Study Skills Strategies for Home

Learning Objectives To learn strategies to use at home to help with organisation

TASK Write ONE strategy that you could use to help you be organised at home.

Discuss Scribe required Discuss your answers and ask the scribe to write them down. They can be photocopied to be used by the whole class

Did you get some of the following

Use a Diary Have a look at your planner. Your parents must see the PLANNER and sign it. Tick off HW when it has been done KEEP your PLANNER in your school bag AT ALL TIMES

Personal Organiser An A4 size wallet is ideal for storing work to carry between home and school. You will need one with at least 12 sections for all your subjects. Ask at the school shop Bring one to the lesson next week

Personal Organiser is essential

Weekly Planner Pin it up in the kitchen and use it as a last minute check before you leave the house. Include lists of what you need each day e,g games kit, money for school trip, reply letter, home economics, etc

Example of a Weekly Planner

Notice Board Have a notice board in the kitchen for pinning up: School phone number School website address letters from school friends phone numbers equipment list (yes there it is again)

Notice Board

Post-it Pads and Pens Keep these near the telephone for taking messages

Bleep It Set reminders on your phone: Set them for before you leave the house to remind you to look at the notice board or weekly planner.

Marker Pen Keep a marker pen handy to name all your items. It may not stop you loosing them but if they are named, some of them might be returned.

Recap To be organised we need: Student Planner Weekly Planner Notice Board Mobile Phone Marker Pen

Remember you need to have your: Timetable filled in Week begin dates Homework marked in for each day Homework Diary Check