#national 5

[the-ace-in-aerospace]

CHAT IS ANYONE GOOD AT PHYSICS?

I am stuck 😑

[im-extremely-scottish]

god i absolutely love doing sailmaker for national 5 english cause it is possibly one of the worst things ive ever read yet somehow im meant to believe that the broken mirror is a metaphor for their broken relationship

[lovegamer206]

A two coloured squares price I did and finished for my portfolio

Bottom left was my experimentation with gauche paint and the top right is coloured pencil - which is very hard to get a good picture of.

[saurenson]

my tips for doing highers :)

(seeing as there are v few scottish studyblrs and highers are bloody difficult!)

(for non-scots, highers are exams we do in between gcse and a-level equivalents)

understand, don’t memorise. this applies to basically every class- if you understand why you do a certain method to solve a problem/ conjugate a verb/ analyse a poem then you can do it in every scenario

prepare to get stuff wrong. there is a significant difference between national 5s and highers, and most people i know took a confidence bump at the start of the year because of the sheer quantity of work. it’s okay!! it’s all learning and all learning is good

work with the right people. i sat with my friends in maths and desperately wish i hadn’t because i worked way better with people who actually challenged me to work hard! find people who are a similar level to you and work together

past papers. there are dozens of past papers online, far more than national 5s. watch out for content that isn’t in courses anymore! dunblane high school’s website has a great collection of past papers that i used loads

have time off. the workload in s5 is crazy so you need to balance your time. use any study periods to finish work and give yourself relax time in the evenings and at the weekends as much as you can

prelims are important but make sure you don’t burn out. as soon as you finish prelims you’ll likely start learning the next part of the course, and i know from experience that it is horrible to do when you’re completely exhausted after prelims. schedule days off into your prelim leave when you can!

i hope that helped somebody because s5 was a really difficult year for me and i wish i had known some of this at the start! if anybody happens to want tips on a particular subject, i got As in maths, physics, chem, french and english and would be more than happy to tell you what was helpful for me!! <3

[aprikott]

it's my History N5 exam today, precisely 1pm - so in a few hours. I have been revising all morning so this is my way of relaxing my very tired out mind before I go out and buy my lunch.

13.05.2019

i'm sorry I haven't updated since last year, but I've been very focused on studying and all that jazz haha

i will be completely honest, not too psyched about the recent exams I've done (chemistry, english and maths). I have a hunch haven't done well because that maths paper 1 caught me off guard ( my brain didn't enter the room haha?)

anyway, feeling confident in the facts and can only hope for the best so yeah 😄

till next time

- aprikott ❤🍑

[mybrainispermanentlyfried]

i’m gonna personally fistfight the sqa the non calc maths paper was BRUTAL

i mean who doesnt want to fistfight the sqa at this point

[writingat-night]

me at the start of s4: if i don’t get all a’s in my exams I Will Die

me now: all i want is a d in maths... can i bribe the sqa... do i even need good grades... i want to run away and open a small bookstore in the highlands

[ladiesgentlemenandlanguages]

Subjects 4/5

Higher English

Much like in N5 English, in Higher we study a set of poems, complete reading and understanding exercises, analyse two texts and complete a portfolio. This year it’s poems from Carol Ann Duffy, A View from The Bridge by Arthur Miller, Re Union by Michel Faber and a ton of analysis questions. It should be an interesting year, and my folio is coming on well, even if the new teacher seems to hate my entire class.