Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Let me ask you something, have you heard the word "GCSE" in the past week? Have you heard the word "revise” in the past week? Well, trust me I know these words are stressful but I am here today to make these words less stressful. Here are my three tips to coping with exam stress. So grab your pen and paper ladies and gentlemen. Tip one: know the content How many times have you looked at a biology 6 marker and thought to yourself what the heck is this? Trust me I have been there. For exams you need to learn the content in order to answer the question, so going on YouTube and search up for example DNA GCSE biology, there are tons of videos that will break it down for you. I personally love using Cognito, it really helps to break down the topic. Like I went from a 3-6 by learning the content and knowing how to answer the questions. Tip two: exam questions Let me ask you this, how many of you guys have done exam questions? Look, if you're not doing exam questions, I have no idea what to tell you. Doing exam style questions helps your brain get familiar to the types of questions they can ask you in the exam. Let me let you in on a secret, they reuse questions from older past papers, crazy isn't it? It's not only about doing exam questions but it's about learning from them. Give your teachers your responses to a question and ask them to mark it, this helps you target your mistakes, for example I gave my teacher an Inspector Calls essay and got 38/40 marks, like hello, how amazing is that? then I asked her to tell me what I needed to improve on (this is key), I worked on my mistake, redid it and got 38/40 marks. Don't be afraid to give your questions to your teachers it helps a lot. Tip three: Taking breaks I know you have heard someone on TikTok or Instagram being like 'revise 10 hours every day to get grade 9's', I'm here to tell you to never do that unless you want to burn yourself out. Doing short revision hoursare more effective like 1hr then taking a break. But now you are looking at me like what take a break, I could never, but you need to take breaks. A study in Oxford sates 82% of students say ‘taking breaks in between studying reduces levels of stress and helps students to retain information effectively’. There you have it three steps to cope with the tedious pressure of what we call GCSEs. Now remember, you can achieve anything if you have the right mindset for it. Thank you for listening.