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I would set study goals and do my best to achieve them. I would even have a study timetable so that my mind can be fixed to the deadline for me to complete my work. I will even tell myself to quickly finish my work I can play on my handphone.

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I will put aside all mobile devices and ask family members to quieten down.

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I always tell my self to plan what I am doing and reward myself with playing on my iPad once I am done.

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I would lock myself in a quiet room with no music or any sound. I would take out the noted I have taken down in class to memorise them as well as learn them. I would also create a concept map for each topics that I had learnt and I would paste them on the wall for me to look through. for Mother Tongue I would learn how to write all the words and the back of the text book as well as know how to read them. I would also delete all the games and you tube on the computer so that I would not get distracted easily, plus I would lock my phone in a safe so that I would not play it. I would also read widely for both English and Chinese storybooks .

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First I need to plan out all my needed stuff and than I will start on my work.
After I finish my work than I can finally play iPad and games with my friends.

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Share your best tips and advice for studying productively and staying focus in your learning. How do you keep yourself focus and productive during HBL?

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Share your best tips and advice for studying productively and staying focus in your learning. How do you keep yourself focus and productive during HBL?

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NCAC 2020

Dear Rulangnites,
We look forward to hear from you.
1) Look for your register number. Click on the + sign below your register number and add your tips.

2) Do remember to write down your full name and class in 'title' for printing of certificate.

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I tell myself that I am almost done and I must focus. I stick to my schedule.

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I tell myself that once I am done with my work I can play all I want.

“He who every morning plans the transactions of that day and follows that plan carries a thread that will guide him through the labyrinth of the most busy life.”

Victor Hugo

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l write concepts, answering techniques, etc., into a notebook. Then,l highlight important key words to take note of. l use page markers o direct myself in learning the concepts. Lastly, l study and analyze them. lt is also important to have a tidy studying idea.

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I would just say to myself that if I focus and do well for my exams I can play and watch all I want

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I will make sure I have little distraction around me. When I am annoyed/don't want to do my homework, I will read a book or listen to classical music(I will split my home work to two sessions)I will write down some notes about the parts I am confused at . Lastly, I will read some  english(subject I am weak at)book and note down the new vocabulary I learnt.

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I will make sure I have little distraction around me. When I am annoyed/don't want to do my homework, I will read a book or listen to classical music(I will split my home work to two sessions) Lastly, 

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I will make sure I have little distraction around me. When I am annoyed/don't want to do my homework, I will read a book or listen to classical music(I will split my home work to two sessions) Lastly, 

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I will plan a timetable and ensure that I stick to it. Doing this will let me stay focused on what I need to do as well as spending the appropriate time on my electronic devices.

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"Time management is life leadership. We don't deserve success. We earn it. Your Life is your movie. Write your script. The main reason we waste time on small things is that we haven't identified our big things. Don't worry about what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive. you are born everyday and die everyday, & come alive only by reinventing the self."
- Dinesh Chandrasekar DC

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I will put away all my device in another room and tell myself to focus other wise no playing FOREVER! After the "torture", I can look forward to playing. I always tell myself that I'm almost done with my work. I try my best not to trigger the mood of playing games.

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Noah Chau Zhi Jun (31) 5R Rulang Primary School

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Noah Chau Zhi Jun (31) 5R Rulang Primary School

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1. Put ourselves in distraction-free mode.
Build habits to eliminate distractions and stay focused. Start by creating an environment in which you’re less tempted to get preoccupied with something other than what you’re working on.  If you constantly find yourself wandering over to YouTube or TikTok or shopping websites, we can try using a website blocker app that will not allow us to access that website and let us NOT get distracted.
Create habits that signal to yourself and those around you that you’re in distraction-free mode. Close the door to your room. Put on noise-canceling headphones. Turn off your phone or put it on silent and move it away from you (so you can’t easily pick it up). If you work in an open area like the living room,  move to a quieter location.

Studies have found that distractions happen 64 percent more often in an open office, and we’re interrupted by others more often in that environment as well.
Remove as many excuses and distractions as you can so you can bring your full attention to one task at a time -- no multitasking.

2. Set three main objectives every day.
A long list of things will make us feel that it is impossible to do and leave us feeling overwhelmed and not wanting to do it any more. You can write the tasks on a list and start with the hardest task first so if you don't like Maths, start with Maths first so the tasks get easier when you continue and go along so you will continue and be very productive!
You will have lesser goals so you will work with greater intention on those tasks and your mind will be less likely to stray off from your work and accomplish more.

3. Monitor your mind wandering.
We spend nearly 50 percent of our waking time thinking about something other than what we’re supposed to be doing, according to one Harvard study. We are on autopilot, and our mind is wandering, in part to avoid the effort of focusing on something. The key to heightened productivity is to notice when your mind is distracted and bring your attention back to the task.

This means paying attention to your thoughts and recognising when your mind starts drifting. This allows you to manage what you focus on and redirect your thoughts when you slip up. Instead of allowing yourself to keep meandering over to social media to check out your newsfeed, you actively put the brakes on this distraction.

Pay attention to what distractions are particularly hard to avoid, so you can catch them sooner. When you feel a desire to give in to a distraction, take a breath and purposely choose not to react to it. Once you’ve given in and allowed yourself to focus on something else, like reading emails, it’s harder to regroup and bring your attention back to the task at hand.

In short, be mindful of your thoughts, instead of allowing yourself to skip between task and distraction.

4. Train your brain by making a game out of it.
Your mind is like a muscle. In order to use it effectively, you need to build it up. We need to train our brains to stay focused by gradually working on our concentration. This will strengthen our ability to focus for longer periods of time.

A great way to begin doing this is through the “Pomodoro Method,” in which you set a timer and are completely focused on a task for a period of time, such as 45 minutes straight. Then allow yourself a 15-minute break.

If 45 minutes is a stretch, start with something more manageable, such as 25 minutes, and then give yourself a five-minute break. The idea is to make a game of it -- challenge yourself to work diligently on your task until the timer rings. Then allow yourself to gorge on whatever distraction you want, but only for an allotted time.

After the break, it’s back to work again until the timer rings. You’ll be amazed by how much you can get done using this method!

5. Take on more challenging work.
If you’re having trouble focusing and are chronically distracted, it may be that your work isn’t engaging you fully. You might feel like you’re working hard all day, but it could be that your mind is fighting boredom and looking to fill the time with something more interesting.

Complex tasks demand more of our working memory and attention, meaning we have less mental capacity remaining to wander to the nearest stimulating distraction. We’re most likely to enter into a state of total work immersion when our abilities are challenged. We get bored when our skills greatly exceed the demands of our work -- such as when we do mindless data entry for several hours.

Assess the level of unproductive busywork you’re doing. Are you having a hard time becoming engaged in the project? This could indicate that you have the capacity to take on more challenging projects. When we take on more complex work that pushes our skill and intellectual limits, we can become consumed and hyper-focused on the task. Our minds are wired to focus on anything that’s novel, pleasurable or threatening. And tackling these tasks gives us a sense of achievement.

We have no such sense of accomplishment with a task we deem menial.

6. Break the cycle of stress and distraction.
Stress can also play a major role in our inability to focus or overcome distractions. Too often, we find ourselves trying to work while feeling overwhelmed. This leaves us frazzled, exhausted, easily distracted and unable to focus. If you’re easily distracted, it can indicate that you’re under elevated stress.

There’s even a name for it: “easily distracted anxiety.” Symptoms include:

You have difficulty concentrating and your mind constantly drifts from what you were focusing on.
You have more difficulty forming thoughts and staying on track than normal.
Your thinking feels muddled and impaired.
You feel your short-term memory isn’t as good as it normally is.
Bringing your stress under control will help you regain your focus and overcome distractions more easily. You must find ways to calm your mind and relax your body to reduce the body’s stress response. Make sure you get enough sleep. Practise breathing exercises and find ways to contain your anxiety.

You can also use an app called Study Bunny which i also use
study and earn coins to buy stuff a fun way to have fun and be productive.

“Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.”

Franz Kafka, writer

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I would make a timetable for what ever subject I am studying for and i would only revise certain subjects on different days to avoid confusion.I would usually make sure there is absolutely nothing on my table and only my pencil case and whatever materials i need for revising. I would also recommend having a study room and it would help to avoid distractions from the things that you like or thrills your heart.In the end , i would always tell myself to focus during the moment when i am studying because i know that i am able to play my games after studying.

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I will tell myself if I do not study hard enough, I would not get my ideal results and would score very low for all subjects.
Yes, I agree that focusing is a very important thing, however, a negative focus can result in our entirely missing the possibilities placed in our path.
I would also plan a timetable and I would follow the timetable so that I would be more focused.
“Learning how to rein in your thoughts and focus is going to help you to achieve your goals in life. Without focus, you can never achieve anything.” – Eric Phillips

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I make sure that I get everything done by telling myself this, " okay. you have 5 things to do. 2 from mother tongue. 1 from english. 2 from math. 0 from science. let's do this. " Then I write down everything and then estimate how long it will take. I will then plan out how I will do it, and finish everything by what time. the MOST important things for me is to shut my windows and door and lock up all my manga. I sometimes switch on the radio to make the atmosphere a little livelier.

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If i would want to focus, somethings i would record myself studying with my older sister, this helps as they would be a camera watching me so i would be more determined  and i would know the objective of why i want to study. When i  am studying, i would take out a notebook for a subject and write down notes on it  and highlight the key words i need to mermorise and remember it for my exams. Sometimes, i  would also listen to some motivation songs so that i can be able to be more motivated in what i am doing so that i will not feel distracted .
And of course, i would not always stay in the room, i would go  out and exercise to move my body, studies shows that it is unhealthy to also stay in the room and not move our body. Sometimes ,i would really want to lock myself in a quiet room so that i would be able to have peace and not have other distrations but i cannot because my mom and dad will always come into my room and either give me anything to eat or do house chores. I would rather be alone in the room.

During HBL, what i do to stay focus is to not open youtube or other website that i am able to watch or communicate with my friends. To get my homework or things done fast  and neat, i would tell myself to focus so i can reward myself by relaxing, via, playing, listen to some songs, chat and play with my friends. I would have a study timetable to follow so i can complete task accordingly. i would always try to keep device away as i do not want to be distrated and i need my parents to trust me in whatever i am doing so i have to proof to them i am studying so i would reduce the time on using the computer but sometimes i cannot resist it hence i would use the computer more often. I would tell myself this" Manyu! I can do it!! continue working hard!! :))) But sometimes, i would still feel sad as i am worried that i would not be able to get into an ideal class, having an ideal results to make myself happy. I would take all the negative words my friends as a motivation to proof them and myself wrong that i can do it and so not looking down on myself and making my parents disappoint.

Reasons why i will use the computer because i share a room with my older sister and i do not like it as they is a lot of things so we would have to share space together, and she also have HBL. So to keep myself contacted, i would listen to some motivation songs. My parents would always ask me not to do some but i sometimes cannot resist. I would always try to stop because when my parents go out and meet their old friends and their children is the same age and so they would compare with each other so when they come back home, they would compare with other children and scold me , which i do not like it as each of us have our own preference on what we like to do and what we do not like to do so i did parents should not compare as it will really hurt. As Thomas Edison once said, " If we did all the things we are capable of, we would be amazed" the meaning is that "ideal self" is a good way of motivating ourselves ,we should not worry about how other people think about us, believe in yourself!

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I would tell myself that since I had came this far, why don't I finish it and after that, I could play games with my friends and have a call with them.

"Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do"
~Oprah Winfrey

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I will take a look at my other homework and when I see that I still have a lot of homework left,  I will force myself to finish it

“Stay on track, don't look back. You have come too far not to finish what you started. You can improve, you can change, you can progress, you can make a difference. You can do it, if you stay on track.”
~Germany Kent

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To stay focus I first find a quiet study space which no one would bother me at and they would not mess up my stuff there. Next I would get my necessities such as my water bottle so that I would not need to keep walking around getting what I need.
Also, I would rid of any electronics or story books to ensure that I focus. Lastly, I would usually run through all my textbooks, worksheets, assessment books and write all the notes into on set of notes. I would highlight important information so that I can quickly read it and while revising, I just need to look at that one set of notes, or as my mother calls it, “the master of all notes”.

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Putting all electronic devices when studying can definitely make me focus and creating a timetable for myself for studying while distractions are after studying and revision and reflection.

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"A distraction is not a distraction unless you pay attention to it."
I often remind myself that the faster I do things, the faster I get things done. I take notes down in class than at home, I try to remember what the teacher has said in class. This is why focusing when revising is very important. Your mind is a very powerful object but when you have distractions, you switch back and forth between tasks. Your brain would start to produce more cortisol (a stress hormone) and lead to irritation, aggression and impulsive behaviour. A distraction takes the attention away from performing a task. So we should always focus on the task we are given so we can quickly get over with it!
'Studying creativity is not an elite distraction but provides one of the most exciting models for living.'
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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You could always try the Pomodo method and try to predict how long your work will take (preferably a time which is a multiple of 30). For 25 minutes, FOCUS as hard as u can on your work, and then do whatever you want fr 5 minutes. repeat that cycle until you are done with your work

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I open the room's curtains so that sunlight can  light up the room. After that, I tidy my table so that I have a conducive environment to study in. Then I close and lock the door so that my sister cannot come into the room and distract me by talking about funny videos from Tik Tok and Harry Potter stuff. When I close the door, I will not be able to hear my brother running like crazy around the house and bawling out some random words. Then I on some nice music to keep myself concentrated. Sometimes I use an app called "Forest: stay present, be focused"

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Firstly, I would tidy my table so that I have a conducive environment to study in. Next, I would close and lock my room door so that my sister cannot come into the room and distract me by talking bout famous people on Tik Tok or some Harry Potter stuff. When I close the door, I will also not be able to hear my brother running around the house and also at the same time bawling out some random words. I also

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I will limit my playtime to weekends after I have I finished my homework.

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I would make a timetable for myself and highlight all the key words. I follow my timetable closely. I take small breaks in between.

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I remind myself to turn on " Do not disturb" mode

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I will stay in a quiet place and place distractions far far away from me.

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You must write down all your HBL homework down and plan when to do it.Also, remember the tips given in the HBL assignments and remember it. I follow the HBL schedule given by my teachers & not do my HBL last minute.

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I will take away all the things that may distract me from completing my work. I would also plan my time on what assignments to do on HBL. I would close the door and windows so that it is quiet.

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Use less phone
Keep phone away when I’m studying.

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I would put away the distractions and make sure that my table is clean before studying. I would also tell myself that I can play after I am done studying.