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KEEP IN TOUCH:
PREPARING FOR

EXAMS

PLANNING THEIR

WORK AND

WORKING THEIR PLAN

The key for your Son / Daughter
being successful in their exams
is for them to BE PREPARED! REVISION

Make sure your son / daughter
shares a copy of their exam
timetable with you so that PLAN
you can help them stay focused
on what activity they need to
undertake and when they need What’s the best way for them to revise?
to complete this by. Different students swear by different

Ensure you work with your approaches, but in every case their best
son / daughter to identify what bet will be to create and set out a revision
plan. It’s never too early to look at how
is the right way of revising for much work they will be required to cover
them. Make sure they start during this exam period.
their revision early and stick
to their plan. Establish how much time they have
available between now and when
Support them to ensure they their exams are due to take place,
get enough sleep, eat well and and then draw up a realistically
be healthy during this exam achievable timetable.
period. Make sure they also set When working out how much time your son
some time aside for their / daughter should devote to each subject,
hobbies or interests so that try to get them to concentrate on those
they can take a meaningful weaker subjects without losing sight of
break from revision which will where their strengths are.
help them concentrate better Over the next few pages are some
when they do need to revise. example revision plans you could use

with your son / daughter.
If, when their exams are over
they can say ‘I did my best’. Nobody
can ask for anything more.

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