The 6 & 10 marker questions are where the student knowledge and understanding of the theories are examined. My students suffer a degree of confusion and can easily get bogged down in the detail. This is an easily read overview of the theories for their revision. We also use them as revision posters around the classroom. The final page is a superb revision technique we use that we stole from the great Physicist, Richard Feynham - if there is one thing you won’t regret buying, it’s this!

Being able to cook is an essential life skill. Students will find out about how to buy the right food, how to prepare ingredients and how to put together a nutritional meal. At the end students will be able to source and prepare a 2 course meal. A step by step guide with links to YouTube clips of Jamie preparing the same ingredients. The course can easily be taught in a half term, 2 lessons per week. Equivalent to half a GCSE

This is a student friendly unit of work based on the course textbook. It covers all the essential themes and the information needed for the exam. Questions are designed to consolidate and enhance knowledge and learning and linked to the assessment. The information is concise and delivered in a ‘this is what you need to know’ format and completely referenced to the textbook. Students are confident and ready for the exam.

Two 20 minute activity sessions giving a brief overview of aspects of these courses. Activities are based around life stages and intellectual development in Health & Social Care and in Travel & Tourism, Heathrow Airport careers, time zones and theme park development. The activities are light hearted and delivered by students in KS4. Answers are provided. Concise, quick and fun!

This is a series of careers lessons. They are delivered in tutor time during the Autumn term. They are not aimed at directing students to specific careers but about target and goal setting, understanding where they are and how to develop. The first lesson kicks off with the power of first impressions and the importance of manners. There is a lesson descriptor for display in the tutor room. All lessons are power point presentations. The aim is to motivate and build confidence and independence on their way to the paid world of work. This is part of a series of packages delivered throughout the year.

This is a student guide we give out and practice. Each question is broken down into a ‘how to do’ format. As the questions remain the same, the aim is to give students the structure on how to approach each question. They are broken into segments (for example, make your point and give an explanation - this is a strong theme that the exam is looking for throughout the paper). Students are given examples and they have the opportunity to practice. It goes through each question giving examples of good responses and opportunity for students to follow. The guide is based on Brian - the sample marked learner work sent to centres January 2018 issued by Pearson.

I’ve become obsessed with student inability to focus. Poor written work, lack of classroom engagement, poor behaviour and ultimately poor exam results fundamentally come down to an inability to focus. Confidence, achievement and a high sense of self worth I believe come from hard work and commitment. We teachers know this - getting students to know it is one of the holy grails. I drill this into my classes and make them follow a set format of focus and relaxing for the duration of a one hour lesson. It works! I think I may go down the meditation route, but for now I’ve produced this poster that I prominently display in every room I teach in. I have a greater sense of satisfaction and enjoyment from my lessons - try it.

One of a series of lessons looking at different career paths and opportunities. It provides a brief overview of the role or profession and entry requirements (character and academic). Each lesson has a number of activities that look at the skills and qualities required in the profession, giving students the opportunity to assess themselves against those requirements. The lessons are taster sessions and encourage students to go on to independently research potential career paths.

Introduction to philosophy. A series of ‘what is’ displays to develop curiosity and thinking skills. Designed for 14+, these provide a brief overview of the essential points of key ideas on how government should operate, including countervailing points. A student friendly tool to develop reflection and analysis. Two formats - PDF and Word to allow users to play around with the presentation.

Introduction to philosophy. A series of ‘what is’ displays to develop curiosity and thinking skills. Designed for 14+, these provide a brief overview of the essential points of key ideas on how government should operate, including countervailing points. A student friendly tool to develop reflection and analysis. Two formats - PDF and Word to allow users to play around with the presentation.

If we can get our students to fall in love with reading, the rest will follow. Concentration span, focus and thinking skills are as high on the list of the attributes of a reader as is having great grammatical awareness and vocab’ range. Promoting the books of Stephen Fry (Mythos) and Bill Bryson (Short History of Nearly Everything & The Body - a guide for occupants), these posters are full of fascinating facts accessible for readers from KS3. Excellent resources for assemblies on literacy, form tutors to promote and general display. Did you know: it takes 8 light minutes for the sun’s rays to reach us, traveling at 186,000 miles per second; what is you is actually 80% water!

Not another revolutionary idea, just simple basic genius. Teaching not only gives knowledge but gives the teacher mastery. Students become the teachers. You will see them conquer the basics, develop depth, learn how to reflect, pose and answer questions. Establishing this strategy throughout and at topic end gives you the confidence that your students learning journey is secure. A huge confidence builder and a boost for independent learning - an easy assessment opportunity for you and exam success for them.

3 posters for whole school display and focus assemblies around. All 3 are designed to get students thinking about their futures - where they are, how to get to where they want to be and the skills that will get them there. They are a good visual presence for visiting Ofsted inspectors looking for evidence of the school’s commitment to careers. The essential message is the importance of commitment, building employability skills and valuing education.

This may sound counter-intuitive - promoting 5 apps designed to reduce usage. Information put into easily digestible student speak from a UK Guardian newspaper article. Some statistics that can shock us all into realising we can be sucked in and a comment about the role of behaviour psychologists in feeding phone addiction. Displayed around the school, at the very least, it may raise awareness.

The survival guide for marking at KS4 & 5. These are just ideas, but they work! Marking is THE issue for all schools - the inconsistency across the school is not going away. Marking outside the lesson and especially taking it home doesn’t work. Planning is what should take place outside of lessons. These are simple but effective ideas for marking in the lesson, when you are with the pupils and where the maximum impact can be made. There are also strategies for pupil peer and self assessment, developing their confidence, independence and understanding of mark schemes

Employers don’t doubt the academic credentials of students, but bemoan their lack of the essential employability skills of decision making, communication, leadership and being a team player. This ‘game,’ created by psychologists, is used as an interview strategy for high ranking employment positions. Adapted here for the 14 - 19 age range, this is an engaging and fun way of building these skills. In all, allow for a one hour session, but can be broken into two sessions.

This is a series of activities aimed at starting the thinking process leading up to choosing subjects to study at KS4. Activities are for students to complete individually and to discuss with the class and at home with parents. Rather than looking at specific subjects, the aim is to focus students into thinking about their interests, career ambitions, strengths & weaknesses and some essential does and don’ts.

This is a series of power point lessons covering this time frame. It is based on the standard AQA text and covers the range of knowledge required from this era. The purpose of the lessons is to be direct and concise in covering the required knowledge, specific to what students need to know and with a questioning style designed to embed. This approach allows added time for revision. The topic can be covered comfortably within just over a half term and be confident that students have the required knowledge and questioning skills.

This guide is a ‘how to cope with this exam.’ It is my take on how to tackle the questions. I’ve tried to keep it simple and straightforward. This approach does work - students respond well and are building confidence. This is based on the ‘Sample Assessment Materials: Component 3: Health and Wellbeing’ that was used in Btec training. It can be found on the Btec website. The lay out of the exam has changed slightly, but the questions remain the same AND we are told by Btec that these are the set questions for this exam.

We have developed an email culture and colleagues will typically receive upwards of 50 a day. We consider this time consuming and wasteful. It is damaging both in time and with relationships - how an email is written is often harsher than the spoken word and in its worst form leads to open hostility. Whilst acknowledging the efficiency and effectiveness of emails, this display is a 10 point set of suggestions that colleagues have welcomed - less emails to respond to, less stress and more time in constructive face to face dialogue. For display in all offices. As a constant reminder, it really has made a big difference on staff wellbeing.