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1. Home Environment And how to increase efficiency by having an organised and workable study environment.

2. Your Home Environment Should Be…. Clean and Uncluttered Quiet Distraction Free Well Lit Organised Functional All of these things will help you to have more efficient study and homework completion.

3. Your Desk – Tips On Keeping Organised It is a good idea to have a desk somewhere that has minimal distractions. Organise your books with colour codes, for Importance. Keep organised shelves/drawers for forms and sheets. Keep all you homework in one place when you get home to avoid forgetting something

5. Subject

6. Date Due

7. Amount of Work Required etc.Note Book Example: For this notebook, Red may be the work due the soonest, and the orange due soon, the green due a little later followed by the blue, which is not due for a while THIS WILL HELP PRIORITSE

8. Shelves/Drawers TIP: Label your drawers for easy identification! It is a good idea to have organised places for all loose sheets, assignments, forms and homework. This will help avoid misplacing important documents. Assignments Forms Sheets Homework

9. Homework Sometimes it can be hard to keep track of all the homework to do, therefore it is a good idea to make a list every afternoon of what homework needs to be completed that day. Homework to do tonight Mathematics – Chapter 13 Q1-16 English – Finish Essay Language – Study Vocabulary Physics – Write Notes for the test Assignments Due English – 2 weeks Language – 4 weeks Mathematics (Test) – 1 week Language (Test) – 5 weeks Language (Oral Presentation) – 2 weeks TIP: Make a prioritised list of upcoming assessment

10. So, It is always good to keep you room and study environment clean and organised. Also, try to minimise distractions in order to increase productivity.