<h3><i>Is your child prepared for the year-end exams? Use this checklist as a guide.</i></h3>
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<h3><b>1 Week Before The Exam</b></h3>
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<li>Have you studied and reviewed all the examinable topics? By making or reading summary notes, testing your recall and understanding, and working on practice questions?</li>
<li>If no, what are the most essential topics to read or review?</li>
<li>How much time do you have for last-minute revision?</li>
<li>How can you review the remaining topics in the least possible time? (<em><a href="https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/article/make-last-minute-revision-count/">Read</a>: effective last-minute revision strategies</em>)</li>
<li>When you have questions about a topic, who can you consult quickly for help?</li>
<li>Have you taken a practice exam, keeping to the time limit of the actual paper? Have you scored yourself and taken note of your mistakes?</li>
<li>Have you re-attempted challenging questions to see if you can do them now?</li>
<li>Are you aware of the mistakes frequently made by students (or yourself), so you can avoid making those mistakes in the exam? (<em><a href="https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/article/avoid-these-15-mistakes-during-the-psle/">Read</a>: 15 exam mistakes to avoid</em>)</li>
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<h3><b>2 Days Before The Exam</b></h3>
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<li>Do you have a strategy for answering the questions? (<em><a href="https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/article/some-tips-on-answering-science-open-ended-questions/">Read</a>:</em> <em>tackle </em><em>science open-ended questions;</em> <em><a href="https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/article/rmss-make-math-simpler-video-series-solving-a-fraction-problem-using-the-box-method/">Read</a>: the fastest way to solve math problems</em>)</li>
<li>Do you have a strategy for avoiding careless mistakes or transfer errors?</li>
<li>Do you have a strategy for checking your papers? (<em><a href="https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/article/how-to-check-test-and-exam-papers/">Read</a>: techniques for checking papers</em>)</li>
<li>Are you getting at least 8 hours of sleep? (<em><a href="https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/article/exam-strategy-fix-your-sleep/">Read</a>: </em><em>sleep strategies to boost grades</em>)</li>
<li>Are you feeling stressed about the exams? (<em><a href="https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/article/helping-children-cope-with-exam-stress-tips-from-a-parenting-workshop/">Read</a>: </em><em>cope with exam stress</em>)</li>
<li>How do you want to celebrate the end of exams?</li>
<li>What would you like to do during the holidays?</li>
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<h3><b>The Day Of The Exam</b></h3>
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<li>Are you feeling confident? (<em><a href="https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/article/five-ways-to-win-the-psychological-war-during-the-exams/">Read</a>: </em><em>boost morale for the exams</em>)</li>
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<h3><b>The Day Of The Results</b></h3>
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<li>How are you feeling?</li>
<li>What would you like to do today? (<em><a href="https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/article/exam-results-how-should-parents-respond/">Read</a>: more ways to respond to exam results</em>)</li>
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<h3><b>When Your Child Is Ready For A Discussion</b></h3>
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<li>Are you happy with your exam scores?</li>
<li>If no, what do you feel you need to improve? (<em><a href="https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/article/creating-a-revision-plan-questions-to-ask-your-child/">Read</a>: create a revision plan</em>)</li>
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