“What advice would you give to other students who are about to sit their first lot of exams?” Earlier this year, I asked this question to over 500 year 11 and 12 students. These students had just completed their first lot of exams. They were still raw from the experience. Most students responded with statements […]
I know what you’re thinking. One exam is bad enough. But two exams on the same day? That’s rough. When you need to smash out two exams on the same day you need battle tactics, hacks, tools and strategies. I’ve broken this blog post down into six sections: What to do… 1. Six to four […]
We’ve all heard stories of people leaving their revision until the night before an exam. We don’t tend to dwell too much on the stories where the student fails miserably. The stories that stick in our minds are the ones of those people who manage to just scrape through the exam. Or students who score […]
There are certain things we know we need to do when it comes to preparing for exams: create summary notes, work with the syllabus, attend revision classes, manage exam nerves, get plenty of sleep, etc. These are the obvious, big-ticket exam preparation items. But there are less obvious (and slightly bizarre) things we can also […]
