Training students how to use a calculator to perform basic calculations using +, -, x, / before progressing onto problem solving and extracting the figures needed for the calculation. My daughter in Year 4 recently expressed her frustrations with problem solving: "First you have to extract the figures and then you have to work out which calculation to use. " Around the same time, a Year 11 student said honestly “I miss it out the calculation question because it is words and numbers together, so it looks hard.” Both of these comments resonated with me and thus I have created this resource as an induction to the GCSE Business course to show students the types of calculations they may encounter and how to problem solve in a business context.

OCR GCSE Computer Science - Revision Resource for Independent Study: Memory Joggers and Explain questions for Paper 1 Computer Systems and Paper 2 Computational Thinking and Algorithms.

EdExcel GCSE Business - Revision Resource for Independent Study: Memory Joggers and Explain questions for Theme 1 Investigating Small Business and Theme 2 Growing a Business.

3 Scenarios using the following calculations: SR - COS = GP GP/SR x 100= GPM% GP - OOE = NP NP/SR x 100 = NPM%

5 scenarios using the following calculations: FC+FC+FC = TFC VC+VC+VC = VCpU VCpU x Q = TVC TFC+TVC = TC SP x Q = TR TR-TC =P or L

Common misconceptions from Year 11 Mock Exam - broken down into structure diagrams addressing key memory aids for these topics. Also includes a resource with sentence starters to help students structure answers when under pressure in exams. Hoping these resources can help other Year 11 students preparing for the GCSE Business exam. Good luck to them all.

GCSE Business - 1.3 Costs - Scaffolded resource for EAL student, using a ‘in pictures, in words, in example’) approach. Trialling a new approach to assist SEN/EAL students understand basic principles of finance. More to follow soon.

BTEC Tech Award in Digital Information Technology Common Tricky Word Flashcards a) Print out and laminate for peer-to-peer knowledge testing. b) Use at home or in class for revision, keyword appears, define, definition appears. Written in simple terms, based on areas Year 11 2020 struggled on in preparation for the February exam.

Paired Discussion/Written-based Revisision Activity Discussion Cards for Component 3 - C1 Responsible Use/C2 Ethical and Legal 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.

Paired Discussion/Written-based Revisision Activity Discussion Cards for Component 3 - D1 Forms of Notation 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.

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.

Paired Discussion/Written-based Revisision Activity Discussion Cards for Component 3 - A2 Impact of Modern Technologies 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.

Paired Discussion/Written-based Revisision Activity Discussion Cards for Component 3 A1 Modern Technologies 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.

BTEC Tech Award in Digital Information Technology In the final revision for the Component 3 exam, I have put together a simple presentation with all the key areas from the Component 3 syllabus for topics that may come up in the exam. Added to these are tips from the recent mock exam students did based on the specimen exam paper. I hope this can helps some other students out there doing the BTEC TA DIT. Good luck to them all.

Knowledge Organisers for the Component 3 Topics. Flashcards created using the mindmaps on the Knowledge Organisers. Using flashcards to prompt students to discuss topics linked to specific business scenarios: Network Airbus The Royal Navy

Component 3 Exam - Daily Dose of DIT My students have downloaded the Google Classroom app to their smartphones so they can receive regular notifications from me. I use the stream on Google Classroom to provide students with a Daily Dose of DIT, and then put the Daily Dose into a spreadsheet. Really recommend Google Classroom if you are not already using it, and I hope that the Daily Doses attached can help you/your students in preparation for the Component 3 exam. I will update this regularly as I add more daily doses.

With students, prior to assessment, we run a walk-through-talk-through lesson, where using a visualiser, we talk through the questions and then the teacher handwrites the answer explaining how they structure it. This has resulted in greater confidence displayed by students in the following assessment. As we have multiple teachers, a solution is provided with possible answers so that there is consistency in guidance given to students. Following the assessment, in the DIRT lesson, we go through a modelled answer to again show students how the teacher would have approached the actual assessment and things they should have picked up on when reading/answering the questions. This assessment is based on: Modern Technologies and the Impact of Modern Technologies.