Spring Break - Revision Tips!

Hi guys! I'm sorry I was not active yesterday or the day before, I just needed a bit of a break because it can be quite stressful writing a blog for EVERY day but I'm back again! 
Have you ever lied in bed stressing out because you have a test the next day? Or didn't know how to revise properly so you just sat there reading through everything? Well, I'm going give you some tips and tricks on how to revise....

Don't be a procrastinator!

Scientists have proven that cramming in 2 hours revision is nowhere near as effective as doing 30 minute sessions with a 10 minute interval between each session. This is because after approximately 30 minutes of studying, your brain is fully engaged and will want to continue studying so that when you take a break, your brain is itching to get back to revising.

Here are a few tips and tricks I have learnt from revising myself:

1. Do not leave revision to the last minute, prepare days even weeks beforehand (if you are given early notice)
2. If you are a visual learner, use different colours to colour code what you need to learn as it will help you remember
3. Use revision guides/materials given to you by your teacher
4. Keep hydrated in order to keep your brain actively engaged
5. Study at a proper desk, not in bed otherwise you are very likely to fall asleep whilst revising (this is not revising is it;)?)
6. Make mind-maps to help you learn the important,key pieces of information you need for your test-not everything is relevant!
7. Finally..don't procrastinate!

I hope this helps you revise in the future and that you really take on some of these tips because I can GUARANTEE that they will help!

Spring Break - Easter Bakes!

Whenever a special occasion comes around, I love to bake different mini treats for everyone to enjoy! There a variety of different bakes so that there is surely something up your street and these are all do-able within a day so that if you are hosting an Easter party, there will be plenty of time for you to mingle with the guests as well as make incredibly delicious treats. Easter baking for me includes tonnes of creme and mini eggs and that's probably why you will notice they are in every recipe! I hope you have a lovely, chocolate-filled Easter weekend with lots of enjoyment:)

All credit goes to www.zoella.co.uk for these incredible bakes so check out her blog for more of these scrumptious yet quick and easy recipes!

Easter Marshmallow Rice Krispie Squares

90g butter

260g marshmallows

1 tsp vanilla

1tbsp butter

170g rice krispies

Easter Cupcakes

8tbsp butter

115g caster sugar

2 lightly beaten eggs

85g self-raising flour

25g cocoa powder (I use Cadbury bourneville)

Topping: 6tbsp butter

175g icing sugar

2-3 drops vanilla essence

36 chocolate mini eggs

Creme Egg Rocky Road

150g unsalted butter

250g dark chocolate, chopped

150g milk chocolate, chopped

4tbsp golden syrup 

180g mini marshmallows

150g digestive biscuits, crushed into chunks

150g white chocolate, chopped

8 creme eggs (full size, unwrapped)

Again, I hope you have a great Easter, made even better by these home sweet treats!

Spring Break!

                     

Hi guys!

With spring finally in full swing, I decided it would be great to document everything I am up to during my Easter/spring break (2 weeks long!) and share it with you guys.
Easter is the time of year where we bid farewell to Winter and welcome the forthcoming warm months of Spring where animals start to awaken from their hibernation and bring along newborns and what a perfect time to write anew blog post... than while little chicks are hatching from their eggs, my blog is opening up to the internet for the first time. 
It is with this philosophy that I am going to blog about my holidays as often as I can and write about everything from wardrobe changes to revision techniques for the coming school term; it's all here only one click away!

Check my blog tomorrow for Day 1 of my Spring Break!

                           

Baking, Travel, Style and more...

      

Hi! I'm Lorinda and welcome to my blog:)

I've never written a blog but I have been inspired by bloggers/vloggers such as Tanya Burr and Zoella and so here you go.....

I will be blogging about baking, school, travel, style and just life in general and it will be great to take you on this journey with me!
One of my passions is writing and I love to express the way I feel and what I am doing through the way I write as well as making the content interesting so that readers can relate to it. This is just a little project of mine that I am undertaking but if you do like it then feel free to comment, like or share this blog in order for me to attract a large following. If there is something you would specifically like me to blog about, please comment so that I can make this interesting for you as well as gain ideas of what content to share in order to have a successful blog!