navigate the return of exams, but for many as well there is a sense of relief, because they get a chance to prove themselves, and to own the grades they will get in august. our year 115 really want examinations. even so, schools are dealing with more anxiety. so, they are finding ways for every pupil to sit exams. we put really special arrangements in place for those that are struggling, and some of our invigilators are going to the children s homes, some of our children are sitting their examinations outside of the exam halls. the last revision sessions ahead of gcses. for a level students sitting their first exams at 18, it s a bigger step this year. but for everyone, just getting under way is a relief. i really liked the exam. i was nervous when i went in, but once i opened the paper and looked through the question, i thought, yes, this is what i have been revising. one down, many more ahead.
for a level students sitting their first exams at 18, it s a bigger step this year. but for everyone, just getting under way is a relief. i really liked the exam. i was nervous when i went in, but once i opened the paper and looked through the question, i thought, yes, this is what i ve been revising. one down, many more ahead. some are waiting for them at the end. branwenjeffreys, bbc news, norwich. good luck to them. i don t fancy exams at all these days. now fashion giant zara has become the latest retailer to charge shoppers who return items bought online. customers must now pay £1.95 to return clothes, with the cost taken from their refund. items bought online can still be returned for free in stores. high street firms such as uniqlo and next already charge for online returns. they could still be returned in the
catching up in the canteen, it s talk of revision and exam timetables. if, you know, people have been off with covid, teachers have been good at live lessons and putting work on so we can do everything. i ve got 21 exams spread out across a month and a half, so sometimes i ll go home and i ll revise for an hour or so and then i ll go to footballjust to take my mind off it. i think it s really important to not only.obviously, worry about your grades, but worry about yourself and worry about your mental health. ok, year11, you can put your pens down, please. the government says this year s students will be graded more generously than the last time exams were sat in 2019, but they won t get as many top grades as last year, when results were decided by teachers assessments. pupils will get formula sheets to use in exams and there has been advance information for gcses and a levels. so i ve got two a levels left design and technology, and engineering i ve got left, but i ve got a btec an
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for gcses and a levels. so i ve got two a levels left design and technology, and engineering i ve got left, but i ve got a btec and a ctec, as well. jasmine is worried about what could come up. it s been a bit mad, to be honest, because we ve missed so much time and every time someone was off we d all have to go off. so, as engineering students, we can t do our things at home. it s more just all online or special software we don t have at home. and so we re all 18 now and it feels like we ve missed a big chunk of, like, growing up in our in a levels. it s just like stress constantly that you re not going to get everything done. and then, after that into actual jobs, it feels like we ve not even been in school at all. we are really excited for our children to be able to show what they re brilliant at, as well, and do well in their gcses and their a levels, despite the fact that it s been so difficult. for the deputy head, mrs turner, it s about making pupils believe they can aim high.