On the first day of school, Elevate Education came to our school to run some study skills workshop for Years 7 - 10 students.
Year 7 completed Study Skills Kickstart. Here is some of the feedback received:
Really helpful especially because I am going to high school.
Helpful and well presented. I was engaged the entire time.
That you need to take notes with everything especially when given tests.
Trigger words
How to scan and recognise key points and ideas.
Mind maps
Year 8 completed Junior Time Management. Some of their feedback included:
This was very good and was even better with a young presenter because he was very active and easy to understand.
To study more because it is useful.
How to do hard things first in homework.
Year 9 completed Memory Mnemonics. Some of their feedback included:
This program was really good. He showed really good tips on how to do things. It was really good.
That I should put away my phone and have a good study environment.
How to memorise things better - imagination/mind pictures
It was interesting today and gave us things to be interested about.
Peg word method
Better techniques on how to actually remember things.
Year 10 completed Study Sensei. Their feedback included:
Great! But ran over time.
I thought it was very informative and good.
How to memorise.
It was good and well explained until the end.
How to take notes.