Each of the sheets included here are simple PSHE and/or life skills activities that can be set as a homework for your KS2 or KS3 classes or given out as a starter activity in lesson. Each sheet should only take 10-15 minutes to complete. There are various topics included here, from gangs to mental health and wellbeing to budgeting for a supermarket shop. All are fully editable.
Here is a booklet focusing on how vaccines work, what microbes are, and what our body’s natural defences are to bacteria and viruses. This can be used to evidence an AQA unit award. It is fully editable.
Here is a PSHE booklet on healthy eating. It can be taught to a class or assigned as independent work. It asks pupils to create a meal plan and introduces different food groups an the healthy eating table. It can be edited and also evidences an AQA unit award.
This is quite a long booklet focussing on the drugs education elements of PSHE. This booklet contains activities for pupils to complete and can be taught in a lesson or assigned as independent work. It is fully editable. It can also evidence an AQA unit award.
This lesson focuses on use of sharps and safe disposal of sharps. It is presented as a booklet, is fully editable, and can be used to evidence an AQA unit award.
Included in this pack are three booklets, one focussing on Autism and communication challenges, the other on Asperger’s syndrome, and the third on ASD more broadly. These can also be used to evidence AQA unit awards.
Included here are two short lessons, one on Breast Cancer and one on Testicular Cancer. These would be good alongside demonstrations using models, etc., or alongside talks from externals.
A number of templates that can be handed out as knowledge checks/exit passes for a variety of topics. My favourite is explain to an alien. This pack also includes:
Diamond 9
Draw & write
Picture prompts
Zones of relevance
A simple poster explaining what PSHE is. There are three versions of this, one for PSHE, one for “Values” and one for Personal Development. All are the same except for the title and image.
Here are two schemes of work on LGBTQ+, resources adapted from various LGBTQ+ charities and educators. Offered here for free and set out in two booklets.
When teaching the LGBTQ+ voices it is important to also stress the positive changes and the people who fought for those changes. It is always best not to teach about oppression in isolation.
A short three-lesson scheme of work on managing change and mindset. This lesson can be taught to a class or given as independent study work. It is fully editable.
This is a short scheme of work spanning three lessons that explores what stress is and how to cope with stress. This scheme is designed for lower KS3 but can be edited and adapted upwards. The booklet is quite easy to follow so can be used for independent learning or given to form tutors.
A short enrichment scheme designed for black history month, to be taught in form time or as part of PSHE. This scheme also includes an art-based activity. It is two lessons long and should take two hours to teach.
This is a large PSHE scheme of work split into two parts, covering seven lessons. This is presented as a word document and is fully editable. These lessons can be taught by a teacher, form tutor, or studied independently.
The first part of this scheme is titled “Prejudice and Discrimination” and the second part is titled “Us vs Them Mentality”.
This PSHE scheme comes in two parts:
Law and Law Making (to be taught first)
Law and Law Enforcement (to be taught second)
This PSHE scheme is designed to take six lessons if teacher-led, but can also be studied independently, as each scheme is easy to follow. Each scheme is also fully editable.
This is a scheme of work on mental health, spanning five lessons. It covers topics such as grief, depression and anxiety. This can be taught by a teacher to a full class or given as independent work or to form tutors, as these topics are easy to follow along. This topic should cover around 4 hours of content if teacher-led.
This resource is fully adaptable.