The document provides guidance on organization and study techniques for Year 7 students. Key recommendations include creating an effective filing system for handouts, organizing tests and assignments for review, and making personalized study notes through various methods tailored to learning styles. It emphasizes the importance of prioritization to enhance motivation and control over academic tasks.

1. Organisation And Filing By:Yanni, Year 7

2. GETTING STARTED: To get far in life, the main thing is to get ORGANIZED!! P r i o r i t y #1 : When you get home, don’t just throw those hand-outs in the bin! Sit down and place them in a filing system that is more effective for you! Either~ Stick those loose papers into your notebook! Have a binder folder to clip them! Slide them into plastic-sleeved folders! Or…Have folders on your laptop to store documents ( Remember to keep a copy on a memory stick) !!! Remember to “LABEL” them. !!!

3. How do I organise my tests and assignments? START NOW! Have files of test results, old assignments and old notebooks. The significance of this is that when that half-yearly test comes, you can review them! Get a noticeboard and define what you want; this will let you be better motivated and controlled. Make study notes! Don’t just copy previous notes word for word, find out if you’re a visual learner, audio learner or comprehensive learner. VISUAL: Make notes with diagrams and pictures! AUDIO: Record your notes by voice and sync it into your ipod! COMPREHENSIVE: Make your notes understandable to YOU!

4. PRIORITY: Prioritise to be Organised! Prioritise what is the most important , time consuming or upcoming homework, assignment or study time in order and do the high priorities FIRST!

5. How to make study notes… Making study notes is not just repeating previous written work word for word. It is the way of remembering and preparing for a test or just reviewing a day’s work! Below are some ways of making and memorising your study notes: Highlight key formulae and points! Do not make notes that babble on! You will just make yourself bored out! Have your study notes/study guide be made into a creative or efficient way for you to remember it, either the layout, font, colour or even what shape the paper is cut into. For example you could make palm cards with bullet points.

6. You should now understand… What to do with loose papers and where to store them. What to do with old notebooks, test results and assignments. How to prioritise. How to make study notes. How to be motivated.