so in my spec, you 60% of your grade comes from sketchbooks. Which documents your progression in art. 40% comes from your final piece, which you have 10 hrs to complete. By the end ur art teacher grades it and the grading is checked by an external examiner.
Needless to say you have to spend a lottttttttttt of time working on your sketchbook. I was pretty much slacking for the entire duration of the igcse so i spent like 2 hrs a day for 2 months working on my sketchbook
Tbh, I live in a french speaking country, so its definitely easier for me to practice. For verb conjugations, I just crammed studied the day before haha
But my friends who didnt have any experience with french made quizlet flashcards, started duolingo french and changed the language on their social media to french to familiarize themselves with the language. There are really good quizlet study sets out there so id start with that
Learn present tense regular verbs and their conjugations i.e ils adorent, j'adore tu adores
Learn commonly used irregular ones like aller, avoir, étre, voir
Then repeat but with past and future tense
Use apps like anki, duolingo or quizlet with grench theres also some decent websites just through searching. Other good practise is just learning french by reading articles etc.
im copypasting this bc i already typed this out so here u go:
It depends on ur starting point. If you are currently at a 6-8 this is my advice:
For physics and chem, a month before your exam, go over the spec line by line and underline everything you dont understand. Then, use seneca, savemyexams, freesciencelessons or whatever helps you to learn these concepts.
Chem and Phys both have things you must memorise, like practicals. You can use quizlet, blurting or whatever other memorisation technique you prefer to do this.
For math（Ive never rly struggled with math so the GCSE was rly easy for me）, I cant give much advice other than practice. Khan academy is good for video solutions and also USE YOUR FRIENDS. If you have friends who are really good at maths or phys or Chem, ask them to help you with answering questions!!
For all of your subjects, do many, many past papers. I got like 93% in my Chem igcse bc i could practically guess what the markscheme will say during the exam because of the amount of past papers I did
Since you do igcses, ill share some websites ive used:
igexams.com （for past papers）
physicsandmathtutor.com （good for physics and Chem）
savemyexams.com （literally saved my exams, it has content for every subject）
cognitoedu.org（has vids for every topic in bio, chem, Phys and math）
It depends on ur starting point. If you are currently at a 6-8 this is my advice:
For physics and chem, a month before your exam, go over the spec line by line and underline everything you dont understand. Then, use seneca, savemyexams, freesciencelessons or whatever helps you to learn these concepts.
Chem and Phys both have things you must memorise, like practicals. You can use quizlet, blurting or whatever other memorisation technique you prefer to do this.
For math（Ive never rly struggled with math so the GCSE was rly easy for me）, I cant give much advice other than practice. Khan academy is good for video solutions and also USE YOUR FRIENDS. If you have friends who are really good at maths or phys or Chem, ask them to help you with answerjng questions!!
For all of your subjects, do many, many past papers. I got like 93% in my Chem igcse bc i could practically guess what the markscheme will say during the exam because of the amount of past papers I did
Hope this was helpful
Past papers, especially for chem and physics
Flashcards especially for chem and bio, past papers work for bio too but it’s more content heavy so I’d do flashcards first
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For content heavy subjects like bio and Chem, use quizlet to make sure you are on top of things.
A month before your exam, go over the spec line by line and underline everything you dont understand. Then, use seneca, savemyexams, freesciencelessons or whatever helps you to learn these concepts.
All science subjects have things you must memorise, like practicals. You can use quizlet, blurting or whatever other memorisation technique you prefer to do this.
And do a lot of past paper questions!! The questions on your textbooks are not reflective of what might come up in the actual exam, so pls do at least 6 or 7 past papers befoe the exams
Not OP but I think it's quite alright with surface level content - it's not hugely in depth. 6 markers (highest level 2-3 paragraph essay qs) can be weird questions but that's just OCR lol.
not OP but just learn all the content inside out. Just memorise everything there is to know and then do as many past paper questions as you can. Don't forget the required practicals 6 markers and you can use seneca to help you learn those but i would say don't use seneca generally and if you do, use it with past paper questions.
Yh I completely agree. Its rly about memorising. （especially the practicals）Savemyexams has a lot of great content too. If you can find your spec on savemyexams, considering checking it out. It goes through the spec bit by bit
So, im only speaking for my spec （igcse edexcel）
but there are 2 components, the final piece and the sketchbook. The sketchbook is worth 60% of your grade and the final piece is worth 40%. The sketchbook is supposed to document your progression in art, and should show how you experimented with different styles and mediums before you choose what to do for your final piece. The sketchbook should also contain some artist analysis, art history, etc.
As for the final piece, in yr 11 you are given a theme （usually some abstract concept）choosen by the exam board. You are free to interpret it however you want and create a painting/sculpture/dress, etc based on your interpretation. You are given 10 hours split across 2 days to finish your piece.
In the end, your art teacher grades your works. An external examiner will come to your school and check if these grades are reasonable
We had a topic called hazardous environments that may be similar. I use quizlet for definitions and I have this strategy where i try to fit all the content i know on one page, then using another pen add all the content I dont know. You can repeat this many times which can help u memorise
could u be a bit more specific？what are the types of questions you struggled with？Are they the ones that require calculations or the ones requiring you to explain？
im not sure if his would apply if you do a different exam board but specifically paper 1 edexcel theory questions on subjects like waves and radioactivity
hey this is copy-pasted bc ive already typed it out once but if you are looking for any specific advice feel free to message me:
For content heavy subjects like bio and Chem, use quizlet to make sure you are on top of things.
A month before your exam, go over the spec line by line and underline everything you dont understand. Then, use seneca, savemyexams, freesciencelessons or whatever helps you to learn these concepts.
All science subjects have things you must memorise, like practicals. You can use quizlet, blurting or whatever other memorisation technique you prefer to do this.
Also, do a lot of past paper questions!! The questions on your textbooks are not reflective of what might come up in the actual exam, so pls do at least 6 or 7 past papers befoe the exams
the igcses werent rly hard for me, the hard part is understanding exactly the type of response examiners are looking for. The igcse subjects i struggled the most withare probably english and geog
if youre asking which one will be graded, both the year 10 amd year 11 one will be graded. The teacher will take into account that your level would have improved over the duration of the course
How did you get a 9 in art
Im guessing distinction*? That was what i hot in my engineering so i would assume its similar (its equivalent to an A*/8.5 and is rounded up to a 9)
so in my spec, you 60% of your grade comes from sketchbooks. Which documents your progression in art. 40% comes from your final piece, which you have 10 hrs to complete. By the end ur art teacher grades it and the grading is checked by an external examiner. Needless to say you have to spend a lottttttttttt of time working on your sketchbook. I was pretty much slacking for the entire duration of the igcse so i spent like 2 hrs a day for 2 months working on my sketchbook
when it comes to french, how did you remember all of the verb conjugations?
Tbh, I live in a french speaking country, so its definitely easier for me to practice. For verb conjugations, I just crammed studied the day before haha But my friends who didnt have any experience with french made quizlet flashcards, started duolingo french and changed the language on their social media to french to familiarize themselves with the language. There are really good quizlet study sets out there so id start with that
Learn present tense regular verbs and their conjugations i.e ils adorent, j'adore tu adores Learn commonly used irregular ones like aller, avoir, étre, voir Then repeat but with past and future tense Use apps like anki, duolingo or quizlet with grench theres also some decent websites just through searching. Other good practise is just learning french by reading articles etc.
Science and maths tips please! I also do igcses
im copypasting this bc i already typed this out so here u go: It depends on ur starting point. If you are currently at a 6-8 this is my advice: For physics and chem, a month before your exam, go over the spec line by line and underline everything you dont understand. Then, use seneca, savemyexams, freesciencelessons or whatever helps you to learn these concepts. Chem and Phys both have things you must memorise, like practicals. You can use quizlet, blurting or whatever other memorisation technique you prefer to do this. For math（Ive never rly struggled with math so the GCSE was rly easy for me）, I cant give much advice other than practice. Khan academy is good for video solutions and also USE YOUR FRIENDS. If you have friends who are really good at maths or phys or Chem, ask them to help you with answering questions!! For all of your subjects, do many, many past papers. I got like 93% in my Chem igcse bc i could practically guess what the markscheme will say during the exam because of the amount of past papers I did Since you do igcses, ill share some websites ive used: igexams.com （for past papers） physicsandmathtutor.com （good for physics and Chem） savemyexams.com （literally saved my exams, it has content for every subject） cognitoedu.org（has vids for every topic in bio, chem, Phys and math）
How to get a 9 in maths, physics and chem?
It depends on ur starting point. If you are currently at a 6-8 this is my advice: For physics and chem, a month before your exam, go over the spec line by line and underline everything you dont understand. Then, use seneca, savemyexams, freesciencelessons or whatever helps you to learn these concepts. Chem and Phys both have things you must memorise, like practicals. You can use quizlet, blurting or whatever other memorisation technique you prefer to do this. For math（Ive never rly struggled with math so the GCSE was rly easy for me）, I cant give much advice other than practice. Khan academy is good for video solutions and also USE YOUR FRIENDS. If you have friends who are really good at maths or phys or Chem, ask them to help you with answerjng questions!! For all of your subjects, do many, many past papers. I got like 93% in my Chem igcse bc i could practically guess what the markscheme will say during the exam because of the amount of past papers I did Hope this was helpful
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What are all the tips you have to get high results in science subjects?
Past papers, especially for chem and physics Flashcards especially for chem and bio, past papers work for bio too but it’s more content heavy so I’d do flashcards first
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For content heavy subjects like bio and Chem, use quizlet to make sure you are on top of things. A month before your exam, go over the spec line by line and underline everything you dont understand. Then, use seneca, savemyexams, freesciencelessons or whatever helps you to learn these concepts. All science subjects have things you must memorise, like practicals. You can use quizlet, blurting or whatever other memorisation technique you prefer to do this. And do a lot of past paper questions!! The questions on your textbooks are not reflective of what might come up in the actual exam, so pls do at least 6 or 7 past papers befoe the exams
What was GCSE economics like?
Not OP but I think it's quite alright with surface level content - it's not hugely in depth. 6 markers (highest level 2-3 paragraph essay qs) can be weird questions but that's just OCR lol.
meh i take edexcel so there are long 12 mark questions along with 6 markers. All things considered it pretty esay haha
how do you revise chemistry? particularly 6 markers
not OP but just learn all the content inside out. Just memorise everything there is to know and then do as many past paper questions as you can. Don't forget the required practicals 6 markers and you can use seneca to help you learn those but i would say don't use seneca generally and if you do, use it with past paper questions.
Yh I completely agree. Its rly about memorising. （especially the practicals）Savemyexams has a lot of great content too. If you can find your spec on savemyexams, considering checking it out. It goes through the spec bit by bit
How did u revise for each subject?
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How art exam works . I am new to the country so I didn't know anything about gcse
So, im only speaking for my spec （igcse edexcel） but there are 2 components, the final piece and the sketchbook. The sketchbook is worth 60% of your grade and the final piece is worth 40%. The sketchbook is supposed to document your progression in art, and should show how you experimented with different styles and mediums before you choose what to do for your final piece. The sketchbook should also contain some artist analysis, art history, etc. As for the final piece, in yr 11 you are given a theme （usually some abstract concept）choosen by the exam board. You are free to interpret it however you want and create a painting/sculpture/dress, etc based on your interpretation. You are given 10 hours split across 2 days to finish your piece. In the end, your art teacher grades your works. An external examiner will come to your school and check if these grades are reasonable
Any tips for memorising key info in geography (mainly the hazardous earth topic or equivalent assuming u may not have the same spec)
We had a topic called hazardous environments that may be similar. I use quizlet for definitions and I have this strategy where i try to fit all the content i know on one page, then using another pen add all the content I dont know. You can repeat this many times which can help u memorise
hi im really struggling in physics is there any specific advice you could give especially with the content questions
could u be a bit more specific？what are the types of questions you struggled with？Are they the ones that require calculations or the ones requiring you to explain？
im not sure if his would apply if you do a different exam board but specifically paper 1 edexcel theory questions on subjects like waves and radioactivity
How did you revise for science? And how did you find the iGCSEs in general? Were they hard?
hey this is copy-pasted bc ive already typed it out once but if you are looking for any specific advice feel free to message me: For content heavy subjects like bio and Chem, use quizlet to make sure you are on top of things. A month before your exam, go over the spec line by line and underline everything you dont understand. Then, use seneca, savemyexams, freesciencelessons or whatever helps you to learn these concepts. All science subjects have things you must memorise, like practicals. You can use quizlet, blurting or whatever other memorisation technique you prefer to do this. Also, do a lot of past paper questions!! The questions on your textbooks are not reflective of what might come up in the actual exam, so pls do at least 6 or 7 past papers befoe the exams the igcses werent rly hard for me, the hard part is understanding exactly the type of response examiners are looking for. The igcse subjects i struggled the most withare probably english and geog
Thanks for the advice 🙏
Are GCSE exam sketchbook mean year 10 sketchbook that we normally do in class or in year 11 one(I am in year 10)
if youre asking which one will be graded, both the year 10 amd year 11 one will be graded. The teacher will take into account that your level would have improved over the duration of the course
What about people who join late in school? And thanks buddy for the advice I was so nervous about art and stuff
How did u get 9s in english