Sixth Form Study
Programme
3. Time Management
Agenda
How do you manage your time?
 Time management tools
 Some strategies
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How do you manage your time?
Introducing five time management ‘types’
…… which one fits your approach to time
management the best…..????
1. The Fireman
For YOU, every event is
a crisis.
You're so busy putting out
fires that you have no time
to deal with anything else
(especially the boring,
mundane things such as
time management).
Tasks pile up
around you while
you rush from fire to
fire all day.
2. The ‘Over-committer’
Your problem is you
can't say 'No'.
All anyone has to do is
ask, and you'll chair
another committee, take
on another project, or
You're so busy you
head out for an
don't even have time
event…that you don’t
to write down all the
really want to go to.
things you do!
3. The ‘No worry’er
YOU need to realise
there is such as thing as
being too "laid-back"
- especially when it starts
interfering with your ability
to finish tasks or bother to
do any homework (and
ultimately affecting your
grades!)
Getting to things
when you get to them
isn't time
management; it's
simple task
avoidance.
4. The Socialiser
You are born to
socialise
You have astounding oral
communication skills and
can't resist exercising
them at every
opportunity.
Every interaction
becomes a long
drawn out
conversation especially if there's
an unpleasant task
dawning that you'd
like to put off
5. The Perfectionist
Exactitude is your watchword
You have a compulsion to
cross all the "t's" and dot all
the "i's", preferably with
elaborate whorls and
curlicues., and you feel that no
rushed job can be a good job.
Finishing tasks to your satisfaction is
such a problem you need more time
zones, not just more time.
Hopefully
none…
But then,
perhaps a little
of some??
Time Management is a myth
You can’t manage time –
there is only ever 24 hrs
in the day.
You need to manage yourself and how
you use the time available
Time Management
“Tools”
(1) Year or term calendar
Download from the internet
 You can plan in terms of weeks and see
how much time you have left
 Helps you plan ahead for key events

Start revision for mock exams at sensible
time
 Christmas holidays and Module 1 exams
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(2) Weekly Schedule
(3) Daily ‘to do’ list
Keep track of what you need
to do
 Remember everything and
prioritise tasks on a daily
basis

Start
with those tasks that are the most
important and/or the most complex
Time management strategies
Some things to think about…
 You work best in daylight – make the
most of independent study
 Are part time jobs the best use of your
time (weekends only?)
 Get enough sleep
 Exercise is good for your brain
 Get a good routine