🔬 KS3 Exec Function · Systems for Secondary School
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Systems for Secondary School

KS3 Executive Function · Ages 11–14

More subjects and transitions mean systems matter. Build planning, organisation, time skills, completion habits and flexible thinking.

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Weekly Planning (Non-Negotiables)

🦜 Rosie: "Protect the basics."
Sleep · Meals · Movement · One connection
2

Organisation (One-Place System) ️

🦔 Gary: "Reduce searching." Choose one.
One folder per subject
One master folder + weekly sort
My reset day/time:
3

Time Management (Homework Pipeline) ⏱️

🦎 Elvis: "Tasks move in stages." Write your pipeline.
Not started:
In progress:
Finished / hand in:
4

Task Completion (Start Ritual) ✅

🦜 Rosie's start ritual (choose 3): clear desk / timer / water / first question only / music off/on.
clear desk
timer
water
first question only
music off/on
My ritual:
5

Flexible Thinking (Cognitive Shifts)

🦔 Gary: "Switching is a skill." Write a script for change:
"This is different to my plan. The next best step is ."
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KS3 Executive Function Certificate

Strong work, !

You practised weekly planning, organisation systems, time pipelines, start rituals and flexible thinking scripts. 💚

Signed by Rosie 🦜, Gary 🦔 and Elvis 🦎 · Date:

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