How to make a Year 12 study plan
Build a study plan around exam dates, your weakest topics and specific practice tasks.
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What should go on a study plan first?
Write down your school commitments, exams and the time you can realistically use. Pick one skill per study block and define what a finished block will produce, such as a marked question or a corrected explanation.
How can you decide which subject needs time next?
Compare the next deadline, how confidently you can answer without notes and the kinds of errors you are making. Give the first available block to a specific weak skill in an upcoming exam. Keep shorter retrieval blocks for subjects whose dates are further away.
For example, a Monday session could cover two unfamiliar Biology graphs, followed by a Wednesday reattempt of the question that exposed a gap. Give the reattempt its own slot.
How do you adjust the plan when you fall behind?
Move the most important unfinished task into a buffer block. Break a task down if it repeatedly takes longer than expected. At the end of the week, use your marked work to decide what needs another attempt.
NSW Department of Education guidance for the lead-up to exams