Local Committee

Homework Hints: Page 1
Preparation
• Organise a study timetable and review it weekly.
• Always do homework at a set time-have a routine.
• Always do homework in a specific place/the same
place.
• Keep your study area tidy and organised.
• Organise your equipment before you start
homework/study.
• Take homework down properly in your homework
journal.
• Use your journal to organise which books to bring
home for homework and study.
• Always bring home books to study every day.
Bring home your homework journal too.
• Know the purpose of homework.
• Listen in class.
• Take a break after school, but not for too long.
Eat something healthy before you start studying.
• Organise your notes in folders. Use different
colour folders for different subjects.
• Join an after-school club/homework club.

Homework Hints: Page 2
During Study

• Be active during study, always work with a
pen and paper.
• Always do homework in a quiet place
(no radio, no T.V., no headphones, no computer).
• Time yourself doing homework; agree time with
teacher-different for different age groups.
• Tick off homework in your journal as you finish it.
• Do hardest homework first.
• Always finish your homework.
• Have something small to eat,
take regular breaks for ten minutes every hour.
• Do not watch T.V. or use phone/mobile during
your small breaks.
• Mobile should be turned off completely during
homework/study time.
• Do homework at a table and in a well-lit area.
• Practise written questions from textbooks.
• Work with your brother, sister, parent, friend,
mentor or study group if you need help.

Homework Hints: Page 3
Helpful StudyTechniques

• You have to see a fact 3 times to learn it properly
so revise what you learn daily, then weekly and then
revise it again a month later. Make a plan for this.
• Remember to give equal time to all subjects.
• Colour-code your work, for example: in French
highlight the masculine words in blue and the
feminine ones in pink.
• Use acronyms to help you remember facts,
for example: PMAT (Passed My Algebra Test)
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase.
• Always remember to do your ‘learning off?
homework too, not just your written homework
• Always end study session by recalling material
you have studied.
• Use websites like www.skool.ie to help you with your
homework and study. • Make notes in bullet points.
• Use mind maps. • Use spider diagrams.
• Write Key Points as you study.
• Use index cards as a revision aid (write key
points on them).
• Look for key points and test yourself; don?t just
read, do written questions.
• Reward system-have treats planned to reward
yourself when you complete your homework/study.
Make it fun.

Homework Hints: Page 4
Exam Students' Section

• Set SMART study goals: specific, measurable,
achievable, realistic, time-based.
• Revise a topic, then do questions on that topic from
your past papers.
• Make Revision Checklists for each subject and tick
things off as you get them done.
• Do Saturday Study if available (Leaving Certificate
students only).
• Time yourself doing Practice exam questions.
• Link the amount of time you spend to the amount
of marks available for that question in the exam.
• Familiarize yourself with Marking Schemes for
each exam subject in Material Archive on website:
www.examinations.ie
• Familiarize yourself with Chief Inspectors? Reports
for each exam subject on website:
www.examinations.ie

This leaflet was produced by the Home School Community
Liaison Dublin 1/Dublin 7 Local Committee.
Thanks to all the parents, teachers, students and community
members who contributed to the making of this leaflet.
This leaflet is also available on the Local Committee?s
website: www.localcommitteedublin1and7.net
Mount Carmel Secondary School, King?s Inns? Street. D.1,
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St. Paul?s Secondary School, Brunswick St. D.7,
St. Paul?s Primary School, Brunswick St. D.7