Yes, this week has finally arrived and I can't quite believe it. DS is acting quite cool but did admit to being a bit nervous. He mostly seems to be tired - he says he feels drained, and I'm quite concerned about him going into the start of the exam period feeling tired already! His school have done nothing but practice questions, revision sessions and recaps since Jan and I think it's mostly been helpful. He says he doesn't want to do any of the after school sessions that I think have been arranged, as he felt the last lot weren't actually as helpful as being at home. His revision timetable (as worked out by me!!) is to do two subjects/topics per afternoon, after school, roughly about an hour each, and I'm fairly sure that'll be ok because like I say, he does nothing BUT revision at school all day.
Like CactusPeach I can't really tell how efficient/effective his revision is, but he seems really on top of his topics when we chat about them. I'm mostly concerned that he'll get tempted off down irrelevant tangents or give too much information, or just answer what HE wants to bloody well write about! 😬 He's a sponge for information but I do worry about technique.
I was also going to leave little treats out after exam days. Not sure I can manage to think of something every day, unless it's just sweets! I did stash away some small D&D related things though. I just want his path through this loooong period eased as much as possible, it's such a bloody long slog for them all.
He's had his Mandarin speaking exam but wasn't really counting that as his first exam - the first one is, like most of them, Biology on Friday...