examattackexamattackby wayne dixon
www.examattack.org.uk
Give of your best
Achieve your
potential
Expectations Expectations and Pressuresand Pressures
You
parents
peers
teachers
you
ParentsPupils
Professionals
my ambitions
2. Be a professional footballer with Arsenal, and score the winning
goal in an FA cup final!
1. Be a teacher (PE or Maths)
Three Important Three Important IngredientsIngredients
Pray
Pray
Prepare
Since the age of 5 when you started school, you have spent 15,000 hours in school
(give or take the odd in-service day)
exam timetable
Morning Afternoon Evening
Mon Lessons Lessons Revise-Relax
Tue Lessons Lessons Revise-Relax
Wed Lessons Lessons Revise-Relax
Thu Lessons Lessons Night off?
Fri Lessons Lessons Revise- Relax
Sat Rest Saturday job Revise- Socialise
Sun Rest Revise Relax- Repeat
You need a balance of revision and relaxation
How many of you have jobs?
Pray
Prepare
Perform
PerformPerform(what to do)(what to do)
1. Get a good nights sleep
2. Wake up earlier
3. Do your normal things
4. Bring the right equipment
5. Arrive earlier
6. Know where it is
7. Go to the toilet before
8. Have a working watch
9. Listen to instructions
10. Read the top sheet
11. Know your candidate number
12. Say a prayer
13. Go for it
Half got it wrong
Why?
► We were nervous► We panicked
a question
Change 5 over 20 into a percentage
The answer:
14. Read the questions carefully
i) Describe the events of the 2005 F.A Cup Final................................................................................................................
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history of the FA cup
The actual answer was …
15. How will you tackle the exam?
16. Know how much time to spend on each question
17. Don’t be influenced
18. Ask questions
19. Check all sides of the paper
What did you put for question 10?
What question 10, there wasn’t one.
Yes there was; the last one, on the back
sheet about...
I don’t remember seeing one!
conversation
20. Label all questions clearly
21. Leave 5 minutes at the end
22. Show all working out
23. Use non-exam time
24. Between final exam and results day
relax
you can’t change anything now
Don’t panic
GCSE results dayGCSE results day-- last Thursday of August!last Thursday of August!
results
It’s not the end of the world
Get advice
• ‘Life, actually’ is a book designed
for Year 11 students.
• It offers advice to help young people
deal with the choices and changes
that confront them
• The book covers subjects such as
what it might be like in college or
training, how to deal with parents and
at what age you can go top speed on a 50cc moped!
‘Life, actually’ Jenny Baker
Examattack websitewww.examattack.org.uk
“Give of your best”
“Achieve your potential”
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