Post-Exam Thoughts: AQA Certificate Further Maths Calculator-Allowed – 1 June 2012

Snappy title, eh? This afternoon I was back into school to complete the second paper of the AQA Further Maths Certificate, the exam in which a calculator is permitted.

WEAPON OF CHOICE: My Casio fx-85ES calculator, as used in this exam. (IMG_8658)

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Post-Exam Thoughts: GCSE Physics P3 – 30 May 2012

As a subject I hope to take next year at AS-Level, today’s Physics exam was one of the ones that was more important to me. Unlike Thursday’s Chemistry paper, though, (a subject in which – thanks to modular exams – I already have high grades adding to my overall grade), I have a lower overall Physics ‘score’ thus far, so today’s exam ‘carried more weight’.

DARK SIDE OF THE EXAMS: I revised refraction and reflection lots, but couldn't manage the ray diagram question. (967833_20713519)

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Post-Exam Thoughts: GCSE English Language (Higher) – 29 May 2012

For me, my Language exam was the one I was feeling most confident about – only ever so quietly, mind, but confident all the same. In both of the two mock exams I did of this new-style Language paper, I scored A*s, and though it would be foolish to do no further revision, all that one can really do in preparation for this paper is go over comments made by the person who marked those practice papers.

SAY WHAT: This paper was about Language, predominantly in news articles and books.

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