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Mastering Time Management for Academic Success in Grade 12

Enhance your time management skills with this comprehensive guide tailored for Grade 12 students. Discover the five keys to effective time management: setting goals, determining priorities, planning your weekly schedule, utilizing planners and calendars, and adhering to your plan. Learn how to balance academics, co-curricular activities, and personal life while preparing for final exams. Implement strategies like Covey's quadrant to focus on what truly matters. With a well-structured approach, you can achieve academic excellence and personal growth.

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Mastering Time Management for Academic Success in Grade 12

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  1. Gr 12 Time Management Heather Cousins-Fana Thuthuka & Fasset mentor

  2. Quickly jot down • What comes to mind when you think of ‘time management’? • How have you been managing your time up till now? • Has it worked? • Does it need to change? • What do you want to get out of today’s session?

  3. The 5 keys to effective time management: Take action: • Set goals • Determine priorities • Plan your weekly schedule • Use diary, term and year planner or calendar • Adhere to your plan

  4. Setting goals • Preparing for final matric exams • Get 80% + for Accounting, Maths & English • Be on Ronelle’sTop Performers slides next year.

  5. Effective time management Take action: • Set goals • Determine priorities • Plan your weekly schedule • Use diary, term and year planner or calendar • Adhere to your plan

  6. Prioritize Determine your priorities: • Sacrifice pleasure for opportunity • Balance your life: family, friends, school tasks and projects, and studying for exams. Exercise and sleep are important too.

  7. Covey’s quadrant: Its not just about getting things done but getting the right things done

  8. Effective time management Take action: • Set goals • Determine priorities • Plan your weekly schedule • Use diary, term and year planner or calendar • Adhere to your plan

  9. Plan your work and work your plan Reality check: • How much time do you have before exams start? • Monday 21 July second semester starts • Last school day Friday 17 October: Valedictory • ± 9 weeks • Exams start 27 October • 1,5 weeks GRAND TOTAL: ±12 WEEKS, 5 DAYS

  10. Use the tools at your disposal Protect • Calendar: scope • Weekly schedule: snapshot • Diary: day or two • To-do lists: today

  11. Gr 12 Final exams week 1

  12. Study process Research: ideal study sessions are 45 - 90 minutes long with a break. To move information from short to long term memory it needs to be visited 4 times.

  13. My Time Schedule Yellow-PlanningTeal-Staff Meeting Red-Workshops Green Committee Meetings White-Work Free Orange-PersonalDark Blue Sleep Light Blue-Personal Free

  14. Have a term plan • Just like you need a Time Schedule you also need a Term/Semester Plan • In a Term Plan, you utilize monthly calendars (slide 14) to record all important dates • Academics: tests, assignments, papers and projects for all of your courses • Co-Curricular Activities: meetings, weekends away, and special events • Personal: friends and family birthdays, events and workshops you want to attend

  15. KNOW YOURSELF: • When is the best time for you to study? • Plan to action your study process • When do you exercise? • When do you spend time with friends? • SLEEP & EAT!!! • BE SPECIFIC in your task allocation Plan for the day Church Hockey Cell worship >Finish Romeo & Juliet essay >Isidingo History: Chapter 8 & 9 summary

  16. Effective time management Take action: • Set goals • Determine priorities • Plan your weekly schedule • Use diary, term and year planner or calendar • Adhere to your plan

  17. Keeping to the plan • Discipline: • Do not negotiate with yourself • Be willing at any given time to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity • Revisit your goals • Be the best that you can be • Attack your challenges with enthusiasm

  18. Identify time wasters • Friends: be assertive say ‘no’, ‘not now’ • Whatsapp/Facebook: remove notifications • TV: watch your favourite show then SWITCH OFF • Fill in your time wasters on the handout… share?

  19. Have the courage to be a leader with responsibility and accountability.

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