Your final year of high school is finally here -huge congratulations on achieving this milestone!! ✨🏆❤️

Your matric year is one of the most ✨special✨ moments in your life, but it can also be one of the most 😿stressful😿.

The rush to cover your syllabus and prepare yourself for the upcoming examinations (June Exams, Prelim Exams and Final Exams 😓😓😓) may leave you feeling overwhelmed.

Lucky for you the Foondamate team has your back - and together we will ensure that you get through this year and that you leave your final exam venue knowing you’ve done your best. ✍🏾✍🏾✍🏾

Here are some tips to ensure that you have a good start to your matric year:

Make a study schedule 📆⏰

• A study schedule is a plan which outlines how and when you will spend your time studying. This plan should include which 📚subjects📚 you will study on particular days, and how much ⏰time⏰ you will spend on each subject/topic. 🤔🤔🤔
• It is a good idea to work out a study schedule at the beginning of the year so that you have made a ✨habit✨ of working according to a schedule by the time you receive your test/exam timetables. 📝📝📝
• Make sure you allocate time for 💛rest💛 in your study schedule, as overworking yourself is not beneficial for your health nor for your academic performance. 🙋🏽🙋🏽🙋🏽

Form study groups as early as possible 📚✏📐

• Study groups are an ideal way to ensure that you receive assistance with schoolwork 👨‍🏫outside of the classroom👩‍🏫. Form a study group with 👨‍🎓hardworking students👩‍🎓 early in the year, ****so you can help each other with difficult work.
• Forming a study group as early as possible⏳📆 is a good way to ensure that you and your fellow group members get used to working as a team. This will help you identify each other’s 💪strengths and weaknesses💪, so you know who can help with which subject.
• Communication is key in any team📲📞, and a good way to ensure quality communication amongst you and your fellow members is to set up a 📩WhatsApp group chat📥 where you discuss schoolwork and provide each other with assistance during your test/exam preparations outside of the classroom.

Access past test/exam papers 🏆📄📝

• The best way to prepare for any test or exam is to work through past papers📝📚. Past papers contain questions which are likely to be similar to questions in your future tests/exams, meaning that working through them is a great way to prepare yourself for the types of questions that will appear in your tests/exams 🏋️‍♀️🧘‍♂️.
• To get the most out of a past paper ❌don’t check the memo❌ until after you have at least tried to answer a particular question. Checking the memo before trying a question yourself will only trick you into believing that you understand the work
• Try to simulate exam/test conditions by ⏳timing yourself⏳ as you work through the past paper. This will guarantee that you make a habit of working according to test/exam regulations and will ensure that you know how to ⏰manage your time⏰ well when you are writing your tests/exams.

To get access to 📝past papers📝 using Foondamate, click this link  or simply add Foondamate as a contact in your WhatsApp by saving this phone number: +2760 070 3213

📲📲📲 To download past papers on Foondamate, simply send download followed by the subject, grade, paper number, month and year. For example: download life sciences grade 12 paper 1 November 2019. Just like that, the paper and memo will be sent to your phone! 💛💛💛

These tips will help you ace your matric year. 💪💪💪 Always work smart, and make sure you find some time to rest. 😊😊😊

Remember, Matric is a marathon, not a sprint, so pace yourself and keep your eyes fixed on the prize 🥇🏆.

Sending hugs and strength. You got this. 💛🤖

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