End of the School Year Sanity! Activities & Resources for Teachers
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A presentation for students facing exams
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By Wayne By Wayne DixonDixon
EXAMATTACK
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“Give of your best”
“Achieve your potential”
Expectations and Pressures
3. Peers3. Peers 4. You4. You
2. Teachers2. Teachers1. Parents1. Parents
Parents Pupils Professionals
1. Be a Teacher (PE or Maths)My Ambitions
2. Be a professional footballer with Arsenal and score the winning goal in an FA cup final!!!
Three Important Ingredients
1. Pray
1. Pray
2. 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)
Did you know…
Exam timetable:Morning Afternoon Evening
Mon Lessons Lessons Revise-RelaxTue Lessons Lessons Revise-RelaxWed Lessons Lessons Revise-RelaxThu Lessons Lessons Night off?Fri Lessons Lessons Revise- RelaxSat Rest Saturday job Revise- SocialiseSun Rest Revise Relax- Repeat
You need a balance of Revision and
Relaxation
How many of you have jobs?
1. Pray
2. Prepare
3. Perform
Perform(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
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11.Know your candidate number
12.Say a prayer
13. GO FOR IT
Change 5 over 20 into a percentage
Question:
•We panicked
HALF got it wrong!
•We were nervousWHY?
Answer on next
page
25%25%The answer:
14.Read questions carefully
Describe the events of the 2003 F.A Cup Final?
History of the FA cup!!!
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
X+Y= M-P + (RS) ?
54%X+Y=m!
X+L= M-D/ (RS)3636
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
you can’t change anything now
It’s NOT the end It’s NOT the end
of the world!of the world!
GCSE results day- last Thursday of August!GCSE results day- last Thursday of August!
DON’T PANIC!DON’T PANIC!Get advice
RESULTS
‘Life, actually’Jenny Baker
• ‘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!
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“Give of your best”
“Achieve your potential”
