​Resources

Maths

• Save My Exams (for past papers and for notes)
• Znotes (for notes)
• Physics and Maths Tutor (for past papers and for definitions)
• Ginger Mathematician (YouTube for learning content)
• https://www.tutopiya.com/blog/igcse-maths/ (to look at key syllabus components)
• MME revise - https://mmerevise.co.uk/gcse-maths-revision/cambridge-igcse/ (learn and revise)
• Tutor Chase - https://www.tutorchase.com/resources/igcse/maths (learn and revise)
• My Study Compass (YouTube) - learn the topics
• https://www.passmyexams.co.uk/GCSE/maths/index.html (learn the topics)

How to study for it: Learn all the formulas (or glue post its to your wall to remember them as it will save you time in the exam), practice with past papers regularly, watch YouTube walkthroughs of past papers



English Language

• Save My Exams (explains all the requirements for each questions and past papers)
• Physics and Maths Tutors (past papers)
• Taughtly (YouTube) - to learn
• English with Kaylee (YouTube) - to learn
• IGCSE success (YouTube) - to learn
• Study Mind - https://studymind.co.uk/resource/cie-igcse-english-language-past-papers/ (for past papers)
• Miss Adams Teaches (YouTube) - to learn

English Literature

• https://learning.cambridgeinternational.org/classroom/course/view.php?id=3998
• LitCharts (helps you understand the themes meanings in the books)
• Physics and Maths Tutor
• Save My Exams (past paper questions)

Picnic at Hanging Rock (some websites to understand the book's deeper meaning)

• LitCharts - https://www.litcharts.com/lit/picnic-at-hanging-rock - (for helping learn about the book and past papers)

Articles with different perspectives and points about the story:

• https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/3202-picnic-at-hanging-rock-what-we-see-and-what-we-seem
• https://bavs.ac.uk/news/gothic-representations-of-colonisation-in-joan-lindsays-picnic-at-hanging-rock-1967/
• https://libguides.mhs.vic.edu.au/c.php?g=940574&p=6808460
• https://britishperioddramas.com/news/picnic-at-hanging-rock-characters-guide-list-who-is-who/
• https://www.gradesaver.com/picnic-at-hanging-rock/study-guide/character-list
• https://blogs.phil.hhu.de/anglophoneliteratures/2022/02/11/elements-of-time-in-joan-lindsays-picnic-at-hanging-rock/
• https://www.supersummary.com/picnic-at-hanging-rock/major-character-analysis/

Streetcar Named Desire (study for the assessment)

• https://quizlet.com/219962163/a-streetcar-named-desire-study-guide-flash-cards/
• https://pmt.physicsandmathstutor.com/download/English-Literature/A-level/Notes/AQA/A-Streetcar-Named-Desire/Scene Analysis.pdf
• https://literariness.org/2020/10/13/analysis-of-tennessee-williamss-a-streetcar-named-desire/
• https://owlcation.com/humanities/A-Streetcar-Named-Desire-by-Tennessee-Williams
• Save My Exams
• https://www.supersummary.com/a-streetcar-named-desire/summary/
• https://www.yorknotes.com/alevel/english-literature/a-streetcar-named-desire-2017/table-of-contents
• https://www.shmoop.com/study-guides/streetcar-named-desire/
• https://www.coursehero.com/lit/A-Streetcar-Named-Desire/videos/
• https://quizlet.com/137471325/streetcar-named-desire-flash-cards/
• https://quizlet.com/187532010/streetcar-named-desire-quotes-analysis-flash-cards/

Ted Hughes Poems (learn the poems and understand them)

• Hawk Roosting - https://slideplayer.com/slide/3967224/
• Hawk Roosting - https://slideplayer.com/slide/8892378/
• Hawk Roosting - https://slideplayer.com/slide/5363344/
• The Jaguar - https://slideplayer.com/slide/10391090/
• Hawk Roosting - https://slideplayer.com/slide/18200050/
• Wind - https://slideplayer.com/slide/10682813/
• Hawk Roosting - https://slideplayer.com/slide/10809261/
• The Jaguar - https://slideplayer.com/slide/12911466/
• Wind - https://slideplayer.com/slide/14177179/
• https://ann.skea.com/THHome.htm
• YouTube have a lot of videos for students to learn the poems - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91Qxcs_Ze78&list=PLeDlGRh1CEo72M05AqlGBsq5m9zGA_VwY

 How to study for poems: Keep your anthologies very annotations, do practice questions


Global Perspectives

• Karishma Attar's Preps - Youtube
• Peter Sims - YouTube
• https://igcseglobalperspectives.net/
• https://igcse.school.blog/2019/08/20/igcse-global-perspective-complete-guide/
• https://igcse.school.blog/2020/03/28/global-perspective-revision-notes/
• https://www.blitznotes.org/ig/gp

How to study: Do past papers, understand what each question wants you to do, as they all are the same questions and have the same mark scheme, make flashcards to remember what is needed for each question and base it on the mark scheme

History

• Znotes
• https://www.i-study.co.uk/IGCSEHistory/unit2.html
• Cold war - https://quizlet.com/gb/879698972/cold-war-gcse-history-edexcel-flash-cards/?funnelUUID=e1fbfaea-53fa-4bf5-b42e-ac5d42157444
• Weimar Germany - https://quizlet.com/gb/862657812/gcse-weimar-germany-flash-cards-edexcel-flash-cards/?funnelUUID=8bb418a3-d27c-474c-a3f2-48edcd632e7d
• Past paper questions by topic - https://douglashistory.wordpress.com/
• https://www.livebinders.com/play/play/1449370?tabid=18fc73b1-05db-9c00-8d68-2c8d2874c5a0
• GCSE history (has all topics)
• Spark Notes - https://www.sparknotes.com/history/
• Study Smarter (has all topics)
• Cold War timeline - https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/sites/default/files/TrumanCIA_Timeline.pdf
• https://www.historyfromonestudenttoanother.com/home (has all topics)
• Mr Allsop History (website and podcast in YouTube) - https://www.mrallsophistory.com/revision/
• Learners guide - https://www.cienotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/324828-learner-guide-for-cambridge-igcse-history-0470-.pdf
• https://www.brainscape.com/packs/history-igcse-cie-cold-war-9062852?origin=genome
• Seneca (has all topics) - https://senecalearning.com/en-GB/blog/gcse-history-revision-guide/
• Paper 2 help - https://www.kgaringmer.uk/_site/data/files/7AE2125084743F26D0B08E0E19436B1D.pdf
• Example candidate responses paper 2 - https://papers.gceguide.net/O Levels/History (2147)/Other Resources/2147_Example_Candidate_Responses_Paper_2_(for_examination_from_2020).pdf

How to study: do a lot of practice questions, see exemplar answers, use flashcards to learn dates and important events, make mind maps
When studying always do summary notes for previous past paper questions, including a small plan of what you would have written
Watch YouTube videos explaining concepts and events
Take notes on causes, course and consequence for each event


Computer Science

• Syllabus - https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/Images/595424-2023-2025-syllabus.pdf
• https://learnlearn.uk/igcsecs/
• https://lalacomputersci.wordpress.com/2d-scanners/
• https://quizlet.com/gb/294952819/igcse-computer-science-flash-cards/
• https://quizlet.com/483415852/igcse-computer-science-input-and-output-flash-cards/
• https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/computer-science-revision/a-level-aqa/
• https://anatcomputerscience.wordpress.com/
• Pseudocode - https://lalacomputersci.wordpress.com/pseudocode/
• Salma Banawan - YouTube
• https://www.computersciencecafe.com/633-artificial-intelligence-cie.html
• https://revise.learnlearn.uk/app/dashboard/7
• https://www.blitznotes.org/ig/comp

How to study: do past papers, take notes on definitions when doing past papers, for pseudocode, ask for your teacher to correct the ones you’ve practiced

Portuguese

• Practice past paper questions
• Ask for your teacher to correct your work
• Read newspapers about environmental, teenagers, school related topics (or past questions topics)

Biology

• Study Mind
• https://igcsepro.org/igcse-biology/
• https://mmerevise.co.uk/gcse-biology-revision/
• https://www.passmyexams.co.uk/GCSE/biology/index.html
• https://www.blitznotes.org/ig/biology
• The IGCSE Channel - YouTube

Chemistry

• Study Mind
• https://mmerevise.co.uk/gcse-chemistry-revision/
• https://www.passmyexams.co.uk/GCSE/chemistry/index.html
• https://www.blitznotes.org/ig/chemistry
• The IGCSE Channel - YouTube

Physics

• Study Mind
• https://igcsepro.org/igcse-physics-revision-notes/
• https://mmerevise.co.uk/gcse-physics-revision/
• https://www.passmyexams.co.uk/GCSE/physics/index.html
• https://www.gcsephysicsonline.com/worksheets
• https://www.blitznotes.org/ig/physics
• The IGCSE Channel - YouTube

Science
How to study for it: Learn definitions with flashcards or other methods, do past papers, take notes of the definition of words using the mark scheme, YouTube has many videos about mark scheme and all of the papers for all sciences. 


BraSS
Websites: Brasil Escola, academic articles
How to study: make good notes during class and after, know how to study sources

Tips:

• do your courseworks when given to you, as if you keep procrastinating, at the end of the year you will have a lot of courseworks to be done with a lot of tests and homework
• When you finish a topic, try to make flashcards or another method for you to study as soon as possible, as when it comes to gradesheets and EoY you will have a lot of things to complete
• Enjoy F4 and don’t be stressed if you are not doing well in your tests. You will get used to it, and if you are still struggling, go to workshops.
• When you complete past papers, don’t look only at your score, but what questions you got wrong and right. This will show you what you have to study in more depth to

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