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Exam Preparation

Exams, particularly important public exams, are stressful for students and probably even more for their parents. It is not easy to watch your children suffer and not to know what you can do to help.

The students who do best in exams:

  • have revised thoroughly and carefully
  • feel confident
  • have parents who take an interest in their revision.

So what can you do?

There is a great deal you can do. You can't revise for them and however much you'd like to, you can't take the exams for them, but you can be invaluable in making the exam process smooth, calm and successful.

Do
  • Offer help as a tester; as a reader; as a source of knowledge; as a buyer (of equipment, books, rewards)
  • Make them feel you are on their side
  • Organise non study activities for them
  • Encourage them with praise and rewards
  • Work out time limits with them
  • Make their environment revision friendly
Don't
  • Force them to revise in ways you think best
  • Get involved in their stress; don`t shout back
  • Make comparisons with other students, or yourself at a younger age
  • Give them permission to do badly
  • Believe the revision lies