Hi guys and welcome back to How to: School! This is the first post that I have made since completing the 365 posts in a row goal – and I must say that it feels nice being able to write whenever I have enough time and creativity to increase the quality of these posts!
Anyway, I went shopping yesterday and I shopped for some school supplies that I thought that I could need for next year and its’ GCSE exams – and here are the things that I bought:
- A clear pencil case (you have to have a clear one for exams)
- A new 360 degree protractor (because my old one has snapped in 2 places)
- A new notebook (for notes and revision)
- A Lino cutter (for art)
- Macbeth book (for GCSE English – so that I can write in it and annotate)
- Sticky notes (for, well, notes)
- Coloured pens (to make my notes stand out more)
But, there are many other things that you should all be buying (just in case you don’t have them aready):
- All 3 novels that you are doing in English (mine are An Inspector Calls, Hamlet, and A Christmas Carole)
- Plain folders (for all of your books and textbooks – to keep then neat and organised)
- Highlighters (for notes)
- Graph and tracing paper (so that you can practice in both maths, science and art)
- A clear ruler (so that you can easily read graph lines if the ruler is on top of them – it might sound a bit pointless, but some of my classmates lost out on marks because they couldn’t read and draw on the graph at the same time)
- A pencil sharpener
- Coloured pencils (for art)
- A full dictionary in what ever language you are taking (mine is Chinese)
- Paints and a sponge (again for art – but you might not need it depending on your course)
- A scientific calculator (if your one has run out of battery/ is not a scientific calculator already)
- All of the items in the previous list
Besides all of this – you also need a revision timetable (either print one off online or buy one), so that you can revise efficiently and not get overwhelmed. I recommend that you spend around 3 hours a week – or about half an hour each day with one day off (my preferences would be a Friday or a Saturday)!
I would also recommend speaking to your teachers about exams – and any other books that they would recommend that you get. I will post more about GCSEs in my next post – and it might become a bit of a recurring theme in my future upcoming posts, especially as I will sit my exams in less then a year from now!
I hope that you have all enjoyed this post! If you have any concerns about school or exams – or would like to see me answer your questions in a future post, just leave a comment down below and I will answer it! Also, make sure that you are subscribed to this blog for more school tips and tricks!
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