I'd say buy them right after you get your book list and just go through them. Don't study them (unless something interests you). Just shuffle through the pages once so you get an idea of what's inside the books. And if something interests you, then go ahead and give it a read. I'd say take a closer look at Urdu, Pakistan Studies and Islamiyat (if you are taking these subjects) since many schools tend to have students take them a year earlier than the rest.
And if you could, just read the syllabus once and that's that. No need to start studying half the day. Enjoy your vacations but try giving at least two hours for going through all of the books.
For those of you who have summer camps with regular classes, do all of your assignments the day they are given out to you. Don't wait for the deadline or you'll forget what you studied. And also, revise whatever you studied at school. Just read it once. The way I'm mentioning this, it might seem like a lot of work but trust me, it doesn't take more than 15 minutes to read the 2-3 pages you study. So 8 subjects will make it come down to two hours. And you can spend one more hour doing the assignments you are given. Fair enough!
And yes! There are two websites you need to be familiar with.
1- Gceguide
2- Xtremepapers
Gceguide will help you with get the latest past papers (both topical and yearly), e-books and notes. It is updated regularly so you might need it. However if you don't find something, I'd rather you go for Xtremepapers Community. It's very active so either you will be able to find notes or someone will definitely help you out if you post a thread.
And one more tip:
You should know which subjects you have to take right by the start of O1. Make up your mind. You should not feel the need to switch from one subject to another during the completion of coursework. That'll just burden you up and you'll find yourself struggling to complete the coursework you've missed out on.
And as the syllabus progresses, don't forget to do the past papers. Solving them will be of great help to you as they will give you a clue as to what kind of questions may show up in the paper.
I took up Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Maths, English, Urdu Syllabus B, Islamiyat and Pakistan Studies in my O Levels. So I'll be discussing them separately in the following posts.
And if you have any questions, you can comment below the respective post or email me at hareemrauf99@gmail.com :)
Keep scrolling!
And if you could, just read the syllabus once and that's that. No need to start studying half the day. Enjoy your vacations but try giving at least two hours for going through all of the books.
For those of you who have summer camps with regular classes, do all of your assignments the day they are given out to you. Don't wait for the deadline or you'll forget what you studied. And also, revise whatever you studied at school. Just read it once. The way I'm mentioning this, it might seem like a lot of work but trust me, it doesn't take more than 15 minutes to read the 2-3 pages you study. So 8 subjects will make it come down to two hours. And you can spend one more hour doing the assignments you are given. Fair enough!
And yes! There are two websites you need to be familiar with.
1- Gceguide
2- Xtremepapers
Gceguide will help you with get the latest past papers (both topical and yearly), e-books and notes. It is updated regularly so you might need it. However if you don't find something, I'd rather you go for Xtremepapers Community. It's very active so either you will be able to find notes or someone will definitely help you out if you post a thread.
And one more tip:
You should know which subjects you have to take right by the start of O1. Make up your mind. You should not feel the need to switch from one subject to another during the completion of coursework. That'll just burden you up and you'll find yourself struggling to complete the coursework you've missed out on.
And as the syllabus progresses, don't forget to do the past papers. Solving them will be of great help to you as they will give you a clue as to what kind of questions may show up in the paper.
I took up Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Maths, English, Urdu Syllabus B, Islamiyat and Pakistan Studies in my O Levels. So I'll be discussing them separately in the following posts.
And if you have any questions, you can comment below the respective post or email me at hareemrauf99@gmail.com :)
Keep scrolling!
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