Hey el!!
Awesome that you've made a journal! I'm sure you'll enjoy looking back on your journal in years to come and realise how much you've grown as a person!
What are you most excited about this year? Which maths is your favourite, methods or further??
Honestly, I was most excited about sports at school and house activities. My school is very connected through house activities but due to corona some of them may be cancelled :( At least my events as a captain have already happened :D In terms of studies, I was really excited to do subjects that I enjoy, but I didn't realise how much of an increase in workload it would be. Going into term 2, I am really excited about French and Chem, as they are my favourite 1/2s!
In terms of maths, I definitely enjoy further more! It is definitely easier for me (I am pretty strong at maths..). I have a pretty good teacher for further, and I have understood all of the material and enjoyed the classes. Methods is so stressful for me :( I don't have a very good teacher, and the content is quite harder than 1/2. I have had to put in a lot more effort than I thought I would have to. My school may be changing some things for next term due to corona, and I am hoping that me and my friends are able to get some extra support.Its great you have a good teacher for further, despite methods being stressful are you enjoying the subject as a whole? Is it extending you or is it just stressful and horrible?
How are your subjects going? Why are you interested in paramedicine? I have absolutely no clue what I want to do after y12, but I have another year and a half at least!My subjects are going pretty well! I love all of them despite wishing I could have done Theatre Studies and Dance or Drama but my school doesn't offer it and wouldn't let us do it via distance.
It sucks some events may be cancelled!! At my school, they cancelled school aths :'(
Do you have a favourite house activity?
Are you finding the workload manageable?
Doing a language is definitely fun!!! Do you see yourself going anywhere with a language or are you doing it for fun?? I did Indonesian up until Year 11, as in Year 10 I had to do it via distance and it was pretty sucky. Though I definitely regret not continuing it in Year 11 and this year, I wish I'd stuck with it!
Its great you have a good teacher for further, despite methods being stressful are you enjoying the subject as a whole? Is it extending you or is it just stressful and horrible?
My subjects are going pretty well! I love all of them despite wishing I could have done Theatre Studies and Dance or Drama but my school doesn't offer it and wouldn't let us do it via distance.
Paramedicine piqued my interest when I because of a VICSES volunteer. We are Australias largest road rescue provider, meaning that everywhere except for metro areas if you have a car accident SES will be there. Contrary to popular belief the firefighters aren't the ones with the jaws of life, we are. And so doing the training for that and working with paramedics I just fell in love with the fact that we have the ability to change someone's life, if you're in a life-threatening accident the SES and paramedics have the ability to get in the car and reassure the patient and talk them through everything that's going on, letting the patient know that there's going to be a loud bang as we cut through hinges and force the door open and being able to bring them down from hysteria is a really special thing to be able to do especially when they are at their most vulnerable and people remember you being there with them and the kindness more than anything. I also love the medical side of what we do, and I'm a lifeguard so the idea of first aid and all that jazz, I love it. Its a situation you don't want to happen but when something does happen it's really rewarding to be able to save peoples lives. I will admit there are times when people can't be saved which is so horrible and it stays with you but there are pros and cons to everything and I want to be a paramedic to help save lives, cause the first 15 minutes in any medical situation are the most critical.
Sorry, that was a long blurb.
What are you're hobbies?
Do you have any idea on courses of even jobs you would love to experience?
7. I love ABBA and Queen. My favourite songs are ‘Thank You For The Music’ and ‘Killer Queen’Yessssss girl! You CANNOT go wrong with ABBA and Queen ♡
Ok, so... how have I been going. Honestly, not too great. I am really disliking online school. The few benefits (more time, warm food, no uniform) are heavily outweighed by the cons (not being able to see friends and teachers, sitting at the same desk for 6 hours, unmotivated).I feel this! Make sure you reach out to those you are comfortable with and continue to talk about your frustrations, its a really tough time and we all need to make sure we are looking after our mental wellbeing in the long run.
Further 3/4:What did you do for your data analysis sac?? I'm 110% stressed about my data sac next week cause it is SO vague!!
Holy moly I love further ♡. It just makes sense to me. I had the second part of my Data Analysis SAC on Thursday and I think it went well ??? My school sets really ambiguous SACs as that is how VCAA asks them too apparently, however, the rest of the SACs will be more structured like the exam due to remote learning. Yay! The teacher goes at a very slow pace which is nice in comparison to my other classes. While further is one of my 3/4s, I definitely find it the most relaxing subject. For further, we use Zoom to learn content and then stay on the zoom call while doing exercises. We just finished looking at sequences and recurrence relations and tbh its basically y7 maths. I love it hehehe.
Over the weekend and next week, I want to get into some good habits and a study routine. I want to be caught up and less stressed. I know this is a very hard time and I am trying to give myself as much down-time as possible.Try not to expect to form habits overnight and don't be too harsh on yourself, make sure you really differentiate study time from downtime so you can allow yourself to fully relax. There's nothing worse than not being able to completely unwind because you didn't feel like you used your study time efficiently. It takes 21 days to form a habit and 90 days to create a lifestyle :)
I'm curious, how do you guys remote learn? Feel free to answer my poll :)My classes are currently using Google Meet to host video call classes, and Google Hangouts to ask questions. For SES we are holding training via WebEx. It's all working really quite well so far, but lack of motivation and ease of procrastination is such an issue tho.
I also want to thank this AN community for being so welcome, and especially J_Rho who has been so sweet and kind to me.Aww anytime girl, we are all here to support each other now more than ever
What did you do for your data analysis sac?? I'm 110% stressed about my data sac next week cause it is SO vague!!I completed some practice SACs that my school handed out, but imo I think it is hard to study for if you know the knowledge. Something I found SUPER handy was templates on how to answer data analysis questions. I also completed chp7 in the Cambridge textbook and the relevant chapters in some commercial resources (I don't think this is necessary because the question style is SO different.
Try not to expect to form habits overnight and don't be too harsh on yourself, make sure you really differentiate study time from downtime so you can allow yourself to fully relax. There's nothing worse than not being able to completely unwind because you didn't feel like you used your study time efficiently. It takes 21 days to form a habit and 90 days to create a lifestyle :)This is honestly how I have been feeling the past couple of weeks. Something I am trying to do is use the Pomodoro technique (25 mins study, 5 rest, repeat 4 times then a 30min rest) and even though I just started it today I think it is so helpful!!
Exactly how me and my close work friends are feeling!
It's all working really quite well so far, but lack of motivation and ease of procrastination is such an issue tho.
Aww anytime girl, we are all here to support each other now more than everI love this little community. I also love how supportive and community-driven my school is during these times. I know I can always talk to so many people if I need extra support :) :)
hi we r doing v v similar subjects and i thought that was cool!! im doing methods 3/4 & normal english / chem / french / spec / economics 1/2. how are u finding online school? personally im thriving in methods online, everything else is just kinda boring compared to irl :)
Mid Week UpdateOMG YAY! It sounds like you've had a really good week all round!!!! Congrats on your achievements!
Hello everyone! A lil update here because I am in a good mood and i have lots to share with you :)
Personal
I have started to become more positive towards online school and this whole situation! This has been one of the first few weeks in year 11 where I have not felt overwhelmed. I have been truly happy which is great! And lastly, my shoulder is getting better and stronger. I had a strength test and a 1/3 of the tests were 100% (same strength as my good arm) with the rest being around 75%-90%. I'm so happy as for the past month I feel like my rehab has been useless but 5 months after my recon I am finally seeing proper results!
I completed my silver Duke of Ed finally! I got everything signed off and I'm super excited to start working on my gold :)
Further 3/4
We have nearly finished chapter 8 which is good. I want to start doing some checkpoints and other questions as I go. Also, I got my SAC result back. I was so nervous... this is my first ever SAC result ever. I opened it while on a call with my friends which was quite funny hahaha.
I wish I could put this in one of those open boxes, I don't know how to do this so if you do please teach me how :D
I got an A+!!
I am so incredibly happy and this result counts for at least 10% of my study score (may be more due to Unit 3 weighting of data analysis and financial)
Chemistry 1/2
I love chem. I got my Unit 1 AOS1 test back and I got a 96%!! I really don't know how I got this but I am very proud of myself and I'm glad I have a solid grasp of this topic.
I wish I could put this in one of those open boxes, I don't know how to do this so if you do please teach me how :DHey there, Eloisegrace.
I got an A+!!
Hey there, Eloisegrace.
If I interpreted your words correctly, I think you're talking about spoilers. You can check out this link under the section "How to use spoilers" to learn how to do this.
Enjoy! :)
Hey Eloise! ;D
It's great to hear that you got an A+ on your Further Maths SAC, as well as your chem SAC! C'est tres bien! My results came out last week for Further and I'm happy with my results as well but I'm still bothered by the minute mistakes I made :/ What are you guys covering in VCE French so far? Do you find it tricky compared to your other subjects? I did French during my junior years of high school because it was compulsory but I dropped out in year 9 because it started to get harder. I also did units 1/2 Vietnamese at a language school (My ethnicity is Vietnamese) but I dropped out as well because I gave up on LOTES.
Hey Eloise! ;D
Thank you so much for the journal update :). It's great to hear that you have been enjoying school and I hope you were able to have some fun with your friends while you guys have been back together.
Congrats for such an amazing score in Methods too! Give yourself a pat on the back for doing so well ;D. I absolutely believe that you will do amazing and keep that spirit up! Further SAC being void all of a sudden? Now that's something that you don't hear every day. Sounds terrible that you have to do a make-up SAC, but I'm positive that you will smash it!SpoilerThank you for sharing this in your journal El. I know it's really hard to open up about this type of stuff and it is alright to feel overwhelmed here and there without sounding too negative. Sometimes you just feel like that no matter how much you do you are never good enough and it's really hard to get out of that mindset once you are in it. Try the very best you can in your situation, no one can ask you for any more than that. Just remember, you can do this and you will get through! I believe in you and I'm sure there are others out there that do too! Holidays are coming soon which means a proper break but in the meantime, it's good to just step out and take a mini-break before doing anything again.
(I just also want to add, I've also been crying at school because of family problems and just being overwhelmed by work. You are not in this alone.)
Hope you have a fantastic weekend Eloise!❤️
Hey hey El! ;DThanks so much ash🥺🥺. Your kind words and positivity mean so much! Thanks for the advice and I hope you smash your SACs too! Remember we are half way there (more for me, 8 SACs done and 2 more to go) and you are such an inspiration to me to🥰🥰🥰
Love the new journal update! (Woah there is so much going on).
Great to see that you have been taking time to have fun outside the academic life (netball is awesome btw).Also, yes to getting a job (gotta get that $$$ and experience~)
I just want to say how extremely proud I am of you and keep up the amazing work El! (A total inspiration🥺). If Accounting isn't your cup of tea and you find it unengaging maybe switching to P.E might be good? (You have plenty of time to think about it don't worry. Pick what you think you will enjoy the most!). Good luck for your upcoming SACs and I'm pretty positive you will be smashing them 8)
Hope you have an amazing and wonderful week El🥰
Dang 2 maths subjects as your 3/4s. I can't imagine doing more than 1 maths subject.Yes, 2 maths 3/4s haha. Not how I thought it would end up but I do not regret it at all. If you had told me last year I would be doing two maths subjects I would have just laughed
In terms of your last subject, you've still got quite a bit of time to decide. Since it seems like you're enjoying Chem, you might also want to consider Biology, Psychology and possibly HHD on top of PE. Bio is probs the hardest out of the bunch but it's an interesting subject. Psych is great because it's mostly sciency related with bits of ethics and humanity mixed in and it's fairly simple and very interesting. Heard HHD is pretty easy however scaling isn't too great so maybe that may or may not turn you away.Thanks a lot and I will definitely take this into consideration 8) Our subject selections are actually due on the 24th of July (so close ??? so I need to make somewhat of a decision!)
Bonjour El!
Congrats on first rank in methods, that's amazing! Sounds like your 3/4 SACs have gone pretty well and I'm loving your positivity 8)
It's a really good idea to drop accounting U1 considering you don't like it and pick up PE. I had two friends that picked up PE this year (for 3/4) and they have said it isn't too hard so I'd say go for it! Although like ThunderDragon said you could always consider Bio, but I have heard it is a little trickier compared to PE.
I love the goals and getting a job is a great idea! Honestly, it is so much easier to be productive when you have a lot on (with your rehearsals it sounds like you do ;)) good luck for applying.I feel so much more productive when I have things on. I think next term I will have something every day which will be tough but will help my time management so much!
I also got an email saying I am getting my house colours which I am really happy about. I have committed a lot to my house especially in the last year and a half and getting recognised for it is super cool! At my school, house colours get a coloured strip across the top of the blazer pocket so I am super excited because it looks really good so my blazer is ready for a glow up!Get that glow-up for your blazer!!🤣I must say a good pinch of colour here and there can make your blazer look top-notch.
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Hey El!🥰🥰Thanks so much, Ashmi! I love this community so much. I hope that my scores for further can get me anywhere near your amazing score! French is the best class ever, its so chill and nice and not competitive. I am defs not rank 1 but who cares when you are having fun!(WOOHOO LET'S GET PUMPED THERE IS ONLY A WEEK TO GO!)
Congrats for your 100th post El! Massive achievement alone and we absolutely love having you in this beautiful AN community.
Well done on the amazing scores for your Further SAC and I love your determination for Methods. (I'm so inspired every time I read your journal). I 100% believe in you that you will achieve your goals in these subjects and I am so proud of you. (Also great to hear you are enjoying French so much!! ;D)
Get that glow-up for your blazer!!🤣I must say a good pinch of colour here and there can make your blazer look top-notch.I never called it this til my friend who already has her colours said it and I was like yes, a glow up for your blazer! Will definitely be posting a photo when I get it done!
Hey :)
For pharmsci you might want to check out insanipi's uni journey journal and for physio k888.
Re: chem. chem & physics having different constants for thermo was the most confusing thing for me there so watch out for that.
Good luck for your assessments and congrats on house colours!
Loving the updates El! Congrats on the incredible marks and the sports award! That's an awesome achievement (I hope your injury is getting better and that you can get training again (remind me what sport/s you do??))
Thanks so much Geoo! The information you have linked is very useful, so thanks for that! What are you planning to do next year? I hope you have a great week!All good! They really are great for a base line in info in what pharmsci or pharmacy could lead to, and how to get in, so i'm glad you found them as useful as I did. I'm not quite sure what i'm going to do next year, but I have narrowed it down to a BSci or PharmSci, I guess I just need to do a bit more research into what each can lead. In terms of BSci though, I would probably major in chem and a bio science, but I have always wanted to study a language (mandarin, russian or spanish), so that will also be a factor. Good luck on exploring what you want to do, it can be tough to choose!
Interesting to hear about the temperature scanners, do they stop people from coming in if it's too high?
Hi Eloise,Hey Choco! I hope you have had a great week too! In terms of free periods, most year 11s get 4-5 per fortnight (depending on if they are doing 1 or 2 3/4 subjects) and a few have another set (8) if they are either doing one less subject or a subject outside of school. I love frees as they break up my day and I can also come late or leave early!
Great to see an update! All the best for the methods sac. You’ve put in the hard work and I’m sure it will pay off! Good luck 8)
I can’t believe your school lets you have free periods in year 11 (lucky!). That will definitely be useful for preparing for your 3/4s.
Musical rehearsals (and all the other stuff you’re involved in) sound super fun. So you’re allowed to gather together to rehearse or are they online sometimes? Either way it’s great and gives you a good break from school (and the COVID situation).In terms of music, drama, and dance, the year 11s and 12s are allowed to rehearse together while the year 7-10s use zoom. It works really well for drama but music is a little hard. For dance my section is only 11s and 12s which makes it pretty easy! It is looking like the actual performances will be online video type, so we will see how that goes!
Have a great week and good luck again for the sac, you’ll smash it!
Hey El!🥰🥰I think House Music is my favourite. We have such a cute y11 squad who can actually rehearse and our song is really good and is sounding really nice after only a few rehearsals❤️️ I also love drama as we have lots of laughs and I am only in one scene which isn't much pressure ahaha. It is pretty hard to socially distance and you just forget sometimes but I am trying my best
Love the new update (and I'm so late to this but YES to NYSF!) and good luck for your upcoming SACs! I'm pretty sure you will be fine and as CM has already said, your hard work will pay off.
Those study periods sure do sound super nice (who doesn't love a good amount of free time?) and you sure do sound busy with the number of rehearsals that are going on this term (it must be really hard trying to social distance in that situation. What is your fav out of drama, music and dance?)
Thanks for the journal update El and I'm looking forward to seeing another one in the future!❤️️
Methods 3/4Well done on your SAC, you put in a lot of effort and did your best, so whatever result you get you should be proud of yourself. :) Can relate with the practice exams, I finished the textbook a while ago but I haven't really started practice exams because I've been held up with SACs.
Ok so the SAC was pretty hard! At least that was general consensus and I answered every question so yay! Methods zoom is a nightmare but probability isn't too bad at the moment! I know it will get harder but I am surviving so farish. I want to go back to school SO BAD for the fact that methods needs to be taught in a classroom imo. Anyway, I want to start doing practice exams soonish to smash lots out before the exams! I actually feel pretty good score wise with this subject and I think I could possibly get maybe a 44?
Not going to lie this lockdown has been pretty rough. I am such an extrovert and I need people to be energised. I hate being stuck in my own house with only my parents around me. When lockdown was announced I really did not handle it well but I realised its ok to not be ok. I am feeling a lot better and I have had a few friend group zooms and I went for a walk with a friend today (socially distanced and wearing masks of course :) )💙Absolute MOOODD. I'm very extroverted as well and I can't stand being locked up at home; I'm constantly bugging friends to chat, I openly invited them to spam me with any maths questions they are having trouble with just so I can talk about something. ;D It's good that you've been able to catch up with some people though, even if it's only briefly.
Exam 1s are going ok, I have been making a lot of stupid mistakes but I haven't done any under timed conditions. Exam 2s are kicking my butt though (Ashmi, how did you say that you enjoyed these... please teach me your ways).
✰ Any further exam revision tips would be appreciated :)Don't spam the practice exams and really understand. Like REALLY understand what you are doing. It will make your life so much easier I promise!
Thank you so much for reading my journal and ALWAYS updating 🥰. Your positivity and comment really did make my day and help motivate me. I wish you the best for biology and I am certain you will get 45+, heck even a 50! 8)I'm happy I helped and thank you sooo much, your comment means so much to me <3
Hey El!!🥰Thank u so much for reading this ash, it truly made my day! I am really trying to take your methods exam 2 advice on board, its something I need to do with the exam in less than a month!
Great to see a journal update🤩
Exam 2 is so much FUN!🥰 Sometimes, I just laugh at the funny questions they have in the extended response. [It is so exaggerated and I love it. Take the time to appreciate it]. I'm the opposite, please teach me your ways for E1 :o. You are doing a terrific job so far and don't worry, you can only go up from here.
Don't spam the practice exams and really understand. Like REALLY understand what you are doing. It will make your life so much easier I promise!
Also, amazing progress with all of your subjects El! You are doing a fantastic job and keep up the great work ;D. Don't worry too much about the GAT, I'm sure everything will work out in the end 8)
Thanks for the journal update El and good luck for the GAT tomorrow! I know you will smash it and be totally fine 8)
Hey El!! Super excited when I saw your update :DHey homeworkisapotato, thankyou so much for always reading and replying to my journal, I do appreciate it. ❤️❤️
I'm happy I helped and thank you sooo much, your comment means so much to me <3
You're doing AMAZING in Methods and Further (unsurprisingly) and your 1/2 subjects too! Great job on the chem and english language assessments, getting those marks is no easy feat! Don't worry too much about not having motivation for French, when school opens up I'm sure you'll become motivated again. I hate the GAT as well, and I hope the GAT went great today!
Great journal update, looking forward to the next one <3
I'm going to keep this entry short and sweet so here are my results from my 2 3/4 subjects:
Further - 45
Methods - 42
Way way better than I expected 💙
This is incredible El! Congratulations, I'm sure you'll do just as well in year 12 next year (and no more maths for you!) 8)Thank you so much CM! Very happy to not do more maths, but I will definitely not do as well in year 12 as YOU 🤩
AMAZING results El congratulations I'm so happy for you! I'm so jealous that you don't have any maths anymore but now I've got a math guru ahaha
Special congrats with methods, I heard that the exam was super tough so I'm SO proud of you that you got an amazing score.
Have a festive holiday ;D
OH MY GOD CONGRATULATIONS EL!!! Such spicy numbers! I'm so proud and happy for you!!!!! I'm really looking forward to spending this year on this journey with you! It would be AMAZING if you wrote guides for Further and Methods because getting 40+ study scores in TWO MATH 3/4's in Year ELEVEN is nooooo easy feat!!! So happy for you and have an amazing break <3Thank you SO MUCH POTATO 🥰🥰🥰 Endless love for uuuu. Also congratulations on your biology score and thanks for replying twice (so so dedicated 😆😆). Hopefully I will get around to doing guides for both subjects, we will see if time permits!
Congratulations on your awesome scores, you maths queen! Firstly, having the courage and confidence to take 2 maths subjects early is unbelievable, and to also achieve those scores in this tumultuous year is something I'm so proud of. You did amazingly this year, and here's to hoping next year is just as good (I know you'll do well)! Enjoy the rest of these holidays - they're the calm before the storm in year 12 haha.Thank you so much beautiful whys <3. Your constant support does not go unnoticed. FYI, I did enjoy the calm before this very storm I am in rn hahahah
Have a wonderful new year!
El,Thanks biscuit! Good luck for your future studies 😆
Congrats on your incredible scores! You should be proud of what you've achieved. All the best for next year and beyond :)
congratulations!Thank you sine for everything you did to help me last year, I appreciate it!
those are both fantastic scores and should put you in a really good position for year 12 ;D
Hey Eloise!Thank you so much Marylen! I wish you endless luck for
WOWOWOOW your scores are amazing!!!! I'm so happy it all worked out in the end! I have no doubt that you will do so well in year 12! Congratulations and good luck for next year! I'm rooting for you!!!!
Hey Eloise ;DThank you so much Doogie! I'm glad you read my journal and I KNOW you will do even better than me this year 😆😆
I've sort of been silently reading your journal for a while, so I'm happy to finally be commenting (I may or may not have done so before as I can't remember). As I read a couple of your most recent journal entries I found myself getting nervous for you, and was over the moon for you when I saw your results (pleaseee teach me your ways). Congrats on your incredible scores!! All the best for year 12. I hope you have an amazing rest of your holidays :)
Hey El!Hey Evolio, thank you so much for your support and congrats! Good luck at monash this year 😊
I just wanted to say: a big congrats on your results! ;D They are AMAZING! You've worked so hard this year and I'm really happy for you! It's great that you surpassed your expectations too - that's always very nice! All the best for Year 12 and I know you're going to smash it like you did last year!
Hey fam!
Gonna keep it short and sweet with the results!
English Language - 45 (WTF !!!!!!!!) > 46.85
Chemistry - 36 > 40.04
French - 33 > 43.59
PE 44 > 43.03 (only slightly disappointed with this one but still good !!!)
ATAR - 98.75 :)
Thank you AN for being so kind and supportive over the past 2 years, I appreciate you all <3
Thank you AN for being so kind and supportive over the past 2 years, I appreciate you all <3
Well done!Thank you😊
YOU POPPED OFF BEANNNN!!!!You're telling me I got the same as dedformed in lang !!!!! So proud of you and thanks 😄
WE TWINNED FOR LANG!!
congratulations!!!! Be proud 🥳!!
Nelopepee (yes, pepee)
AMAZING Eloise, massive congrats 8) Enjoy that relief and the rest of the holidays!Thanks CM - I have been really enjoying these holidays, relief after a hectic year 😂
Congratulations Eloise, an incredible result! Wishing you all the best with your ventures next year :)Thank you tiredandstressed 💙
Congratulations Eloise!!!!!Aww thankyou blueycan!!!
Wow Eloise! Congrats! :)You are the best lm21074 ☺️
Congratulations Eloise!!! Those are so awesome scores, a huge achievement! You should be proud of yourself!Thanks Geoo - couldn't have done it without your support and the AN community ❤️
ELOISE, a huge congrats on your incredible results!! You truly deserve every bit of that success and I hope you celebrate properly ;D You’ll definitely go on to do amazing things and I’m so excited for you! ❤️❤️❤️Thank you so much wingdings! You did so incredibly as well - very excited to see what you do this year😊
So grateful to have had your presence on the forums! Congratulations and all the best with next year! ;D😊😊 Thank you so much it means a lot!
congratulations on the great results!Thank you sine!