Summer Studying Challenge Day 3: Do You Have A Specific Goal For This Summer?

here’s a little school update which to be frank is more for me to look back on lasted this year than for tumblr, but anyway

did my lab work and handed in my assignment reports for 20% of my grade in physics and chem! really happy with both of them.

got into the uni space programme for this summer that i applied for in january! really really happy making :D

things are getting lowkey stressful, with four weeks until the easter holiday and the threat of schools closing due to covid19. really hoping we don’t have to though.

did my coursing for next year and i am officially taking advanced higher maths, ah chem and ah physics. v excited to not do english next year but i will miss french.

i’ve been reading a lot this year and am currently on my 16th of 2020 (for reference in 2019 i read 18 total) which i’m really loving.

i got straight As in my prelims which i’m over the moon about, and got top of my year for physics chem and french (somehow) so i’ve got a sweep at the awards ceremony ;) i also have my fingers crossed for junior dux but i guess we’ll see in june.

in conclusion i’m a nerd and happy about it. s5 has been My Year so far.

Let’s face it- even the most motivated and disciplined students can’t study for a couple of hours straight- we all need to rest. Taking a break  from studying every now and then will improve your focus and attention. Below are some of our ideas what to do during study breaks. We divided them into categories depending on the length of  your break. Feel free to try them out to later get back to your books refreshed and motivated!

5-10 minutes

Get some fresh air (either go outside, or simply stand up and go to the nearest window- don’t focus on anything and just breathe)

Leave your room/desk and go for a little walk

Throw yourself a little dance party (Cristina and Meredith did it and trust us, it works- put on some energising music and dace for a song or two)

Stand up and stretch!

10-20 minutes

Make yourself a proper, healthy snack (cut an apple into slices and put peanut butter on every slice or make yourself a healthy smoothie)

Watch a TedTalk on a completely unrelated topic (it will both relax you and still keep your brain working)

Do a little yoga (there are multiple mini-routines on youtube)

Browse the #studyblr tag (or maybe post your own photo with it!)

Take a quick shower (if you have a real study marathon ahead of you, a shower break can be a great way to get energised)

20-40 minutes

Call a friend

Clean your room (sounds pretty boring, but you’ll feel refreshed and super-productive once you’re done- and you won’t have to do this later!)

Take a nap (but really, try not to make it longer than 40 minutes)

Watch ONE episode of Friends (nothing better than a good laugh, right?)

 40-60 minutes

Workout (go for a 30-minute run or find a workout video on youtube- you’ll end up energised and full of endorphins, which will help you to keep going)

Try a new recipe and make yourself dinner for later

Read a chapter of a book you’re currently reading (if you’re not reading any- start a book)

~gomedorgohome

april 26 2019,

some simple spreads for the next few weeks of exams, only 7 to go now! i did music yesterday and it went well i think (you know it’s a good paper when mamma mia is in one of the questions). i also saw endgame yesterday and oh. my. god. it’s so incredible please go watch it (also dm me if you have i need to scream about it) :)

huge fan of reading and learning, but also an even bigger fan of sleeping and being unconscious.

📚: reaper man, terry prattchet

📼: travel man on channel 4

🎞: the aeronauts, amazon original

💡: uh i’ve been really into gamepigeon games on imessage?

seen a lot of these with your favorites, but reblog with the CURRENT book you are reading, show you are streaming, the last movie you watched, and any game/puzzle/crafts you’re working on 

29.06.20

today was the first day of my six week summer holiday and i’m already feeling very listless, so here is my plan for getting a big step up in russian. i’ve been loosely learning for a year so i know basic phrases and the alphabet but i want to use this time to really get to grips with it. so i’m posting this here because accountability is important! i’m hoping to fill up these sheets with vocab by the end too.

Hey remember when US and Russia was all like “We’re the best!!! We’ve won the space race!!!!” But India sent a kick-ass space probe to Mars and the whole mission was fuel efficient, costed less and a roaring success in the first try and then they were like “…..wait no that can’t be true” and still have the audacity to call us “underdeveloped” or only view us as a ‘third world country’? :)

For anyone who needs more info, the probe was called Mangalyaan (which literally means space probe vehicle) or Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) and you can also get more information here and here

hello! my exams are over, all 8 went well i think (obviously some stupid mistakes i’ve realised already lol) and i turned 16! (on the day of my second last exam. bummer.) now all i have is my violin exam at the end of may so i have two weeks holiday 🥳🥳 hope everybody’s exams are going well !! here’s all my notes/textbooks leading up to the exams- two years worth (i do national 5s, the scottish equivalent of gcses)

How the media depicts the Apollo 11 mission:

Actual quotes from the Apollo 11 mission:

ninth of november, mmxix

some french speaking test prep and electricity revision qs 🇫🇷💡