Revision tips

With my GCSE's this year I obviously knew that I would have mocks, but I didn't think they would be this trying. It's the fact you have so much revision to do in little time. I hate revision. It's a thing that I can't be bothered to do, like homework. It's just so boring. However, with the fact I want to do well, I have started to revise and these tips work for me. So here are my top 5.

1. Start early.
What I mean by this is not 6 in the morning, but around 12 (after lunch). You may be thinking that's not early, but with step 2 it should explain why it's okay.

2. Don't do any more then 2 hours with 10 minute breaks.
This means if you start at 12 you will have enough time to go out for the night.

3. Make revision cards.
If you were to just write full sentence you're not going to be able to remember everything. Making little cards will be useful to take with you anywhere so you can go over the main points. Also little cards are a lot smaller to carry than big thick books.

4. Use colours.
This to a lot of people may be stupid, but really it's great. The colours help things standout, but mainly I use them as a key to link things together. Also, it makes things neater and fun.

5. Stick revision notes around the house.
I love this idea as you could be putting your shoes on and be reading something useful. This works well as it means you could revise at anytime and anywhere in the house. If you put them in common places as well, you're more likely to remember them because you will read them more.

Pancake day

Just before I start to talk about pancake day, I would like to just say that these blogs have been, up to now, on Monday's at 5 pm. This might change for a couple of reasons, the main one is revision. When starting this I didn't realise how time consuming revision is but I am determined to carry on doing blogs because I enjoy it.
Anyways, Pancake day. Don't you just love it. I know you can make and eat pancakes whenever you want throughout the year, but pancake day gives you a reason to eat as many as you like without feeling bad. Today I had revision at school, which started at 10 am and even though I like sleep, I got up to be able to make pancake's. I think the best part of pancake's isn't the taste or toppings, it's making them. Even though I am not the best at making them perfectly shaped, I think the flipping part is so funny. I had a test run before making the pancake in this photo and I can tell you now, I am glad I did. Once the pancake was ready to be flipped, me being an idiot, flipped the pancake way to high and it landed on the floor. Thankfully from that stupid mistake I didn't flip the next one as high which made a really good pancake (as shown in this photo).