Use this resource to show your students how to revise effectively.

Use this Marking crib sheet to simplify your marking and develop student's self-criticality. The idea is to use a marking crib sheet to collate generic comments rather than writing them down into individual books. The benefits include garnering a whole class overview and thus allowing for your planning to be more specific. This file can be adapted to use with any subject.

Use this resource and a set of tools and scratchboards to create beautiful drawings with your students. I asked each student to bring in a photo of themselves to work from. -Includes: -Artist Inspiration -Examples of work with marks -Differentiated Success Criteria -Safety Tips -Link to instructional video Enjoy!

Open this file for ideas on how to organise a scheme fo work for Art/Design Technology.

Use this engaging lesson to kick off a unit on Lord of the Flies Learning: -To begin to understand the historical and social context surrounding our next project. -To consider how outside influences can create a piece of literature that has been called ‘a masterpiece’. -To consider what assumptions we may have about the novel and how accurate they might be. Strong links to SMSC

Clear behaviour management system using YELLOW & RED CARDS. Yellow is a 2nd warning and Red Card means a further sanction.

Use this resource to get your students creating their own portraits exploring the theme of Identity, Respect & Community… Complete Project with 5 files, including: Identity, Respect & Community Portrait lesson Which introduces a range of artists, with opportunities for interpretation & analysis, as well as portrait practice and key Art vocabulary. Portrait Planner (Printable worksheet for students to fill in to plan their portrait) Project Booklet Guide (I used this an an Independent home learning task) Self Portrait Task(I used this as an Independent home learning task) Portrait practice (Do Now mark-making tasks) Black History Month

I assigned this to my new GCSE groups so that students could continue improving their drawing and knowledge while at home. A challenging mini unit of work based on Iain Macarthur’s animal illustrations (line, pattern, detail etc) that offers choice and includes opportunities to develop a range of technical skills and demonstrate creativity. Organised into the following tasks: -Knowledge -Interpretation -Practice -Inspiration -Final piece My students enjoyed it and the outcomes were decent. I hope your students enjoy it too!

-Get a contest going at your school to help raise the profile of Art and celebrate Black History! -Easy to adapt poster with all the information to run a portrait contest at your school!

Perfect to set as a holiday home work task or a cover lesson. Use this ready-to-print booklet to inspire your GCSE or KS3 students to work in the style of Leonardo Da Vinci. Includes Step-by-step guide links to articles about Da Vinci Success Criteria Anatomical images to draw Examples of student work Mark sheet

A whole month of year 7 Art lessons to start your year off on track. Lesson 1: Baseline Drawing Lesson 2: Creativity Challenge Lesson 3: Composition & Collage Includes: Clear Learning Objectives Exemplars Do Now Tasks Success criteria Homework Tasks Printable collage images Marksheet

Need to print something off for ANY Art, Design Technology or English lesson? Print this off on a double sided sheet and you can relax knowing your students will be enjoying themselves as they create their own characters and comic book spread. L.O: To create our own original expressive characters using different combinations of facial features and hairstyles. Instructions: Start by choosing a pair of eyes, a nose & hair from below and draw them directly on top of the circles to the right. Feel free to be brave and invent your own features & hair too.

Sugar Skulls Challenge Use your own equipment to decorate the skull template. Consider whether you want your design to symmetrical or not. Experiment with different ideas and patterns. Use colour and outline in fine liner if you have this equipment in your pencil case. Develop the space inside the skull and the background as well.

Print & go cover resources for Food Technology/DT lessons Just download & you’re good to go!

The best way to develop drawing skills and access the highest grades is to practice drawing from observation. Have your students choose & use these primary source still life photographs to create their own amazing compositions.

I always teach this lesson when I have a job interview. I’ve always gotten the job and excellent feedback. Includes: Subject-specific vocabulary DO NOW exercise Clear instructions Assessment Criteria Exemplar material High levels of challenge Drawing and sculpture activities Questions to check learning All you need is: Pencils, paper, paper rods (if you have them) L.O: To demonstrate our understanding of SHAPE and FORM through Sculpture and Drawing

Save the whales and save time planning with this good to go lesson on the topic of SAVING THE OCEANS to celebrate World Oceans Day. Interactive & engaging with up-to date facts, video clips, questions & activities.

Learning Objective: To read Maya Angelou’s ‘Woman Work’ as an unseen poem for the comparative question (Q. 27.2)

A challenging and engaging English comprehension lesson for KS3 or KS4 on the life of the honourable Madiba, Sir Nelson Mandela. Includes key vocabulary, link to video about his autobiography, comprehension questions, green pen self-assessment activity, homework task.

Learning Objective: To understand the context of McCarthyism and justify my directing choices for staging the play. Students will learn about: -The Real Witch-Hunts -The Cold War -USA: Capitalism versus Communism in 1950s Includes: Vocabulary & Comprehension tasks Director’s challenge tasks Fill in the blank, identify the parallels & True or False exercises Homework tasks