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Citizenship
Resilience Values Lesson: Character Education PSHE (PowerPoint, Task Cards & Printables)
This values unit on Resilience is a crucial element for strengthening the core curriculum and ensuring our teenage students have a growth mindset and can bounce back from adversity so that they can succeed and reach their goals!
Product includes:
• Resilience PowerPoint - fully structured so no prior experience is required to deliver it. The text is also editable for you to modify as needed!
• Resilience Printables - graphic organisers go perfectly with the PowerPoint if you want your students to record their thoughts as you discuss. There is also a fun bonus homework included!
• Discussion point cards to develop speaking and listening skills.
In order to ensure these important skills can be integrated into our busy timetables, this resource has been designed to make it as easy to deliver as possible! It includes a structured PowerPoint that guides the class through discussions about resilience and effective skills on how to bounce back from challenges. No prior knowledge or experience from you is required! On top of this, the PowerPoint text is editable so you can modify the content to suit your students’ needs, should you wish.
Also included are bonus graphic organisers which are supplementary to the PowerPoint: they work as a helpful tool for students to record their thoughts in an aesthetically pleasing way that can then be used for bulletin board displays etc. You will also find a set of discussion task cards to spark conversation and thoughts on resilience: these can be printed off for each group of students, or they can be used in whole class discussion – it is up to you!
So help build your students' resilience and encourage them to be all that you know they can be!
Great for Character Education, Social Skills, Life skills and PSHCE (Physical, Social, Health, Citizenship Education) lessons.
Remembrance Day: Presentation and Activities for teens
Remembrance Day: Presentation and Activities for teens!
This resource includes a high quality PowerPoint presentation which can be delivered to your class/tutor group or in an assembly.
There is also an activities pack which contains some no-prep required printable worksheets, ideal for teenage students to do during tutor time or in Citizenship lessons. These activities give students the opportunity to reflect on their knowledge about Remembrance Day, consider important key words to do with the day in the form of a word search and anagrams, and also get creative in designing poppy merchandise to raise more money for the Royal British Legion.
End of the Year Reflection Game - interactive, engaging and fun!
End of the Year Jenga style hands-on reflection game.
Here's a really unique and fun idea to reflect on the academic year as a whole group or small group, where you can really bond with your students and be assured that everyone will have a blast!
This end of year reflection activity uses the concept of the game Jenga where students build a tower and remove pieces stacking them on top whilst trying to not knock the tower over or to build the tallest tower! The set used in this activity is simply adorable isn't it, and each activity is colour coded to coincide with the set.
This end of year reflection game can be used in 4 different ways to suit your budget, needs, resources and preference so it's really versatile! I have also included both colour and mono versions of each set which you can print onto coloured paper instead to make it more ink friendly for you.
There is also a digital, interactive option as well where no printing is needed at all - you're fully covered with this pack!
What this resource includes:
• 54 end of the year reflection questions
• 3 different printable options
• colour and black and white options
• an interactive 60+ slide PowerPoint
• comprehensive teacher's notes
The benefits:
• no need to stick anything to your blocks
• 4 differentiated ways to play
• different printing options to save money if necessary
• a paperless option
• ideas for competitive ways to play as a class
• suitable for a wide range of age groups
• questions accessible to all students
• an engaging and fun way to bond and reflect as a class
So take some time at the end of the school year to reflect with your students on how far you've all come together, in an exciting, engaging and happy atmosphere - what a wonderful way to finish the year!
Cyber Bullying Awareness: Posters, Task Cards & Activities
Do you want to educate your students about the dangers of Cyber Bullying? It is a rising problem among teenagers and young people in this age of social media, so this resource will offer your students the opportunity to consider the dangers and effects of cyber bullying by encouraging them to discuss and reflect on realistic scenarios.
I have used this resource on different groups of students from year 7-10 and it has proven effective for all ages. It’s interesting that each age group has brought out its own conversations from this resource.
I find it shocking how many young people (especially those below the required age of 13 to even have a social media account) are suffering from cyber bullying online and don’t yet have the skills to handle it. This resource has made a significant difference to my students and I can only hope they go on to spread the word to others!
I hope that my resources save you hours and hours of time: something we always sacrifice so much of as teachers. ❤
Classroom Decor Pennants: Growth Mindset Positive Quotes Colouring Pages
Classrooom Decor Pennants: Growth Mindset, Motivating and Inspiring Colouring Pages about education and learning.
I’m a big advocate for colouring therapy for students and adults, and I already have quite an extensive collection of different quote colouring pages available in my store! They are wonderfully relaxing and especially effective for growth mindset as all quotes are inspirational and positive!
In this unique set, you will get a selection of doodle colouring pennants to help decorate your classroom with some positive quotes about education to keep your students inspired all year long! There are 10 different colouring pennants to choose from. Students can just shade in using whatever colours make them happy, but there is also some white space available for students to add their own doodles too!
So take a few minutes at the start of the year to get students in the right frame of mind by colouring in positive quotes about education, then tie string through the pennants and decorate your classroom!
C.V. Writing: Job Skills - employable skills, PowerPoint and activities
Do you want to prepare your teenage students on the skills section of their C.V. in a fun and self-reflective way? Then this PowerPoint and matching worksheet resource is for you, and will leave your students saying “those skills though…!”. (To explain the title, I like to keep my resources current to the world students are growing up in, making the title of this resource very fitting with current teen lingo!)
Product includes:
• 7 slide PowerPoint presentation with guided activities, both individual and peer included.
• 5 attractive and self-reflective worksheets relating to the PowerPoint.
This resource is great for C.V. preparation and guides students through the process of:
• identifying the skills employers are looking for
• which skills they currently have
• evidence of where they are demonstrating the skills
• what they will need to improve upon in the future for their chosen career.
The worksheets work hand in hand with the PowerPoint and everything is straightforward to follow requiring no preparation from you!
Give your students the best chance amongst all the competition out there for jobs in the big wide world. This will be so valuable in helping to build their CV and identifying which skills they need to develop while they are still in school – the earlier the better after all!
Your students will definitely think you are the most awesome teacher ever when you pull out this resource in your lesson! Watch their reaction when you hand this out to them! “That TEACHER though…!”
Remembrance Day Doodle Quote Colouring Pages
Encourage your students to reflect peacefully on Remembrance Day with these quote colouring pages for big kids.
There are 5 different quotes to choose from. Students can just colour in using whatever shades make them happy, but there is also some white space available for them to add their own doodles too!
So teach your students about the significance of Remembrance Day (see teaching resource) and also give them the opportunity to sit in silence and reflect on those who lost their lives so that we could live.
Leadership Character Education Values (PowerPoint, Task Cards, Printables, Posters)
This values unit on Leadership is a crucial element for strengthening the core curriculum and ensuring our students are taught how to be good leaders so that they can learn to be assertive, forward thinking, and be positive role models to others.
Product includes:
• 17 slides of Leadership PowerPoint - fully structured so no prior experience is required to deliver it. The text is also editable for you to modify as needed!
• 10 pages of Leadership Printables - graphic organizers go perfectly with the PowerPoint if you want your students to record their thoughts as you discuss. There is also a fun bonus homework included! They are in a PowerPoint format so they can easily be converted to Google Slides for paperless activities if preferred.
• 24 unique discussion cards to develop speaking and listening skills.
• 6 Leadership Posters with a watercolour theme.
Your students will learn:
• how to define leadership
• how to analyse their own and others' leadership
• where they might need to demonstrate leadership
• signs of a good leader
• signs of a weak leader
• what can affect leadership
• self-awareness of their own leadership
• actionable steps to develop leadership skills
In order to ensure these important skills can be integrated into our busy timetables, this resource has been designed to make it as easy to deliver as possible! It includes a structured PowerPoint that guides the class through discussions about leadership and effective skills on how to be a strong leader. No prior knowledge or experience from you is required! On top of this, the PowerPoint text is editable so you can modify the content to suit your students’ needs, should you wish.
Also included are bonus graphic organizers which are supplementary to the PowerPoint: they’re not a requirement, but they work as a helpful tool for students to record their thoughts in an aesthetically pleasing way that can then be used for bulletin board displays etc. You will also find 6 posters and a set of discussion task cards to spark conversation and thoughts on leadership: these can be printed off for each group of students, or they can be used in whole class discussion – it is up to you!
So help build your students' leadership skills and encourage them to be all that you know they can be!
Great for Character Education, Social Skills, Tutor Time Activities, Life skills and PSHE (Physical, Social, Health, Education) lessons.
Character Education Resilience Colouring Pages
These Character Education doodle colouring pages on "Resilience" are a wonderfully relaxing resource for your students, and colouring and displaying these quotes will encourage them to keep going through the hard times.
This complements the Character Education: Resilience teaching unit for teens perfectly!
I’m a big advocate for colouring therapy for students and adults, and I already have quite an extensive collection of different quote colouring pages available! They are wonderfully relaxing and especially effective for growth mindset as all quotes are inspirational and positive!
Not only are these resilience colouring pages ideal for decorating the classroom, but you’ll be amazed at the wonders it can do just by giving students a few minutes to wind down and relax by colouring.
In this unique set, you will get 5 different quotes on resilience. Students can just shade in using whatever colours make them happy, but there is also some white space available for them to add their own doodles too!
So take a few minutes during a tutor time, morning meeting, indoor break, or give to early finishers, and let your students wind down and colour while reflecting on positive quotes.
Help your students build resilience and be all you know they can be!
Bundle
Character Education VALUES Super Bundle (all 10 units included!)
This Character Education on values super bundle is a crucial element for strengthening the core curriculum and ensuring our students are building strong character and values in order to help them succeed in school and for the rest of their lives - talk about having an impact!?
This 20% off bundle includes all 10 character units:
• self-esteem
• resilience
• self-respect
• empathy
• courage
• honesty
• compassion
• respect
• tolerance
• leadership
Sadly, teaching teens about character and values is often put to the bottom of the pile, yet did you know that it is the foundation for all success? If you want your students to do well in your class, I believe you need to be teaching them positive ways to think and act, now while they are young! It will make them more confident and resilient and ensure they have the self-belief that they can succeed.
Product includes:
• 160+ slides of PowerPoints - all are fully structured so no prior experience is required to deliver them. The text is also editable for you to modify as needed!
• 90+ pages of Printables to go with each unit - graphic organisers go perfectly with the PowerPoints if you want your students to record their thoughts as you discuss. There are also fun bonus homeworks included for each unit! They are in a PowerPoint format so they can easily be converted to Google Slides for paperless activities if preferred.
• Over 240 unique discussion cards to develop speaking and listening skills in class.
Your students will learn the following in each characteristic area:
• how to define the character trait
• how to analyse their own and others’ character
• where they might need to demonstrate said characteristic
• signs of positive character trait
• signs of negative character trait
• what can affect change in character
• self-awareness of their own character
• actionable steps to build character
*This set includes 10 characteristics in a super saver bundle: save 20%*
In order to ensure these important skills can be integrated into our busy timetables, these resources have been designed to make it as easy to deliver as possible! Each unit includes a structured PowerPoint that guides the class through discussions about each of the 5 characteristics and effective skills on how to strengthen them. No prior knowledge or experience from you is required! On top of this, the PowerPoint text is editable so you can modify the content to suit your students’ needs, should you wish.
Also included are bonus graphic organisers which are supplementary to the PowerPoints: they work as helpful tools for students to record their thoughts in an aesthetically pleasing way that can then be used for bulletin board displays etc. You will also find a set of discussion task cards in each unit to spark conversation and thoughts on each characteristic: these can be printed off for each group of students, or they can be used in whole class discussion – it is up to you!
So help build your students’ character / values and encourage them to be all that you know they can be!
Great for Character Education, Social Skills, Health Class, Life skills and PSHE (Physical, Social, Health, Education) lessons.
Back from Christmas Break: New Year Activities
Back from Christmas Break: New Year's Activities for Teens
The New Year is usually a time for self reflection and setting goals for the upcoming year. These fun and quality New Year's activities are ideal for use with your tutor group right after January! This pack comes with attractive, enjoyable and creative activities that are simple and fun to work through, require no preparation and are great at encouraging students to reflect at the start of a new year! These activities can be used over again for almost any grade and make special keepsakes for students to look over as they grow.
Product includes:
• New Year Time Capsule
• New Year Experiences
• My Year’s Highlights
• Acrostic Poetry
• New Year’s Resolutions
• What I did over the Festive Season
These activities have been taken from the full Christmas and New Year's Activities!
These can be used for a variety of age groups and abilities and requires no preparation from you at all! Instructions are on each worksheet and students can be as thorough as they like depending on their ability.
Simply pick and choose some or all of the activities for your classes, or even set some for homework if you like!
These are not only fun to do but they make wonderful keepsakes for students to look back on when they are older - these could even be used with the same group of students each year to see how they have developed over time!
New Year Around the World Colouring Pages
New Year Around the World Colouring Pages: fun and relaxing for teens!
These New Year Around the World quote doodle colouring pages are a relaxing and fun resource for your students to colour and learn how to say “Happy New year” in 14 different languages!
Colouring pages include:
• English – Happy New Year
• Afrikaans – Gelukkige Nuwe Jaar
• German – Frohes Neues Jahr
• Greek – Καλή χρονιά
• Norwegian – Godt nytt år
• Spanish / Portuguese – Feliz Ano Novo
• Welsh – Blwyddyn newydd dda
• Russian – С Новым Годом
• Czech – šťastný nový rok
• Dutch – Gelukkig Nieuwjaar
• French – Bonne Année
• Italian – Buon Anno
• Polish – Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku
• Swedish - Gott nytt år
I have made my best efforts to ensure this information is accurate but if you spot any errors, please do let me know and I will be sure to correct them!
These are lots of fun and will work really well for your tutor group activities or MFL lessons!
You’d be amazed at the wonders it can do for young peoples’ well-being just by giving them some time to colour for a while – no matter what their age, it is something that is very therapeutic and inspiring.
There are 14 different colouring pages to choose from. Students can just shade in using whatever colours make them happy, but there is also white space available for students to add their own doodles too if they choose!
So give your students the opportunity to relax and have fun decorating their classroom or lockers etc. with these unique New Year Around the World, colouring pages!
Gratitude Journal - 52 prompts for a whole year
Teaching Character Education? Showing gratitude has been proven to increase long-term well-being, improve health, relationships, emotions and help us bounce back from stressful experiences.
With the significant increase in stress and anxiety among our young people, it is more important than ever that as teachers, we are catering to our students’ emotional needs in the classroom.
This Gratitude Journal is the ideal way to help our students focus on the good aspects of their life and to appreciate their blessings – every one of us has something to be thankful for and this journal will be sure to highlight it! The journal contains 52 prompts, one for each week of the year. Each prompt is unique and encourages reflection on a wide range of life experiences, allowing for much more creativity and diversity in thinking and responses.
It is not labelled by month or date so can be started at any time in the year – new starts don’t have to only begin on January 1st, and gratitude isn't just for Thanksgiving!
You can let students take them home to complete as a private activity, or it can be done in school maybe at the start of the week as a Monday Morning Meeting.
You will receive both a PRINTABLE and DIGITAL version to suit your needs! The digital one is ideal for opening up on Google Slides as it can be completed and looked at on any device, whenever and wherever!
P.S. It’s also great for teachers too: we can all take time to have an attitude of gratitude!
Valentine's Day Colouring Pages
Valentine's Day: fun and relaxing colouring pages for teens!
These Valentine’s doodle colouring pages are a wonderfully motivating, encouraging and fun resource for your students to colour and even share with the ones they love!
You’d be amazed at the wonders it can do for students’ well-being and mindfulness just by giving them some time to colour in these loving quotes– no matter what their age - it is something that is very therapeutic and inspiring. These would work great for tutor time, lunch clubs or for students who just need time out to calm and relax themselves.
There are 5 different colouring pages to choose from. Students can just colour in using whatever shades make them happy, but there is also white space available for students to add their own doodles too if they want to personalise and explore their creativity further.
So get your students thinking about their loved ones and friends, by giving them the opportunity to just take time to be creative and calm reflecting on love and friendship this Valentine’s Day!
End of the Year Trivia Quiz (2016-17) - For Teens!
End Of Year Trivia Quiz (2016-17) - For Teens!
This is a fun way to wrap up the school year with your tutor group as it quizzes your students on current affairs and celebrity gossip that teens can relate to! The best part is, it’s specific to this current school year which is a lovely way to reflect and remember all that has happened. Some might learn a new fact or two as well!
There are 3 different options for delivering this quiz:
• One is a PowerPoint with a question on each slide so you can do the quiz as a whole class activity with students working in groups.
• The second is an individual quiz which students can do on their own or in pairs.
• The third is a set of cards which students can do in pairs or small groups. They take it in turns to read each other a question and answer them; if they get it correct they keep the card. The winner is the person with the most cards!
Save yourself hours of preparation and get your hands on this end of year quiz!
Enjoy!
Self-Esteem Values Lesson: Character Education PSHE (PowerPoint, Task Cards & Printables)
This values unit on self-esteem for PSHE / Tutor Time is a crucial element for strengthening the core curriculum and ensuring our teenage students have the confidence and self-belief that they can succeed and reach their goals!
Product includes:
• Self-esteem PowerPoint - fully structured so no prior experience is required to deliver it. The text is also editable for you to modify as needed!
• Self-esteem Printables - graphic organisers go perfectly with the PowerPoint if you want your students to record their thoughts as you discuss. There is also a fun bonus homework included!
• Activities for kindness and strengthening classroom community.
• Discussion point cards to develop speaking and listening skills.
In order to ensure these important Character Education skills can be integrated into our busy timetables, this resource has been designed to make it as easy to deliver as possible! It includes a structured PowerPoint that guides the class through discussions about self-esteem and effective skills on how to build confidence. No prior knowledge or experience from you is required! On top of this, the PowerPoint text is editable so you can modify the content to suit your students’ needs, should you wish.
Also included are bonus graphic organisers which are supplementary to the Self-Esteem PowerPoint: they work as a helpful tool for students to record their thoughts in an aesthetically pleasing way that can then be used for bulletin board displays etc. You will also find a set of discussion task cards to spark conversation and thoughts on self-esteem: these can be printed off for each group of students, or they can be used in whole class discussion – it is up to you!
So help build your students' self-esteem and encourage them to be all that you know they can be!
Great for Character Education, Social Skills, Life skills and PSHE (Physical, Social, Health, Education) lessons.
Empathy Lesson: Character Education Values (PowerPoint, Task Cards & Printables)
This values unit on Empathy is a crucial element for strengthening the core curriculum and ensuring our students have empathy towards others which helps reduce bullying, racism, prejudice and can improve relationships.
Product includes:
• Empathy PowerPoint - fully structured so no prior experience is required to deliver it. The text is also editable for you to modify as needed!
• Empathy Printables - graphic organizsers go perfectly with the PowerPoint if you want your students to record their thoughts as you discuss. There is also a fun bonus homework included!
• Discussion point cards to develop speaking and listening skills.
In order to ensure these important skills can be integrated into our busy timetables, this resource has been designed to make it as easy to deliver as possible! It includes a structured PowerPoint that guides the class through discussions about empathy and effective skills on understanding others’ feelings. No prior knowledge or experience from you is required! On top of this, the PowerPoint text is editable so you can modify the content to suit your students’ needs, should you wish.
Also included are bonus graphic organisers which are supplementary to the PowerPoint: they work as a helpful tool for students to record their thoughts in an aesthetically pleasing way that can then be used for bulletin board displays etc. You will also find a set of discussion task cards to spark conversation and thoughts on empathy: these can be printed off for each group of students, or they can be used in whole class discussion – it is up to you!
So help build your students' empathy and encourage them to be all that you know they can be!
Great for Character Education, Social Skills, Life skills and PSHCE (Physical, Social, Health, Citizenship Education) lessons.
2018 Colouring Calendar - with goals and gratitude journal
Plan and relax with this unique 2018 Colouring Calendar! This is a great tool for your students (or even you!) to start off this brand new year on the right track with a growth mindset.
Each month has its own uniquely hand drawn monthly colouring page with a special section on each for “goals” and what you’re “grateful for”. You won’t see any other print like this as each one has been uniquely designed for this calendar by yours truly!
This is a fantastic tool for ensuring you are focused on gratitude during the month as well as keeping a regular sight on your monthly goals. It also makes as a great keepsake to look back on in the future too!
I hope you and your students enjoy planning, setting goals and focusing on the positive with this unique colouring calendar for 2018!
Self-confidence colouring affirmation cards
Self-confidence affirmation cards for teachers and teens - colour in, reflect and really believe with these 10 colouring affirmation cards!
Self-confidence is a fundamental factor in success and many of our youth in this day and age are lacking that self-belief they can succeed. We often hear "I can't do this", "I'm rubbish at this", "I can't do it on my own, you have to help me"...
What some teachers have tried to do is introduce positive affirmations that students are to repeat over and over again. The idea is nice, but does it really work? Does saying something make it true? Well, at best we might get a temporary high or feel motivated for a short time, but in the long term it’s less likely to have lasting effects and that's because we are actually missing a very important step.
Now picture yourself being the teacher who is able to help their student really believe these affirmations. Your students are able to believe it because you're helping them see the truth in these statements for themselves. With this pack of 10 affirmation cards, you can be that teacher. You will be giving your students some quiet reflection time where they can color in positive affirmations, but they will also be reflecting on some very significant and tailored questions that will help them prove that the affirmation they are stating is the truth. In time, you will see their self-confidence begin to flourish and success will be inevitable thanks to your guidance!
There are 10 different cards to choose from in this set. Each quote comes in both postcard and business card size, ideal for keeping in wallets, lockers and pin boards etc. These are designed to be coloured in and then folded in half and glued together to keep forever - you could even have them laminated for maximum longevity!
The great thing about these being colouring affirmations is, one, it saves on ink and money (hooray!), two it allows time for mindfulness where your students can sit and relax for a few minutes reflecting on the statement and questions, and three it personalises each card to help your students connect with it more - seeing their doodles reminds them of how they were feeling when they were colouring it in and answering the questions in their mind!
By spending time colouring these in, you will give your students time to be creative and then associate that feeling when they look at the cards again in the future. It’s all mind games and using the power of our brains to achieve our potential. These would even be effective on us as teachers too, so give them a try and give you and your students the opportunity to just focus, motivate and enjoy yourselves today – you deserve it!
Growth Mindset Colouring Pages / Posters / Sheets: Don't Stress The Test 2
Explore more of growth mindset mentality with these motivational, inspirational and relaxing zen doodle colouring pages: great for the exam season too!
Most teachers are very concerned about their students during the testing period, and have found immediate positive results on student well-being with my motivational colouring pages.
Most teachers have discovered that by giving students some time before a test to mentally relax with these colouring pages, it has had an immediately positive effect on student focus and motivation - try them for yourself now!
There are 5 different colouring pages to choose from in this set, and the fact that these contain motivational quotes too, well that gives most students an immediate and welcomed confidence boost before the test!
Most teachers have used these to create a calming and inspirational atmosphere in their rooms by displaying the finished sheets on the wall during the tests, which students love.
Now take a few minutes away from the testing period and give your students the opportunity to just focus, motivate and enjoy themselves today – they deserve it!