Hi vella97!
- January is a great time to get a head start on content and start familiarizing yourself with AOS 1. That way, when your teacher starts teaching you the content in class, you won't just be learning it for the first time, but revising and consolidating it in your memory
- Print out the study design. Not just for Psych, but for all your subjects! Paste it in your Psych folder or wherever you know you'll look when making you notes. It is crucial that you tailor your notes to the dot points on the study design as that is what VCAA can examine you on at the end of the year. Turn it into a checklist so you can tick off each dot point once you're confident you understand the area
- Start finding practice exams/ print out exams. I know you may think it is ridiculously early to even think about exams, but use this holiday period to search for resources and print them out. You don't want to waste valuable revision time trawling the internet for free practice exams, or standing next to the printer waiting for them to come out. Print them out at the start of the year and put them aside until you're ready to attempt them (Preferably after you finish each AOS!)
- Research methods is a critical area and you must ensure you understand it completely. It is a significant proportion of the exam and can be a great way for you to excel further than other students who don't apply it as well. I recommend going to a head start lecture so you can hear an assessor/experienced teacher/past student explain the different areas in research methods as sometimes text books may not be clear enough
- TSFX notes are great and I highly recommend them. But seeing as you already have a copy, don't go to their headstart lecture but shop around the other companies. I didn't attend NEAP's lecture, but I do know it is run by Andrew Scott who founded the website
http://www.epsychvce.com I was also lucky enough to be tutored by him and his experience as an assessor really gave me an insight into how I needed to shape my responses and what the examiners were looking for
That's just a few of the things I think will really benefit you later on in the year, and can be achieved before school starts
Feel free to PM for any questions, or even resources such as DIGITAL COPIES OF EXAMS or study guides and lecture notes