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Welcome to the 2nd newsletter for Our organisation specialises in helping schools help students develop effective study skills through resources and sessions. This newsletter (sent no more than once a term - currently I have only had the time to do it once a year!) will provide you with information about special offers as well as some other useful resources teachers and Year Coordinators can use to help their students. (NOTE:
If you would prefer not to receive this email newsletter at all, simply reply
to sender with ‘unsubscribe’ in the subject line.
I hate spam email and I only want to send this to people who are interested in
receiving it!) 1. ELES News: - Donations: Did you know that a part of
every dollar your school spends with ELES is donated to charity? Since March 2003
ELES has donated over $24 000 to a variety of charities - and we are
always happy to take suggestions from our customers for the next monthly
donation. To see the list of charities donated to so far click on the About Us link at the top of the site. 2. Study Skills Tip of the Term:
“The end of the year is the perfect time for students to reflect on their achievements and to set some goals for improvement in 2007. If you wait till next year after the holidays you will forget where the areas are that you need to focus on. Before the end of term, make a list of your strengths and weaknesses as a student and decide what you need to change next year to be more successful at school.” ($30 Angus and Robertson book voucher for the best ‘tip of the term’. Send your suggestions to info@enhanced-learning.net). 3. Motivation and Stress Management With the end of year exams
approaching it is important to realise that to perform to our peak potential we
need to manage our anxiety and stress. This leaves us the energy to recall the
information from our study and provides a much clearer expansive mind rather
than the closed, tight stuck feelings we can sometimes experience if anxiety gets the better of us. Some tips to remain relaxed in the midst of a sometimes stressful situation. 1) Notice your thinking and self-talk and change it to more positive thoughts. You could even distract yourself by thinking of times when you were relaxed and calm before exams or on other occasions. 2) Drink water, exercise (walking is great), and get plenty of sleep. 3) Breathe! take deep breaths. You could try breathing in for 4 and out for 6 ten times. 4) Stretching is also useful. A 5 minute stretch can release the tension held in our muscles. 5) Talk it out. If the pressure is mounting you MUST talk about about it. Use friends or get help.
4. Bullying & Role Clarity As schools develop bullying prevention strategies, a sometimes overlooked element is to clearly articulate to student leaders the responsibilities they have as leaders to prevent bullying. Your student leaders may be prefects, final year students, team captains, orchestra leaders or from the debating team – it doesn’t matter – they need to be clear on their role in helping the school to stamp out intimidation, violence, abuse and other physical and psychological attacks on fellow students.
Follow this 5 step plan to make sure they know what’s expected of them: 1. Meet – call a meeting and gather all student leaders together 2. Strategy – outline your school’s bullying prevention strategy 3. Role – describe their role in preventing bullying – the steps to take in response to bullying being witnessed or reported 4. Practice – role-play scenarios to prepare them to deal with situations 5. Sign-On – distribute an agreement that outlines these expectations and have each student leader sign it as acceptance of these responsibilities
5. Other Resources - Book Review : ‘The Study Skills
Handbook'. By Stella Cottrell. I love this book. It has heaps of great ideas for
teachers to use. It probably isn't something you'd give to students but it has
lots of really good information about improving the way students study and
learn.
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