*IM BACK!* A LEVEL TIPS
Guys. I am back, so now I can share all my notes (hopefully they’re all satisfyingly neat) . I thought that as I am into my first 5 weeks of A-levels to share 3 tips about what I feel is very important.
[ Quick context info: I go to a sixth form, we are not able to leave in ‘free’ periods. ]
A LEVEL TIPS
TRY and engage yourself with the study from the start, just so that if you start with a positive attitude you will not hate the subject further in. [[ If you do not want to take a subject, act fast just incase the subject which you may want to move into gets taken up with students/you may have to catch up on the specific time of work you have missed. And NEVER feel that you can’t change, it is regular that people change subjects within the first month - ask the head of your sixth form, they are there to help you. ]]
Be ORGANISED. I cannot stress this enough - if you do not try to be organised from the start good luck. This means investing in strong binders, section dividers, notebooks and a pencil case full of highlighters/pens/all that. INVEST IN A HOLEPUNCHER - ITS EASIER TO PUT SHEETS INTO YOUR BINDERS. But why be organised? Because I can assure you that if you leave sheets piling up that by the time mocks come life will be disastrous. My history A-level has already given me tons of sheets and because sometimes you need to go back and forth it is always helpful to have dividers which section out your studies. As a school we are made to have folder checks, meaning that we are forced to be organised but it is for the greater good.
USE THE STUDY PERIODS WELL. The first thing about Sixth form which you will get is freedom. Now everyone used the frees as a joke in the first week at my school, but as the weeks went by you can really see how distracting the environment can be - we have a sixth form ‘common room’ where you are able to do whatever you’d like with friends. People can sit here in frees and study periods. This is where you will feel a kick in independency, it is easy to fall in the trap of procrastination and just chill with friends. But let us make it easier for you: this is your A level, not other peoples. If they choose to use frees incorrectly, then that will affect them but it is your decision to use your frees in the way that will help you - yes the occasional break is great but if you were in year 11 you would’ve been in class for all periods anyway. Since you’ve been given the freedom why don’t you be wise? There is always something to do in sixth form.
