Niamh's 5th Year Study Log

NiamhMcH

~Let's pretend I know what I'm doing!~

My subjects:
English (HL)
Maths (OL)
Irish (OL)
German (HL)
Japanese (HL)
History (HL)
Economics (HL)
Home Ec (HL)

Starting a study log for the 2nd half of 5th year to motivate myself and reflect on my work.

NiamhMcH

January 11th 2017

Just started this log! I haven't been studying that much (Apart from studying for tests and Christmas exams) and today my careers teacher said at this point in 5th year we should study for 2-3 hours a night. I hope to gradually work my way up to doing this.
Wish me luck!

NiamhMcH

January 11th 2017

Irish: Made flashcards for Irish question words/phrases (Cad, cathain, cen fath, etc)
Maths: Made flashcards inequalities, quadratic equations and coordinate geometry.

NiamhMcH

January 12th 2017

Really didn't do as much as I wanted to.

Economics : Updated my notes copy, made notes on Equilibrium.

NiamhMcH

January 13th 2017

Home Economics: Made flashcards for nuts and the culinary uses of eggs.
Japanese: Wrote 4 diary entries. Revised over some Kana, went over a bit of grammar (の possessive marker and the negative form of です)

NiamhMcH

~Christmas Tests Results~

English (HL): 42% (46 points)
Maths (OL): 27% (0 points)
Irish (OL): 42% (12 points)
German (HL): 81% (88 points)
Japanese (HL): 63% (66 points)
History (HL): 40% (46 points)
Economics (HL): 78% (77 points)
Home Economics (HL): 81% (88 points)

Points for the course I currently want to do: 375 points
My best six results from the Christmas tests = 423 points

NiamhMcH

January 14th 2017

Japanese: Had a 3 hour class. Need to revise over grammar stuff, time and Katakana.

NiamhMcH

January 16th 2017
German: Revised some new vocab from a reading comprehension we did in class.
Maths: Finally started maths grinds with a new teacher. She's really helpful, I finally feel as if I can pass maths! We revised over quadratic equations and slopes.


January 17th 2017
History: Did a little bit on Britain during WWII.
German: Read the first scene of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in German, made lots of new vocab notes.
Made vocab notes from a listening we did in class.
Home Economics: Revised eggs.

NiamhMcH

January 18th 2017

History: Revising the Show Trials, I have a test on it tomorrow. Not feeling prepared.

NiamhMcH

January 19th 2017:

History test went better than expected!
I went stationary shopping today so hopefully that will help with studying! xD

NiamhMcH

Oops, I disappeared for 5 months

~Summer Tests Results~

English (HL): 68% (66 points)
Irish (OL): 45% (12 points)
Maths (OL): 40% (12 points)
German (HL): 72% (77 points)
Japanese (HL): 61% (66 points)
History (HL): 47% (46 points)
Home Economics (HL): 65% (66 points)
Economics (HL): 47% (46 points)

Course that I want: 375 points
Points from my top 6: 367 points

While I'm glad I didn't fail anything I'm pretty disappointed with these results although I know I didn't work at all for the exams. I'm glad I passed maths (failed at Christmas) and I'm glad my English grade went up by 25% but I need to start working harder on my choice subjects (especially history and economics) but I think I might drop to OL in economics next year.
I'm hoping on doing some work during the Summer but I have no idea on where to start.

NiamhMcH

26/06/2017 - First day back to work over the Summer

-Decided that I need to work over the Summer (Counts as work, right? xD)
-Maths grinds - Did 3 questions from this year's maths exam.