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The Five Point Plan for Supporting your Child through Exams and Assessments

Heather Rutherford • May 07, 2021

How to relieve anxiety and keep kids motivated and calm 

Helping kids survive assessments and exams
Exam season is an anxiety filled time for any child.  This year things are different but no less stressful.  Now matter how we ptich it, the reality remains that assessments are the culmination of years of work, there is much riding on the results and our kids feel the pressure. 

The question then is what can we do to help relieve the anxiety and stress and help our kids feel calmly supported and loved and help them be in a place where they feel motivated to try their best?  

I share my five top tips in my latest article for Talk Education based on years of experience supporting my kids through endless exams and assessments as well as my conversations with Year 13 students themselves about what they need from us this year, and in any year.. 


Read on in  Talk Education 


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