Example BHS Schedules
Notes about these example schedules:
Breaks are not specifically mentioned, but should follow the gear check guidelines.
Saturday and Sundays can generally be swapped, as can any of the time blocks to fit your personal needs.
Monthly revisions should be fit into buffer areas or replace existing revision slots.
Students should aim to fit regular exercise into free time and buffer areas, as well as other non-academic
hobbies. These have powerful transferrable effects into academic performance, as well as providing useful
long-term skills development. Students with more diverse hobbies tend to outperform in later teens and
especially early to mid-twenties.
If you have difficulty following a low difficulty schedule, the issue may be focus or procrastination. Please see
our guidelines on procrastination to overcome this. A schedule is only one part of the productivity formula.
If you have additional activities or tasks you need to do, simply add them into buffer areas, or rearrange the
schedule utilising the flexibility provided by buffer areas.
Not working for you? Or doesn’t suit your personal situation?
If you have a schedule that does not fit into these examples, and you are unsure how to modify it to suit your needs,
contact our team at iCanStudy. We will create more example schedules if many students have similar schedule
types that do not work with these examples.
The 9 to 5 – Standard students
Development speed: B School is 9AM - 3PM
Flexibility: A Commute is 1 hour one way
Time efficiency: B Homework takes at least 2 hours per day
Difficulty: Low Skewed towards later evenings
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Morning/ Prestudy one Prestudy one Prestudy one Prestudy one Prestudy one Revise Monday Buffer
commute to week’s material week (different week (different week (different week (different to Friday’s
school. for one subject. subject). subject). subject). subject). material.
Afternoon/ Homework Homework Homework Homework Homework Revision. BHS course
after school.
After dinner, Study ahead for Study ahead for BHS course Buffer Buffer Buffer Buffer
early the week while the week while
evening. practising BHS practising BHS
techniques. techniques.
Later Reflect on Reflect on BHS course Buffer Buffer Buffer Experimental
evening. techniques and techniques and plan for the
abstract on abstract on week based on
reflections. reflections. new BHS
techniques.
Wind-down Prepare for Prepare for Prepare for Prepare for Prepare for Prepare for Prepare for
sleep at 10 PM. sleep at 10 PM. sleep at 10 PM. sleep at 10 PM. sleep at 10 PM. sleep at 10 PM. sleep at 10 PM.
Dawnbreaker – Early morning students
Development speed: A School is 9AM - 3PM
Flexibility: A Commute is 1 hour one way
Time efficiency: A Homework takes at least 2 hours per day
Difficulty: Low to moderate Skewed towards early mornings
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Early Exercise, Exercise, Prestudy one Exercise, Prestudy one Exercise, sleep Exercise, sleep
morning prestudy one prestudy one week’s material prestudy one week’s material in if needed. in if needed.
week’s material week’s material for one subject. week’s material for one subject.
for one subject. for one subject. for one subject.
Morning/ Reflect on BHS Reflect on BHS Reflect on BHS Reflect on BHS Reflect on BHS Revise Monday Buffer
commute to techniques and techniques and techniques and techniques and techniques and to Friday’s
school. abstract on abstract on abstract on abstract on abstract on material.
reflections. reflections. reflections. reflections. reflections.
Afternoon/ Homework Homework Homework Homework Homework Revision. BHS course
after school.
After dinner, Study ahead for Study ahead for BHS course Buffer Buffer Buffer Buffer
early the week while the week while
evening. practising BHS practising BHS
techniques. techniques.
Later Buffer, wind- Buffer, wind- BHS course Buffer Buffer Buffer Experimental
evening. down. Reflect on down. Reflect on plan for the
the day and plan the day and plan week based on
for tomorrow. for tomorrow. new BHS
Prepare for Prepare for techniques.
sleep at 9PM. sleep at 9PM.
KitKat – During school breaks
Development speed: S No school
Flexibility: S Very high level of flexibility
Time efficiency: A Modify to suit your break schedule
Difficulty: Low
Time 5 days a week 2 days a week
Early Morning routine Break
morning
Morning/ BHS course – learn techniques. Break
commute to
school. If the techniques are simple, learn 2 or 3 at the same time.
If the techniques are more complex (subjectively) or they are entire systems, learn
just 1.
We are able to learn more with this schedule because we have more time to practice
the techniques each day, increasing the cycle frequency of Kolb’s experiential learning
cycle.
Afternoon/ Apply techniques on upcoming school material (study ahead), old school work you Break
after school. want to revise, or any other practice material (e.g. Wikipedia for training purposes)
After dinner, Continue applying and practising what you have learned. Break
early
evening.
Later Reflect on experience of the day. Abstract and plan experiment for next day. Break
evening. If at conscious competence stage and 80-90% complete, i.e. 10-20% away from
unconscious competence stage, move on to learning next batch of techniques.
Zombie Hunter (Add-on) – For students who fall asleep in the afternoon
Flexibility: A Adapt this schedule onto any other schedule as an adjunct
Difficulty: Low Rearrange slots into buffer areas if needed to make it fit
Time Productive days Rest days
Early Morning routine Break
morning Optional – light aerobic exercise – increases metabolism, improves day/night rhythm, reducing
napping and improves night-time sleep.
Avoid foods high in carbohydrates or fats – this increases sleepiness after eating due to
increase shunting of blood to the digestive system, taking blood away from the brain.
Morning Flexible – as per other schedules Break
Afternoon/ When feeling sleepy, choose a 20-minute activity which primarily keeps you awake. If you Break
after school. choose to study in a way that feels more active, you may still fall asleep, causing productivity to
be zero. If you instead choose to go for a run and somehow make it productive, you will
definitely not fall asleep, and get at least some benefit. Over time, you will train out the napping
behaviour that has become an afternoon habit.
Recommended: Going for a walk outside, mental mindmapping with a note-book; some form of
physical activity, potentially with a friend while quizzing or teaching each other; going for a jog
while listening to teaching recordings.
After dinner Flexible Break
Later As per other schedules. Incorporate a wind-down routine. Day-time sleepiness is often due to Night-time sleep routine
evening. inadequate quantity or quality/depth of sleep at night (which napping makes even worse). Keeping consistency of sleep even
on your “off days” reduces “social
Recommended routine: 10 minutes of journaling to get stray thoughts out and reflect, followed jet lag”, which negatively impacts
by 10 to 15 minutes of guided meditation with an app like Calm (or their YouTube channel). your sleep cycles on other days.
