examattack
by wayne dixon
www.examattack.org.uk

Give of
your best
Achieve
your
potential

Expectations
and Pressures

parents teachers
you
peers You

Pupils
Parents Professionals

my ambitions
1. Be a teacher (PE or Maths)
2. Be a professional footballer with Arsenal, and score the winning
goal in an FA cup final!

Three Important
Ingredients

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

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

11. Know your candidate number

12. Say a prayer

13. Go for it

a question
Change 5 over 20 into a percentage
Half got it wrong
Why?
► We were nervous
► We panicked

The answer:

14. Read the questions carefully

history of the FA cup
i) Describe the events of the 2005 F.A Cup Final
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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

conversation
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!

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

results
Don’t panic
Get advice
It’s not the end of the world
GCSE results day- last Thursday of August!
day-

‘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!

Examattack website
www.examattack.org.uk

“Give of your best”
Pupils
Parents Professionals
“Achieve your potential”

revision chat
Anthony- pop artist
Edith- Radio One Ian- Student
Day 1
Day 3
Day 4