
Have you got enough for your personal statement? Now is the time!
This time next year or possibly even earlier you are going to start applying to universities and a crucial part of the application...

The great façade: Everyone seems to be breezing through their A-levels, am I just not good enough?
Have you ever been in your lesson and suddenly felt like you’re just not good enough? Like you don’t understand what the teacher is...

I feel guilty for taking a day off
Guilt. An emotion that I think a lot of people would rather just avoid. Guilt has an effect where it can paralyse you, depending on...

Christmas holidays: A break or just two weeks to revise for mocks?
You’ve made it! Finally your first two week holiday has arrived and boy did you need it! This is your time to relax, have fun and give...

Dealing with unsupportive teachers
Teachers have one of the most important jobs in the entire world. The whole way a generation thinks can partly be down to teachers and...

Parent’s evening: Make it or break it
I I didn't have a particular good parents evening during my first year of A-levels, I left feeling like my subjects were harder than...

The unspoken signs that make you want to leave
You’ve hit a rut. Everyone around you seems to be excelling yet no matter how hard you try; you just can’t seem to catch up. First and...

October half term: Can I just chill out?
FINALLY A BREAK! It really was needed. Did that feel like the longest term of your life and are you finally glad it’s over? Or did it go...

How do my subjects relate to real life?
Events! Learning that is engaging outside the classroom! You would be surprised how many science events there are out there (some...

How to chill out the day of the exam
For many of you, exam season has already begun or is on the cusp on becoming a reality. Finally, all those years, months and weeks you’ve...

I can’t be bothered to revise
So exam season has finally hit. And you’re already sick of it all. The exams have barely started and you already want them to end. The...

What can YOU do about climate change?
If overcoming the greatest challenges is what defines the greatness of a generation then we may all be part of the greatest generation...

Distractions: Cancelled.
We could start off this post by saying that ‘in this day and age it is now harder than ever to stay focused due to social media and blah...

Comparison serves no purpose
We all get a little down sometimes. And then we look around and notice how well everyone else is doing and it makes us even more down....

Easter: A guide to the holiday that doesn’t really feel like a holiday
Yay, you’ve made it to the Easter half term! The end is near! We know what you’re thinking: my exams are getting worryingly close, my...

STEM: Where do I go from here?
It is all well and good us sitting here and telling you to pursue STEM for your studies but surely you’d want to know what you can do...

What to do on your day(s) off
Ah, finally a well needed day off. You may have a random day off school or you may have actively told yourself that today you simply will...

Happy International Women’s Day!
Every year on the 8th of March, the whole world celebrates women and their achievements. At BLOSSOM we are extremely excited about today...

Dealing with a bad test result
It happens to all of us. We just didn’t manage to revise for that one test, or we really didn’t understand that topic or we were just...



















