WHAT MAKES A SUCCESSFUL A LEVEL STUDENT?

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WHAT MAKES A SUCCESSFUL A LEVEL STUDENT?
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4 KEY FACTORS

• Attitudes
• Organisation
• Time management
• Balance between studies, training/ rehearsals,
  leisure and part-time work

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ATTITUDES

• You get out what you put in
• Enthusiasm for your subject and desire to learn
  without having to be pushed and supervised

• Intellectual curiosity or a desire to find out
  things and to solve problems using own initiative
• Positive attitude put difficulties in
  perspective. The glass is half full!!

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ORGANISATION

• Work regularly and steadily
• Keep work materials efficiently and effectively.
  Lesson notes etc kept in right order
• Make sure you have somewhere suitable where you
  can work at home
• Do not wait to be set work before you do some
  reading, organising notes etc

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TIME MANAGEMENT

• Minimise stress by keeping a regular routine
  about when you work and for how long
• A minimum of 4-5 hours per A level subject per
  week outside lessons

• Work regularly with short breaks
• Do not over-work. This causes stress
• Do not leave things until the last minute.
• Plan work well ahead
• Plan fun things to look forward to

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BALANCE BETWEEN STUDIES, TRAINING/ REHEASALS,
LEISURE AND PART-TIME WORK

• Very important to get this right
• You will enjoy leisure more if you have faced up
  to your academic commitments
• Too much part-time work affects academic
  performance More than 9-10 hours a week is
  probably too much

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STUDENT ACTIVITY

• Attitudes
• Organisation
• Time management
• Balance between studies, training/ rehearsals,
  leisure and part-time work
• Which are your Strengths and which are your
  Weaknesses?
• How will you improve your weaknesses?