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Study Smart Over Summer
Picture this: school is out, the sun is shining, you and your friends have organised the most epic trip to the beach… Sounds dreamy right? And then it hit you. Yes, you are still an IB student, even in summer. Doing school work over summer sucks, let’s all agree on that now. Annoyingly, being a…
Yay or Nay: Importance of Pre-Exam Routines
IB Exams: Just days away. A fact which feels overwhelmingly nauseating if you think about for too long. At Lanterna, when we speak to DP2 students, the most common question I get is “How can I best prepare for exams?” While we emphasize the importance of actually studying, we also stress the importance of an…
Keep or chuck? Make your notes revision-ready!
It may be the oldest trick in the procrastination book. But decluttering and sorting your notes is actually really important. Before you get down to revision, organising your notes into orderly, labelled and topic-specific sections will allow you to follow a revision plan much better and ensure you don’t miss out big sections when studying.…
The Extended Essay Step by Step Guide 5: Structure and Planning
When it comes to writing a brilliant first draft of your Extended Essay, or any essay, I fully believe that a solid structure is one of the surest guarantees of success there is. It’s the skeleton of the essay that makes it into a fully formed being instead of a pile of jelly. And the…
Timetable your way to IB success
It’s that time of year again when the IB students of the world knuckle under for the final stretch. The prospect of getting two years’ worth of work into your brain can be daunting to say the least, but fear not – here at Lanterna we’ve been through it and we are here to give…
Organisation: A Guide for the Disorganised IB Student
There’s one thing that I truly believe is consistent among all the IB students who get the highest grade. And that’s organisation. Some of them would argue that they’re not organised at all. That their notes are messy, they don’t make schedules, or they feel they’re all over the place. But what I said still…
5 Simple Steps For Smarter IB Goals
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. C. S. Lewis OK guys! This week I want you psyched up because we’re going to talk about a certain way to boost your IB points this term and before exams! Why should I bother with Goals ? OK- so…
IB Presentations Part 2 – Preliminary Research and Time Management
In this second part of our IB Presentations series, we will be discussing the two first things you need to be talking about when it comes to your presentations: preliminary research and time management. As you know, every IB student is assessed through presentations at some point. Obviously a ‘Great IB Presentation’ is one that…
Presentations Part 1 – What you need to do and why you need to do it.
In this first part of our Presentations miniseries, we look at the use of presentations. We discuss some of the times when you may need to present. Finally we talk about the benefits of doing presentations! Presentations – love them or hate them, as a student you will have to present at some point. Whether…
Inside the brain of a procrastinator: how to avoid sabotaging your IB score.
There is fundamental cognitive difference between procrastinators and normal people. Everyone gets overwhelmed by work sometimes, even the busiest or most efficient people might feel overwhelmed when there’s too much work and not enough time. But the procrastinator is different. The procrastinator might have plenty of time but he puts off work until there isn’t…
