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[ TLDR - Exams feel stressful for everyone. Here are five practical ways to stay in control: • Use one countdown to your final exam day • Create and follow a realistic revision timetable • When panic hits, do something physical instead of scrolling • Rotate subjects daily to keep revision balanced • Use the FEG mindset: Focus, Efficient, Grit ] It's perfectly normal for everyone to feel stressed about their exams. Some feel less, some feel more. Here are my 5 practical tips/

Step 1: Print out a calendar and stick it on the wall Printing it out means it is always visible. Every time you walk into your room, you see it. It acts like visual reminder. A phone calendar only exists when you open the app. Out of sight means out of mind. So print it out. I suggest A3 paper so you can see the whole month clearly. You can find printable calendars on this website: https://print-a-calendar.com A printed calendar reduces distraction and makes revision feel re

An A Level Teacher’s Honest View Having taught A level Maths for 10 years, one question I hear regularly from Year 13 students is: Sir, is the whole year going to be very stressful? The short answer is NO, not the whole year 13 at least. Below is my personal observation of the Year 13 academic year, from September to July. I have rated the stress level of each month out of five, with five being the most stressful. (Disclaimer: This is entirely opinion based, drawn from classr

An A Level Teacher’s Honest View Having taught A level Maths for 10 years, one question I hear regularly from Year 12 students is this: is it normal to feel stressed at certain points of the year? The short answer is yes. Below is my personal observation of the Year 12 academic year, from September to July. I have rated the stress level of each month out of five, with five being the most stressful. (Disclaimer: This is entirely opinion based, drawn from classroom experience o

Some teachers set homework full of easy questions. Some do not, believing that they are a waste of time and that students should jump straight into harder exam style problems. Students often agree with the second group, especially when they think I already get this. The truth is that both approaches have a place. The key is balance. Easy Questions Are Not About Ability There is a balance between doing too many easy questions and doing too few. Doing 20 pages of near identical

If you are studying A level Maths, you may often feel that lessons move very quickly. One minute you are copying down an example, the next minute the board has been wiped, and suddenly you are wondering when exactly differentiation turned into integration. Maths does not wait for anyone. This is where flipped learning  comes in. No actual flipping of tables or students is required. What Is Flipped Learning Flipped learning is about learning the core maths concepts before the