Everyone loves the idea of Christmas! Delightful smiles, warm hearted mortals and a ravishing atmosphere. Best of all, two splendid weeks off college.
Currently we’re half way into our college year, whether you’re a GCSE student, AS/A2 – you’re half way through your academic year!
Exciting right? You roughly have about five months until your end of year exams. Are you ready for them?!
As much as you want to spend your holidays doing nothing, it’s important to spend some of your time preparing for them exams. By preparing we don’t mean going all out and revising 24/7! We mean doing small things to get you on track for the next 5 months. Here are a few things we recommend for you to try during the holidays to kick start your revision! They’re not big tasks and are hardly time consuming so you can still 'chillax' without the guilty conscious of avoiding your work.
1. Make a revision timetable!
A revision timetable is a very good way to plan your time so that you don’t waste it. It doesn’t have to be overly detailed however if you just planned your time it will get you into a routine of revision so that when it gets closer to exam time, the idea of revising won’t come as a shock to you, it will be natural! As well as this, you’ll actually be revising meaning that you’ll be on top of your revision. It’s a win, win!
2. Catching up on classwork
Everyone has that one off day they miss due to being ill or maybe you just didn’t understand a bit of work one lesson; takes these holidays as an opportunity! An opportunity to catch up and go over notes and class work so that you know it, after all you DO need to know that stuff for your exams!
3. Buy revision guides!
Revision guides are brilliant. The CGP ones in particular, if you don’t already we recommend you going online and buy revision books for your subjects. An alternative can also be to go to the library, Birmingham central library especially; it’s full of revision guides and other revision material.
4. Create a checklist
All subjects have a vast amount of topics to cover. You need to know all of those topics! All the context. How to do it? Create a checklist. The checklist should have a list of the topics to cover so that when you’ve revised the topic you just tick it off and move onto the next one. If your teacher hasn’t given you one then we suggest you make one.
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In summary, you need to get a move on with your revision! Starting early as possible is the key. Make sure you don’t neglect your studies! However, it is the Christmas break so make sure you do give yourself time to kick back and catch up on your sleep.
We wish you a very peaceful break a Merry Christmas and a very happy new year! Until next time…
