Why Exams Don't Matter as much as they seem 

Kaitlyn draws upon her own experience with exams and how it always seems like exams are the only thing that matter, when this isn’t always true.

Helping overseas students

Kenzie talks about how to make yourself more desirable to employers, how to find your first job when you're young and inexperienced and tells you all about her experiences as an apprentice and how she got to where she is now. 

I have a test tomorrow

Joey discusses their tips for revising for a test, this inlcudes a range of useful tips for everyone to use during revision.

New School

In this article, Joey talks about his experience with attending a new school and gives their helpful tips.

Exam stress and how NOT to deal with it!

In this article, Charlie gives some helpful tips on how to help reduce stress levels.

Dreading work or school

Everyone goes through a period of dreading work/school, in this article, Ella shares her experience with dreading school and gives her helpful tips on how to minimize the feeling of dreading work/school.

Academic and executive dusyfunction

Elliot talks about what Executive Dysfunction is and his experience with it. This article also includes some tips that helped Elliot.

I don't know how to revise!!

Revision is an important part to tackling exams, Alex discusses their experience with not knowing how to revise and gives some helpful tips on how they completed their revision.

How to tackle school

Mei discusses some helpful tips that helped them tackle school.

Transitioning into GCSE year

Transitioning into GCSEs can be a daunting experience, in this article, Alex shares their experience with moving into GCSEs and shares their advice.

Procrastination and how to overcome it

In this article, Alex shares what procrastination is and how to try and overcome it.

The struggle of exams

Ali shares her advice on how to effectively revise and how she learnt what her learning type was.

Revision tips

In this article, Elizabeth shares her revision tips and tricks to help you overcome the dreaded exam season.

Results day

Results day can be a scary experience, in this article, Elle shares her tips on how to cope with results day.

Dealing with failure

No one wants to deal with failure, but that’s something that is apart of life. In this article, Evlyn shares her tip on dealing with failure.

National teachers day

In this article, Mel explains the history of teachers, what teaching is like in third world countries and pupils experience with teachers is.

Exam stress

Exam stress can be difficult to deal with, in this article, Nicole shares her helpful tips on how to cope with exam stress.

Study tips for different learners

In this article, Caitlyn explains her experience with studying and gives tips she wishes she used during exam period.

Exam organisation

Having some sort of organization is so important to helping you revise, in this article, Riley explains some helpful exam organization tips.  

GCSE & the rest of your priorities

Balancing exams with personal life can be hard. In this article, Jazz explains how to balance the two.

Facing Exams

In this article, we’re given useful tips to help when facing exams. This article includes many useful tips.

Mock Exams

In this article, Lauren explains the importance of mock exams and gives some useful tips on how to deal with them.

Keeping a good work ethic

Jazz explains her experience with not having a good work ethic and how she helped herself change it and how you can change your work ethic too.

Tips for revising

Emie, a current year 12 student who’s just finished her GCSEs, explains some useful strategies for revising. Sometimes knowing exactly how you are going to revise will encourage you to get started and so long as you have started, you are likely to be motivated to continue. Read the article for some tips including how to use recordings, cue-cards, revision guides, mind maps, stories and highlighters.

Preparation for exams

Elle is going through her GCSEs right now and gives insight on preparing for exams with organised revision.

The final stretch

Cassandra talks about her experience with high school and exams, she also shares some of her tips to help deal with stress.

Staying organised at school

In this article, Jazz gives some helpful tips on how to stay organised during school periods.

Going To School When Feeling Down

Going to school whilst feeling down can be a scary and all around unpleasant experience. In this article, Jaz explains how she managed to attend school when her mental health was low.

Don't Be Scared: School

In this article, Lauren explains how to be more organized with school work with some helpful tips and tricks.

Making Friends At A New School

In Elle's article ''Making friends at a new school” she shares how to make friends and a good first impression. Her ways are: being assertive and going to people that you would like to be friends with to talk, not worrying about your appearance, joining lots of clubs, talking to people in your classes and being yourself.

Procrastination & Study Tips

In Jinx's article ''Procrastination & study tips” we read that procrastination is a self-defence mechanism of perfectionists. There are ways to deal with it, such as: setting yourself deadlines, enlisting people to help, taking breaks, setting aside a few days a week and making a routine.

Choosing Subjects

Elle's article ''Choosing subject” shares ways of choosing ones for college/sixth form. These are: think about lessons that you enjoy now and may want to carry on with in the future, look up universities and check what A levels they expect you to have taken, ask your schools for careers advice, research new courses, attend open evenings, apply to many and choose nearer the time, remember that you can change your mind before you actually start.

Dealing With Bad Results

Riley's article ''Dealing with bad results” tells us how to cope with bad exam results based on his experience. He reminds us that it's not the end of the world and recommends such ways of coping: take time to process, redo an exam, learn from your mistakes, remember that you did your best and you are not alone, look after yourself.

School Stress

In Nicole's article ''school stress'' we get to know how to deal with stress while being at school. Her ideas are: creating a schedule, getting enough sleep and having a healthy escape from school, e.g.: shopping, going out to the park, hanging out with friends or any hobby.

Maintaining a Work Ethic over the Holidays

​In Emie's article ''Maintaining a work ethic during the winter” we can learn how to not get too lazy during Christmas holidays and do some work. She recommends small revisions every day, doing some chores, writing in a journal, reading a book or even gaming. The most important, though is maintaining the same sleeping pattern that we have during school.