A lesson encouraging students to decide on immediate, short, id and long term goals for their start in a new school. Students use the Taget shaped worksheet to record these and decorate for a wall display. These can be refered back to throughout the year to check progress. Numeracy task included: How many learning oppertunities in one school year?

Lesson introducing the concept of an ideal student. Includes group work and the creation of posters to sum up the findings. Group task would be best completed with roll of paper for one student to lie down on to be drawn around. Alternatively you can draw in drywipe marker on a group of desks!

Useful 1 hour lesson for new form groups. Warm up: Wink Murder Task 1: Student Bingo Task 2: Walk a mile in my shoes - a student information sharing task.

PPT with quiz of famous women (swap 'my mum' for a unknown woman of your choice!) Students are then directed to research and present information about about significant women in history. **requires computer access**

Lesson aimed at Y7 students on their worries and fears about moving to a new school. Includes circle time and writing of poetry.

Lesson to help students consider what things would make a school 'Ideal'. Followed up with a numeracy activity of shopping for the 'ideal classroom'.

PPT and resources to get students to work in teams to make the biggest words they can. Useful as a warm up, competiton or tutor time activity.

A selection of cards that cover word classes and language features. best laminated and placed on a split pin but can also be used as a display. Literacy mat with promps for writing also included.

For use with S1E1 of TWD. Booklet with various activities followed by analytical question response with model answer.

Theorists for represtations introduced for students with the opportunity to respond critically.

Lesson for photography/media or even science exploring how the camera lens works and how to create a basic obscura.

5 step by step PPTs to show how to alter mood, create zombie images, create photoceptions, develop water-style reflection and create comic book effects.

Students read a poem, identify word classes and techniques used. They then create one short analysis (could be extended to more) before brainstorming their own winter themes and planning lines for their own composition. Still learning, but celebrating the snowy/icy/just plain cold season!

Students to analyse media language used in various stills from Elf before defining the audience and reviewing the film. A great support to an end of term viewing of Elf.

Lesson exploring the concepts of Agenda Setting, Framing and Myths. For use with AS Media

Lesson introducing the concept of Slam/Spoken word with links to useful examples culminating in students creating their own slam poems.

Lesson that introduces the concepts of ZPD (choosing an appropriate leveled book) and quizzes. Used to encourage competition and engagement.

3 lessons worth of content. Learning Intentions: Define different TV Genres and their codes and conventions. Define Hybrid Genres Understand the audience appeal of different TV Genres Create a guide to TV Genres

Lesson exploring the values of the news with a short case study on the coverage of Madeline McCann.

PPT introducing the concepts of Globalisation, Post Colonialism, Diaspora Identity and Cultural Imperialism.