First day of post-16 at Landau Forte College! To bring this blog up to speed: For GCSE I achieved: English Language: A* Science: A* A* English Literature: A Maths: A DiDA: A A A A Geography: A Business: B German: C At AS-level I’m taking: English Combined Language and Literature Applied IT Maths Business I […]
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Free GCSE revision podcasts
With the terminal exams all but upon us it’s time for some serious cramming. I know for one that unless I’m in a sterile room with nothing but revision materials to distract me then I’m not realistically going to slog through a boring old revision booklet – and let’s be honest, who has a sterile room?
Surviving DiDA SPBs
The deadline for DiDA module d204 is almost upon us (at LFC, anyway), so now seems an appropriate time to share some wisdom that I have acquired over the past 3 units. 1. Organize yourself! This has got to be the single most important thing to get right to pass a DiDA SPB – you […]
Setting the standard
‘Treat others as you would like to be treated’ – a classic rule that was told to a class of 28 starry-eyed innocents 4 years ago in one of my year’s initial RE lessons. It’s tacky, it’s cheesy, but it’s also a tactful way of saying ‘stop being so conceited you egotistical little fuck’. But […]
The Great System Purge
The system techies at Landau Forte College are gearing up for a sweep of your user areas, and you have less than a week to cover your tracks. This isn’t something that will happen to a couple of repeat-offending scapegoats after a seven day amnesty – the network admins are applying pressure now, and they […]
Opening up my GCSE revision notes
I decided to type up the bulk of my GCSE revision notes over the holidays as a form of revision. Then it hit me – if I am digitizing so much knowledge, why not make it freely available to everyone? I have decided to release my notes under the Creative Commons Attribution License 2.5. These […]