Year 8 Study Skills Sessions and Programs
Here are three options to consider for your Year 8 students:
Option 1
Online Sessions with Dr Jane Genovese
Dr Jane offers high energy online sessions for year 8 students to help them with their studies and getting organised.
A parent session is also available.
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Teacher-Led Sessions
Dr Jane has developed several engaging and interactive study skills sessions that teaching staff can deliver to year 8 students in their classrooms.
Teachers are provided with a script that they can follow and/or adapt to introduce short videos and facilitate break-out activities.
Scroll down to see age appropriate sessions.
Study Hacks In-House Program
A series of short interactive lessons (15–20 minutes in length) for teachers to deliver to their students throughout the year to reinforce key ideas and study strategies.
This program is based on the ideas in the book Study Hacks: Your Survival Guide for High School.
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Option 1: Online Live-Streamed Sessions with Dr Jane Genovese
Student Session: Study Hacks
Forget highlighting and rereading your notes. These are old-fashioned and ineffective ways to study.
In this session, students will learn a range of essential skills needed for high school.
Topics covered include:
- Dealing with distractions
- Defending your focus
- Making learning fun
- Combat boredom with Fun Theory
Duration: 45-50 minutes
Due to the interactive nature of Dr Jane’s sessions, it’s best to have students watch the session on a large screen.
Student Session: From Chaos to Control
Being organised helps students feel less stressed and more in control of their studies. It also saves students time!
In this session, students will learn how they can organise their study space and set up their environment to optimise learning.
Topics covered include:
- Redesigning your study environment to optimise learning
- Creating the study mise en place
- Developing the habit of using your school planner
Duration: 45-50 minutes
When you book an online, live-streamed session with Dr Jane, you also get a:
1) Summary sheet;
2) Tech trial before the session (optional by highly recommended); and
3) Follow-up activity you can run with students to bring the key strategies to mind (optional to run but highly recommended).
Option 2: Teacher-Led Sessions for Year 8 Students
Focus of session: How to set up your study space to cultivate better focus. Plus, keeping chaos at bay.
Option 3: Study Hacks Teachers' Toolkit
In-House Study Skills Program
Prepare your students for secondary school with a choose your own adventure style study skills program.
- A series of short interactive lessons (10–30 minutes in length) for teachers to deliver to their students throughout the year to reinforce key ideas and study strategies.
- Teachers are provided with 46 scripts that can be adapted or used verbatim.
- Handout sheets and slides also make it easy for teachers to implement.
- Each session is designed to reinforce key ideas and strategies covered in the Study Hacks book.
- The teachers’ toolkit enables everyone to speak the same language around study skills.
A class set of 25 Study Hacks books is included with this program.
Note: Schools will often book an online session with Dr Jane Genovese before launching this program.
