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A Guide to Coping with Exam Pressure
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Preparing for Exams Booklet
Exam Attack Help Pack
This short and simple guide will help you get through exams as smoothly and successfully as possible.
You’ll find advice on the best foods to eat (and how to cope when you lose your appetite), how to get better sleep, how to deal with panic, how to plan your revision, how to balance work and relaxation, how to get the right help at the right time, and all sorts of aspects of a healthy attitude.
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How to Plan a preparation timetable
Food Suggestions for Exam Period
Resources for managing test-related anxiety
This list of resources is aimed at students, parents, schools and colleges to help manage worries about exam and revision stress.
Advice for children and young people
Childline is a service provided by the NSPCC offering confidential advice to children and young people. See Childline’s tips for beating exam stress.
YoungMinds is a charity working to improve emotional well-being and mental health amongst children and young people. See YoungMinds’ advice for young people.
Student Minds is a mental health charity for students. See Student Minds’ resources for dealing with exam stress.
Mind is a charity providing mental health support for anyone experiencing a mental health problem. See Mind’s 14 ways to beat exam stress.
BBC Bitesize offers resources to help students with homework, revision and learning. See Bitesize’s advice on how to deal with exam stress.
GoConqr is a personal learning environment to aid learning and revision. See GoConqr’s tips on how to deal with exam stress.
The Student Room is an education website offering peer support for students. See The Student Room’s advice on dealing with exam stress.
Advice for parents
YoungMinds is a charity working to improve emotional well-being and mental health amongst children and young people. See YoungMinds’ advice for parents.
NHS: See the advice from the NHS: Help your child beat exam stress.
Family Lives is a charity helping parents to deal with the changes that are a constant part of family life. See Family Lives’ advice for supporting your teenager through their exams.
Relate is a charity offering relationship support. See Relate’s advice for coping with exam stress as a family.
TheSchoolRun.com is a website offering resources to help learning at primary school. See their advice on helping your primary school child with exam stress.
Teenagers Translated is a website offering information to help parents understand their children during their teenage years. See their advice on managing exam stress.