my parents are so fixed on a crammed revision timetable where I study for 8 hours a day, with each subject being given equal amounts of time which I found super ineffective. having each day on a reasonable amount of content is the way to go. thanks bud.
Hmmph. Say it again. On a real though, (I know it's a little bad, forgive me) but I'm hoping that someway, somehow, they end up having to cancel them because the pandemic really threw me and I'm in a bad spot right now - I'm in Year 11 but I'm still covering things that should have been done in Year 9. I kind of wish that something easier comes in to just make life a little easier for us, especially because we are at a major disadvantage. Then again, my tutor has warned me that because I'm a homeschooled student, I may have to still write exams written by a private exam center, which could be much harder and may have little connection to the exam boards I'm studying, and therefore I will know very little about what'll be on those papers. I just hope I make it through this alive, somebody pray for me😂 EDIT: I should probably apologize for my tactlessness. I know there are many people who really want to write them, and it seems quite selfish of me to want their dreams ruined just because I'm not ready. I'm sorry.
@@freya1253 Wow! Just saw this. Honestly, I was expecting a backlash for insensitivity to people who want to take them, so it's quite refreshing to see some agreement. Thanks for your well wishes! Let's hope Gavin Williamson sees this and does SOMETHING worthwhile!
@@jadynbenneh1176 The only problem with predicted grades is that I really don't want to have to stress about every topic test and work I give back to my teacher, especially as I spent most my years being unproductive and not revising a lot for topic tests. However, I heard they are dropping subjects, being generous with grading, and might tell us the topics in the exams so it generally should be an easier exam compared to other years
@@scarlett8562 While I agree (mostly) with what you're saying, the first isue for me is that I have no predicted grades (I'm homeschool) so that messes up THAT. And then I have to think about if all these things Gavin is saying will apply to me because I'm a homeschooled student sitting CIE IGCSE. Oh, and there a third: since I'm already very behind, there's a high chance I won't be ready enough to sit the papers during exam season (last week I did a full set of IGCSE papers for math and each science, it wasn't great...)? If this is true, what could possibly be on these so called 'books and/or sheets' that could help me but wouldn't be cheating? Forgive me for anything naive I've said, as I previously mentioned it's very hard to find news regarding homeschooled CIE IGCSE students...
You're lucky that you get home early by 3:10. I leave school at 3:10, at most cases I have interventions and reach home by 5:30 so that really pulls me back
Finishing my gcse's in about 6 months so I think if I take a little amount of time from each day using your method for the first while and then progressively spending more time on topics as time moves on I'll be alright. Gl to everyone doing theirs soon.
bruh, wish i had this focus on work back in secondary school, i passed everything (just) but i do regret not putting in the graft that you do. You will go far my friend.
Timestamps: Why not to use traditional timetables: 0:58 The retrospective revision timetable : 04:46 How to make one : 05:04 How to use the retrospective revision timetable: 05:29
I would recommend going through the specification in order, it makes more sense to do it chronologically as in the topics towards the end you are expected to know information which you would have learnt in some of the earlier topics. Keep it up tho!
This video really helped... thank you so much ... will defo transfer... one video recommendation I would love to see is how to use anki... I've heard lots about it and wanted to know, how u use it,etc.. for subjects...
Yeah that's definitely in the works I'm just trying to get familiar with it and use it more before I make a video and give out the wrong ideas, so I going to use it actively throughout this week and next week maybe longer and then make a video about it.
I’m in year 9 and I decided to have a go at some of the revising techniques and I tried the respective revision timetable . I have a small maths topic test coming up so I thought it would be the perfect time to give it a go , because of practice for when it comes to actual revision for GCSE’s . So I know which method works best for me . The techniques and revision timetable has helped a lot . I know I haven’t done it to a great scale as it’s only a small test but keep up what you’re doing because it’s helping a lot of people :) !
I had a revision timetable for my GCSEs where I planned everything in December (so the next 16 weeks of my life). I was 28 days behind by the time my exams were cancelled.
Love this guy been subscribed since 1k he is the same age as me but is far more dedicated ie. this guy was revising in year 7 8 and 9. He is very useful and have watched his videos over and over.
Yooooooo thank you so much this is so useful. They don`t even teach this at my private school!!! I understand it better because you have explained it so well. thank you so much.
bit of a late response but this really helped get stress off me as i struggled being organised at making a revision timetable. Thank you very much for the help!!!!!
You know when you do a topic then put how confident you are on the timetable. What do you exactly do when you do the topic? Like do you do Anki flashcards, practice questions or something else???
Dear Udoka Do you still have your retrospective timetable? Because I am doing the same GCSEs, and I can't find the topics I am going to be working on. However, when looking at your one I do see some topics that I am currently doing. If you do, please could you send a link that could show me all of the topics for each subject, it would be greatly appreciated. Yours truly, Noah
How do you decide when to study which subjects to revise and which topics to revise for that subject? I feel like I'm really biased and revise a lot more of the subjects I enjoy.
I can really relate to this. Idk if you still need it, but I tend to do a past paper for the sciences and maths, star any questions I'm not sure of or need a recap of the content and then prioritise my revision around those topics. For which subjects, I look at how much content they are, which do I have the lowest grades on and which do I find naturally easier and naturally harder (so ie, if I don't study for it, do I usually get an alright grade or a really bad grade. in other words, how easy is that subject for me to wing pfft). So for instance, maths requires lots of practice which takes time, history is very very content heavy for me, and bio is content heavy and also one of my worst subjects, so I tend to start with these first. Hope that helps and good luck :)
heyy. love the vid but how do you study for eng a and b? do u use the timetable or not? im doing three languages so I'd like to know how to use them with the time table
I'm going to Yr10 this September but I don't know whether I should use my Yr9 books to do active recall w/ spaced repetition for year10 or look at at the Yr10 specification to prep.What should I do?
If your set on using textbooks, I would revise the stuff on the GCSE specification you have done and then just make sure you understand that don't bother working ahead because you will be taught that so just focusing on understanding the first part of your GCSE course before you move onto year 10 stuff
I've got a pre IGCSE exam in one month in which I need to score atlease 80% Other wise I wont be allowed to sit in the IGCSE exams and I have IGCSE exams coming this may/June and idk anything about it.
But like if you have like lot of topic for that subject how do you know what to do it took me a while to make the table but theres so many sub topics so which can i do so many so its hard to do spaced repition and know what topic to do
dang if only i had seen this last year... my trials for igcses are in a month and i either failed or got Cs and Ds for my term 1 exams,, im really worried ngl
I want to make a revision timetable but I don't want to waste time revising things that aren't gonna be covered, as we're getting topic lists in February. What do you recommend
@@sanchayminocha8981 yes, they will. btw i dont think this is for all subjects. for example, i'm doing history ocr b, and the only major change is that schools can drop one study out of four, but they won't be telling us what topics are coming up however, for science, we will be told in february what topics to revise. just ask each of your teachers to tell you the changes or check each exam board for subjects you're taking
I have a Question. So lets say that the school didn't give you the date on when you will learn about a certain topic and you have already done some chapters. Can anyone tell me how to do the date?
@@muhammadjamalchoudhry7292 ayo not too bad of a video maybe you could include clips instead of just a screenshot to interest the viewer but overall nice content
How do you find the chapters, in my CGP book it has the topics but there’s like 10 things per topic, it doesn’t say anything about chapters or did u just make them up?
Thanks for this video! The thing I'm a bit confused about is the dates. Do I fill in the dates that I've done the topic or do I fill the dates that I want to do the topic.
@@arinj736 1) a guy got caught in my year for having weed in his diary 😂 2) i did history gcse last year (got a 9 😌) and am doing extra further maths and statistics gcse
my parents are so fixed on a crammed revision timetable where I study for 8 hours a day, with each subject being given equal amounts of time which I found super ineffective. having each day on a reasonable amount of content is the way to go. thanks bud.
No problem, sometimes with subject it maybe shorter or longer just depends don't do too much or you might burn out
Kartin Yau 8 hours a day?! Yikes
Is 8 hours some sort of optimum in most parents' minds? Cuz it is for my parents too.
@@Ethan-zq5ry I was in ICSE for like a month. 8 hours is pretty common there.
@@kittykibibble8563 same
Honestly such a relief hearing someone my own age talking about an issue I’ve struggled with 😂
Us 2021 students have got a lot on our plates
yh its hard
Hmmph. Say it again.
On a real though, (I know it's a little bad, forgive me) but I'm hoping that someway, somehow, they end up having to cancel them because the pandemic really threw me and I'm in a bad spot right now - I'm in Year 11 but I'm still covering things that should have been done in Year 9. I kind of wish that something easier comes in to just make life a little easier for us, especially because we are at a major disadvantage.
Then again, my tutor has warned me that because I'm a homeschooled student, I may have to still write exams written by a private exam center, which could be much harder and may have little connection to the exam boards I'm studying, and therefore I will know very little about what'll be on those papers. I just hope I make it through this alive, somebody pray for me😂
EDIT: I should probably apologize for my tactlessness. I know there are many people who really want to write them, and it seems quite selfish of me to want their dreams ruined just because I'm not ready. I'm sorry.
@@freya1253 Wow! Just saw this. Honestly, I was expecting a backlash for insensitivity to people who want to take them, so it's quite refreshing to see some agreement. Thanks for your well wishes! Let's hope Gavin Williamson sees this and does SOMETHING worthwhile!
@@jadynbenneh1176 The only problem with predicted grades is that I really don't want to have to stress about every topic test and work I give back to my teacher, especially as I spent most my years being unproductive and not revising a lot for topic tests. However, I heard they are dropping subjects, being generous with grading, and might tell us the topics in the exams so it generally should be an easier exam compared to other years
@@scarlett8562 While I agree (mostly) with what you're saying, the first isue for me is that I have no predicted grades (I'm homeschool) so that messes up THAT. And then I have to think about if all these things Gavin is saying will apply to me because I'm a homeschooled student sitting CIE IGCSE.
Oh, and there a third: since I'm already very behind, there's a high chance I won't be ready enough to sit the papers during exam season (last week I did a full set of IGCSE papers for math and each science, it wasn't great...)? If this is true, what could possibly be on these so called 'books and/or sheets' that could help me but wouldn't be cheating?
Forgive me for anything naive I've said, as I previously mentioned it's very hard to find news regarding homeschooled CIE IGCSE students...
Why isn't this guy my teacher
You're lucky that you get home early by 3:10. I leave school at 3:10, at most cases I have interventions and reach home by 5:30 so that really pulls me back
Ikr it's such a waste of time
that is no excuse
Study on the bus.
same, im going through that rn, what did you do to fix it?? I barely get the time to revise
@@kawlanonya833 nothing really. I'm in sixth form now, and come home at 2 pm now. Problem fixed itself
I’m doing 12 GCSEs This will be a fun year :)
i have 11 :(
I have 12
doing 9 *thank god-*
@@zainabsharif9006 same also ARMY! !!
What subjects are you doing?
Finishing my gcse's in about 6 months so I think if I take a little amount of time from each day using your method for the first while and then progressively spending more time on topics as time moves on I'll be alright. Gl to everyone doing theirs soon.
Viel glück!
bruh, wish i had this focus on work back in secondary school, i passed everything (just) but i do regret not putting in the graft that you do. You will go far my friend.
Timestamps:
Why not to use traditional timetables: 0:58
The retrospective revision timetable : 04:46
How to make one : 05:04
How to use the retrospective revision timetable: 05:29
Timestamps are already in the description haha
@@Aydarrn Yeah I know, but they aren't clickable😅
@@aleenanadesan4563 they are
I would recommend going through the specification in order, it makes more sense to do it chronologically as in the topics towards the end you are expected to know information which you would have learnt in some of the earlier topics. Keep it up tho!
What do you guys want to see a video about next week ?
This video really helped... thank you so much ... will defo transfer... one video recommendation I would love to see is how to use anki... I've heard lots about it and wanted to know, how u use it,etc.. for subjects...
Yeah that's definitely in the works I'm just trying to get familiar with it and use it more before I make a video and give out the wrong ideas, so I going to use it actively throughout this week and next week maybe longer and then make a video about it.
I’d really like to see a review on a your MacBook and whether it’s the best laptop for gcse students
Omg could you please go through your computer thing. What computer do you use and how did you connect it to your laptop?
@@udokafintelmann6803 Everything we need to pass GCSEs, please! Also anything you've got for homeschooled students, thanks!
I’m in year 9 and I decided to have a go at some of the revising techniques and I tried the respective revision timetable . I have a small maths topic test coming up so I thought it would be the perfect time to give it a go , because of practice for when it comes to actual revision for GCSE’s . So I know which method works best for me . The techniques and revision timetable has helped a lot . I know I haven’t done it to a great scale as it’s only a small test but keep up what you’re doing because it’s helping a lot of people :) !
Sameeeeeee
I had a revision timetable for my GCSEs where I planned everything in December (so the next 16 weeks of my life). I was 28 days behind by the time my exams were cancelled.
mocks in 3 weeks and i wish i started revising before today
I feel u
oop
mocks in 2 days and i wish i started revising before today
@@reecea2845 F
A wish I could like this comment more than once
Love this guy been subscribed since 1k he is the same age as me but is far more dedicated ie. this guy was revising in year 7 8 and 9. He is very useful and have watched his videos over and over.
Legend!
Absolute legend✨
I heard u mention this timetable multiple times in your vids and I’m so happy I checked it out.
Thank you 😊
I post some great tips for exam revision used by grade 9 students, make sure sure check the videos out and support by subscribing
I'm sure that we all watch Kharma medic, Ali Abdaal, Unjaded Jade
Your channel and ali abdaal's channels are incredible.
Great content !
Yooooooo thank you so much this is so useful. They don`t even teach this at my private school!!! I understand it better because you have explained it so well. thank you so much.
bit of a late response but this really helped get stress off me as i struggled being organised at making a revision timetable. Thank you very much for the help!!!!!
This is gonna be so helpful for summer revision. Thank you soooo much.
Great, next week since it's the end of school I might do a video all about summer revision so subscribe and stay tuned
Udoka Fintelmann Sounds good, I want to check out some more of your content before subscribing but I like it so far. Keep it up!
Could you do a video that explains Seneca and anki. I really like these videos as I’m in year 10 and this really helps.
Sure that's definitely in the works
Great Video format I can tell you will get far both with TH-cam and your GCSE
I appreciate this video so much, I’m going to make one for all my subjects now thanks 🙏
Hey udoka I tried the link but it doesn’t work it says it has been deleted is there any way you can renew the link so I can use it please? Thanks
thanks for saving my mocks
shush bender
You know when you do a topic then put how confident you are on the timetable. What do you exactly do when you do the topic? Like do you do Anki flashcards, practice questions or something else???
I like that the people who dislike this video doesn't understand how helpful these videos are. 😂
3:08 I like your funny words magic man :)
The link to your spreadsheets is not working anymore. Is there any chance you could upload it again please? Thank you.
Great video! Could you explain a bit more about the spaced repetition part? Typically the dates you've selected.
Udoka can u make a video on English literature please
i've tried using your google spreadsheet but it has been deleted any chance you could bring it back up please
this was such a useful video wow
Thank you glad it helped
Dear Udoka
Do you still have your retrospective timetable? Because I am doing the same GCSEs, and I can't find the topics I am going to be working on. However, when looking at your one I do see some topics that I am currently doing. If you do, please could you send a link that could show me all of the topics for each subject, it would be greatly appreciated.
Yours truly, Noah
Just search "specification sheet (year of igcse)"
passed all my gcse’s and didn’t study at all. just stick in at school and you will be safe.
I love this I’m definitely doing this thank you ☺️
your link to the timetable has deleted. could it please be uploaded again
Your video motivates me to focus more on my studies..😃
Udoka I Know you made this vid 2 years ago but did you add any more topics to the sciences during the course
this is honestly so helpful thank you
Udoka thank you very much!! Keep up the good work!
can u upload the link again?
How do you make a timetable for English Literature and English Language?
Just find out the topics and follow the same steps
@@udokafintelmann6803 Oh okay. Thank you
how do u know what subjects to revise and when to do them e.g. maths and science revision on monday, geography on tuesday etc.
I'm your age and really struggle being effective. This might help like a lot- thank u :))
Another thing you all can do is embed the link of the specification/syllabus to the subject name for ease of access.
Hi - great video but can you please see the google docs link, it says the file is deleted
how would you do this when you have 8 subjects for gcses like would you make a separate one for each subject and paper
i did this as a word doc because my smol brain couldn't handle how to make it from the beginning
why did you put two dates for a topic? is it to show what day you studied that topic or is it to show when you started and when you finished ?
The day I studied it
GENIUS
thank you this is really helpful
How do you decide when to study which subjects to revise and which topics to revise for that subject? I feel like I'm really biased and revise a lot more of the subjects I enjoy.
I can really relate to this. Idk if you still need it, but I tend to do a past paper for the sciences and maths, star any questions I'm not sure of or need a recap of the content and then prioritise my revision around those topics.
For which subjects, I look at how much content they are, which do I have the lowest grades on and which do I find naturally easier and naturally harder (so ie, if I don't study for it, do I usually get an alright grade or a really bad grade. in other words, how easy is that subject for me to wing pfft). So for instance, maths requires lots of practice which takes time, history is very very content heavy for me, and bio is content heavy and also one of my worst subjects, so I tend to start with these first.
Hope that helps and good luck :)
Thankyou much appreciated just made mine
great video once again. keep it up!
Thank you
Hi ive tried going on your link in bio to get your revision timetable and it is saying you have deleted it? is it possible for you to do it again?
Maths have a huge spec so am I meant to copy them all out into a spread sheet?
me watching this while at uni
your google link doesn't work anymore
Super useful, thank you!
wish my school told me this stuff
School don’t tell you nothing teachers are getting paid they don’t care
It says the google file has been deleted can you upload it again please :(
Hey. Is it alright if you upload your google document again because the link to it is not working.
Can you do you a video on how do space repetition
What my video on the retrospective revision timetable
Thanks for the video! How do I know when to study each subject though? Like which days?
Just posted a video about apps that can help you with that! Make sure to check it out and subscribe! :)
Do you have a Google sheets for English language and literature? And what exam board did you have for English?
yes I at the time I didn't make, im aqa
@@udokafintelmann6803 your timetables really help!
Soo helpful keep on going
Thank you don't worry not planning on stopping
Very wise for your age well done
heyy. love the vid but how do you study for eng a and b? do u use the timetable or not? im doing three languages so I'd like to know how to use them with the time table
Could you please do english and maths study timetables. How best to study for maths and english.
this is really good
Are you able to comment the link to the history sheet as well please. Great help this is!
Please make a video on tips for giving physics and chemistry igcse paper
Dude this is brilliant 😱
I'm going to Yr10 this September but I don't know whether I should use my Yr9 books to do active recall w/ spaced repetition for year10 or look at at the Yr10 specification to prep.What should I do?
If your set on using textbooks, I would revise the stuff on the GCSE specification you have done and then just make sure you understand that don't bother working ahead because you will be taught that so just focusing on understanding the first part of your GCSE course before you move onto year 10 stuff
@@udokafintelmann6803 Thank you :)
absolute quality 👍
I've got a pre IGCSE exam in one month in which I need to score atlease 80%
Other wise I wont be allowed to sit in the IGCSE exams and I have IGCSE exams coming this may/June and idk anything about it.
would you make this revision timetable for each subject
So we're not having exams so how do i boost my grade?😭
How long do you space out your revision? And what do you use to revise?
I dont use revision timetables, i just study whatever subject i feel like revising. Revision timetables are a bit overwhelming for me
But like if you have like lot of topic for that subject how do you know what to do it took me a while to make the table but theres so many sub topics so which can i do so many so its hard to do spaced repition and know what topic to do
dang if only i had seen this last year... my trials for igcses are in a month and i either failed or got Cs and Ds for my term 1 exams,, im really worried ngl
I want to make a revision timetable but I don't want to waste time revising things that aren't gonna be covered, as we're getting topic lists in February. What do you recommend
You should still cover all the content because you won't know what topics will come up until February which is not long before the exams
I'm confused, will the exam boards actually tell you what exact topics are going to be in the exams in February?
@@sanchayminocha8981 yes, they will. btw i dont think this is for all subjects. for example, i'm doing history ocr b, and the only major change is that schools can drop one study out of four, but they won't be telling us what topics are coming up however, for science, we will be told in february what topics to revise. just ask each of your teachers to tell you the changes or check each exam board for subjects you're taking
hey i think you have deleted the spreadsheet with ur timetable on
I have a Question. So lets say that the school didn't give you the date on when you will learn about a certain topic and you have already done some chapters. Can anyone tell me how to do the date?
Do you make a timetable for every subject or are all the subjects on one excel sheet
Great video 👍🏽really impressed with your skills
Thank you bro
Bro could you check my video out and give me feedback on how to improve
@@muhammadjamalchoudhry7292 ayo not too bad of a video maybe you could include clips instead of just a screenshot to interest the viewer but overall nice content
@@one.mirr1 thanks bro will have a new video coming and quality should be 10x better
@@muhammadjamalchoudhry7292 when....???
my brother thank you
This really helped. thanks
So do you do 1 subject like maths one day then english the other day and so on? Or do you different subjects in one da
guys how is his paint colours on each topic very light. My one is very dark and hard to read through
Can you help me revise what probability is for my maths mock Exams on GCSE pod
Hey, i just wanted to ask, for each chapters there are more smaller topics, do i go through them all when the date comes of when i written it for.
How do you find the chapters, in my CGP book it has the topics but there’s like 10 things per topic, it doesn’t say anything about chapters or did u just make them up?
thanks man
how does writing down the dates help you? i have 3 weeks till my mocks how can i study efficiently
Thanks for this video! The thing I'm a bit confused about is the dates. Do I fill in the dates that I've done the topic or do I fill the dates that I want to do the topic.
The dates you have done the topics I think
what exam boards are u doing for all your subjects? keep up the Great Work!
aqa
Lol I’m doing 14 GCSEs
Rip
jeez im guessing you go to a grammar school or private school or something
@@arinj736 no i go to a normal state school
@@YK-qo6uf really? What GCSE are you doing?
Edit: btw I saw the message before you edited and bro same here, they don't even try to hide it😂
@@arinj736 1) a guy got caught in my year for having weed in his diary 😂
2) i did history gcse last year (got a 9 😌) and am doing extra further maths and statistics gcse
in my aqa science book theres b1 b2 b3 etc. but it dosentb say any chapters