While on holidays improve your chances of doing well! Burst out of your bubble and start the journey to lifelong learning!
You’re going to say “I’m not going to study in the holidays! That’s a time for relaxation and not thinking about school at all!” You’re right …but successful learners never stop learning. There are some strategies to give you the edge in your study next year…and the rest of your life, but don’t interfere with having fun.
- Read. Read everything and anything. Spread your wings in different directions from the usual. Read stories, true accounts, comics, graphic novels, newspapers, magazines, games, blogs, and internet websites of all flavours.
- Be entertained, but choose variety. Don’t just stick to the predictable kinds you already know. Watch TV, films, play games, listen to the radio, play sports that are not your customary choices.
- Ask questions about what you see, hear and read .
- Does it make sense?
- What’s the “spin”? What is the creator trying to tell you or convince you about?
- How does it fit in with what I already know?
- Do I understand what it’s “on about”? If not, how can I find out?
- Go somewhere else for a day or the month, be engaged. Map your journey. How far are you travelling? Work out how much money is spent and on what. Find out the stories of the places where you are going from people and print. Would I like to live there? Really? Why? Why not?
- Spend time with and talk to people: not just friends but also parents, relatives, anyone you meet. Find out about them. Listen! Be interested! Their cultures (family and ethnic). Their stories. Their likes and dislikes. Their viewpoints.
- See where you can help. Show care and concern for the world around you; your environment and your fellows on the planet.
- Find out about yourself! Your likes, dislikes. Your passions. What engrosses you and sets you on fire? Set yourself some goals: long, medium and short term.
- Keep a journal. Record what you are doing, thinking, feeling, imagining
Rosemary Horton Teacher Librarian
Some Webpages with Links to Holiday Activities
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