It's Term Four. Summer is coming and so are the rewards of a hard year's work. Our Senior students have their heads down, studying and ultimately showing themselves how beautifully they have worked and how far they have come. Our Junior school is also looking ahead to formal assessments in Weeks Three and Four to help them prepare for examination conditions and to help them form good study habits. Here are a few video links for students who wish to learn how to study better and how to avoid pernicious procrastination!

Parallel Examinations

Don’t forget, everyone is different but there are some sure-fire ways to study that usually work no matter who you are! Try viewing this!

And don’t forget our own OGHS Careers site that you can access from your landing page. There is a study skills section made just for you!

If you are someone who gets anxious, why not listen to this article from Radio New Zealand on Breathing. They also talk about anxiety in this article Here's a snippet: Dr. Wendy Suzuki, a professor of neuroscience and psychology tells us "Those uncomfortable feelings are part of that fire that helps us get up, move, activate - that's the original intent [is to use it to] get up and fight or run away and so now it's translated into get up and do something, address those 'what ifs' and turn them into a 'to do'. "

Her own anxiety as a young student about asking questions openly in class led her to have greater empathy with her students as a teacher, she says.

"Everybody has that gift. Think about your own anxieties and then turn that externally and that becomes a particular superpower of empathy that you can give the world. And I don't know of anything that we need more as a world and as a society than more empathy."