What to do the summer before SIXTH FORM?! 

yea same i got three 9s in my mocks so i feel confident in getting into the sixth form i want but the predicted grades might be worse

Me too

It’s sad because we can’t go on ncs, leave the house or even meet family 😢

@@hy7994 true 😞

@@hy7994 u can do ncs in year 12...its a shorter program but they may make exceptions considering corona happened unexpectedly

lifesaver x

hard to do so during global lockdown

I mean this video was very much not made this year 😂it’s still possible to do most of these things

@@utility_gaming2059 yeh as said above u can still do them... do the 2nd, 3rd and 4th (online ofc) bullet points... Tbh tho I'm in yr 12 and there's not much to it...just turn up and go with the flow 😂

so useful, thank you

Same

Samme😭

Same a year later

At least everyone in your age group is in the same boat!

straywoojin i think everyone in y11 did 😂

yeah because of study leave and then you do the gcse’s and then after the exams summer starts

Rising Stars i didn’t have study leave though, my last exam was june 15th and i finished then

straywoojin yes but holidays didn’t include the study leave period because that period was for exams, and a holiday is normally after exams. If you finished on the 15th you had approx 5 weeks before the 6-7 week summer begins so you still have 11/12 weeks overall. I myself did have study leave and my last exam was on the 22nd, but I, like you, also have 11/12 weeks off. No more, no less 😉

laiba OHH i get you

@@Ounjai1575 I'm not too stressed Just think everyone has to do it and people have done it before us so its gonna be fine

Tumblr Xxx same

Urgh same!!!

+Tumblr Xxx good luck!

Tumblr Xxx I hope you get the grades to get into the sixth form u want, good luck!

Tumblr Xxx same

thanks x

U re well cute

I think between gcse and a level u should sleep 🥴🥴 I regret waking up at like 8 to go out for the whole day with friends

You're peng that's why

rpenguinboy same bruh +Netflix

Thank you!

Heather noname thanks

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+Abi McDonnell that's alright, good to relax too 😂

Sameee

Oh my gosh, I can relate !

That me too it's so sad

do you guys know if you still can if you just have a national insurance number?

amazing! Hope you enjoy x

Thank you!

thank you lovely!

Thank you lovely!x

I’m sorry you guys can’t get work experience :( but if I’m honest it’s not even that necessary it’s more of a bonus/boost - extra reading, online lectures and courses are really good too x

Noo Stenning yeah, thankyou x

Also could you maybe do an advice video on personal statements I'm so scared to write mine 😥❤

I have one already! Check the playlist x

+Rehannah Baptiste ❤️hope you enjoy!

Noo Stenning i have a question please reply asap so im 18 and left 6th form and rn i have applied to both uni and apprenticeships and got in (so level 5) in business and finance and im jus confused as to what options i should take as i feel if i do apprenticeship im probably gonna muck up or if i go uni im probably gonna muck up as well so advice neeeeededddd pleaseee

+MØ SW1FTZ 200 whichever you'll enjoy more and speak to teachers about prospects after x

Noo Stenning thank youuu❤💯💯💯

you're here too 😂

@@susannahwillis1329 ayyy

Good luck! X

I'm sure you'll do well

Noo Stenning thank you ❤️

S M thank you :)!

Fox Burton aww don’t worry me too! I’m supposed to pass almost everything apart from science (just under a pass ☹️) and maths, my worst subject! I got a 2 on my mock for it :( my worst memory associated with maths was in year 6 when we did a mock for SATs and I got pulled out of class only to be told I got 1/50 on the whole test and I was balling my eyes out! But good luck for the rest of results :) (I’m retaking maths too) oh and not to mention when in primary I tried to do maths homework and my mum would get very angry with me after explain the same thing multiple times and me still getting it wrong and she screamed at me and walked off and wouldn’t talk to me for rest of evening and when I tried to hide while she shouted at me I’d cry in the bathroom, dont worry she isn’t a bad person at all! She’s Ukrainian and I understand that’s just how she is coming from a relatively strict country I suppose. But she’s overall a lovely person and wouldn’t swap her for anyone else’s mum :) she understands my difficulty in maths ☺️

+Lara Tareg 😂👏

+Nicole Wilson good luck with your results! I'll definitely think about that kind of video, maybe a haul!x

Noo Stenning thank you so much! that would be so helpful, thank you.. completely up to you though x

+Moonie aw wow thank you! There'll be lots more uni vlogs next year 😘thank you aw x

+Noo Stenning YAYY thank you!!❤️

No GCSEs gang1!!!!1!!1

+LifeAsNajmiina I've answered it in my pinned comment! I might make an experience video x

So true! I completely agree, some people do struggle with the change but I hope if they have an idea of what it’s like it may help :)

Which a levels did you do by the way?

@@irrelevance3859 Business, IT and Media

six video

Chloe'sLife life saver 😊❤️

it's in my pinned comment :)

Aliya Khatun-ali you write your predicted grades and then you write things that could be considered a job like babysitting. if you haven’t then don’t write it

We wrote a practise one just after GCSEs finished all the personality stuff can be filled in like a general overview of yourself and for now use predicted grades

+Aliya Khatun-ali that's not true, a CV is just a reflection of you and your achievements. So unless you've had no hobbies/skills/successes in the last few years you can most certainly write one, it just won't be as full as someone who has grades and a job x

already have and got a job

Your Girl Aliya I did in yr10 and got work experience. You just talk about your predicted grades, hobbies and achievements

Hi can you help me? I want to go in 6th form but do I need GCSE ? You know I am from France so I don't know if I can

@@MG-lv5ij You don’t need GCSE’s to go to sixth form in the UK when you come from abroad :) In the Philippines we didn’t have GCSE equivalents but we had report cards so I used those when I was applying. My advice is that you research what sixth form you want to go to and email them asking what their requirements are if you don’t have GCSEs. They’ll most likely ask if you can provide any documents that have your grades in all your subjects, and then they will compare it to what the GCSE standards are. Don’t worry, you will definitely be allowed to go to sixth form but the application process is just a tiny bit more complicated :)

@@larajan8240 Thank you so much !!! You're helping me a lot. I have another question. I heard international student can't go in public school and only in private (that mean we need to pay), is that true ? Also, do you know a good 6th form college ?

@@MG-lv5ij hmm, I’m not sure about international students because I have British citizenship so I didn’t need to pay. I know in my sixth form (which is public) there are lots of international students there, but I think they had to pay a fee. But again, It might be a good idea to email the sixth form college to ask how their system works :) I go to Hills Road Sixth Form College in Cambridge, which accepts international students even if it is public. It’s the best state school in the UK so I recommend it! Also Peter Symonds College in Winchester too

@@larajan8240 Thank you so much again ! Have a great day

50. cal headshot what subjects did you do?

@@Egirl_Slayer government and politics, economics and psychology.

i’m sorry this is so late but how was politics and do you recommenced economics ?

+Aspalax 😂

it's in my pinned comment :)

+ella clarice I've answered in my pinned comment!x

+Alex Lyoubenova I think multiple choice from memory?!

Noo Stenning ok, thank you very much!

I believe I said that no? Having a brief look is what I recommend, I think it's wrong and stressful to properly look when you don't know how your a levels will go or what you enjoy :)

I've answered in my pinned comment x

+Krishna Patel I may make a video on what it was like x

thank you x

+Cara Kennedy hope it goes better than you think it will, stay organised and remember to have fun/relax at weekends etc x

+Maria I've answered in my pinned comment x

+Ellie Porter the one I took taught you as you went so I'm sure you could have a go at least!

Noo Stenning okay that's good. Thank you. X

+Molly Clifton good luck! I'm sure you'll be ok x

Noo Stenning Thanks Just not looking forward to the hour and a half journey and meeting new people lol.

Yesss

Hey Sarah - think of it this way it could have been a natural disaster, a war or even a famine. We're privileged to live in a country where things aren't adversely affected and even though corona has hit the entire world - you have to just accept it as a major challenge - and look beyond that. Ask yourself where you want to be post corona - in fact check out some of our tips/advice for students like yourself: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-juxECTCSAtM.html

Depending on which of those you like least go with that, or I would say philosophy/ethics is something you could do in your spare time rather than an a level in it x

Noo Stenning thank you :)

+anya saund I've answered in my pinned comment x

I am half haha

+Okay_ Draco that's so annoying! Keep emailing to check x

Don't worry! Hopefully it all went ok, I doubt you missed too much x

Noo Stenning thank youuu

sutharshini Thileepan as a year 11 who just finished, all i would say is just make sure to top up your stationary as well as investing in a folder or two or a notepad to put revision notes in. the afterschool revision classes for me started around late september so perhaps make a schedule for which ones you'd like to go to for the week. id advise going to most or all of them and then jotting down notes and putting them aside for april/may time for you to look back on. im the most easily stressed person ever yet i can say that the exams after a certain point werent stressful, it was more like 'i want to get revision/ the exam over and done with' and you realise that if you stress then it just wastes time, so it forces you to chill out. you dont need to stay cooped up in your room and its really refreshing to go outside to the park or hang out with your friends, even on a saturday during the exams are going on. you'd feel much more relaxed and want to get into revising full swing. id also advise going to a local library with friends who have a drive to do well as they wont distract you and will encourage you to do well. i found that youtube videos were the BEST way to revise. i struggled revising with a book or a check list so much and i was told about primrose kittens videos of 'biology aqa paper 1 in one hour' and it was so helpful, it narrowed down to all the information you actually needed. what i did was watch it 2-3 times or listen with headphones and then watch it once again with a lower playback speed and jot down notes, i personally found that writing full sentences are a big no as you lose focus whilst reading it. so keeping things short and sweet might help a lot. id listen a lot more in class, maybe sit away from those who might distract you so you can understand everything and not miss out on information. ALWAYS ASK when you dont understand something, especially if the teacher explains it in a way thats difficult to understand. my teacher explained anti bodies in such a peculiar way that in my biology paper 1 exam i literally wrote about the immune system of a potato on a question about a potato plant with a virus. for core subjects id recommend doing a few past papers WITH the teacher, where (s)he tells you how to answer questions, which i found a big help as i knew how to phrase myself in a question. for maths, we did a 'talking mock' which is also just our teacher going through all of the questions of a past paper and telling us how to answer which was the biggest help and paper 2 and 3 was quite similar to the past papers and i used all the techniques given to me on how to answer them. id go through your notes every once in a while as i forgot everything that i had learned beginning of the year. what we were advised to do was find the aqa syllabus online (everything you need to know for the exam papers) early in the year and go over it to know exactly everything. all of this might sound like a lot of work but it was a breeze. work SMARTER, not HARDER - i used to spend 8 hours going through a textbook that i borrowed from the school, which i absorbed nothing from. the videos i personally found to be the biggest help, it took about 2 hours to write down notes. i also made sure i got at least 8 hours of sleep, i know it sounds tempting revising overnight but i learned the hard way in the year 10 mocks that this is NOT the way to go. i went through everything and got 4s, as well as involuntarily dozing off in my RE exam. make sure you eat properly also, i ate as much as i could so that my brain would power through the day, especially exam time. i also recommend buying a multi pack of chocolate, (ESPECIALLY snickers bars, they're literally cheap protein bars) to eat before the exam as the sugar will help you perform a little bit better during the exam and let your pen slide across the page. of course its good to be a little bit stressed as it improves memory, but not too much (you might learn about this lol) your adrenal glands produce adrenaline (fight or flight) which makes blood mainly divert from brain to your limbs, which we obviously dont need for the exam. dont be too worried if you forget stationary as the examiners have everything there, all you have to do is ask. dont forget water during the exam as its good for you, and is good to help you cool down if you are stressing. im sorry this is so long! this is just everything i can think of that helped in year 11. dont forget to have fun as its your last year in secondary school, good luck for year 11.

+strawberry sara great advice!

@@strawberrysara6130 this deserves more likes

Jack Carter woop

Emma_xx_ Xx same

that's ok, just do a bit you'll be fine x

@:*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧Nurah✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*: same I think! And thank you x

ateamacad 1 second ago Hey Caitlin, it is sad you have leave school this way but many have to had to leave things in other ways. Consider checking out my advice to school leavers like yourself: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-juxECTCSAtM.html

Don’t worry! You don’t need to do all these, just some ideas- and 3 weeks is enough to do some- good luck for your results :)