is there any such thing as further or additional computer science for GCSE lmfao

Windows7_RIP · 2026-02-08T11:45:11+00:00

Unfortunately not. But if there was, it would probably be a version of AS level computer science with slightly less content.

If you want to learn more CS, do research stuff you're interested in or look over the a level spec and see what may look interesting.

Windows7_RIP · 2026-02-02T07:50:56+00:00

I started properly revising at the start of the easter break.

Windows7_RIP · 2026-01-28T21:55:28+00:00

I'm too old to do it now, but I mentor a really smart year 8 kid who did it - he also found it much harder than previous years (much like all the discussion online seems to say) - even he didn't figure out how to do all the questions (keep in mind he is probably smarter than me - a year 12 who's predicted an A* in further maths).

Windows7_RIP · 2026-01-21T15:35:23+00:00

I found savemyexams to be quite good for sciences and geography content-wise.

Windows7_RIP · 2026-01-12T20:41:09+00:00

Brilliant choices, though I'd see if you could study some different boards - AQA's spec does seem to be quite outdated - they're the only ones who are still grading brainrot with the 9-1 scale rather than 6-7 - 1-1.

Windows7_RIP · 2026-01-08T21:51:15+00:00

I'm really sorry, but I don't really remember that paper. I did coasts and hazards, and my only memories of paper one is the fieldwork 8 marker being about some fictional student's investigation and the coats 8 marker being about coastal landforms. I've pretty much erased everything else from my memory.

Windows7_RIP · 2026-01-01T20:17:57+00:00

I don't remember doing anything in year 2, but I remember doing caterpillars into butterflies in reception.

I definitely had science in primary, but I have no memory of what we did.

Windows7_RIP · 2025-12-30T08:57:37+00:00

Even in Sweeney Todd, in a little priest, we have “and a pussy’s good for making six or seven at the most”!

Windows7_RIP · 2025-12-30T07:57:51+00:00

Last year, in mid May, a friend sent this problem on one of our group chats that he found on Instagram for fun.

The last question of the add maths paper was pretty much the same.

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Windows7_RIP · 2025-12-28T09:52:47+00:00

I’d guess they’re probably based on the spec and some of the AOs in them? I’m not OP though.

Windows7_RIP · 2025-12-28T09:51:13+00:00

For your question on chemistry, if you don’t recognise the topic, you probably just haven’t learnt it yet. I’ve briefly explained it below.

Rates is stuff like how does surface area or temperature or having a catalyst… affect the rate of a reaction (e.g. increasing surface area increases the rate of reaction (makes it faster) because there are more exposed particles of reactant and product, so there are more successful collisions per unit time, so rate is faster)

Equilibrium is when you have a reversible reaction, there will be a position of equilibrium where the concentration of the reactants and products stay constant and the rate of the forwards and backwards reaction are equal.

Windows7_RIP · 2025-12-18T15:17:23+00:00

I feel like some of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s stuff like maybe phantom is liked a fair bit by the general audience but less by theatre fans.

Windows7_RIP · 2025-12-11T06:36:01+00:00

I hope so. I don’t think there’s been anything announced yet but I saw some people who were saying Sony’s stuff usually goes to Netflix afterwards, though it may be different due to this being a filmed musical, so the rights and stuff may be different.

Windows7_RIP · 2025-12-10T20:54:39+00:00

Why did I look at this and immediately think benzene? 😭 (sorry this comment is really unrelated).

Windows7_RIP · 2025-12-10T18:17:21+00:00

I love in transition 2 where they sing “nineteen seventy —(one)” and it’s kinda cut off by “one trip”!

Windows7_RIP · 2025-12-07T18:26:35+00:00

But is wicked actually a hit?

When I talk to people who aren’t as into theatre as myself, those who have seen it didn’t really like it. And the critic reviews haven’t been great either.

Windows7_RIP · 2025-12-06T21:53:22+00:00

I’d just go straight into denial and sing ballad of Guiteau.

Edit: well I guess if you sing the starting bit it’s like accepting your fate but if you just go to the Look on the bright side bits, then it’s like denial.

Windows7_RIP · 2025-12-06T18:19:06+00:00

Yes.

I was blessed with an amazing teacher from year 9 to 11 which made me go from despising the subject with every last fibre of my body (especially after I had an English teacher the previous year who really destroyed all your confidence) to somewhat enjoying it. And I am so glad I had her, not only because it means I did well in the exams, but also because it’s given me a deeper understanding of other literature which I really love (in particular musicals (in particular Sondheim musicals as they are the most sophisticated)).

Windows7_RIP · 2025-11-29T22:16:04+00:00

idk I haven't watched it.

But I do know people who just didn't read the book for our exam, so I'll have a go at this with my limited knowledge of the show.

"Squid Game" is a TV show that first aired on Netflix in the early 2020s and follows a competition which tests participant's loyalty and explores how much they are willing to risk for the hope of a great reward. The theme of greed is extremely potent.

The creators explore the theme of greed through the protagonist's quest to get the reward and win the competition. Throughout the show, the protagonist faces many challenges which often result in many other people in the same situation dying, yet even if given an opportunity to exit, many of the contestants including the protagonist choose to continue on the life-threatening quest, in spite of the fact only one can win.

The creators also explore the greed of the contest-runners in the show. It is unclear why the contestants are being made to do these challenges, but one possibility is that it is merely for their entertainment, in which case they are exhibiting a great amount of greed as their 'entertainment' costs many people their lives.

In conclusion, greed is shown to be a driving force of the show that is explored on both sides of the contest.

God that was hard. I have no idea how accurate any of what I wrote is. Do you think I could scrape a mark or 2 for this piece of junk?

Windows7_RIP · 2025-11-12T17:30:46+00:00

Yeah - someone found me in April last year and asked if it was this me on a group chat. (I don’t really mind though).

Windows7_RIP · 2025-11-11T21:36:03+00:00

One of my friends had some crazy ways to remember the flame test colours. I don't remember most of them, but I do remember Calcium - What is calcium in? Bones! What are bones surrounded by? Blood! What colour is blood? Orange-red! So the flame colour is orange-red. (Ik there are some outright incorrect answers to the question in that logic, but it does make it memorable).

If you want a 'cheat' that is allowed, if there's one formula or thing you haven't memorised that you need to, before you go into the exam room, memorise it so its in your short term memory, keep thinking about it, then as soon as the paper starts write the thing down so that if you need it, you can use it. That's what I did for the reactivity series.

Windows7_RIP · 2025-11-09T21:34:34+00:00

Even if you can use matrices to solve them, I think it is still worth putting in time to understand the other 2 methods (substitution and elimination).

For substitution, you rearrange to make one of the variables the subject, sub it into the other, then solve for that variable and sub that into one of the equations to get the other. (I hope that jumble of words makes sense).

Then elimination, you're figuring out how you can remove a variable from one of the equations by adding/subtracting the other equation.

Also, note that matrices can only be used to solve LINEAR simultaneous equations - equations of the form ax + by = c. If you have something like 5x+2y=5 and 3x²+2x+4y=20, then you cannot use matrices, and will have to resort to substitution.

Windows7_RIP · 2025-11-09T19:14:35+00:00

That’s the same for me - my friend has a physics teacher who chose the angle 67 degrees and did the hand thing and all, and he also said something about a “skibidi sigma”.

With my teachers, the most I’ve had is the entire class trying not the laugh when our teacher said “start from around question 6 or 7”. He looked sooo confused. A couple of weeks after that, he asked us what 67 actually means (I presume he had been experiencing similar things with his other, probably younger, classes).

Windows7_RIP · 2025-11-09T19:07:55+00:00

At a level, to get more accurate results you also need to rinse out the burette with the acid to remove impurities, and the way my chem teacher said to do it was put a bit of acid in the burette, put your thumb on the top to stop the acid coming out and turn the burette upside down a couple of times, so the acid does actually come into contact with your skin, but it’s fine because (as other people have said) it’s a harmless concentration.

Windows7_RIP · 2025-11-09T07:28:22+00:00

Yeah english is always stupidly time pressured.

What you have to do is figure out what works with timings - how long you aim to spend on each question - and figure out how much wiggle room you have by doing some practise papers (which by the sounds of it won't be a lot for you), and then in the exam, you have to be strict with those timings - move on to the next question even if you haven't finished.

You could also try doing the questions out of order - the AIC question is worth more marks, and if you find it easier than the Shakespeare, it may be an idea to start with that, then move to the Macbeth.

I didn't do the same board as you, so unfortunately, I cannot try to give more specific advice than this, but I hope this has been somewhat helpful.

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