Organizing your Folders/Binders

This is a post about your folder and notes. Some lessons and teachers may require you to have a folder, others don’t Check with your teacher first if you aren’t sure. Many people have asked for this, so here it is!

Make sure that you have all the supplies you need.

This can range anything from a pencil to calculators!
Getting a folder that is comfortable for you is important.

Think about where and when you are going to use it and how much you are going to put in it. If the folder is staying at home and it’s for all subjects, then invest in getting a bigger one. If you want to take this folder to school, then get a smaller one to save your back. I personally only have a big binder for my geography class. This is because we get a lot of case studies, so I need to store them somewhere. For DT and fine art, I use a portfolio for them. The rest of my subjects are in notebooks.

For your folder, I suggest buying some dividers or something that separates your notes into sections. I don’t use dividers from the shop. I use thick pieces of card. This way I can write on the paper, instead of just the corner of the divider.

So if your folder is for more than 1 subject, make sure you label everything. Have your dividers between the different classes. I would also suggest colour coding your folder as well. Blue could be for Maths while green is for Geography.

In my folder, I like to keep a few pages of lined paper. This is just in case I need to write something down when I don’t have my notebook.

Other Tips for binders/folders

Check to see if your teacher actually wants you to have a binder for class, sometimes they don’t.
Try to keep your folder neat so you can understand.
Make sure you LABEL everything in your folder
Lastly, make sure it’s organised!