My Business students have a good business knowledge but terms in the exam questions seem to confuse them. These two sheets show keywords used in previous exam papers which I am using as a final revision tool with students.

Are your students struggling with breakeven? They can follow an example, and yet when doing an exam question go blank? This story is designed to teach breakeven in a relaxed way, where students 'become' the characters who need to breakeven. Hope it can help make the breakeven concept seem easier.

Independent Enquiry - Activity to encourage students to develop confidence in basic programming skills: Purple - Low ability, Blue - Middle Ability, Yellow - Higher ability Possible solution - Python - in text file.

A practical exercise looking at: Key terms Layout Positioning of key terms Calculations Teacher solution provided.

A revision resource developed to revise key terms for the introductory unit of Python with examples from the code students have used in the unit.

Key Stage 3 Computer Science CS1 Understanding Computers Numeracy bridge lesson This lesson bridges the gap between the PA1 Scratch unit and CS1 Understanding Computers unit for Year 7. The lesson focuses on the computer system - Input - Process - Storage Output. The activities are based around the Little Man Computer simulation.

Suitable for GCSE Business revision (A293) BTEC Business Finance LAB2 Cash Flow & Budgeting Worksheet 5 Completing & Analysing a cash flow forecast. Activity Teacher solution

Revision activity on assets and liabilities. End of lesson plenary.

Paired Discussion/Written-based Revisision Activity Discussion Cards for Component 3 - B1 & B2 Cyber Security Peer: Read the card asking the same questions for each key concept: What is it? How is this relevant to business? Why is this relevant to me? Once discussion has taken place, the student then writes a paragraph summarising the discussion. Peer Support: Knowledge Organiser provides overview of topic. Golden Nuggets of key concept theory included in case prompting is needed in the discussion.

Practice for A453 Controlled Assessment. Allocating a job number to a file. Adding record of job to file.

Final revision session for the GCSE Computing A451 exam. In the Bag - If you know these terms, you are ready for the exam. Class discussion of key terms, and once discussed, animation moves the keyword 'in the bag'. Used to inspire confidence in students, and split up with questions to get the students thinking.

BTEC ICT - Unit 1 Online World Learning Aim B - Data Exchange: Transmission Modes & Methods. Transmission Modes Wired Transmission Method Wireless Transmission Method Cut these ‘Remember This’ facts out. Issue to students in the first lesson of the week (stick into learning journal/homework diary). Students to learn their fact. In the final lesson of the week, at the end of the lesson, students share their fact with peers in a ‘speed dating’ method. Once ‘Remember This’ facts are issued they are then added to the ‘Remember This Wall’ outside the classroom.

Knowledge Build Cards: Assets Liabilities Theory & Questions 15 minute introductory activities

Each revision lesson gets the students working independently for the first part of the lesson, followed by a review of the answers. A specific area of Component 1 is then revised, and the lesson concludes with a QWC question. If you have longer lessons, you could add in past exam questions from the A451 syllabus which are related. Independent questions: Topologies, Network Protocols Teacher-led revision (and questions as part of discussion): Network Topologies, Protocols & Layers QWC question: Choice of network topology for a school.

End of Unit test Differentiated questions on Dangers to computer networks, identifying vulnerabilities and preventing attacks. Teacher solution provided.

Combining Python skills in the introductory unit. Practice programs prior to student assessment next week. Text file contains a possible solution - copy and paste the code into Python.

BTEC Business - Unit 2 Business Finance LA.B2 Cash Flow Forecast Lesson 4: Cash Flow - using mini-enterprise receipts and spending. This is the fourth lesson in the Cash Flow module, where students are start using the concepts and link them to the mini-enterprise businesses they are running in class. Student worksheet (differentiated - LAP & MAP+) and solution.

Model used for controlled assessments. Used with students midway through OCR 20 Programming Challenges, to get Year 10 students to reflect and focus on the different stages in the Programming Cycle of Assessment and the importance. Class discussion of each stage, followed by students explaining and evidencing each stage. This enables them to work at a higher level and to understand the process required in September.

BTEC Business Unit 2 Finance - Cash Flow and Bu Lesson 6: Budget of a mini-enterprise company. Teaching the exam unit with application to the Enterprise coursework. Teacher worksheet with solution. Student worksheet for sharing with students.

Introduction to Python workbook. Assessment of prior knowledge introduced via Scratch. Introductory tasks. Workbook used for e-marking, rather than printing out each lesson. Peer and self assessment carried out on computer, then uploaded for teacher marking.