Study at Home Tips

STUDY HABITS

• Work consistently throughout the year.
• Seek extra assistance from teachers or other students if you need it.
• Act on comprehensive feedback from teachers on how to improve.
• Complete lots of practice tasks.
• Form study groups.
• Make a consistent study habit.
• Find a quiet and comfortable place to study, such as the Resource Centre, open 8am-5pm every day.
• Start exam preparation as soon as possible.
• Take hardcopy notes on paper by hand.
• Get organised with your stationery.

ACTIVE STUDY

• Try study blocks of 50 mins study + 10 mins break or 25 mins study + 5 mins break.
• Do active study like completing practice questions, discussing with others, writing summaries, making flash cards, drawing visual representations, while avoiding passive studying like re-reading or too much highlighting.
• Make a study timetable and write checklists.
• Attend revision lectures.
• Find a workplace that is flexible to your needs.
• Find a job that pays well so you can do fewer hours.
• Reduce your hours or stop working around Term 3 to focus more on school studies.
• Rescheduled after school SACs take priority over other external commitments.
• Delete TikTok!
• Use ScreenZen app to limit app times or restrict usage in settings on your phone
• Regularly check your screen time.
• Review your time spent consuming online content such as watching YouTube, Netflix, Instagram etc.
• Leave phone in a different room while studying.

LIFESTYLE AND STUDY

• Participating in sport, going to the gym or other fitness activities (swimming, riding, walking) are a great way to keep you active and to de-stress.
• Lots of positive links from positive physical health and mental health.
• Also consider what you are eating and drinking too. Nuts, tuna, fruit, berries are healthy snacks which help your brain to study. Drink lots of water.
• Make good and safe choices, late parties may ruin your study plans for the next day.
• Catch up with family and friends can help your mental health.
• Make sure to communicate with your teachers, especially if you know you will be away in advance.
• If you are away for any family commitments, make sure to follow up with your teachers to find out what you missed and then catch up on the work.

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