Note Taking

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I am moving up into year 10 after the summer holiday. I have been taking notes in the past but they are rushed as I have been trying to get every peice of information down. How do I make my notes aesthetic, but also useful?

Reply 1

DerDracologe

Study Forum Helper

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My note taking was awful but I have a few tips which helped me improve it which Is started using in year 11:

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only write what you dont already know

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If you already think you know something or you would like to listen to an explanation and not write it all down note the key words and leave some space so you can write down a paragraph later using active recall

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Include sketches and colours to make it more engaging visually or humorous which will help you remember

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Don’t waste time trying to make everything look pretty- if you want to after the lesson you can make revision notes (I did this for further maths, history and spanish at GCSE and plan to do this at a level for my subjects) which are neater but focus on getting points down in lessons

Hope this helps and happy to give further advice or explanation if you need it. Have a great day and good luck with year 10 :smile:

Reply 2

Hellopeople!

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Original post by meenajoy_07

I am moving up into year 10 after the summer holiday. I have been taking notes in the past but they are rushed as I have been trying to get every peice of information down. How do I make my notes aesthetic, but also useful?

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Reply 3

meenajoy_07

OP

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Original post by DerDracologe

My note taking was awful but I have a few tips which helped me improve it which Is started using in year 11:

•

only write what you dont already know

•

If you already think you know something or you would like to listen to an explanation and not write it all down note the key words and leave some space so you can write down a paragraph later using active recall

•

Include sketches and colours to make it more engaging visually or humorous which will help you remember

•

Don’t waste time trying to make everything look pretty- if you want to after the lesson you can make revision notes (I did this for further maths, history and spanish at GCSE and plan to do this at a level for my subjects) which are neater but focus on getting points down in lessons

Hope this helps and happy to give further advice or explanation if you need it. Have a great day and good luck with year 10 :smile:

Thanks. thats so helpful

Reply 4

meenajoy_07

OP

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Original post by Hellopeople!

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we cant use laptops in class so we have to use paper but it will be useful to rewrite them

Reply 5

always-anxious

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Original post by meenajoy_07

I am moving up into year 10 after the summer holiday. I have been taking notes in the past but they are rushed as I have been trying to get every peice of information down. How do I make my notes aesthetic, but also useful?