Life+Planner

= Planning Your Life Around the IB Diploma = // or is it planning the IB Diploma around your life? //

Taking the time to think about your study habits and planning your work, sleep and recreation will be beneficial in the long run. Use the **[|LifePlanner.pdf]** wallchart to create a visual timetable for your weekly activities - focus first on your health and what is important in your life, and then distribute your study requirements around the remaining blocks of time.

**YOU MUST SET ASIDE AT LEAST 7 HOURS OF UNBROKEN SLEEP PER NIGHT!** Other social arrangements or time-killing pastimes may have to be sacrificed to an extent - but don't cut back on sleep or looking after your health.

- 7 hours sleep per night - feeding, hygiene and family time - pasttimes and social time
 * Colour in blocks for: **

- fill in your lessons/ acitivities and set aside some extra time for TOK reading and essay work.
 * CAS, Extended Essay work and TOK **

These times are minimum study times set by the teachers for each subject. You might find you need to spend more time on some subjects - but you may not cut back on study for others!
 * Subject study requirements: **

- English A1/B: 3 hours per week - Chinese: 1 hour per day (writing) plus 3 hours extra reading per week. - French, Korean: 3 hours per week - Indonesian: 2 hours per week

- Maths SL/HL/Studies: 3.5 hours per week

- Biology: 2 hours per week - Physics: 2 hours per week

- Economics: 3 hours per week - History: 3 hours per week - ITGS: 2 hours per week

- Visual Arts: 2 hours per week

//Even if you are not given an explicit task to complete for a subject, make use of the time you have set aside to review your notes, catch up on gaps and make sure you understand everything//