Modules Package

I’ve just received my GCSE home learning package…?

I’ve had it for about two weeks now, it’s just folders of each subject with lessons and modules. I’m learning from home, on my own, so I have to teach myself each lesson. I’m trying to be disciplined and do my studying, but it’s so easy to find something better to do. How can I get motivated or make myself do the work?

Is it just you on your own? No parent helping,no brother or sister? I think it’s very hard indeed just to motivate yourself with a bunch of folders. Try and find a friend to do it with, either physically sitting down together or at least being in touch with each other on how far you’ve each got.

If there’s no-one to encourage you, can you try ‘rewarding’ yourself e.g. every module you finish in however many weeks, you earn a week off! Maybe you can work a bit harder if you know you’ll get some time off.

Have you got some kind of timetable? Again, if you have a certain period to finish something, would it help if you tried to get it finished as fast as possible and then had a reward?

I really do think you need some outside help and encouragement on this one. I give my daughter a little prize or present each time she finishes a module and passes the test on her European Computer Driving Licence. Also, she does quite a bit of her studying at the local computer-based community learning centre – gets her out of the house for a change of scene (something that’s important) and she maybe gives herself an hour twice a week (Mon and Wed 9 – 19 am) to get a section of a module finished.

On the change of scene – could you have different places for different subjects? Don’t know where you live but e.g. here in Lyme Regis we could go to the museum for history, the beach for geography, the learning centre for maths, the library for English – that sort of thing?

I wonder how many subjects you have and how long for each course. (Actually I’m interested to know what “GCSE home learning package” you’ve received? as my daughter will be at that point sooon!)

I can think of tips – like timetabling everything, having classical music playing quietly, having different places for different things (we also move with the sun, so start off in the kitchen in the morning, move to sitting room in the afternoon) – but self-motivation at your age is hard and I think you could use some external encouragement. and help

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