Hi V1 Vr,
There is one thing that I strongly believe in and would recommend during your course.
That would be to learn how to spin an aircraft and more importantly how to control the aircraft to bring it back to straight and level flight once you are in a spin.
Due to the current syllabus not requiring PPL students to even experience a fully developed spin, all too many pilots are now obtaining their PPL's without even ever had a spin demonstrated to them, thus many go on to fly for years and years with a spin phobia.
Although the only time you should end up in a spin is when you do one intentionally, many have ended up in a spin without knowing what to do to get out of one... thus prematurely shortening their active life.
Most people whilst learning how to land an aeroplane during the touch and go's will have a doubt as to whether they can do it... just stick with it and believe your instructor when they say you're doing okay. After a few landings on a lesson it will just start to click and your landings thereafter will start to become more predictable.
Edit: Just read on another current thread about mixture controls... this reminded me that this is an area of aircraft operation that is seriously under taught in the UK at least. Use the mixture control... then you won't have the engineers on your back everytime an aeroplane goes in for its 50 hour check moaning about why doesn't anyone use the mixture control...
Anyway you'll enjoy your PPL course!!!
Best wishes,
Charlie Zulu.