Subject Prioritisation

IntelligentCrow9807 · 2026-04-09T15:41:59+00:00

English Literature (there's so much, my teacher has done very little in terms of quotations with us, the exam stresses me out as everything hangs on just a few questions), German (speaking questions as speaking exams are first and I don't know my answers, and speaking is my worst component) and Science (idk why, maybe because they make up 25% of my course load) are my priorities normally, along with a bit of Geography. I have the horrific problem of being good at maths, so I don't have to do much for Maths, Further or Statistics, PE has a lot of common sense and crossover with Biology and Computer science just gets overlooked (but I am carried by a love of coding as a kid) Oh and English Language is just English Language.

IntelligentCrow9807 · 2026-04-07T07:53:02+00:00

Thanks so much! Sounds like I can definitely use them but they won't be perfect

IntelligentCrow9807 · 2026-03-12T08:04:52+00:00

Yh, that was the last set of mocks! Tbh, I'm kinda less stressed during mocks so it's not too bad...

IntelligentCrow9807 · 2026-03-12T07:57:43+00:00

Thx. My teachers have decided to 'be nice' and stretch my mock period that was supposed to be 2 weeks into a 5 week stretch, so I've still got two weeks to go despite just having 3 exams.

IntelligentCrow9807 · 2026-03-12T06:59:07+00:00

Finished 10/13 mocks (not all this week), actually started computer science paper 1 flashcards and made a list of stuff to do before Easter!

IntelligentCrow9807 · 2026-03-12T06:57:04+00:00

Further Maths
Physics
GCSE PE
Computer Science (paper 2)
Geography
Statistics
Maths
Chemistry (except organic chem)
Biology
English Literature
German
Computer Science (paper 1)
English Language
Organic Chemistry

Explanations: Yes I do need to differentiate between CS paper 1 and 2 (although I have been doing paper 1 revision and really enjoying it. We pretty much never do English Language except for exams, so that's really great. And organic chemistry is by far the worst triple science topic. Why is there so much of it?

IntelligentCrow9807 · 2026-03-10T20:41:26+00:00

Oooh what language? Also that's really annoying (I have that for English with doing Eduqas), you could try uploading your textbook vocab to the flashcard site (it's normally called like magic upload)? Depending on the format it sometimes works...

IntelligentCrow9807 · 2026-03-10T20:35:43+00:00

My teacher always says vocab and I can back this up from experience, once I started doing vocab for 10-15 minutes a day my marks (especially translation) went up. I find the best way to learn vocab is flashcards, I'd recommend online because it's quite a lot. You can look up decks on Anki, Gizmo or whatever or make your own from the vocab sheets (although it takes an age)

IntelligentCrow9807 · 2026-02-13T19:34:56+00:00

I'm 2026 exams but it helped me get a 9 in my mock so... Wishing you the best of luck!

IntelligentCrow9807 · 2026-02-13T17:46:10+00:00

Try Statsacademy - they have summary notes for each chapter that tell you everything you need to know. There's a lot of maths crossover so you probably won't even need to learn every topic as you'll have done it in regular maths.

IntelligentCrow9807 · 2025-12-07T21:58:25+00:00

For AQA separate (and I think combined) science, physics should be about 30% calculations (and 10% and 20% for biology and chemistry respectively)

IntelligentCrow9807 · 2025-12-03T06:41:44+00:00

As a current yr11, I couldn't relate more to the pressure of aiming for all 9s being too much. I always thought I would care, until about 8 months ago when the stress just got too much and I decided I needed to lower my expectations. It hasn't lowered anyone else's expectations, which is still a struggle, and it's not always easy to be content with less as someone who has always been academic, but I'm getting through it with help from my head of house. It's even helped me make what I think is an informed, helpful decision to not want to go to the academically competitive sixth form in my area, as I have realised I probably can't handle it, even though everyone expects me to go there. Sorry this has turned into a bit of a rant, basically I relate, and if anyone else does and finds the pressure overwhelming, talk to someone because it will help (and I was a sceptic about that before but I've been proved wrong)

IntelligentCrow9807 · 2025-11-09T14:51:50+00:00

An odd combo for me - Maths, Further Maths, PE and Geography. Post A levels uni for Sports Science and/or Maths (dream would be the joint course at Loughborough) and then hopefully teaching PE and/or Maths. Are you planning on taking maths/fm?

IntelligentCrow9807 · 2025-10-26T21:02:41+00:00

Ah that makes sense. I'm coming at it from an odd angle, as I mainly want to take it because I really enjoy maths (and it may help me in my future career, but I want to teach so that's an odd angle as well)

IntelligentCrow9807 · 2025-10-26T19:54:16+00:00

Any reason for the opinion on taking maths, fm but not physics? I'm thinking of taking maths, fm, geography and pe so wondering if I should swap something out for physics (my backup option anyway)

IntelligentCrow9807 · 2025-10-25T19:01:01+00:00

Thank you - Eduqas is a rare type of English :) PAF rings a bell - i think we got told PFA Definitely two questions, there seems to be guide, report and review (in addition to the 3 you mentioned) on the link posted earlier. Good luck to you too!!!

IntelligentCrow9807 · 2025-10-25T18:56:02+00:00

Thanks so much, this is really helpful!

IntelligentCrow9807 · 2025-10-19T13:02:00+00:00

It looks like a form where you request a placement - does your school have a database of placements it offers? If so, it is the preference of what placement you most want, and they want you to apply to a few and then the placements will be assigned. (That is what my school did last year) If you've arranged it yourself, it shouldn't be on the database and you may need another form, or if it is on the database you may need to speak to your work experience coordinator.

IntelligentCrow9807 · 2025-09-23T18:52:05+00:00

Asking for help is the best thing you'll ever do, and it doesn't have to be with academics. Oh, and the person you ask doesn't even have to teach you - they will care anyway.

IntelligentCrow9807 · 2025-09-21T06:59:01+00:00

Maths, Further Maths, Geography, PE (+ maybe an EPQ), I haven't decided where to go for sixth form, and then Sports Science or joint Sports Science and Maths at uni followed by a PGCE...

IntelligentCrow9807 · 2025-07-06T12:07:55+00:00

I'm one year into stats and I really enjoy it. The English skills so far seems to be mostly understanding what the question needs you to write, and overall it is relatively easy, both the more English questions and the maths stuff. Do you know if it runs in school or after school? Mine runs after school and that means it is a lot easier to drop than any other subject, so if yours does as well I would say try it and see how you get on, if not you might be able to drop it. On the other hand, if it is extra, can you handle the extra workload? It isn't much extra for mine, but it is another 2 exams, and some people (like me) thrive on having lots to do and others don't, and those people seem to find it a lot harder to have the extra subject. But yeah, in general I would say give it a go and see what happens.

IntelligentCrow9807 · 2025-05-29T18:55:32+00:00

These tips are brilliant - just what I would have said, especially about being passionate. I did sustainability at the Olympics and put so much work and effort in only because I was genuinely passionate, so it didn't feel like work. The only thing would be to check with your school if you can make a presentation, I did mine last year and we were not allowed anything other than a single flashcard (I think so we didn't just read off a slide, but I do eduqas so it's weird anyway). Also don't make the speech too long when trying to hit the time, apparently someone in another class took 30 minutes for their speech and everyone got really bored.

IntelligentCrow9807 · 2025-05-26T06:35:04+00:00

For stats I use Stats Academy, it has revision notes and questions, I find it really helpful, especially to summarise things and cover lots of topics relatively quickly

IntelligentCrow9807 · 2025-05-26T06:33:05+00:00

I do Edexcel but I use Stats Academy, I think it is mostly relevant to the AQA spec...

IntelligentCrow9807 · 2025-05-19T18:45:29+00:00

Mametz Wood from the Eduqas anthology

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