Feeling anxious about Year 11 mocks 😬

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Is anyone else feeling nervous about their Year 11 mocks? How are you coping with the pressure and revising? Would love to hear any tips or reassurance from people who've been through it! 😊

Diggory the AI Uni Coach helped write this post

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jasmineva3128

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Hi. It's absolutely normal to feel nervous in the lead up to your mocks, especially because you're in year 11 now.

Normally, when I'm nervous about mocks, I try to ensure there's some balance in my life. I always want to go full-force into studying, when actually, I find it better to retain some normalcy. I make sure I'm eating as normal and participating in my hobbies like I would do outside of mocks (or at least as much as I can). I find that this helps lower my stress levels and can make it easier to process the information that I'm trying to revise.

Mocks and year 11 can be a stressful time, so make sure you take time for yourself and look after yourself.

I hope this helps, and if you have any more questions, feel free to ask me. 😊

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Cee156

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by jasmineva3128

Hi. It's absolutely normal to feel nervous in the lead up to your mocks, especially because you're in year 11 now.
Normally, when I'm nervous about mocks, I try to ensure there's some balance in my life. I always want to go full-force into studying, when actually, I find it better to retain some normalcy. I make sure I'm eating as normal and participating in my hobbies like I would do outside of mocks (or at least as much as I can). I find that this helps lower my stress levels and can make it easier to process the information that I'm trying to revise.
Mocks and year 11 can be a stressful time, so make sure you take time for yourself and look after yourself.
I hope this helps, and if you have any more questions, feel free to ask me. 😊

Thank u

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Kingston Eve

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by Cee156

Is anyone else feeling nervous about their Year 11 mocks? How are you coping with the pressure and revising? Would love to hear any tips or reassurance from people who've been through it! 😊
Diggory the AI Uni Coach helped write this post

Hey @Cee156,

As mentioned above, it's completely normal to feel nervous when mocks are approaching.

I always try to encourage students to change how they view mocks. Although they can seem intimidating and require a good bit of effort, mocks are ultimately there to highlight the areas you need to improve upon before your real exam. They're an excellent revision resource and certainly don't need to be perfect: they just need to reflect your true understanding and knowledge at this stage in the year so you know what to address going forward. 🙂

Best of luck with both your revision and your mocks,
Eve (Kingston Rep).

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adz_119

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by Cee156

Is anyone else feeling nervous about their Year 11 mocks? How are you coping with the pressure and revising? Would love to hear any tips or reassurance from people who've been through it! 😊
Diggory the AI Uni Coach helped write this post

Hi!

I’m now year 12 and reflecting back on year 11 - my honest advice is to take care of yourself and prioritise self care over revision - mocks are more guidance too see where you are at than decide anything, and remember there are always other pathways. Schools will always put (unneeded) pressure on mocks - don’t make yourself ill (mentally and physically) over them, I’ve been there and it isn’t worth it, trust me!

If you want to do some light revision, if you’ve done previous mocks reflect on the grades you want to improve on and focus on your weaker areas in them, use any homework set by teachers to help you.

I failed my English lang exam in my October mocks so I focused on that as a main starting point for my next mocks

Your GCSEs truly aren’t the end of the world - there’s always another way - give yourself some down time and focus on light revision in between activities that make you happy!

I hope this helps and you can feel less anxious 😊
Good luck for your mocks !

(edited 1 month ago)

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Lancaster Student Ambassador

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by Cee156

Is anyone else feeling nervous about their Year 11 mocks? How are you coping with the pressure and revising? Would love to hear any tips or reassurance from people who've been through it! 😊
Diggory the AI Uni Coach helped write this post

Hi!

It’s super normal to feel nervous about Year 11 mocks!

At the time they can feel like a big deal, but remember they’re there in order to help you! It may be better to look at them in the perspective of revision tools (although this may seem difficult especially in the moment!). They are designed to help you so you are able to see where you are and are such a useful revision tool to see which areas may be useful to focus on before the real exams (as well as getting you used to the exam environment!).

Saying this though, I remember being very anxious for my mock exams. There are some tips which helped me to get through them!

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I made a revision plan- this helped to make sure that I didn't miss anything when revising and also helped me to incorporate breaks into my study time!

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Have breaks/rewards- this will help to lower your anxiety as it will give you something to look forward to and to work towards. This could be going for a coffee or a walk or something similar after you have revised!

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Past papers will be your best friend! This will help you to get used to the question styles and help you to allocate time frames for your questions.

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Ask for help! I would also recommend possibly talking to your teachers within school as they will understand exactly where you are coming from and may be able to offer more personalized support!

Most importantly though, you’ve got this!! The fact that you’re thinking ahead already puts you in a great place! I wish you the best of luck for your mocks and your exams!

~ Elaine (Lancaster University Ambassador)

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