ... :eek: :rolleyes:
DaVeyWaVey
27-02-2007, 17:26
I've handed in all my coursework now, so it's just GCSE exams now, with my first one being in 3 weeks!
I've handed in all my coursework now, so it's just GCSE exams now, with my first one being in 3 weeks!
:eek: I didn't think they were until May/June. I wish Science and Maths were on the same board. We have a Maths module a week Thusday, then, 4 days later, Science modules. I've had to concentrate on Media coursework over half term along with Frankenstein, so I can't be bothered. My Media teacher said today that he's going to pressure us more than he should for a yrae 10 class, and I'm sat there thinking, 'Like you haven't done that already!'
Chloe-Elise
27-02-2007, 19:27
been out of re lessons all last week and only today does my teacher say we have a re mock on thursday...
and i dont know anything re-ish i need for it ... :eek: :rolleyes:
I've got an RE mock next Thrusday, which was moved forward, I didn't have a clue mine was so soon. Should be ok hopefully though.Good luck with yours :)
I have a Maths module in two weeks which I'm really nervous about, anyone know any good Maths revision sites?
All I have to do now is my tech coursework, which is driving me crazy
been out of re lessons all last week and only today does my teacher say we have a re mock on thursday...
and i dont know anything re-ish i need for it ... :eek: :rolleyes:
I've got an RE mock next Thrusday, which was moved forward, I didn't have a clue mine was so soon. Should be ok hopefully though.Good luck with yours :)
I have a Maths module in two weeks which I'm really nervous about, anyone know any good Maths revision sites?
We were told to go on kangaroo maths which you don't have to have a password for, and there's mymaths which is a subscription service and it can get annoying.
Chloe-Elise
27-02-2007, 20:08
been out of re lessons all last week and only today does my teacher say we have a re mock on thursday...
and i dont know anything re-ish i need for it ... :eek: :rolleyes:
I've got an RE mock next Thrusday, which was moved forward, I didn't have a clue mine was so soon. Should be ok hopefully though.Good luck with yours :)
I have a Maths module in two weeks which I'm really nervous about, anyone know any good Maths revision sites?
We were told to go on kangaroo maths which you don't have to have a password for, and there's mymaths which is a subscription service and it can get annoying.
Thanks, I'll have a look on Kangaroo Maths, my school has a subscription to Mymaths I think.
Sam-Elle
27-02-2007, 20:13
[We were told to go on kangaroo maths which you don't have to have a password for, and there's mymaths which is a subscription service and it can get annoying.
I hate mymaths, the most anoying thing ever. The whole thing is stupid and hasnt done me any good. :rolleyes: when revising I just stick to the good old revision guides.
& i have my science modules in two weeks...oh fun :rolleyes:
[We were told to go on kangaroo maths which you don't have to have a password for, and there's mymaths which is a subscription service and it can get annoying.
I hate mymaths, the most anoying thing ever. The whole thing is stupid and hasnt done me any good. :rolleyes: when revising I just stick to the good old revision guides.
& i have my science modules in two weeks...oh fun :rolleyes:
Join the club... my biology teacher has skipped pages and hasn't finished teaching the module, so my chemistry teacher has to teach us some of it. Which modules are you doing?
Sam-Elle
28-02-2007, 20:42
Join the club... my biology teacher has skipped pages and hasn't finished teaching the module, so my chemistry teacher has to teach us some of it. Which modules are you doing?
er... its 1A Chemistary, Biology & Physics - the double award.
Oh, I did 1A Chemistry and Biology in November. I think you're doing triple if you have three modules. My friend has three and she does triple, but my school doesn't do triple. I have 1B Biology and Chemistry. The Biology 1A is definitely the easiest.
Sam-Elle
01-03-2007, 17:36
Oh, I did 1A Chemistry and Biology in November. I think you're doing triple if you have three modules. My friend has three and she does triple, but my school doesn't do triple. I have 1B Biology and Chemistry. The Biology 1A is definitely the easiest.
my school only does the single and double award and its the bottom sets that are going the single, and im near the middle.
ok i hate mocks!!, well the re ones anyway. 2 hours writing - no thank you :rolleyes: All i can remeber is walking into the exam center, sitting at my desk, pen in hand....then nothing untill....i get told 5 minutes to the end. But i did do the exam, i just cant remember it :p
We did a mock thing in RE but we only had to do 1 cycle of questions and in a whole exam you have 3. I didn't even finish what I was writing as it is hard to get it all done in the time, but for some strange reason I got full marks.
In our Re exam we have 5 sections to answer, I have no idea how I will remember all the stuff.
Chloe-Elise
02-03-2007, 19:53
In our Re exam we have 5 sections to answer, I have no idea how I will remember all the stuff.
Same here, theres way too many things to remember. I'm dreading my mock next week.
Yeah, and on a lesson a week it will be even harder, seeing as they cram it all into the lessons as it is. They must be pretty lenient with the marking, though.
RE is the easiest subject to pass. Its not even about religions mostly, but more about morality. You can make most of it up. I didn't revise it at all (Didn't even glance at anything), and i got a B.
Rule to remember: If you have to go against anything, say the Catholics are against it. Cause 9 times out of 10, they are. e.g. Abortion, Sex before Marriage, Divorce, Cohabitation, remarriage etc etc. Say that everytime, and you'll pass it no problem :p
In our Re exam we have 5 sections to answer, I have no idea how I will remember all the stuff.
I didn't finish the paper and I got a B. I completly left the last question cos I got bored with it. So I reckon the marking is pretty lenient, although the grade boundaries vary year to year.
Loved the opinion questions, they were the best. As long as you can back up what you write with reasons it doesn't matter what you put, even if it isn't your opinion.
You can also write in bullet points which is easier because you can see how many points you have.
Sam-Elle
03-03-2007, 15:20
RE is the easiest subject to pass. Its not even about religions mostly, but more about morality.
It depends what part you are doing though, cause in my school we are doing mark's gospel and different topics eg. conflict and argument on it for year 10, then all the abortion, sex before mariage in year 11 - which does seem easier than what we are doing now.
In RE we do 5 different topics and there is so much to learn
RE is the easiest subject to pass. Its not even about religions mostly, but more about morality.
It depends what part you are doing though, cause in my school we are doing mark's gospel and different topics eg. conflict and argument on it for year 10, then all the abortion, sex before mariage in year 11 - which does seem easier than what we are doing now.
We did a short course for a year covering Christian topics - abortion, euthanasia, marriage, sex before marriage and something else. Memorise the basic facts, many of which we knew already, and the rest was easy.
We did Citizenship in Year 11 which was a load of rubbish.
Cornishbabe
03-03-2007, 19:39
R.E short course, you can get away with common sense with just a few simple facts thrown in. I didnt turn up to more than 5 lessons over 2 years and came out with an A
DaVeyWaVey
04-03-2007, 13:17
I've got my GCSE exam timetable now and have 17 exams to sit in total.
Ive had my exam timetablefor ages but I still havent counted the exams and stuff, maybe I should do that today
I have a maths module on Thursday and 2 science ones on Monday. Not looking forward to more than usual as I am ill, so I'm worried I'll get a B and then not be allowed to resit, because they choose your resits now. Must remember to read the questions properly - I didn't on about 4 in my mock and now my teacher probably thinks I am a total wally lol
I have a maths module on Thursday and 2 science ones on Monday. Not looking forward to more than usual as I am ill, so I'm worried I'll get a B and then not be allowed to resit, because they choose your resits now. Must remember to read the questions properly - I didn't on about 4 in my mock and now my teacher probably thinks I am a total wally lol
Whats wrong with a B???? :ninja: :confused:
laurouski
05-03-2007, 19:20
I was told that my product design exam was on the 6th June, but I was looking through the diary thing that we got sent at the beginning of the year, and it says it's on the 25th May.
I suppose I should check that out.. :o
I'm glad it is on that date, though, because last year (well, graphic design, anyway) it was on the 6th June, which is not only THREE days after my birthday, but it was (and would be this year) just after my hols. It is a bit depressing to know that you've got an exam as soon as you get back. I had to take revision with me on holiday! Who wants to revise while they're on holiday?! :eek:
I was told that my product design exam was on the 6th June, but I was looking through the diary thing that we got sent at the beginning of the year, and it says it's on the 25th May.
I suppose I should check that out.. :o
I'm glad it is on that date, though, because last year (well, graphic design, anyway) it was on the 6th June, which is not only THREE days after my birthday, but it was (and would be this year) just after my hols. It is a bit depressing to know that you've got an exam as soon as you get back. I had to take revision with me on holiday! Who wants to revise while they're on holiday?! :eek:
At my school, the GCSE one is on the 25th of May. That might help you a bit.
(They put the GCSE, AS and A2 exams on the same timetable, so we know when our mates' exams are, and can remind them to turn up :D )
DaVeyWaVey
05-03-2007, 19:35
I have a maths module on Thursday and 2 science ones on Monday. Not looking forward to more than usual as I am ill, so I'm worried I'll get a B and then not be allowed to resit, because they choose your resits now. Must remember to read the questions properly - I didn't on about 4 in my mock and now my teacher probably thinks I am a total wally lol
A B is a very good grade Kim! You should be happy if you get that! No need to resit it if you ask me as you would just be putting more stress on yourself when you would have other exams to think about. :)
laurouski
05-03-2007, 19:35
LOL, well thanks.
Unfortunately, only one (or maybe two) people in my year are taking this exam, so I don't even have anyone to remind me! :(
ahhhhhhh im starting to freak out about exmas now!!!!!
DaVeyWaVey
05-03-2007, 20:17
ahhhhhhh im starting to freak out about exmas now!!!!!
Don't worry Abbie, chill..:) Have you had your GCSE drama exam yet by the way? I have mine in just under 3 weeks now..
ahhhhhhh im starting to freak out about exmas now!!!!!
Don't worry Abbie, chill..:) Have you had your GCSE drama exam yet by the way? I have mine in just under 3 weeks now..
I cant help but panic and no my drama exam is in something like 3 weeks
Chloe-Elise
05-03-2007, 20:50
ahhhhhhh im starting to freak out about exmas now!!!!!
Yup me too, my teachers keep going on about how long we have left at school and how close our exams are, its making me so nervous.
I have a maths module on Thursday and 2 science ones on Monday. Not looking forward to more than usual as I am ill, so I'm worried I'll get a B and then not be allowed to resit, because they choose your resits now. Must remember to read the questions properly - I didn't on about 4 in my mock and now my teacher probably thinks I am a total wally lol
If you're ill on the day of the exam your school can apply for special considerations. You need to get your GP to write a note on headed paper stating what's wrong. The school then write to the exam board/s and apply. As long as they have the evidence then it should be ok. If you fall well below your target grade then exam board will award you your target grade. You can also apply for extended time or a break halfway through.
I got special considerations (a break and the target grade one) for all my GCSE exams because I had been ill for a year before I sat them and I missed a lot of work. I came out with all my target grades which I really wasn't expecting. I cried all the way through my english lit exam because I couldn't do it.
I know this is probably no use as your exam was on Monday but it might be useful for future reference.
I had a 3 mark question in my higher science paper, "Why are some people opposed to the morning after pill?" What the hell has that got to do with science? What a stupid question. I had another one on rabbits. Can't remember what it was but we all came out saying how ridiculous it was, nobody knew what it was on about.
So Kim how did the maths exam go?
DaVeyWaVey
08-03-2007, 18:05
I found out today that my Science module exam and Geography DME results are in, i hope i did ok! I haven't gone to find out what my results are yet!
Aww , Im sure you'll have done great Dave
It was totally easy thanks, Abbie. If it didn't have higher paper written on it, with the exception of 2 questions that I think you definitely wouldn't find on foundation, I would have thought that it was the foundation.
I get those rests as a result of my disability, but I don't think I'm ever getting extra time, which I'm not happy about. I'm glad the cold didn't make me feel as bad as I did on Monday especially, as I certainly wouldn't be happy if I was only able to get what I am predicted from my CAT's.
The DME's at my school are in, too. This girl was walking down the corridor cursing as she failed hers and believes that it is because the teacher forced her to sit the higher paper.
Well thats good, glad you thought it was easy :D
DaVeyWaVey
08-03-2007, 21:51
I sat the foundation paper for both Geography and Science, i hope i got 2 C's in both! Anyway i'll find out both results tomorrow hopefully..
Did you have another module recently then, Dave? How come you did foundation in Geography when you got a B in the mock?
DaVeyWaVey
08-03-2007, 22:03
Yep i did Kim, and i think i've done quite bad on it! My mock GCSE apparently was really easily, i write too slow apparently and in the foundation you don't have to write as much as you do in the higher paper, so she said writing slow (like me) wouldn't be a problem if i took foundation.
Also the Mock GCSE i did was easier than the actual GCSE you have to sit according to my teacher so i should have had a C and the paper i sat for my mock was a combination of foundation/higher paper.
I'm sure you haven't, Dave. I thought I failed the two modules that I did in November. There's always going to be a topic you don't do as well in, I think. I'm going to slip up big time when I have to do Physics.
I thought all papers were like that: The last few on foundation the same as the first few on higher.
DaVeyWaVey
09-03-2007, 22:54
I got my Science and Geography results back today, i got 2 C's just what i wanted so am very happy about that! :cheer:
Strangely though, i did a French reading paper today in class under exam conditions and it was a higher paper and i was one mark off an A on it. And in my mock in January, i got a D when i sat the higher paper. Very weird! :hmm:
I got my Science and Geography results back today, i got 2 C's just what i wanted so am very happy about that! :cheer:
Strangely though, i did a French reading paper today in class under exam conditions and it was a higher paper and i was one mark off an A on it. And in my mock in January, i got a D when i sat the higher paper. Very weird! :hmm:
Well done DAve :cheer: And have you been taking extra french lessons? :hmm:
Well, maybe you should ask for more practise papers then, just to make sure the one in your mock was just an off day. Well done on the 2C's :)
Sam-Elle
12-03-2007, 16:23
arggh! i had my science modules this morning....not good! :rolleyes:
found chemistary the hardest then biology, then physics. to me at the moment it looks as though i will proberly be resting the chemistary one.
I had mine too, but as my school doesn't do triple science I only had 2, which were Evolution and Environment and Oils, Earth and Atmosphere. I found Biology easy which was good as it calmed me down before I had to sit the chemistry one. Some parts were easy, but there was this question that I think the examiner must have been half asleep when they wrote, which really put me off, together with messing up the grid (again!) For some random reason we had to write our details on the front of the question paper which we weren't even writing in. I think I've done better this time which is good as I did well in my November modules. Now got 2 physics modules in June ... here's where I start failing...
samantha nixon
12-03-2007, 19:17
hiya
we had our science things today aswell and Kim we had different to you we have oils, earth and atmosphere but we also had a physics one energy and electicity
i think i have done crap in both of them as on the first one which was physics i didnt even finish in the amount of time so about 10 of the circles i had to just pick a random circle to colour and i didnt even no any in the time we had and on the chemistry one i think thatwent a bit better but i still didnt no any of it
Sam-Elle
12-03-2007, 19:24
we had:
physics - energy and electricity
chemistary - products from rocks
biology - human biology
yeah all multi choice.
samantha nixon
12-03-2007, 19:32
oh you had 3 i thought everyone had the same ones so that cheating doesnt occur or anything obviosuly i was wrong lol
I did that biology and that chemistry in November. I thought I'd get 2D's or something, so you could be really surprised when you get your results.
Sammie - that chromotography part where it said the red substance could be A, could be B, could be C, or could be D. I missed the lesson on chromotography and the only thing it said in the book was that chromatography is a method used to separate substances based on their solubilities in particular solvents. A and D had rf values of 3.5, so I don't know how there could have been a destinctive answer for that question.
oh you had 3 i thought everyone had the same ones so that cheating doesnt occur or anything obviosuly i was wrong lol
They change the papers for each one. Some people that did p1a, b1a or c1a today had the November paper and specimen paper as mocks. It's not that different though - the first question on today's c1b paper was exactly the same as the one on the specimen paper.
samantha nixon
12-03-2007, 19:51
I did that biology and that chemistry in November. I thought I'd get 2D's or something, so you could be really surprised when you get your results.
Sammie - that chromotography part where it said the red substance could be A, could be B, could be C, or could be D. I missed the lesson on chromotography and the only thing it said in the book was that chromatography is a method used to separate substances based on their solubilities in particular solvents. A and D had rf values of 3.5, so I don't know how there could have been a destinctive answer for that question.
i put the answer as the A and D one aswell but Leanne thinks it was none of them
and we didnt do anything about chromotography either or any of the other stuff on the test lol
No, the one where you had to choose between them. I put D as there were 3 in the 2 in the D on that question already, and examiners think people wont guess at answers the same letter as the majority of the other ones in that question. I was speaking to this boy who seems to think it was A, but I don't know how you could answer that question. I'll ask my teacher when she gets to see the paper. Maybe some centres will complain. That question was part D, I think, and the one that A and D was an option on was like, B.
Lol we have, but nothing on polyvinylchloride. I was glad we didn't get anything on extinction - my teacher skipped that so I had to learn it myself. I wish I was better at Chemistry than I am Biology as my Chemistry teacher is better.
samantha nixon
12-03-2007, 21:08
we have a crap teacher now as our okish teacher is now on maternity leave, but after april we are getting our old science teacher back and shes fab so hopefully ill do better in my next set of tests
and do you have a different teacher for each science then, and i think im best at biology but im even bad at that
also what tier did you do higher or foundation?
and one more question lol did you get told on each test you could pick whether you wanted to do either higher or foundation and you didnt have to stick to just one of them
Yeah, we do double science as that is all the school does apart from single with the bottom set. We have 2 teachers - mine being a biology specialist and a chemistry specialist, so obviously we do those modules with them and they will be doing one physics module each with us. We have 10 lessons a fortnight, 5 with each, and can have science twice on 1 day but never with the same teacher.
I was best at chemistry last year but now I'm best in biology - never been any good with energy or waves which are the modules we have to do. I want planets lol! Oh, that's bad. I think our school sorted it so that the teachers they think will get pregnant before we finish our GCSE's don't teach GCSE classes.
I did higher on all 4 - we were told we could pick in reality, but the teachers would be on our backs as we have been told to do higher. I wont do better next time - 2 lots of physics - I cant do 1 lot let alone 2 lol and we don't even have a physics specialist.
I knew you could take higher on one and foundation on the other - my dad's mate's step-daughter did that in November as she looked at the higher on one of them and immediately thought it was too hard.
samantha nixon
12-03-2007, 22:50
i wish i had been told we could take different before the tests as i would have but oh well just goltta wait for the results now
CrazyLea
12-03-2007, 22:56
Well the main thing to remember Sammie, you can always resit if you want to.
Well the main thing to remember Sammie, you can always resit if you want to.
Along with the change of syllabus, they've bought in the rule that your teachers choose your resits. Or at least that's when it came in in my school.
DaVeyWaVey
13-03-2007, 18:45
I got my result back today for my French coursework. My overall grade for my French coursework is an A*, my mark was 85/90. I'm chuffed! :cheer:
Blimey, go you. French was never my strong point.
CrazyLea
13-03-2007, 19:26
Really Kim? Glad I did my GCSE's when I did then :lol:.
And wow, that's fab Dave!!! Well done :D:D
Yeah, I wish I was a year older. It would save me the hassle of controlled coursework on top of the not choosing your own resits. Also half of the english teachers are making us do all the coursework in class, and mine just happens to be one of them. I've missed an A by a few marks 3 times now and I just wish I could be given the opportunity to concentrate and see what I can get when the class isn't in my ear the whole time.
Yeah, I wish I was a year older. It would save me the hassle of controlled coursework on top of the not choosing your own resits. Also half of the english teachers are making us do all the coursework in class, and mine just happens to be one of them. I've missed an A by a few marks 3 times now and I just wish I could be given the opportunity to concentrate and see what I can get when the class isn't in my ear the whole time.
I was allowed to choose when i could resit, but unless you failed, they would still stop you doing it. If you got a D, then they'd give you the chance of re-sitting to get a C, and if you failed completly, then they'd let you, but if you got a B, or C, they wouldn't let you. After all, they just want you to pass, and anything over a C is that. So even if you were in the year above, i really doubt they'd let you resit, if you got a B. Theres no point, its just a waste of time for them.
samantha nixon
13-03-2007, 19:45
Well the main thing to remember Sammie, you can always resit if you want to.
yh lol id wanna do all of them though and they certainly wouldnt let me do them all would they, im kinda happy with my b but not my c and the ones i did yesterday are gonna be even worse that them lol
and well done Dave you must be good at french lol im useless
I think they might let you re-sit with that C, Sammie. I think schools now want to get as many students as they can doing higher, because this girl was forced to do higher for her Geography DME. It looks bad on them because you got a 6 in your SAT, unless you're predicted a C off of your CAT.
DaVeyWaVey
13-03-2007, 20:01
and well done Dave you must be good at french lol im useless
The French coursework is quite easy to be honest if you have a good memory and can remember things really well. They just give you a sheet of paper will all the information on to do the coursework. You then write that information out into sentences to make 100 words approx and then you have to learn it, and then just write it all out again lol.
and well done Dave you must be good at french lol im useless
The French coursework is quite easy to be honest if you have a good memory and can remember things really well. They just give you a sheet of paper will all the information on to do the coursework. You then write that information out into sentences to make 100 words approx and then you have to learn it, and then just write it all out again lol.
So do you have to do an essay, remember it, and write it out in an exam? :searchme:
My German Coursework last year was about 5 different essays, which we wrote at home, and handed in. It was pretty hard, but my teacher was well alright, so it was fine, because (although he was a pervert) he would help you a lot with sentence structure etc. They were all about 500 words, so quite short too.
DaVeyWaVey
13-03-2007, 20:09
and well done Dave you must be good at french lol im useless
The French coursework is quite easy to be honest if you have a good memory and can remember things really well. They just give you a sheet of paper will all the information on to do the coursework. You then write that information out into sentences to make 100 words approx and then you have to learn it, and then just write it all out again lol.
So do you have to do an essay, remember it, and write it out in an exam? :searchme:
My German Coursework last year was about 5 different essays, which we wrote at home, and handed in. It was pretty hard, but my teacher was well alright, so it was fine, because (although he was a pervert) he would help you a lot with sentence structure etc. They were all about 500 words, so quite short too.
Yep you've got it Abi, we had to write 90-130 words really, and then remember it and write it all out in exam conditions.
So for your German coursework last year, did you have to not remember it and write it all out again?
and well done Dave you must be good at french lol im useless
The French coursework is quite easy to be honest if you have a good memory and can remember things really well. They just give you a sheet of paper will all the information on to do the coursework. You then write that information out into sentences to make 100 words approx and then you have to learn it, and then just write it all out again lol.
So do you have to do an essay, remember it, and write it out in an exam? :searchme:
My German Coursework last year was about 5 different essays, which we wrote at home, and handed in. It was pretty hard, but my teacher was well alright, so it was fine, because (although he was a pervert) he would help you a lot with sentence structure etc. They were all about 500 words, so quite short too.
When I did German coursework last year we got given text books and sheets with phrases written on them. Basically, all we had to do was put the phrases into sentences and tweak them a bit so it didn't look like we'd copied.
We did controlled coursework which was a piece of coursework or oral work learned before hand then we wrote it out under exam conditions.
and well done Dave you must be good at french lol im useless
The French coursework is quite easy to be honest if you have a good memory and can remember things really well. They just give you a sheet of paper will all the information on to do the coursework. You then write that information out into sentences to make 100 words approx and then you have to learn it, and then just write it all out again lol.
So do you have to do an essay, remember it, and write it out in an exam? :searchme:
My German Coursework last year was about 5 different essays, which we wrote at home, and handed in. It was pretty hard, but my teacher was well alright, so it was fine, because (although he was a pervert) he would help you a lot with sentence structure etc. They were all about 500 words, so quite short too.
Yep you've got it Abi, we had to write 90-130 words really, and then remember it and write it all out in exam conditions.
So for your German coursework last year, did you have to not remember it and write it all out again?
Oh right. Thats pretty short though, its only about a paragraph, right?
We were just given a topic, and we had to plan and write an essay on it, that was about 500 words. Then we just handed it in, and the best 3 markss were submitted. I think we had topics like The Enviroment, German Education System and stuff like that. They were all things that related to Germany
DaVeyWaVey
13-03-2007, 20:25
and well done Dave you must be good at french lol im useless
The French coursework is quite easy to be honest if you have a good memory and can remember things really well. They just give you a sheet of paper will all the information on to do the coursework. You then write that information out into sentences to make 100 words approx and then you have to learn it, and then just write it all out again lol.
So do you have to do an essay, remember it, and write it out in an exam? :searchme:
My German Coursework last year was about 5 different essays, which we wrote at home, and handed in. It was pretty hard, but my teacher was well alright, so it was fine, because (although he was a pervert) he would help you a lot with sentence structure etc. They were all about 500 words, so quite short too.
Yep you've got it Abi, we had to write 90-130 words really, and then remember it and write it all out in exam conditions.
So for your German coursework last year, did you have to not remember it and write it all out again?
Oh right. Thats pretty short though, its only about a paragraph, right?
We were just given a topic, and we had to plan and write an essay on it, that was about 500 words. Then we just handed it in, and the best 3 markss were submitted. I think we had topics like The Enviroment, German Education System and stuff like that. They were all things that related to Germany
Yep it's around about a paragraph or a bit more and that's all i had to remember. Your German coursework sounded a lot more challenging and fun. :p
Yeah, I wish I was a year older. It would save me the hassle of controlled coursework on top of the not choosing your own resits. Also half of the english teachers are making us do all the coursework in class, and mine just happens to be one of them. I've missed an A by a few marks 3 times now and I just wish I could be given the opportunity to concentrate and see what I can get when the class isn't in my ear the whole time.
I was allowed to choose when i could resit, but unless you failed, they would still stop you doing it. If you got a D, then they'd give you the chance of re-sitting to get a C, and if you failed completly, then they'd let you, but if you got a B, or C, they wouldn't let you. After all, they just want you to pass, and anything over a C is that. So even if you were in the year above, i really doubt they'd let you resit, if you got a B. Theres no point, its just a waste of time for them.
Our school only lets you resit if you fall well below your target i.e. almost a grade below your target grade. If your only a few marks off your target grade we weren't allowed to resit because it's pointless. You can most likely make up the extra marks on your next paper. Plus the school has to pay for the resits (although for our science modules we had to pay £2 per module to resit.)
We were always the ones to decide if we wanted to resit. If we said no then the teachers respected that and didn't enter us but they always gave us their opinion on what to do.
To be honest, the physics module papers aren't that bad. It's just remembering key facts. At least they're multiple choice so you have a 1 in 4 of getting it right. Generally, if there are two answers that are similar they're the two the examiners want you to look at. Forget the other two and just take your pick of the similar ones if you don't know.
I think if your teacher specialises in chemistry or biology then you will do ok in those modules. If you don't have a physics teacher you're slightly screwed. So many biologists and chemists have very limited knowledge and grasp of physical concepts that they don't really know how to explain physics properly, hence why lots of people don't like it. Get a physics teacher and your lessons will be brill :)
samantha nixon
13-03-2007, 20:39
you dont think the physics is that bad :eek: i think physics is the worst one
and i wont mind if i have to pay to resit them
also this isnt exactly GCSE stuff but hey i thought id ask anyway, well i have been looking at things on the internet and what stuff you need for jobs and a lot of the jobs i wanna do need science :wall: so if you obviously go uni beforehand if you go college and you do the science will it matter if i do crap in my scinece GCSE but ok at college
i hope that makes sense
you dont think the physics is that bad :eek: i think physics is the worst one
and i wont mind if i have to pay to resit them
also this isnt exactly GCSE stuff but hey i thought id ask anyway, well i have been looking at things on the internet and what stuff you need for jobs and a lot of the jobs i wanna do need science :wall: so if you obviously go uni beforehand if you go college and you do the science will it matter if i do crap in my scinece GCSE but ok at college
i hope that makes sense
Not quite sure if you mean doing science at college or not.
If you need to do science at college there will be conditions attatched to it (most likely) like a minimum of a grade C.
If you fail your science completly you can alwayd redo it at college but I don't think you'll be able to do a seperate A-level science at the same time.
Another option is doing a foundation/acess science course at uni before you start your degree.
What do you want to do at uni?
Now I'm worrying. Bang goes worrying about being told by the teacher we have to do English Coursework in class even though the exam board doesn't say that, Physics is my worst one. I got 7's in Biology and Chemistry units at KS3 but never in Physics. The highest was 6.8 on something that isn't even a GCSE unit. My mate was telling me about Physics and it made absolutely no sense. I need a miracle, because my Biology teacher is useless at Biology, so he well definitely be at Physics, considering what you said. Double Physics tomorrow, oh no.
On the bright side I don't want an A level or degree in Science, but I want an A at GCSE in it.
I wouldn't mind if I had to pay either, Sammie. It would take the pressure off a lot, and it's not like I wouldn't bother trying the first time around.
Now I'm worrying. Bang goes worrying about being told by the teacher we have to do English Coursework in class even though the exam board doesn't say that, Physics is my worst one. I got 7's in Biology and Chemistry units at KS3 but never in Physics. The highest was 6.8 on something that isn't even a GCSE unit. My mate was telling me about Physics and it made absolutely no sense. I need a miracle, because my Biology teacher is useless at Biology, so he well definitely be at Physics, considering what you said. Double Physics tomorrow, oh no.
On the bright side I don't want an A level or degree in Science, but I want an A at GCSE in it.
I wouldn't mind if I had to pay either, Sammie. It would take the pressure off a lot, and it's not like I wouldn't bother trying the first time around.
RE english coursework: are you doing it all in class, writing it out and then writing it up in neat? We wrote most of ours in class but some of it we had to do for homework, like a page or something. Then we had to type/write it up at home. Do you not find it easier to do it all in class, given that the teacher is there to help? If you have trouble concentrating with people talking why not ask to be moved to the front or somewhere quiet? In my experience people at the front don't really talk much as they get told off.
I've got triple physics tomorrow :thumbsup: but we're doing the most ridiculous coursework ever :wall: and we're not allowed to help each other :angry:
I didn't find GCSE science much harder than KS3 science. There were a few harder concepts like how a photocopier works (why do we need to know?!) and the fractionating tower for oil. I don't know or understand either of those to this day.
Physics... either you're comfortable with it or you're not. It's a difficult subject, makes it easier if they gave you a formula sheet in the exam (do they do that now? We never got one.) It can get incredibly boring at GCSE but A-level is much better although it is harder.
With all the sciences there is a HUGE leap from GCSE to A-level. There is such a big hole and you have to do a lot of background reading to understand some of the things.
I got my result back today for my French coursework. My overall grade for my French coursework is an A*, my mark was 85/90. I'm chuffed! :cheer:
wow!!! Same as me, I mean about the a* not exactly sure about the marks I got.
I have my speaking exam now about 6 weeks now and im soooo nervous
samantha nixon
13-03-2007, 21:11
Not quite sure if you mean doing science at college or not.
If you need to do science at college there will be conditions attatched to it (most likely) like a minimum of a grade C.
If you fail your science completly you can alwayd redo it at college but I don't think you'll be able to do a seperate A-level science at the same time.
Another option is doing a foundation/acess science course at uni before you start your degree.
What do you want to do at uni?
erm yh i did mean doing it at college aswell
and man i dont think i will get a c lol
and i dont know exactly what i want to do at uni as id love to be a doctor or a vet but im no good at science so i think that will be kinda hard to do so id probably at uni have to do some sort of science or go med school but then again i think you have to have great grades to get in and i wont have them so thats that gone aswell lol
Everything you need to know for GCSE Physics is on here:
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_index.asp?subject_id=16&d=0
Best revision website i've found. The AS level Geography notes are great- i still use it for that, now.
DaVeyWaVey
13-03-2007, 21:24
I got my result back today for my French coursework. My overall grade for my French coursework is an A*, my mark was 85/90. I'm chuffed! :cheer:
wow!!! Same as me, I mean about the a* not exactly sure about the marks I got.
I have my speaking exam now about 6 weeks now and im soooo nervous
I have my french oral exam on 2nd May i think, but my drama exam is in 10 days, getting quite nervous about that now! :eek:
My drama exam is soon too, at the end of this term I think
That's the problem with revision websites for those in year 10 this year, the new syllabus isn't on there. I don't think anyone will bother to put it on there until the last exams on the old syllabus have been sat by the year 11's.
CrazyLea
14-03-2007, 17:24
So what is the deal with this new syllabus lol? I'm interested lol.
Has the entire content changed or something?
So what is the deal with this new syllabus lol? I'm interested lol.
Has the entire content changed or something?
Depends what exam boards you're doing your exams with I think.
The whole syllabus won't have changed, it will probably just be certain features.
Not quite sure if you mean doing science at college or not.
If you need to do science at college there will be conditions attatched to it (most likely) like a minimum of a grade C.
If you fail your science completly you can alwayd redo it at college but I don't think you'll be able to do a seperate A-level science at the same time.
Another option is doing a foundation/acess science course at uni before you start your degree.
What do you want to do at uni?
erm yh i did mean doing it at college aswell
and man i dont think i will get a c lol
and i dont know exactly what i want to do at uni as id love to be a doctor or a vet but im no good at science so i think that will be kinda hard to do so id probably at uni have to do some sort of science or go med school but then again i think you have to have great grades to get in and i wont have them so thats that gone aswell lol
I looked into being a doctor and you have to get really good grades. A lot of the med schools/unis look to the GCSE science and a lot want at an A/A*, preferably double award. As for A levels you will need to do biology and chemistry to A2 plus another subject, although that doesn't have to be specific or relevent to medicine.
For med school you usually need at least 390 UCAS points. Not sure if you're familiar with UCAS points but the basics of it are, each grade is given a points score, AS points are half of the full A2 points. At A2, A's are worth 120, B's 100, C's 80, D's 60 and E's 40. So at AS an A is worth 60, B 50 etc. So to get 390 points you will need AAA at A2 plus an AS. Some places accept AAB plus a really good AS. Most places don't accept key skills either. It is really hard to get into and I would presume vetrinary surgery is the same.
samantha nixon
14-03-2007, 20:38
I looked into being a doctor and you have to get really good grades. A lot of the med schools/unis look to the GCSE science and a lot want at an A/A*, preferably double award. As for A levels you will need to do biology and chemistry to A2 plus another subject, although that doesn't have to be specific or relevent to medicine.
For med school you usually need at least 390 UCAS points. Not sure if you're familiar with UCAS points but the basics of it are, each grade is given a points score, AS points are half of the full A2 points. At A2, A's are worth 120, B's 100, C's 80, D's 60 and E's 40. So at AS an A is worth 60, B 50 etc. So to get 390 points you will need AAA at A2 plus an AS. Some places accept AAB plus a really good AS. Most places don't accept key skills either. It is really hard to get into and I would presume vetrinary surgery is the same.
aww thanks for tat abigail, but i can now say i think i need to look for something else id like to do lol
and Kim i have found the same thing that the revision sites dont have the new sylabus except for bitesize
I looked into being a doctor and you have to get really good grades. A lot of the med schools/unis look to the GCSE science and a lot want at an A/A*, preferably double award. As for A levels you will need to do biology and chemistry to A2 plus another subject, although that doesn't have to be specific or relevent to medicine.
For med school you usually need at least 390 UCAS points. Not sure if you're familiar with UCAS points but the basics of it are, each grade is given a points score, AS points are half of the full A2 points. At A2, A's are worth 120, B's 100, C's 80, D's 60 and E's 40. So at AS an A is worth 60, B 50 etc. So to get 390 points you will need AAA at A2 plus an AS. Some places accept AAB plus a really good AS. Most places don't accept key skills either. It is really hard to get into and I would presume vetrinary surgery is the same.
aww thanks for tat abigail, but i can now say i think i need to look for something else id like to do lol
and Kim i have found the same thing that the revision sites dont have the new sylabus except for bitesize
Yup, thats what I thought, I didn't realise how high the condtions were.
I love the s-cool website, it has everything you need to know and it's simplified so you actually know what it's talking about. It's much better than bitesize, the stuff thats on there is very limited.
Just looking on the bitesize website no,w under science it has the "old" courses for yr 11 and the "new" courses that yr 10 are starting. There's a lot of difference between the new and old courses. The new courses don't have a great deal of content in them and forces isn't included in the AQA which is unusual. The Edexcel course looks good, although it has more content than the AQA. Are they getting rid of some of the exams and doing more coursework?
CrazyLea
14-03-2007, 22:00
Think I may go look at the bitesize website now haha. I'm well curious.
my exams start on the 16th May and finish on the 18th June.....:eek: :eek:
My exams start on the 17th may and finish on my birthday, the 15th May
Chloe-Elise
15-03-2007, 18:42
Mine start on 17th May and finish on the 15th June, I can't believe they start so soon :eek:
DaVeyWaVey
21-03-2007, 21:17
My Drama GCSE is two days away, i am getting quite nervous now! Everyone in Year 11 who took Drama will be watching (which is about an audience of 60 people) plus the examiner!
Chloe-Elise
21-03-2007, 21:24
My Drama GCSE is two days away, i am getting quite nervous now! Everyone in Year 11 who took Drama will be watching (which is about an audience of 60 people) plus the examiner!
Good luck Davey, hope everything goes well :)
Is anyone on here in Year 11 and took GCSE Art?
DaVeyWaVey
23-03-2007, 17:39
I had my Drama GCSE today and it was perfect! I didn't forget any lines at all, and i just gave it my all. I was nervous at the start, but soon relaxed. I also made good eye contact with the examiner and said some of my lines directly at her, so hopefully that was good. The frustrating thing is that i won't find out how i done until August! But my teacher said our performance was A/B standard, so that's good. Anyway, i hope i did well and i get a good grade overall.
Well done sounds like it went great
Today I had to hand in my graphics folder, so at least Ive got all this done.
laurouski
24-03-2007, 13:54
:hmm:
I'm worried about my Graphics. My teacher told the deadline for the coursework was 6th April (I think), but then she said I should hand in my folder on the first day back after the Easter holidays (next week is our last - then a nice, two-week-long break :D), even though the 6th April falls during the Easter holidays.
I mean, I could really do with the extra two weeks to complete it, but obviously I don't wanna hand it in too late. :eek:
laurouski
24-03-2007, 13:59
Oh, sorry about the double post, but well done on completing your Drama GCSE perfectly, Davey!
You have more guts than I do, I REALLY would not be able to do that. Whenever we have to do any oral work in English, I get so nervous, and that's only in front of the teacher and around 25 students! I don't even know what it is about it that makes me so nervous. :searchme:
So anyway, well done, and hope you get a good grade!
:hmm:
I'm worried about my Graphics. My teacher told the deadline for the coursework was 6th April (I think), but then she said I should hand in my folder on the first day back after the Easter holidays (next week is our last - then a nice, two-week-long break :D), even though the 6th April falls during the Easter holidays.
I mean, I could really do with the extra two weeks to complete it, but obviously I don't wanna hand it in too late. :eek:
Have you talked yo her about the confusion you have with the dates, I mean sometimes they do change them, you have no idea how mnay deadlines have changed at my school
Maybe she meant the 16th and not the 6th? The 16th should be the first day you get back, i would guess.
laurouski
25-03-2007, 14:54
Yeah, thanks, maybe she did.
I'm gonna have to ask her, but I'm kinda putting it off because I'm dreading her saying that she got it wrong and it needs to be in this week.
Also, she always seems to be on another planet when you talk to her, so I always try not to.. :D
samantha nixon
25-03-2007, 18:46
laura miss told us ours had to be in at the end of april after telling us the wrong dates aswell as she got confused about it
DaVeyWaVey
28-03-2007, 21:25
Has anyone started revising yet for GCSE exams? I made up a revision timetable last night, and have started revising now, i'm making a slow start though. I have a Science open book exam tomorrow worth 15% so have been concentrating on finding out info and research for that.
I'm supposed to be revising for a Maths module that's in June as they changed the syllabus. I've only just had 3 modules and have no motivation, not helped by the 2 pieces of coursework I have to do. We had our reports and my estimated grades are up in most subjects on what they were in November, but I'm not happy with some and Maths is a disaster at the moment. I'm learning nothing and every lesson my teacher makes me feel stupid. I asked my parents for a Maths tutor but they won't get me one, so I think my whole career plan is out of the question.
I'm planning to start revision soon, even though I'm only year 10 lol
I'm supposed to be revising for a Maths module that's in June as they changed the syllabus. I've only just had 3 modules and have no motivation, not helped by the 2 pieces of coursework I have to do. We had our reports and my estimated grades are up in most subjects on what they were in November, but I'm not happy with some and Maths is a disaster at the moment. I'm learning nothing and every lesson my teacher makes me feel stupid. I asked my parents for a Maths tutor but they won't get me one, so I think my whole career plan is out of the question.
I'm planning to start revision soon, even though I'm only year 10 lol
You have a career plan already?! I only just decided what i want to do, after sitting in front of UCAS for an hour, thinking "****, i need to do something with my life..." :rotfl:
DaVeyWaVey
28-03-2007, 21:52
I already know what i want to go onto do as well, it's just getting there. Some people know exactly what they want to do, while others take longer to decide.. I want to become a journalist in film/theatre/television, i am determined to get there! :)
Vaguely, but it's going nowhere due to learning nothing in Maths. I'll probably end up changing it when I get to A Level and probably won't take what I'm planning to at the moment, but hey. :lol:
I have my french speaking exam on the 18th april. So in these hoildays Im going to be doing alot of french
In all i have 23 GCSE exams :eek: I'm honestly bricking it, i have my french speaking one when i go back after half term, and i need to revise like 60 questions and answers. Why oh why am i doing Higher:rolleyes:
DaVeyWaVey
30-03-2007, 22:40
I'm in the same situation as you Layne - I have 5 topics to learn, i've managed to learn 1 conversation topic, just 4 more to learn!
Im really panicing about my french, I have no idea how im going to learn it all
60?! Now I'm glad I'm not doing French. I really feel for anyone that is, and I know people that are doing more than one language. Good luck with it, everyone.
DaVeyWaVey
31-03-2007, 15:35
The only exam i am really worried about is French closely followed by Maths. I am really gonna struggle with French, she has put me in for the Higher Tier for reading despite me getting a D in it on my mock, plus the exams are gonna be completely random. With some subjects, you know to revise certain subjects that you know will come up in the exam, but with French, there is so much vocabulary to learn and anything could come up! The role play for the oral exam is going to completely random, the same with the reading paper! I am currently revising for it at the moment, i just hope that what comes up i have actually learnt!
The only exam i am really worried about is French closely followed by Maths. I am really gonna struggle with French, she has put me in for the Higher Tier for reading despite me getting a D in it on my mock, plus the exams are gonna be completely random. With some subjects, you know to revise certain subjects that you know will come up in the exam, but with French, there is so much vocabulary to learn and anything could come up! The role play for the oral exam is going to completely random, the same with the reading paper! I am currently revising for it at the moment, i just hope that what comes up i have actually learnt!
Hasn't she even told you what has come up in recent years so that you know that there is less chance of that coming up? I'm not surprised given your coursework grade and that they are trying to get more and more higher tier passes now, but if it was that far from a C then she really should be letting you choose. If you're so worked up about it, it could put you off when you should be focussing on other subjects.
The people in my science class last year that were told that they were entered for 5-7 were allowed to change to 3-6 if they wanted, and it's more important you're comfortable with your tier of entry as GCSE's count for something other than sets.
The worst part of the french speaking exam for me is going to be the role play, I just know Im going to fail :(
In all i have 23 GCSE exams :eek: I'm honestly bricking it, i have my french speaking one when i go back after half term, and i need to revise like 60 questions and answers. Why oh why am i doing Higher:rolleyes:
23!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How come you are doing that many?
23!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How come you are doing that many?
French x4 (Speakin,Listening,Writing,Reading.)
Science x6 (Biology x2,Chemistry x2,Psyhics x2)
Maths x2 (Calculator & non Calculator)
English x4 (1984 & Poetry, Short Stories, and another two!)
History x2 (Paper 1 and paper 2)
Business Studies
Drama
Citizenship
Business Studies
Textiles - Design Technology
In all 23 exams. And that isn't including the 2 science modules i have also!
And i am the same i am going to fail the french role play, in my mock i couldn' teven say one thing in it.
oh you still have modular tests to do, Ive done all mine :)
The worst part of the french speaking exam for me is going to be the role play, I just know Im going to fail :(
Yeah I always hate the roleplays. I had mine on Thursday and it actually went well - even the roleplays and I got a big thumbs-up at the end. Of course I still had butterflies in my stomach right up to the end and me and my friend spent all of the waiting time discussing why we had signed up for A-Level French
Now the revision really starts. Just under 2 months to go!!!!!! :crying:
laurouski
02-04-2007, 20:39
23!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How come you are doing that many?
French x4 (Speakin,Listening,Writing,Reading.)
Science x6 (Biology x2,Chemistry x2,Psyhics x2)
Maths x2 (Calculator & non Calculator)
English x4 (1984 & Poetry, Short Stories, and another two!)
History x2 (Paper 1 and paper 2)
Business Studies
Drama
Citizenship
Business Studies
Textiles - Design Technology
In all 23 exams. And that isn't including the 2 science modules i have also!
And i am the same i am going to fail the french role play, in my mock i couldn' teven say one thing in it.
:eek:
So that's 23 exams, but how many GCSE's do you actually get at the end of it all?
I presume that the English is 2 (English and English Lit.) and maybe the Science is 2 (I think I remember being told that we get 2 Science GCSE's at the end of year 11), but are the French, Maths, and History only 1, or are they more?
I mean, I didn't think it was even possible to get more than one GCSE for those subjects (especially since Maths is calculator and non-calculator - who ever sees someone who has a 'Maths: calculator' GCSE? - and also because I highly doubt you get separate GCSE's for listening, speaking etc. in French), but I don't exactly know about these things. We never get told anything at our school! :rolleyes:
I got two GCSE's in maths - one for maths and one for statistics. Stats was easy, it was basically just the stats (graphs, data, surveys etc) work from the maths GCSE but in a bit more depth.
Like you said, two for science (if you're doing double award) and two for english. One for every other subject unless you do a GNVQ/NVG/BTEC or any other vocational subject, which are worth about 4 GCSEs.
It is possible to get three GCSEs in science if you're doing triple award. You can also do single award and get one GCSE.
So that's 23 exams, but how many GCSE's do you actually get at the end of it all?
11 GCSEs in all (Science and English are 2 each, and R.E and Citizenship are 1/2 each therefore together making a whole one.)
And my mistake i have 24 exams in all - forgot R.E!
French speaking on wednsday and Im soooooo nervous I feel sick
Okay so My french speaking exam was today and Im so glad its over, I hated the exam but it was OK
DaVeyWaVey
18-04-2007, 17:57
Okay so My french speaking exam was today and Im so glad its over, I hated the exam but it was OK
I am bet your glad it's out of the way now! My french speaking exam is one of the exams that i'm most dreading. I've learnt 4 topics roughly, and i've got to write the last one out and learn it in 2 weeks. How do you think you did Abbie?
Erm it was Ok, my teacher said it should be a C cos I didnt foundation cos then I didnt have to talk for as long and I got really nervous in my mocks, I told me mum about it cos I didnt think she understands the whole the thing , cos Im doing some foundation some higher. and my coursework is an A* and my mum asked me if I could still get an A* and I said no well anyone I can still get a B which is my target grade and french isnt that importnat to me, I just didnt like the look on her face when I told her
DaVeyWaVey
18-04-2007, 18:45
I'm doing Higher, but i am quite nervous. I'm sure you've done great though Abbie, C or above is all you need..just keep telling your mum that. :)
I know its just annoying when she expects high of me
My french speaking is on friday and i think i'm going to fail and knowig my luck i'll get the hardest two question topics.
And not only that i have coursework still to do :rolleyes: Its like a big pile that just keeps being added to - I had the day off timetable today to try and get it done.
& My english teacher doesn't seem to realise that i have a speaking exam to revise for, 2 other pieces of coursework for other subjects to complete and i have to go to my drama lesson place thing, she isn't getting my essay on friday :rolleyes:
Xx-Vicky-xX
19-04-2007, 11:09
i think i'm going to fail
Im sure you wont hun you are bright so im sure you will be fine :)
What are the 2 hardest topics, I only thought there was one which is the environment
So annoyed with myself. Got my Maths and Biology results back and I was a few marks off an A* in each one. Biology teacher is less than impressed :(
DaVeyWaVey
19-04-2007, 19:02
Why less than impressed? An A is fantastic! You shouldn't be annoyed Kim, you should be happy that you actually got an A!
samantha nixon
19-04-2007, 20:39
Why less than impressed? An A is fantastic! You shouldn't be annoyed Kim, you should be happy that you actually got an A!
thats what i was gonna say, Kim an A is great ive had b,c and when i get my other 2 i think they are gonna be d's
DaVeyWaVey
19-04-2007, 20:47
Why less than impressed? An A is fantastic! You shouldn't be annoyed Kim, you should be happy that you actually got an A!
thats what i was gonna say, Kim an A is great ive had b,c and when i get my other 2 i think they are gonna be d's
Yeah. I'm not even expected to get any As at GCSE so i don't really know what the fuss is about really! :rolleyes:
samantha nixon
19-04-2007, 20:53
Why less than impressed? An A is fantastic! You shouldn't be annoyed Kim, you should be happy that you actually got an A!
thats what i was gonna say, Kim an A is great ive had b,c and when i get my other 2 i think they are gonna be d's
Yeah. I'm not even expected to get any As at GCSE so i don't really know what the fuss is about really! :rolleyes:
I dont know what im expected yet, but I dont think any of mine will be A's either
When I took my GCSE's there was no such thing as an A* - I'd have been right chuffed if I got an A (but I didn't - ah well - hasn't served me badly in life lol)
Sam-Elle
19-04-2007, 21:15
I got my science module results back today. Got 2 A's and a B, one mark off a A*. Well im happy with what I got, thought id do a lot worse, I was expecting at least a C.
Not looking forward to my French module comming up...
The teacher wasn't happy because when we did the last module, I got an A* with 48/50 and the boundary was 45, and I was the only one to get it. This time I got an A, but 3 people got an A*.
I got my science module results back today. Got 2 A's and a B, one mark off a A*. Well im happy with what I got, thought id do a lot worse, I was expecting at least a C.
Not looking forward to my French module comming up...
Well done you :p I got my results back too and i got 2 C's and a D, which ain't bad but ain't the best either. French tomorrow.... :eek:
Glad I'm not taking French. Good luck.
DaVeyWaVey
19-04-2007, 22:57
I got my science module results back today. Got 2 A's and a B, one mark off a A*. Well im happy with what I got, thought id do a lot worse, I was expecting at least a C.
Not looking forward to my French module comming up...
Well done you :p I got my results back too and i got 2 C's and a D, which ain't bad but ain't the best either. French tomorrow.... :eek:
Well done Sam - Elle! Your science results are brilliant! Good luck tomorrow Layne, i haven't got mine until another 2 weeks.
A in Chemistry, 2 off A*. Grrr. Now we have a 'physics specialist' taking our lessons. He's useless, not hopeful for the next modules. Don't understand once again in Maths - exam in 8 weeks, I'm going to fail.
Some if my science revison classes are juts awful at the moment!!
French wasn't as bad as i thought! I had Youth Culture and Carrer and Future plans, got nervous forgot nearly all the revising i'd done the morning, but managed to get some words out :p My teacher said it was probably about a C, maybe more but definately no less. So overall before my average was about a B, so praying i revise and do well in my reading, writing and listening i should get a B/C overall!
Thats really good, well done, my teacher has told me what marks UMS I have probably so far in french which is 130 which i think is really good compared to others in my class
Ive been so annoyed with my ICT, well DIDA cos the other week my teacher was like yeh you are looking at a C which i really wasnt happy about cos I had worked so hard. Then yesterday another IT teacher was like you are probably A even A* so Im so confused and Ive finsihed it all today, so I have no idea about my grade
samantha nixon
27-04-2007, 19:02
I got another 2 module science results back today and I did crap I got d and c i was hoping for at least a c, but as soon as id done the test i knew i wouldnt have done that well. Its a good job we can retake any we want next year
DaVeyWaVey
27-04-2007, 19:15
Well done Samantha Nixon, they're really great. I wouldn't be too worried about the D. Like you said, you can resit it if you want next year, but as the Science modules go on and you sit more exams in that module, say if you get 2 Cs and a D, the 2 Cs would cancel out the D giving you a C overall.
In the exams you just got the results back from, if you got a high C and a high D, then if you mix the results together, you'd get a C overall. :) Hope that makes sense!
samantha nixon
27-04-2007, 21:18
Yh that does make sense so as i got a C and a D this time and last time i got a C and a B does that mean overall so far id have a C
laurouski
27-04-2007, 21:39
Since I'm at the same school as Sam, I also got my most recent two module results back today. I'm very happy with my results, I was very surprised with them.
I didn't even realise we were getting them yet, I was just going up to the teacher's desk to ask him something, when people starting patting me on the back and congratulating me, I was like 'What the.. ?', lol.
And Sam, stop worrying about your results! They're great! :D
DaVeyWaVey
27-04-2007, 22:22
Yh that does make sense so as i got a C and a D this time and last time i got a C and a B does that mean overall so far id have a C
Yeah that's right as the B would drag the D up to a C, and you have two Cs already, so i think that'll make it a C overall. :)
samantha nixon
27-04-2007, 22:37
ok thanks dave, hopfull ill do well in the next 2 and atleast get a c overall
and laura what did you get?
laurouski
29-04-2007, 00:48
Two A*'s. :eek:
I'm telling you there was a mistake with the marking or something - not that I'm complaining or anything! :)
I wasn't very confident at all when we came out of them, I really wasn't expecting this. This honestly isn't fake modesty or anything, I mean, I'm not very confident about Chemistry and Physics anyway, but when I was revising there was so much that I wasn't sure about at all, just didn't have time to revise them properly. I went in feeling worried and I am just so shocked.
It does go to show that revision makes more of a difference than I thought, though. Last time I did about 5 of the tests on Bitesize (in my defence, we weren't told very far in advance, as I think I've moaned about already :) ); this time I skimmed through the two sections that we were being tested on in the text book, and improved my grade.
It's weird because in the last modules, when we did Biology and Chemistry (Human Biology and Products from Rocks, I think), I did better at Chemistry (well, I did in the mocks - in the actual exams I got the same grade in these two sections), even though Biology is the subject that I've always preferred and felt more confident in. Also, this time our teacher went on maternity leave a couple of weeks before the exam, and the teacher we were left with couldn't really control the class properly, and didn't give us very helpful work, so that also made me feel less confident about getting a half decent grade, but somehow I improved, and so did quite a few people that I know. Maybe we thrive under pressure more than we thought, or something. :searchme:
So if I get a letter through the post telling me that I was sent the wrong grades, I'll let you know!
Sorry for going on, I just think it's strange. :o
Anyway, Sam - a C is really good :) , and don't forget that if you do still feel unhappy with any of your grades, you can re-sit them. And, like I said, we weren't prepared as well this time around, so if you feel that this may have affected your grades, you could re-sit them just to put your mind at rest.
Well done, Layne :thumbsup: , and Abbie - I hope that the other IT teacher is right! :D
samantha nixon
29-04-2007, 19:08
Wow Laura 2 A*'s, I thought Leanne was being smart lol with 1 A*
well done
DaVeyWaVey
29-04-2007, 22:26
My French speaking GCSE is this Thursday. It's worth 25% of my final grade, i feel ok about it, but i'm a bit nervous. Have learnt all the conversations roughly now, just the role plays i'm worrying a bit about, as they're gonna be on something completely random, but i've learnt a few new things that i could say on my role plays, so i'm gonna try and use that in my role plays to try and get a high mark. I'm just hoping all goes ok. :D Plus i have an hour or so to revise solidly before the exam as i have to stay in the library to prevent cheating, so atleast i would have gone through it all again just before i go into the exam.
Im sure you'll be fine davey, when I did my exam it was the second one in the afternoon so I had classes in the morning then after lunch had to go the classroom they were using as the waiting area and only had 10 mins to quickly go over my stuff
DaVeyWaVey
30-04-2007, 19:43
I found out my Drama coursework result today. I got 101/120, i'm well chuffed! :D I think it's a high B or an A..not quite sure..
oooooo well done, I have my final drama assesment next tuesday
DaVeyWaVey
30-04-2007, 20:37
Oooh good luck Abbie, i'm sure you'll do well. I've finished my GCSE Drama course completely now, we've done everything so we're just spending our lessons chatting and revising for other subjects.
laurouski
30-04-2007, 23:15
Thanks Sam, and congrats Leanne, too. :thumbsup:
So Sam, do you know which you got a D on and which a C (Chemistry/Physics I mean)? I think the first one listed on the program that had our results on it was Chemistry.
Well done on your Drama, Davey, but please stop talking about the French oral, because you're making me nervous already and I've still got a year! :)
Just joking - let us know how it goes.
Good luck as well, Abbie!
samantha nixon
01-05-2007, 08:44
Dave that is really good
and Im guessing I got the d in Physics as that is the one I feel I did the worst in, but im not sure what order is as it was Leigh he told me, as sir wouldnt answer me lol
I'd think it was the other way round. Both times I thought I did best in one, but did better in the other.
DaVeyWaVey
03-05-2007, 17:35
I had my French oral exam today, i was quite pleased over how I did. I made a few mistakes on the role plays i did, and i said "yes" in English instead of "Oui" at one point, but apart from that, i did ok. My French teacher at the end of the exam said i did well, apart from the few mistakes i made here and there, so overall i think i did ok! :D
I'm not surprised, Dave. Orals = a load of pressure, so I can't imagine what it must be like in French. Well done.
well done davey :) Its scary isnt it, I was so glad when mine was over
DaVeyWaVey
03-05-2007, 18:49
Yeah i was quite nervous just before the exam, but as i got in there, i kinda forgot about my nerves as i began speaking, and i just went for it. I'm so glad mine is out the way now too!
Now we just have all the written ones to do
DaVeyWaVey
03-05-2007, 18:58
Yep, i only have Reading and Listening left to do. Quite confident about Listening, but not Reading really, as my teacher put me in for higher and i got a D in higher for my mock.
Im the other way around, better at reading than listening
laurouski
03-05-2007, 22:44
Well done, Davey! :thumbsup:
I had my French mock yesterday. I did get quite panicked for a bit because I was being told that we were going to have to do an oral, even though we hadn't been told this so hadn't had a chance to prepare, but, thankfully, that wasn't true.
We only had to do the foundation, because we've changed teachers quite a few times and had some disruptive kids in our class, so the Head of French didn't think we were ready for higher.
It all went OK, mostly it was a case of, what we knew, we could do, but what he hadn't learnt, we couldn't. There wasn't really anything that we couldn't quite remember, mostly just stuff we hadn't learnt at all.
I prefer reading, because I like to be able to read through things as much as possible, and I'm not really good enough at French to understand the tapes straight away. I also find it quite hard to stay focused in the massive gaps that they seem to put in between every question, and usually end up missing the start. :o
I've got History tomorrow - which I'm dreading! I really should have revised more, but I find revising hard and we've had so much other revision to do, and lots of work to catch up with. We've had a crappy teacher this year, so I'm feeling so unprepared. I'm just gonna read through the revision notes, and go in to revise with the teacher for about 15 minutes tomorrow morning, and hopefully I can just about scrape through with that. I just need to remember that it's not really important - we have still got a year until our actual exams.
I wasn't sure if I was going to have a Graphics exam tomorrow, but my teacher phoned my mum (rather sneakily, I might add) to tell her that I shouldn't bother and should just go to her room and make sure my coursework is done, since it's due in tomorrow. So I'm just doing that now, but it's mostly just stuff to be stuck in, anyway. The teacher has already rang three times this week!! :ninja:
Ahhhh I onyl have 4 days left at school now, so I have so much revision to do
is anyone doing psychology? ive just start the course at home and think i'll be needing some help....so need someone willing to answer many many questions lol
I was going to take that at college but I decided not too
is anyone doing psychology? ive just start the course at home and think i'll be needing some help....so need someone willing to answer many many questions lol
I think Lea (Crazy) did Psychology last year Lee....
Lol at first I thought you were calling her crazy but now I get it :p
samantha nixon
04-05-2007, 21:05
is anyone doing psychology? ive just start the course at home and think i'll be needing some help....so need someone willing to answer many many questions lol
I wanna do phycology at college but we didnt get that as a choice for a GCSE (is it a choice or not lol)
di marco
04-05-2007, 21:06
is anyone doing psychology? ive just start the course at home and think i'll be needing some help....so need someone willing to answer many many questions lol
I wanna do phycology at college but we didnt get that as a choice for a GCSE (is it a choice or not lol)
we never got it as a choice for gcse either but i think some places offer it
I didnt think it was an option for gcse
Lol at first I thought you were calling her crazy but now I get it :p
:rotfl:
But she is isn't she?! :lol: Theres only one Lea.. :lol:
It isn't an option at my school, either; until A level, and they do a lot of courses.
CrazyLea
04-05-2007, 22:32
How ROOD :p :loL: joke.
But yeah, I did Psychology last year (well remember Em :D). So if you do get stuck or need help Lee, just ask, and I may or may not be able to help :).
I didnt think it was an option for gcse
No, I don't think it is. I think it's mainly due to the content like Freud not being appropriate for 14/15 year olds. I don't think there is a GCSE in psychology anyway.
CrazyLea
04-05-2007, 22:44
I only did it cause I did GCSE's twice.. I did them second time in College.. so I guess there is a GCSE in Psych.. just not in schools :p.
Chloe-Elise
07-05-2007, 20:09
I'm getting so nervous now, exams start next week! Everybody doing lots of revision?
DaVeyWaVey
07-05-2007, 21:03
My next two exams, English Literature and ICT Paper 1 are on 22nd May...then i have a week off, before all my other exams start.
I've started revising for ICT Paper 1, i'm doing quite well with my revision at the moment, we got given some booklets in my ICT lesson and each booklet has revision in for each paper, so i'm learning a page a day for each booklet by writing out the page and reading it over and over again, and it seems to be working well as all the facts are staying in my head.
Have you been revising Chloe-Elise?
Chloe-Elise
07-05-2007, 21:09
Quite a lot, most nervous about Science I think though. I've got RE and Art next week, then English Lit then a week off, so I hope I can get lots of revision done then. I can't believe my exams start next week, I'm so nervous! Sounds like your revisions going well Davey, good luck with it :)
DaVeyWaVey
07-05-2007, 21:17
Good luck with your revision too. :) The exams i'm most nervous about is Maths and French reading and listening. In my Maths mock, i scrapped a C, so i really hope i manage to do it again. I'm quite ok about my other exams, i'm hoping to revise quite a lot over the week i have off with no exams, then revise the nights before for each exam (cramming) to get that last minute revision in.
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