17 x essential SMSC assemblies for any secondary school. These assemblies have gained excellent reviews so far and are all editable and adaptable. They are best suited to KS3 / KS4. Each one is 15-20 minutes long and is very easy to follow, with clips, stories and funny parts but also important and memorable advice for students. Included: Resilience Assembly Achievement and Aspiration Assembly Attendance Assembly Anti-bullying Assembly Mental Health Assembly Behaviour Assembly Inequality Assembly Fake News Assembly Brexit Assembly Kindness Assembly Careers Assembly Autism Awareness Assembly Black History Assembly Fresh Starts Assembly Mental Health / Exam stress assembly End of Term Assembly Safer Internet Day Loads more resources for Whole School, PSHE, RSE, Citizenship, SMSC and RE here: Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)

TEN HOURS WORTH! 22 x easy to use reading comprehension packs with three sections of differentiated questions each. These can be used in form time as part of literacy focus, or in English lesson for KS3/4 or GCSE comprehension training. Keep checking back if you download this as I’ll be adding lots more. Rise of the YouTube Vloggers - who are they and how did they make their millions? Brexit - what’s going on now? Why are people getting annoyed? What does this mean for Britain? Trump - what has he said now? What are the global implications of his presidency? What is this man’s background and why is he still so popular with some? Environmental issues - a very serious article about very scary problems students will face in their lifetimes unless serious action is taken. E-Sports and professional gamers. What’s it like to be one of these? How do they do it and what exactly do they do? Flat Earthers - what is this new trend? Why do some people believe the Earth is flat? An investigation into the growing anti-science trend and why this movement is gaining momentum. Rise of the Online Trolls - why do people ‘troll’? Who are these bullies hiding behind screens? This article investigates. The rising popularity of plastic and cosmetic surgery - what is this, what are the ethical issues behind it and why is it so popular? Virtual reality - what can we do with this technology? How does it work and what’s in store for the future? Tattoos - too cool for school or looking like a fool? Why is there so much prejudice against tattoos in a professional workplace and is this likely to change any time soon? Alternative Facts - what are these? Who came up with this term and what do we need to know? The Sugar Tax - why should your pay more for your favourite bottle of pop? This opinion piece investigates the rights and wrongs of this controversial tax. Scientology - just why is this organisation so rich? Terrorism - how have our attitudes towards terrorist plots changed? (Bonfire Night and Guy Fawkes Focus) 15, Fracking - what is this and what’s the big fuss about? The antivaxx movement - who are these people rejecting vaccines? Why? What’s the problem with this? All of these articles are pretty interesting for students and teachers! All are very easy to use and a good way to combine Current Affairs / Citizenship and English. Brexit latest - all the options and possible consequences. Teenage mental health - time to take it seriously. Dangerous internet challenges - why some people fall victims to trolls. Being a responsible consumer - why it’s time to turn to fair trade. Do we really need an International Women’s Day? An investigation. Amazon and the toy-craze madness - why do people turn consumer-crazy at Christmas? All of these articles are pretty interesting for students and teachers! All are very easy to use and a good way to combine Current Affairs / Citizenship and English. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship GCSE, RSE and RE resources at my store.

A Diversity Drop Down Day Pack - A set of 6 lessons to cover a Citizenship / PSHE Drop Down Day (6 hours) which could be use with either KS3 or KS4 as an off time-table day for the end of term. All the resources are editable and well-differentiated so it could be used with any year group KS4 / KS3, with the option to tweak if you want to. The Drop Down Day celebrates diversity but also investigates opposition and bigotry, as well as exploring how to tackle this, head on. Each lesson lasts an hour and they can be used in any order: What can we learn from religion about tolerance in a diverse society like the UK? What is multiculturalism - why is our society so diverse, why do some people oppose diversity? What benefits does a diverse society bring? What is homophobia? Why does this still exist? Who are trans people? What is transphobia? How can make our school an inclusive place for all? What are sex and gender anyway? How are we all incredibly diverse, with different orientations and personal expression? An examination into how some people use fake news to scare others about the consequences of embracing diversity. How to pick apart these news articles and use critical thinking by studying a variety of sources and evidence. All these individual lessons have been rated very highly by Tes users and are tried and tested in my own department. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship GCSE, Tutor Time and RE resources HERE You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk

Perfect for meeting the new PSHE Statutory guidelines, this pack has been created from the popular EC Resources PSHE lessons to match one of the new PSHE Association optional frameworks - the ‘Thematic Framework’, from their model programme builder. This is one of a variety of ways to order your PSHE content and follows the PSHE Association’s new, suggested order for content within their three categories: Living in the Wider World, Relationships and Health and Wellbeing that run through KS3 - KS5 PSHE. PSHE Association Theme: Autumn 1 Health and Wellbeing Topic – Mental Health Mental health and ill health, stigma, safeguarding health, including during periods of transition or change **This pack is mapped against the latest DfE guidance and uses the PSHE Association Core themes (code references: H2, H5, H6, H7, H8, H9, H10) for the 2020 Requirements (Statutory Health and RSE). ** Learning Outcomes for this unit how to manage challenges during adolescence how to reframe negative thinking strategies to promote mental health and emotional wellbeing about the signs of emotional or mental ill-health how to access support and treatment about the portrayal of mental health in the media how to challenge stigma, stereotypes and misinformation All lessons are editable, differentiated at least three ways so you can be Ofsted and DfE guidance-ready and ensure your pupils have the very best PSHE education. Each pack contains a variety of activities, an hour-long PowerPoint, a clip with questions, a literacy focus task, new key-term introductions, reading aloud materials, assessment opportunities, progress checkers and creative tasks. Who are EC Resources? EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Children’s Commissioner, The Bank of England, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK. Check out our PSHE Packages here: Complete KS3 PSHE and RSE Complete KS4 PSHE and RSE One Year of KS5 PSHE and RSE One Year of Citizenship and British Values Complete Year 7 and 8 RE Complete Careers and Employability AQA Citizenship GCSE Mega Pack The rest of the Thematic Packages can be found here: You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 8000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.

Perfect for meeting the new PSHE Statutory guidelines, this pack has been created from the popular EC Resources PSHE lessons to match one of the new PSHE Association optional frameworks - the ‘Thematic Framework’, from their model programme builder. This is one of a variety of ways to order your PSHE content and follows the PSHE Association’s new, suggested order for content within their three categories: Living in the Wider World, Relationships and Health and Wellbeing. PSHE Association Theme: Autumn 2 Living in the Wider World Topic – Financial Decision Making The impact of financial decisions, debt, gambling and the impact of advertising on financial choices **This pack is mapped against the latest DfE guidance and uses the PSHE Association Core themes (code references: H25, R38, L16, L17, L18, L19, L20, L25) for the 2020 Requirements (Statutory Health and RSE). ** Learning Outcomes for this unit how to effectively budget and evaluate savings options how to prevent and manage debt, including understanding credit rating and pay day lending how data is generated, collected and shared, and the influence of targeted advertising how thinking errors, e.g. gambler’s fallacy, can increase susceptibility to gambling strategies for managing influences related to gambling, including online about the relationship between gambling and debt about the law and illegal financial activities, including fraud and cybercrime how to manage risk in relation to financial activities All lessons are editable, differentiated at least three ways so you can be Ofsted and DfE guidance-ready and ensure your pupils have the very best PSHE education. Each pack contains a variety of activities, an hour-long PowerPoint, a clip with questions, a literacy focus task, new key-term introductions, reading aloud materials, assessment opportunities, progress checkers and creative tasks. Who are EC Resources? EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Children’s Commissioner, The Bank of England, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK. Check out our PSHE Packages here: Complete KS3 PSHE and RSE Complete KS4 PSHE and RSE One Year of KS5 PSHE and RSE One Year of Citizenship and British Values Complete Year 7 and 8 RE Complete Careers and Employability AQA Citizenship GCSE Mega Pack The rest of the Thematic Packages can be found here: You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 7000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.