You may not know, but we offer lessons online in all the topics we have in our store, handy VTs and more! Here is the start of our Maths Functional Skills course- a full list of all you need to know to pass your exams: topics, pass mark needed, and divided into three sections: numerical skills practical applications and applied knowledge. Functional Skills are the essential skills needed for English, maths and ICT, and are vital for young people and adults to participate in life, learning and work. They were introduced in September 2010 and officially replaced Key Skills in England in October 2012. Our guides and lessons cover ALL syllabi and exam boards! They can be used by students or teachers/ tutors to help you navigate this course, which many often really struggle with… Many people in the health services are now having to take this exam in order to comply with new regulations, or need to pass this to get to college. We offer full back up for ANYONE, adult or young adult, struggling with this (in Maths OR English). This FREE document provides the perfect starting point to find out exactly what you know, and what you need to know, to pass these vital exams! More to follow in both Maths and English! Keep checking out our shop for updates.

A free guide on what to look for in English GCSE non fiction extracts that turn up in the exams, useful for all exam boards. It can be a handout, lesson guide and/or revision for pupils or teachers. If you download it PLEASE leave a review as courtesy. Thank you.

A brief guide to analysing characters as heroes or 'anti heroes' in books, poems, plays and film. Useful handout, lesson aid or revision document for pupils and teachers. It includes the full definition of a hero and how it entered English as a concept.

This is a 60 page fully annotated set of notes and teaching guide meant to cover an entire course for GCSE and BTec Music and English in the context of analysing the lyrics they contain from ancient to modern music. Also most useful for poetry rules as it contains information on rhyme, rhythm, metre and many other English language techniques and thus can help pupils struggling with poetry to see how it works in music, so making it more relatable for them. Part of this is the document on online resources to play the songs listed in this document. (See submissions for more detail.) This document has been checked and verified as a top quality resource by the head of music studies at Rare, Liverpool.

Useful for English, etymology work and gender studies, this two page guide can be used as a lesson aid, general interest or wall display to show how words used to describe women have been restricted, drifted semantically or worse, inherent indicators of sexism in our society.

An essential lesson and/or revision guide for parents, pupils and teachers covering all the points you need to gain good marks in the second module of the Unit 2B course of the syllabus. Written for the AQA exam board, but suitable for all exam boards, this ten page, clearly written document also has multiple choice questions to check understanding and comprehensive further reading sources to delve more deeply into the module. Suitable for A/S and A level.

Full and in depth guide to the poem Manhunt by Simon Armitage, including biographical detail, themes and language points necessary to gain a good mark in any essay on this poem. Useful for revision, lesson plans and handouts for pupils and teachers.

A fun fact sheet (three pages) on what words from the Vikings ended up in English, with examples. Great for finding out more about the English language and can be used for lesson plans, projects and more.

A full and indepth ten page up to A* guide on this poem for GCSE students and teachers. It can be used as revision, as a lesson tool, or just to make sense of this obscure and complex poem. Fully annotated, with quotes, 'check yourself' questions and further reading, this is an essential guide to one of the most challenging poems of the GCSE anthology- suitable for all exam boards. This is part 2: the introductory part 2- Biographical Context and Universal Themes, is also available on here.

A good teaching and revision resource, this six page fully illustrated resource helps makes sense of Pythagoras' Theorem and how we can use it to work out the length of the sides on triangles. Six pages long and with examples and friendly language, this is an essential aid for pupils struggling with this topic.

One of an extensive set of lesson/lecture notes that can be used as a basis for model essays for tutors, teachers and pupils for A level and beyond in Psychology. Suitable for many online and real space attended Psychology courses worldwide, and all exam boards, to an A*/grade 9 level. Assessed by BACP professionals and deemed 100% accurate and perfectly presented at time of writing, you can use these documents with confidence. This one 'What is the difference between counselling and psychotherapy?' provides an in depth comparison and contrast between these two linked fields, and is often a staple part of many syllabi. Seven pages long and fully annotated, this can also serve as a reference piece for further study.

One of an extensive set of lesson/lecture notes that can be used as a basis for model essays for tutors, teachers and pupils for A level and beyond in Psychology. Suitable for many online and real space attended Psychology courses worldwide, and all exam boards, to an A*/grade 9 level. Assessed by BACP professionals and deemed 100% accurate and perfectly presented at time of writing, you can use these documents with confidence. This one 'What are listening and talking based methods of addressing psychological and psychosomatic problems and change?' provides an in depth comparison and contrast between these two linked fields, and is often a staple part of many syllabi. Thirteen pages long and fully annotated, this can also serve as a reference piece for further study.

One of an extensive set of lesson/lecture notes that can be used as a basis for model essays for tutors, teachers and pupils for A level and beyond in Psychology. Suitable for many online and real space attended Psychology courses worldwide, and all exam boards, to an A*/grade 9 level. Assessed by BACP professionals and deemed 100% accurate and perfectly presented at time of writing, you can use these documents with confidence. This one 'What are the goals of counselling and psychotherapy?' provides an in depth comparison and contrast between these two linked fields, and is often a staple part of many syllabi. Ten pages long and fully annotated, this can also serve as a reference piece for further study.

One of an extensive set of lesson/lecture notes; this is a model essay for tutors, teachers and pupils for A level and beyond in Psychology. Suitable for many online and real space attended Psychology courses worldwide, and all exam boards, to an A*/grade 9 level. Assessed by BACP professionals and deemed 100% accurate and perfectly presented at time of writing, you can use these documents with confidence. This model essay 'What does the term supportive therapy suggest?' provides an A*/grade 9 response to an analysis of a single therapy and inside the usually 1500 word limit. Five pages long and fully annotated, this can also serve as a reference piece for further study.

One of an extensive set of lesson/lecture notes that can be used as a basis for model essays and entire lessons for tutors, teachers and pupils for A level and beyond in Psychology. Suitable for many online and real space attended Psychology courses worldwide, and all exam boards, to an A*/grade 9 level. Assessed by BACP professionals and deemed 100% accurate and perfectly presented at time of writing, you can use these documents with confidence. This one 'What is peer counselling?' provides an in depth comparison and contrast between the fields that intersect these fields, and is often a staple part of many syllabi. It includes: The model essay 'What is peer counselling?' (2903 words) Three guides to associated therapies: P.E.E.R; Peer Counselling in Schools; and Active Listening A definitive set of sources for peer counselling. Eighteen pages long and fully annotated, this can also serve as a reference piece for further study.

A brief but concise guide to all the types of sounds that can occur in English Key Stage 3 and GCSE pieces for study, seen and unseen. Useful as a general handout, revision guide for pupils who know some but need to brush up, or as a lesson tool for pupils new to the GCSE or those at higher level Key Stage 3.

To be used as an example resource with my 'sneaky times tables' documents, this method and layout of long division is a good teaching aid and sets it out in an easy to read and follow format. From this you can make your own examples and help pupils get to grips with this method. Often the hardest part of long division is ensuring that the pupil knows that division and subtraction 'go together' just like addition and multiplication do, and knowing how many times a number goes into another number. This is just one of many guides that will make clear this process for pupils.

An entire lesson package for 11-16 year olds, or those studying KS3, any GCSE Maths syllabus, or Levels 1-3 Maths as an Adult student. The topic covered here is significant figures, something with which a lot of students struggle. This ten page document has friendly, informal and easy to understand language and layout, with clear methods you can copy or follow to get the right answers. With examples and over 20 carefully formulated questions, this can be used as a whole lesson for pupils, teachers, tutors and parents who are home schooling. There are also FULLY explained answers for each question. It also touches on the topics of long multiplication, fractions, problems and decimal place, all of which have a guide in my shop.

A full and indepth eight page up to A* guide on this poem for GCSE students and teachers. It can be used as revision, as a lesson tool, or just to make sense of this modern, socially aware play. Written for the WJEC board but suitable for all boards offering this play as a set text, this covers an essential range of links and repeating ideas that were the backbone of Russell's writing ethos. Fully annotated, with quotes, 'check yourself' questions and further reading, this is an essential guide to one of the most challengingly gritty plays of the GCSE anthology- suitable for all exam boards. This is part 2: Context, Themes, Motifs, Symbolism and Language; part 1 on the characters is also available on here.

One of an extensive set of lesson/lecture notes that can be used as a basis for model essays for tutors, teachers and pupils for A level and beyond in Psychology. Suitable for many online and real space attended Psychology courses worldwide, and all exam boards, to an A*/grade 9 level. Assessed by BACP professionals and deemed 100% accurate and perfectly presented at time of writing, you can use these documents with confidence. This one 'Where did couple counselling/ therapy originate?' provides a model essay for this field, and is often a staple part of many syllabi. It is 1589 words long, which is within the +/- 10% allowed for essay submissions on 1500 word essays. Six pages long and fully annotated, this can also serve as a reference piece for further study. As this is a FREE guide, reviews are appreciated. If there are too many downloads with no review, I will have to change it to paid, as offering free documents is a courtesy that if not returned, is removed. Also proper citing and crediting to the author must happen if used in essays, courses and lessons.