School Q&A

Today I'm going to be answering your questions about school. As in the UK we all start school in about a months time I thought I will answer your questions. This is the first part of my back to school series so I hope you're as excited for that (the series, not going back to school)

What are our tips for going into secondary school?
Firstly be prepared and have everything even if you don't use it at first you will use it so I would recommend bringing an essential/makeup bag with all of the essentials in and you can be that person who always has tissues (me!). 
Secondly remember that you will get a lot of homework (especially in year 7) so you'll need to become more organised. Also remember that you might get a piece of homework on one day due in for the next day so make sure you always have a block of time scheduled in just in case that happens. To become more organised make sure you use your planner that you're school gives you to write anything down and have a set time every weekend that you do your homework and actually do it then and afterwards you can reward yourself.
My last tip would be to actually revise. In my school we've got homework to revise and I hadn't revised because I knew the teacher wouldn't know but now I sometimes regret not revising so now I always revise when I have a test coming up and I would recommend you start doing this from year 7. 

Biggest lesson you've learnt in secondary school?
Sadly secondary school is not like primary school and you will learn a lot of lessons and the biggest one I've learnt is don't care about others. I know that sounds horrible but there will be a lot of people you don't like and if they come up to you don't care and don't talk to them as most of the time they're only doing it to impress others. Obviously care but don't take anything to heart and surround yourself around good people who you like, like you and are not horrible to you. 

Best revision method?
I must admit I'm not the best at revision but my favourite ways to revise (if I had to have a favourite because revision is not good) is using flashcards, which is what I use for geography, or I write everything down on a word document print it off and use that information instead of using the stuff from my book as everything is in one place.

What subjects do you do for GCSE's?
So obviously I do the most important ones and the ones you have to do like English, maths, double science, ICT and out of the 3 languages I chose french, out of geography and history I chose geography and for my actual option I chose drama. My school were going to do philosophy and ethics but they had to stop so now everyone's getting one less GCSE!

What job do you want to do when you're older?
I really have no clue. You might think I'll go into acting because of me doing drama for GCSE but I know I don't want to do that so I'm not too sure.

Favourite thing about school?
Being with my friends!  

Would you prefer to wear your own clothes to school?
It would be nice but I'll probably end up wearing the same outfit over and over again (obviously on different days) and it would mean I would do a lot of clothes shopping so I think there's pros and cons about both.

Why did you become a prefect and why should I sign up?
I signed up because I wanted something that would look good on my CV and before this I only did one thing for the school so I thought I should actually do something. You should sign up because it's really fun and it really gives you a sense of authority and it will be worth it in the future.

Favourite thing about being a prefect?
I really enjoyed doing the year 6 induction day because I got 2 days off timetable and I really liked being in charged which is something that never happens for me.

How much homework do you get?
It obviously depends on your school as every school is different but in year 7 we got loads especially when we first joined however in year 8 we got a bit less and in year 9 we didn't really get much. There was a week where I didn't get any and in loads of weeks I just got about 1 piece.

What is normally in your school lunch?
Usually I have a tuna and sweetcorn sandwich, crisps, a frube, a chocolate biscuit bar or a cake and a drink.

What school bag and pencil case do you have?
At the end of year 9 I had a Hype Backpack and a Victoria Secret Makeup Bag which I used as my pencil case.

Hopefully I answered your questions about school. If you have anymore that I didn't cover in this post leave them in the comments below and I will get back to you and answer them but I think I covered most things.