Organisation and time management
Transition to secondary school is a challenging time, with many changes happening for young people. Developing organisational and time management skills with students will assist them to succeed during this time. By understanding the importance of being organised, students will learn strategies for developing organisational skills that will help them to succeed during secondary school.
Year level
Transition
Duration
20 minutes
Type
In class activity
SEL Competencies
Self-awareness
Self-management
Responsible decision-making
Learning intention
Students will learn strategies to help them develop organisational skills for high school.
Key outcomes
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
explain why being organised is a key to success
identify consequences of not being organised
discuss strategies to help them be organised
make a plan to help them start secondary school being organised.
Materials needed
Whiteboard and markers
Butcher’s paper and markers for group work
Mapped to
Victorian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education
Investigate the impact of transition and change on identities (VCHPEP123)
Australian Curriculum: General Capabilities
Personal and Social Capability:
Self-awareness
Self-management
Critical and Creative Thinking:
Reflecting
Inquiring
NSW PDHPE Syllabus
Demonstrates self-management skills to effectively manage complex situations (PD4-9)
Applies and refines interpersonal skills to assist themselves and others to interact respectfully and promote inclusion in a variety of groups or contexts (PD4-10)
Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education
Analyse the impact of changes and transitions, and devise strategies to support themselves and others through these changes (AC9HP8P02)
Plan and implement strategies, using health resources, to enhance their own and others’ health, safety, relationships and wellbeing (AC9HP8P10)
Activity 1
Group work: How do I get organised?
10 minutes
In small groups, provide students with 2 minutes to create a list of things people might do and use to be organised. Examples include: calendars, diaries, apps, packing their bag the night before, writing a shopping list, colour coding.
Using a different colour for each, ask students to:
highlight the things on the list they currently do
circle the things they would like to try.
Encourage students to discuss their strategies as a group.
Activity 2
Organisation: What is the impact?
10 minutes
In their groups, provide students with butcher’s paper and markers.
Provide the following instructions:
You are to create something that represents the impact of being organised versus unorganised.
You can create a drawing, write a narrative, create a comic, write a role play, or come up with something else of your choosing.
Your representation must tell a story, and you are to work on it as a group.
An example may be a chain of events set off by not packing your bag the night before.
Ask each group to share their representations.
Conclude by discussing with students the importance of remaining organised, and encouraging them to think about the consequences if they aren't.
