Life at Bellerbys College

Welcome To The Summer Term

Posted by Jag

Hello, I hope every one had a great Easter break. 

Welcome to the summer term.  It the most intensive term of the year.  Everyone is now preparing for the finals exams here at Bellerbys College, especially the GCSE students because our exams are in just three weeks.  We have now completed all our coursework so the only thing we are doing is revision, revision and more revision.

I'm a little bit nervous but I am actually looking forward for my exams.  Everyone came back from the Easter break and have now become very serious in lessons because it feels like our final minutes before our exams.

In class we are studying past papers and revising topics which we find bit hard or some students have doubts about.  Outside lessons some students go to the library to study and complete all the past papers which we are given as part of our homework.

Our exam timetable are now up on the student notice board.  They start from May 13th and end on June 11th.  For our exams we have to go Queens Campus which is across town so some students are planning to come to Manor campus and then share taxis together which is cheaper and can get you in the other campus in 15 minutes whereas the bus will take around 30 minutes. 

Another good thing is that after each exam we don't have to go the lessons anymore!  Which means that from start of June I don't have any lessons on Monday, Tuesday and Friday because I would have finshed all the exams for these subjects.  Finally on 11th June I will finish all my exams so I will be able to fly home and enjoy real summer.   I'm looking forward to that!

Easter Break

Posted by Jag

Hello,

Easter break - is it a holiday?  Well, not exactly for me and my class mates.  We would rather call it "study leave".  I am doing I.G.C.S.E and our final exams are in May and June.  Teachers tell us to have a nice holiday but how can we have a nice holiday if we are going to take our final exams one month later! 

I am doing Maths, Chemistry, English, Computing and Accounting.  We can only choose three other subjects as Maths and English are compulsory.

We have five hours of each subject per week.  My friend, his name is Mark, he is from Hong Kong.  He enjoys Maths and Computing whereas I enjoy English and Computing.  We have fun in lesson, he helps me out when I dont understand and I do the same if he doesn't understand.

I love this college becuase you can get all your work done in class.  The best thing is that we have a small group with a maximum of around eight students per class.  This means our teacher can sort out problems and concentrate more on everyone in the class.

I usually finish at around 2:45pm or at the latest 5pm, depending on my timetable. Then I walk or sometimes cycle (if I am not feeling lazy) to my house where I have my dinner ready for me by my host mother.  She cooks really nice food, I really enjoy it.

Now I have got one day left until I break up for the Easter holiday and I have lots of studying to do for my exams. I will do so during my holiday so that I don't need to panic when I come back to college. I hope you enjoy your Easter holidays becuase I really wont be able to! I am actually looking forward to my exams because I just want to get them over and done with so I can have a proper holiday.

All my teachers have given me a lot of past paper do which will be really helpful so I can pratice how to deal with the type of questions which examiners write.  And hopefully I can achieve the grades which I am aiming for.  I have never felt so busy in my holiday before but I have to do what I have to do.

Everyone in my class will be doing the same thing as I am this Easter break but what about you?

Go Karting

Posted by Jag

Hey.

In Cambridge we do a lot of things together outside school.  Last term, our welfare officer, Marcela, organised a activity for us to do at the weekend.  We went for go-karting.  Twenty students signed up for it and we all agreed that it was one of the best activites we ever had.

Although I only came 6th I really enjoyed it.  It was really good fun we had at least eight races each.  As we were a large group it was also quite cheap as well!

Everyone loved this trip and we can't wait to get back on the karts again.

Studying in Cambridge

Posted by Jag

Hi, I am Jag from India, studying at Bellerbys College, Manor Campus, Cambridge.  I am doing IGCSE (International GCSE) this year and then I will be moving on to the A Level course which is taught at the other Bellerbys Cambridge campus called Queens.

I would like to share some of my experinces in Cambridge.  I think Cambridge is the best place for studying because it has got everything that students need, for example, clubs, cinema, arcade zones, branded shops, a really good library and lots of different types of restaurants.  It has also got lots of historical sites which are pretty interesting to check out.

Soon I will be getting back to you about what students do outside classes. Get ready for it... lol... as there are so many things which we do!