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Get a head start on next year with these back-to-school prep tips!
It may be summer break, but it’s never too early to start preparing for the upcoming school year. Check out these helpful tips for getting organized and staying on track.
1. Have a quick read through what you did last year
If you’re continuing the same course in the new school year that you were doing last year, you’ll find it much easier to pick up where you left off by spending a little bit of time revisiting what you did last year.
2. Read through the syllabus for the year ahead
Another way of readying yourself for the year ahead is by reading through the syllabus for each of the subjects you’re taking next year.
3. Get a head start on the new term’s subjects
Having read the syllabuses and seen what lies ahead, you might like to give yourself a head start by starting to read up on some of the things you’re going to be studying in the new term.
4. Buy the books you need
Find out whether there are any textbooks or set texts that you’ll need for the new school year and get hold of your own copies of them.
5. Buy some nice new stationery
Moving on to more practical matters, another thing to do before you go back to school is invest in some new stationery.
6. Ensure any summer homework projects are completed
If you’ve been given any homework assignments over the summer, make sure that they’re all completed, and to a high standard; there’s no excuse for handing in sloppy work when you’ve had all summer to work on it.
7. Check your wardrobe
You don’t want to get up for school on your first day back, only to find that all your clothes have holes in them or don’t fit you any more, so now’s the time to buy new school clothes if any of those currently in your wardrobe are showing their age.
8. Get your school bag ready
Make sure your school bag is clean and equipped with everything you’ll need – the new stationery, your textbooks, a calculator, and so on.
9. Prepare your home working space
If you’ve let your room get messy over the summer, tidy it and make ready your workspace so that it’s all in order for you to knuckle down to homework as soon as you get home from your first day back at school.
10. Make some resolutions
The start of a new school year is the ideal time to put into place some ‘New School Year’s Resolutions’ – a set of goals for the year ahead and things you’re going to do differently to ensure that you ‘up your game’ and get excellent results throughout the year.
11. Set your alarm and stock up on breakfast and lunch items
If you haven’t been working over the summer, you may have slipped out of a daily routine, and it can be difficult to get straight back into one.
12. Make sure your summer employer knows you’re going back to school
If you’ve had a summer job, make sure your employer knows when you’re going back to school and perhaps try to organize weekend work for when you go back.
13. Relax
The summer holiday is almost at an end, so make the most of what’s left of it by treating yourself to some relaxation time before the rigors of the new school year begin.
14. Keep your brain in gear over the summer
Finally, a more general piece of summer advice, there are plenty of fun ways of keeping your brain in gear over the summer, and they’ll make it much easier for you to readjust to life back at school once the holidays are over. Reading, watching interesting television documentaries, visiting museums and practicing your language skills in a foreign country are all things you can do over the summer to help keep the academic side of your brain ticking over, and you can find even more suggestions here.
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