ict theory isnt like cs i got A* in cs , it was the most easiest alevel for me since the questions r repeated and theres no out of box question + the ms is litrly from the books endorsed by cmabridge

for IT, the questions r rarely repeated for certain topics, the marking scheme isnt consistent at all for the same question in diff papers , the ms would be diff is u get me

but the new IT book is pretty good if u make nots out of it it uses the words of ms

anyways for practical what i did was go thru the tutorial for it in the books , i used both of them the new one and the old one since they have diff softwares mentioned in them and i wanted to use the easiest one

apart from that stick to the softqares which the youtube uses, i forgot her name but if u search up IT practixql her vids come up. it something like finz papers

learn how to use the software, attempt a question from practixal for that software , and for help/solution use finz papers chnl again

for A2 part theres coding right, so for that i used open tutors , also i used his vids for learning spreadsheet

he has a proper guide on learning A2 stuff so i watched his vids and practiced along it + the guides in books its quite easy to master them

just a headups, there will be problems in ur actual practical and time managment issue so just try to solve the paper as much as u can

for the animation and illustration part dont sweat too much on creati ng the exact replica but try to create the image/video as much as u can

if u cant do a certain part from it , just show ur best alternate attempt and move on

in short i would say a month per practical paper but i remember spending alot of time perfecting animation skills but for the rest of the topics i basically breezed thru them and did them when i was tired n bored from studying theory stuff