Our resources are written by experienced sixth form practitioners, capitalising on their backgrounds in pastoral care, careers education, honing study skills and building wider awareness of the world in readiness for adult life.
Our resources are written by experienced sixth form practitioners, capitalising on their backgrounds in pastoral care, careers education, honing study skills and building wider awareness of the world in readiness for adult life.
This provides the complete lesson on work experience, including a preliminary survey on Forms to gain understanding of job sectors students are interested in, a Ppt presentation including discussion activities and a plenary quiz in addition to links of where to gain further information or support.
For Pi Day, this adaptable powerpoint lesson highlights the reasons for Pi Day, while also raising awareness of maths in our everyday lives, including in careers. The teaching notes include a link to a brief introductory quiz on Forms and the presentation includes opportunities for discussion and optional video links.
This resource includes an adaptable presentation with links to videos (timings included), opportunities for discussion and the teaching notes include a link to duplicate a preliminary quiz on Forms. The exit ticket is included as a printable and the final slides include links to further reading, viewing and courses.
This is a complete resource, which can be adapted to your needs. It includes a lesson plan, a link to Forms to duplicate a preliminary quiz to get students thinking, Ppt including opportunities for discussion (accompanying definition and scenarios worksheets also included). To check on understanding and prepare for follow-up there is also a printable Exit Slip.
This session is ideal for a post-16 assembly but could also be used as a lesson (PSHE/ PD/ tutor time/ history, as a Holocaust intro). It explores the Holocaust via the implications of prejudice and discrimination and from the perspective of ‘ordinary people’ (this year’s theme for Holocaust Memorial Day). It could be delivered around HMD but also could be used as Holocaust education at another time of year.
This resource was designed for sixth form students but is also suitable for younger years. The pack includes an adaptable power-point including optional discussion points and detailed notes for the presenter. There are also teacher notes and a pre-session and post-session quiz to enable you to measure students’ understanding.
This presentation includes all you need to broaden student awareness of careers with animals, teaching notes with links to introductory and plenary quiz, Powerpoint presentation with focus on particular roles, discussion points and links to support further research.
This resource looks at the field of working with children and young people and includes preliminary survey on Forms, Ppt with discussion areas and printable discussion sheet in addition to teaching notes. It is a complete lesson, intended for post 16 students, so could be part of the PSHE or Careers programme, to widen awareness as they think about their post-18 options.
This lesson includes teaching notes, PowerPoint, preliminary and plenary quizzes on Forms and built in discussions to get students thinking about the cost of living and what they need to bear in mind when planning their career from a financial point of view and weigh up the pros and cons of university and apprenticeships, but also consider the value of job satisfaction. The presentation includes links to support further reading and research to help students consider their choices.
Ppt for careers session, assembly, tutor time on creating your personal brand, including using LinkedIn. The Teaching notes include a duplicate code for a preliminary quiz on Forms and there is a photocopiable Exit slip and Guidelines slip. The resource is wholly adaptable to your needs.
Test your student’s awareness of Women in STEM through a FORMS quiz, to get the discussion going. This resource includes an adaptable Powerpoint presentation, teaching notes with a link to a quiz to duplicate, and photpcopiable Exit Ticket to ascertain understanding and allow for follow-up. This is designed to get students thinking about equality in the workplace and remind them of the achievements of women, to help inspire them to achieve and for all to accept this as the norm.
This resource begins with a survey to ascertain prior understanding of apprenticeships, then moves to the apprenticeship Ppt. The Ppt is adaptable and there is a follow-up quiz to check understanding. It also includes links to relevant sites for further information
‘Off the peg’ presentation that could be used as an assembly or a lesson about Martin Luther King Day (17 January 2023). Pre-session quiz and exit ticket quiz included to measure students’ learning and power-point presentation with detailed teacher notes. Designed for sixth formers but also suitable for younger years. Can be adapted for your own needs.
These 2 lessons look at smoking and vaping and complement each other as the first on Smoking and Tobacco highlights the length of time it took to realise the full health impact of smoking, something to bear in mind with vaping.
This 2 part bundle includes a powerpoint on the value of work experience and tips on how to find a placement, and a powerpoint on the value of volunteering, to celebrate International Day of Charity at the start of September, but also at any time to demonstrate the value of volunteering, for the mental health of the volunteer, to help people in need, and to build skills such as empathy, teamwork, showing initiative, which are of value in the world of work and sought in job and university applications.
This pack includes 2 lessons which could be used to build Gatsby Benchmark 4 for Biology, as part of Sixth Form tutor time or Careers time
Careers in STEM - Biology related careers
Careers with Animals - Exploring Job Sectors
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Exam Stress, Seeking Help and Support
Dealing with Disappointment: building resilience
Reading, Literacy and Academic Study
Making the most of your summer break - learning from Year 12, preparing for Year 13
This pack of adaptable resources includes a range of resources to get your Sixth Form students started on the right track. As well as an Induction quiz on Microsoft Forms, it includes an editable folder organisation guide, Cornell notes template, Study tips overview, and Organisation for Learning Ppt, as well as Ppts on Health for Learning and How to make the most of Sixth Form
These resources combine to support issues with Men’s Health and seeking help and support. The Suicide Prevention lesson is adapted from our lesson for World Suicide Prevention Day, but can be used at any point in the calendar.
This bundle includes 4 lessons focussing on the positive impact of friendship, smiling, kindness and volunteering. While 2 of them also fit with awareness days they can easily be adapted to fit anywhere in your programme.