This practical A5 handbook delivers key life and study strategies to help 11 to 14 year olds become successful learners and responsible citizens. In addition to personal questionnaires for study and life self-knowledge, units encourage students to think about healthy-eating, exercise, organisation, relationships and challenges to get the most from school and life in general. The transition from primary to secondary school is also included and icons relating to A Curriculum for Excellence show students how to be successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors. It is available in multiple formats (including large print, daisy and audio) for visually impaired students.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Leckie, Success Guides .

There are 80 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2007 by Leckie & Leckie .