*Exam Stress and How to Beat it!

*Don’tDon’t leave revision

to the last minute.Don’t avoid the questions you don’t like or find difficult.Don’t forget there is life beyond exams.Don’t CRAM the night before, you’ll just get stressed and forget it all by the morning!

*DoDo work to a revision timetable, start planning well before your exams beginDo use your study skills, write summary notes, highlighting, revision cards, key words, whatever works for youWhat routine suits you best? Morning or afternoon? Alone or with a partner? Short bursts or longer sessions?

Get the people around you to buy into and support your efforts.

Make sure you agree with them times that you will not be disturbed.

Get your own quiet space in the house were you can focus on your goals.

PAMPER YOURSELF!

EAT AND DRINK THE GOOD STUFF

RELAX!

Check:*Have a good breakfast*Give yourself plenty of time to get to the exam*Make sure you know where the exam is being held*Take everything you need, extra pens, water, tissues…anything else?*Go to the loo!!!

Prepare for the big Day!

PACE YOURSEL

F!*Read the instructions! Ask the teacher if there is

anything you don’t understand.

*DON’T PANIC!*Read all the questions, TWICE IF NESSESSARY,

and leave yourself time to answer

them

*If your stuck on a question go on to the

next one, you can always come back to it at the

end.*Leave time to read

through your answers

*You can’t do any better than your best, so why worry?

*Don’t go through the answers with your friends

afterwards, what’s the point? It’s over, you’ll just get more

worried!*It’s done, focus on the next

one!

DO YOUR BEST!