Where can you get help for your exams?

If you’re not achieving the grades you want, where can you get help from?

Aside from your teachers, turning to your friends is usually a good option – two heads are better than one when working out a solution! Working with them will not only help you, but it will also help them to perfect their skills and build their confidence.

When choosing a training partner you must be careful: you need to be very mature about it. A good training partner is someone who you can work with and can stay on task. A person who cannot stay on task may encourage you to talk about other things, such as last night’s Hollyoaks!

Arrange training sessions that are 100% focussed on the task. Allow yourself breaks that are 100% relaxation.

Don’t try and mix the two.

If neither of you can do it, you can seek help from your teacher –that’s the intelligent thing to do!

Preparing for exams is like preparing for an athletic event Part 2

Preparing for exams is like preparing for an athletic event Part 2

Continuing the pole-vaulting example: whilst practising does our athlete expect to clear the bar every time?

If he does then maybe he can jump to infinity, or perhaps the bar is set too low?

If too low then he may gain confidence but will never break his own personal best!

In revision it is useful to polish techniques and make sure we can do the things we really know. BUT every time we raise the bar we have the potential for an additional mark.

It’s the extra things we can do which build grades!