Stress Sessions

 How to manage stress during exams

Two workshops for Year 12/ Year 13 will take place on
7th & 14th January in the Rutherford Building at 1.35pm

The two workshops draw on the mental preparation and performance skills used by sportsmen/women to ensure stress does not detract from their elite performance.

The first session will look at

• Why stress is necessary for peak performance

• What happens physiologically when stress is too great, and how to manage stress

• Quick tips for coping with frequent stress symptoms and trigger points; poor sleep, poor eating, parent issues,
  time management issues etc

• How thinking and feeling are connected

• How to develop good thought processes for dealing with the challenges of revision and exam preparation

• How to rehearse your mental strategy for managing exams is ‘stress proofing’

• How to use positive mental attitude to maximise performance in the exam room

• Rescue techniques if stress does strike!

The second session will be more open discussion of specific issues group participants are managing.

If you’d like to attend or require more details please see Ann Gibbons.