"VCE"? Whas that...
FINALS!!!!!!!! your taking finals my first month of school... talk about speed programing. lol
1.Set up an hour or two everyday.Same time if you can help it...
20 minutes before do this clear your workspace. Make sure nothing is there but your study material. If you want you can play soft or classical (no words) music, turn it down so it's slighty hearable.
that should take you five minutes...
Next five minutes get something to eat... Nothing big... Some cheese, crackers whatever... Something to fill you and keep you energized.
Now drink a glass of water.... and fill one and put it on your desk.
For another five minutes just write down whatever is flowing through your brain... Just try to clear it and put it on paper.
For the final five minutes.
Lay or Recline so your somfortable....
Imagine Walking down a spiral flight of stairs. Every step... and on this stairs are numbers 1-100... the top step is 100... read these in your mind(might be hard at first)when you get to the bottom imagine a ladder climb down this ladder, when your there Imagine there Being a huge screen. And on this screen imagine all the text you have to absorb and you absorbing it, ect.
That should really help calm you down. It sounds cheesy but wil really work...
You might need more or less then 5 minutes thats just a guide.
For studying... Write everything... It's a pain but I solidifys it in your mind... I taught myself to write decently with my left hadn mirrored(backwards so you can read it in a mirror.) So i write it with both hand at a time while reading it...It being notes.... Takes concentration but I REALLY remember it... I can almost quote a whole little booklet(1-5pages) by memory a few weeks later... course thats overkill.... the best way is to outline it...
Title.
......A.Subject
...........I.Note
....................A.Note
....................B.Note
............II.Note2.
............III.Note3.
General rule I use is you should have at least have 4subjects...3.notes...and 2notes per note... though more is nicer that helps it keep it spread....
Wirte down all the main people's names backwards and forwards three times.... a little summary.
Matriculate
Erudite
Mom and dad.
Ostenacious
Retinue
Yoke
there is a slight theme of the above for you...

and those words make memory...
So fun things like put words or objects in scentences
for englis grab a root dictionary or read up on Latin... I was teaching it on this site but no one cared...
Precipice; cliff steep overhang
the
precipitation, combined with
ice, was responsible for his driving off the
precipice
History; do outlines.... draw stuff... Be creative.... Most Important have fun and don't sweat it.... If you study hard... the last few days before the finals relax and kick back... it's shown to actually help people... as long as they learned the material first
anyway.... thas my 2c.... I don't know what else to say just be creative and have fun... remember to relax,.