The school should either give/sell you a handbook which outlines the syllabus and the general flow of lessons.
Your Instructor should also give you a short brief on the next lesson (5-10 min verbal, while he/she is T'ing you up to spend the next 100quid) so you know whats coming up and can study the handout.
Yes is does help if you have a general idea in advance of the important points in the next lesson (don't forget whenever possible sit in the ac, make brmm-brmm noises and visualise/practise checklist, drills etc................it's free till the engine starts & helps sort things)
Enjoy!!
Edited to add: Err yeah, depending how you go, sometimes a small amount of hop-scotch with the order of exercises may happen (no use cracking one's head on a brick wall, move on and revisit a tad later, can work miracles).
