1. Improve YOUR results!!!

2. A Common Goal Lots of boys say things like: “I want to improve”
“I want to get better results in Science”
“I want to do something ‘hands on’ when I leave school”
“I want to do well so I can do a VCE subject in Year 10”
“I am aiming for an ATAR of 92”

3. The Pluses and Minuses of Goals
It is great to have a goal
If we don’t have a direction in life, we will get lost
BUT…..
Big, broad, vague goals that are a long way off are:
REALLY HARD TO ATTAIN

4. What we Need is a Plan
A plan is like a map which can help us reach our destination
There are good plans and bad plans
Good plans:
Are easy to understand and implement
Focus on actions
Help to develop good habits

5. A Three Step Plan to Improve your Learning
Step 1: Get organised Step 2: Review your work Step 3: Take great notes

6. Plans Within Plans… Ok, so How do I: Get organised? Review my work?
Take great notes?

7. How do I get Organised?

8. Outlook Calendar Use Outlook to: Plan your day / week / month / year
Map out your homework and review schedules
Block out recurring commitments (sport, music lessons, work, church, tutoring etc)
Remind you about tasks you need to complete

9. How do I Review my Work?
Each weekday night spend 5 minutes per subject reviewing your work
Use your school timetable for the day as your review timetable
Do this before starting your homework
Plug your review timetable into Outlook
Highlight things you don’t understand
Each Saturday / Sunday spend 10 minutes per subject reviewing the week’s work

10. The Benefits of Reviewing Work
Most subjects ask students to recall information
If you follow this system you will:
Have done your work in class AND gone over it two more times in a week
Reduce anxiety and gain confidence
Have a structure to guide you
Have developed a great life habit
DO BETTER!!!!

11. How do I Take Great Notes?
You need:
a great system to take great notes
to make note-taking a regular habit
to avoid distractions in class

12. This System Works!
Date
Subject
Topic

13. Notes in Class in Middle of Page
Use dot points
Use symbols/ arrows
Use quotes

14. Review your Notes that Night
Use left margin to catch key points
No more than 3-4 points!!!

15. Review your Notes on Sunday
Reduce page to one point
Say it in a sentence!

16. You can do this in Word

17. You can do this in One Note

18. Outcomes
Good things will happen if:
You are organised

19. Outcomes Very good things will happen if: You are organised AND
You regularly review your work

20. Outcomes Great things will happen if: You are organised AND
You regularly review your work AND
You take great notes

21. Just do it! If you do these things you will: Work smarter not harder
Be doing something that every boy can do
Be doing an ordinary things extraordinarily well

22. If you’re not going to do this…
Do you have a better plan?
What are you going to do?