Resource with tips on how to use similes and metaphors effectively, with some activities to practice. Aimed at KS3 level students or could also work for 11+.

A resource with guided activities (inspired by Anne of Green Gables) and tips on how to help your students ‘show, not tell’ in their creative writing. Designed for 11+, but relevant for 13+/KS3.

Resource helping students to use adjectives and adverbs effectively and strategically, and to find alternative ways of describing. Includes both notes and activities. Aimed for 11+ and KS3, but many of the ideas could also be suitable for older students.

Resource with notes and activities on different ways of starting a sentence, suggesting -ed, -ing and -ly words. Aimed primarily at students going for the 11+, but could be relevant to KS3 students as well.

A festive themed past-paper style passage followed by comprehension questions, and a choice of two creative writing prompts. Questions are a mixture of short-answer (testing understanding of the passage), vocabulary, Passage taken from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Would be suitable for 13+ entrance practice, or high-level 11+ entrance/scholarship practice.

AQA A level biology topic 1 - biological molecules Includes: monomers and polymers, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, tests for sugars, enzymes, inhibitors

An English crossword featuring questions on classical literature and history.

Document compiling useful resources and websites for enhancing Spanish learning (designed for AS and A Level but some may also be relevant to GCSE).

6 page document (3033 words) containing detailed bullet-pointed notes on various important debates about the Iliad’s origins. Sections: the composition of the Iliad, the debate on whether its techniques appear ‘literary’ or are compatible with oral composition, and whether the Iliad depicts a real historical society. Detailed examples from the text to support potential arguments, and references to different schools of thought and influential scholars such as Parry.

Powerpoint and handout containing language analysis notes on the extract from ‘Touching the Void’ (from the Edexcel GCSE English Language course).

15 slide powerpoint covering Unit 2: Life after death. Explains key terms and gives points for discussion on the following: Christian beliefs on life after death, non-religious reasons for believing in life after death, why some do not believe in life after death, abortion (discusses different Christian attitudes and the film ‘Juno’), euthanasia (types, moral issues, Christian responses), should the media critique religious views on life after death, poverty and Christian Aid.

10 page powerpoint covering Unit 1: Believing in God. Explains key terms and gives points for discussing: Christian upbringings, religious experiences, the argument from design, the argument from causation, scientific explanations, prayer, suffering.

5 slide powerpoint containing: flame tests, tests for cations and anions, separating mixtures, chromatography, tests for oxygen co2 hydrogen and water). Designed for C11 of the GCSE AQA Chemistry Dual Award specification.

7-slide powerpoint on electrolysis (reduction vs oxidation, half equations, and examples of electrolysis: lead bromide, brine, electroplating). Designed for the GCSE AQA Dual Award Chemistry specification.

12 slide powerpoint on crude oil (fractional distillation and uses of products, alkanes, alkenes, combustion of fuel, cracking of hydrocarbons, pollution, alternative fuels) and polymers (polymerisation, types of polymer, solutions to plastic waste, hydrogels). Designed to cover C7 and C8 of the GCSE AQA Dual Award Chemistry Specification.

5 slide powerpoint on rates of reaction (calculating by equations and graphs, collision theory, factors affected rate of reaction, catalysts). Designed for C6 of the GCSE AQA Chemistry Dual Award Specification. 2 further slides on energy changes in reactions to explain endothermic and exothermic reactions (C9).

9-slide powerpoint on metals (the reactivity series, extraction of aluminium, reduction of iron by carbon, extraction of metal from ore, methods of copper extraction, types of iron, alloys, shape memory alloys). Designed for C5 of the AQA GCSE Chemistry Dual Award specification.

7-slide powerpoint on acids, bases and salts (what causes acidity/alkalinity, salt reactions, making soluble and insoluble salts, ammonia, limewater test, crystallisation, carbonates). Designed for C4 of the AQA GCSE Chemistry Dual Award specification.

6 slide powerpoint on air (composition, fractional distillation, reactions) and water (treatment and filtering, desalination, chlorination, fluoridation, rusting). Designed for C3 of the the AQA GCSE Chemistry Dual Award specification.