1. Study Skills
Why bother?

2. Long Term We are going to learn how to: Study Get organised
Manage Time and Stress
Identify our own learning styles
Produce the best Homework
Revise and achieve the best grades in your tests and exams
In other words… We are going to learn how to be a successful graduate of TBGS!

3. Learning Objectives To understand why we need to study
To understand how we learn
To learn how the brain works

4. Write down as many points that you can think of why you need to study.
Starter Task
On your own – NO TALKING
You have ONE minute
Write down as many points that you can think of why you need to study.
The clock is ticking
Tick Tick Tick

5. Share Ideas – 5 minutes Now share your ideas with the class.
Did you come up with any of the following points?

6. Reasons for studying Increase motivation Interest
Learn a new skill Fun
Make your brain work
Improved results Knowledge
Higher grades Pass exams
Better job prospects

7. Why bother? Lots of boys took the test to join TBGS. Not all made it!
Don’t waste the opportunity that you have achieved!

8. Why bother?
We come to school for many reasons and one of them is to LEARN.
In order to LEARN we have to STUDY.
We need to LEARN to STUDY

9. From birth you have been learning… But you`ve still not mastered it!!
How we Learn
From birth you have been learning… But you`ve still not mastered it!!

10. Someone shakes a rattle
Example
Someone shakes a rattle

11. You put it in your mouth to feel, taste and smell it
You hear it
You turn to look at it
You reach to touch it
You put it in your mouth to feel, taste and smell it

12. You’ve listened
You’ve looked
You’ve touched
You’ve smelled
You’ve tasted

13. Every self-respecting nine-month old baby knows that this is a very efficient way to learn.
Unfortunately, some teachers and pupils forget this, or think it is only for babies.

14. Watch this brief clip on how your brain works
How the Brain Works
Watch this brief clip on how your brain works

15. Nearly out of time for this session
We all have a Brain.
Let’s start to use it in the best way we can

16. Nelson Mandela