PSHE, Citizenship, RE, SMSC Lessons + Teaching Resources
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www.ecpublishing.co.uk We are the market leaders in PSHE + RSE resources, with over 14 million downloads of our lessons worldwide and over 5500 five star reviews. Established in 2015, our team of consultants and teachers has written for The Bank of England, The Children's Commissioner, The CCRC, The British Legion and many other UK charities and institutions. We love what we do and we aim to be highest quality and best value for money out there. Find us at www.ecpublishing.co.uk.
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine - 1 hour lesson ( KS2 / KS3)
A detailed, differentiated and editable 1 hour lesson all about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
In this lesson, the students will learn about the history of Ukraine, and navigate the events that have led to the current conflict. We will discuss the reasons why Putin has ordered the invasion, as well as looking at the response of the international community.
The lesson is ideally suited to students in UKS2 or younger students in KS3. The resources are fully editable, and therefore easy to amend should you wish to use the resources with younger students.
The lesson is well-differentiated with three-level challenges for each task, contains a variety of activities, an hour long PowerPoint, clips with differentiated questions, clear measurable LOs, new key-term introductions and other activities.
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.
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.
Safer Internet Day 2023 - Life Online
A 1-2-hour, all new PSHE online safety lesson suitable for KS2, or possibly younger students in KS3 (Year 7).
The topic for this year is ‘Life Online’, so the lesson covers a variety of issues, including cyber-bullying, online-scams, identity theft and age-appropriate content.
The students will identify the issues explore the best safety rules to use as well as why they need to use them.
This is all new content (2023) and all editable.
The lesson includes an information sheet, a key term matching activity, a video clip activity, a set of fake news case files, and a plenary task.
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.
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.
Rishi Sunak - Democracy / British Values Assembly
An assembly all about our new PM, Rishi Sunak. Linked to British values, the assembly briefly explains how our politicians are democratically elected, and summarises the events that have lead to Rishi Sunak’s appointment as PM. It lasts around 15 minutes (inc clip) and explores the reasons why we need to take an interest in democracy, as well as providing an introduction to Rishi Sunak, and what we can expect from him as a leader.
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.
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.
Why is the news important? KS2 PSHE Lesson. A one hour-long, very detailed, fully resourced PSHE lesson suitable for KS2. This lesson has been created for Year 3, however, the resource is suitable for use across KS2. In this lesson, the students will discuss what the news is and why people access it. We will discuss whether the news is always reliable, and reflect on why access to truthful and trustworthy news is important. The students will use their fact-checking skills to analyse a set of fake news case files. The lesson includes an information sheet, a key term matching activity, a video clip activity, a set of fake news case files, and a plenary task.
Created to fit the new DfE and PSHE Association statutory 2020 /21 guidelines, the lesson includes a detailed PowerPoint, all editable with accompanying tasks and worksheets.
The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is designed to be ‘no prep’, so you can just pick it up and use it, although it is still adaptable should you wish to.
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.
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.
Fracking and the environment
A detailed, differentiated and editable 1-2 hour lesson all about fracking and the government’s decision to lift, and then immediately reimpose a ban that had been in place since 2019.
In this lesson, the students will learn how oil and gas are extracted from the Earth using both traditional mining and in the case of shale gas, fracking.
We will investigate the reasons why fracking is a highly controversial tropic and discuss arguments for and against it. The lesson is ideally suited to students in UKS2 (Year 6) or younger students in KS3 (Year 7).
The resources are fully editable, and therefore easy to amend should you wish to use it with other year groups.
The lesson is well-differentiated with three-level challenges for each task, contains a variety of activities, an hour long PowerPoint, clips with differentiated questions, clear measurable LOs, new key-term introductions and other activities.
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.
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.
Money and the Cost of Living
Newly updated for 2022. A detailed, differentiated and editable 1 hour lesson all about the cost of living crisis and the effect it is having on the lives of UK citizens. In this lesson, the students will learn about the various outgoings that contribute to a person’s cost if living.
We will investigate the relationship between demand and rising prices and navigate the events that have led to the current crisis. The lesson is ideally suited to students in UKS2 or younger students in KS3.
The resources are fully editable, and therefore easy to amend should you wish to use the resources with other year groups.
The lesson is well-differentiated with three-level challenges for each task, contains a variety of activities, an hour long PowerPoint, clips with differentiated questions, clear measurable LOs, new key-term introductions and other activities.
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.
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.
Primary PSHE Progression Summary
Our brand new Complete Primary Package for Years 1-6 follows the new DfE Statutory Guidance and the PSHE Association’s suggested themed approach for Health and Wellbeing, Relationships Education and Living in the Wider World.
Our spiral curriculum progression summary provides a coherent, visual summary of the year-on-year progression across our (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/primary-pshe-ks2-12362940). Relevant links to the PSHE Association’s Programme of Study are included so that you can be confident that the package provides comprehensive coverage of the new DfE and PSHE Association guidelines.
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.
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.
NEW 2 HOUR PSHE lesson all about the meaning of equity and equality, the differences between the two concepts and how each of them is used to promote fairness in society. Throughout the lesson students will evaluate the pros and cons of both of these ideas (equality of opportunity vs using equity to reach equality of outcome). This lesson is best suited to KS4 (or possibly KS5).
The lesson includes card sorts, literacy-based tasks, analysis tasks, clip and discussion tasks and much more.
This has been written to cover the 2020-24 PSHE guidance on the importance of equality and fits in nicely with any unit about prejudice and discrimination in society. Everything is editable and ready to go.
This lesson is taken from the new EC Publishing 2024 Complete Secondary Package.
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, The British Legion, 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.
Please visit our Tes store https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EC_Resources for everything PSHE, RSE, RE and Citizenship.
We still offer a free lesson of your choice for each time you leave a review! Just email info@ecpublishing.co.uk
Check out our PSHE Packages on Tes here:
Complete KS3 PSHE and RSE
Complete KS4 PSHE and RSE
Complete KS5 PSHE and RSE
One Year of Citizenship and British Values
Complete KS3 RE
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AQA Citizenship GCSE Mega Pack
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An Anti-bullying assembly which follows the story of Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley from Harry Potter) and how he was the target of bullying as he grew up and how he dealt with this. The assembly doesn’t just focus on the obvious reasons why bullying is wrong, but also some less obvious reasons which students might not have thought of before, to create more of an impact.
The second half of the assembly focuses on respect - looking at what respect means in practice before ending with some helpful takeaway tips. The assembly will last around 15-20 minutes if clip is watched (3 mins) and suggested questions are asked too. Everything is editable.
Loads more whole school, PSHE and Citizenship resources are available here.
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KS2 PSHE Schemes of Work
Complete written PSHE schemes of work for KS2. All mapped to the new PSHE Association Guidelines for PSHE Health and RSE in 2020 and written using the PSHE Association’s latest guidelines for content (Feb 2020) and mapped to all of their current topic codes. Includes PDF and editable word version.
Our Complete KS2 Pack can be found here:
Along with the other schemes of work at my store these can be used to evidence how your school is meeting all the new guidelines. Both PDF and editable word file are included.
The lesson this scheme links to have been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. Al are designed to be ‘no prep’, so you can just pick it up and use them, although it is still adaptable should you wish to.
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 bank of England, 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.
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.
1 hour, fully resourced KS4 / KS5 PSHE lesson which focuses on how to have good, safe and healthy sex, deciding whether to delay sexual intercourse and also about the myths surrounding masturbation and personal pleasure. The lesson is most suitable for KS4 or KS5 (but has been left editable) and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is also useful for Life Skills or Tutor Time.
The pack includes a 1 hour long PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and literacy focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow.
You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: MORE PSHE RESOURCES
A simple lesson peer assessment template for students, which can be used in any literacy-based subject. Contains word version (fully editable) and PDF version.
Check out loads more free or inexpensive resources for a range of subjects here.
A 40 minute employability skills lesson which was created for LIKE2BE - an online networking platform which helps to raise student aspirations by connecting educators & students with employers and professionals for real world career guidance. This is the ninth of 12 sessions which will cover all aspects of employability skills, as well as serve as a step-by-step guide for schools and students that are signed up to the LikeToBe website.
This ninth session is all about the importance of literacy and numeracy skills, how we can acquire them and how we can demonstrate our proficiency in these to employers.
All of these resources are three way differentiated, engaging and challenging. They are best suited to KS4 or KS5 students and each lasts 40 minutes.
More PSHE, Citizenship, RSE and RE resources are available at my store: EC Resources
To give students at the start of term (but can be used anytime) which allows you to gather a bit of info about their collective interests and how they learn best, to inform your planning. Very easy to use and straight forward - also great to use as an example of evidence to show you are planning for every child.
Loads more fun and unique resources here.
For the Gatsby Benchmark Careers Guidelines. 1 hour fully resourced careers lesson focusing on how the extra curricular activities students have completed and their personal qualities can be used to create fantastic personal statements. Equally, this could be used to help with university applications.
The lesson sees students complete a personality and skills audit, team group activities, individual tasks, clip tasks, create example paragraphs for a personal statement and and is perfect for a PSHE / Citizenship careers unit.
This resource pack includes a one hour long PowerPoint with accompanying worksheets, well differentiated activities, literacy focus tasks, clip tasks with three-way differentiated questions and information sheets.
The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is useful for PSHE, Citizenship or Tutor Time. As with all our lessons, you don’t need any prior knowledge as all the information is included - you can just pick up and teach it.
This is the first of 12 sessions which will cover all aspects of employability skills, as well as serve as a step-by-step guide for schools and students that are signed up to the LikeToBe website.
This first session is an introduction to what the different employability skills are and contains the audit sheet that is needed for the rest of the course.
All of these resources are three way differentiated, engaging and challenging. They are best suited to KS4 or KS5 students and each lasts 40 minutes.
More PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources are available at my store: EC Resources
1 hour, fully resourced PSHE lesson which investigates the impact of excessive screen time on our health. The lesson follows a boy called Ben, who stays up all night playing computer games. This resource pack includes an hour long PowerPoint with accompanying worksheets, well differentiated activities, literacy focus tasks, clip tasks with three-way differentiated questions and information sheets.
The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is useful for PSHE / Internet Safety / ICT / Citizenship or Tutor Time. As with all our lessons, you don’t need any prior knowledge as all the information is included - you can just pick up and teach it.
You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: MORE PSHE RESOURCES
One hour, fully resourced lesson which introduces the concept of globalisation and the positives and negatives of this world development, through the study of economic, cultural and political globalisation.
This resource pack includes an hour long PowerPoint with accompanying worksheets, case studies, well differentiated activities, literacy focus tasks, clip tasks with three-way differentiated questions and information sheets.
The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. Can be used for Geography or PSHCE. As with all our lessons, you don’t need any prior knowledge as all the information is included - you can just pick up and teach it.
You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: [MORE PSHE RESOURCES](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EC_Resources
A lesson on the origins of Christmas and how it has evolved from the Pagan Yuletide to the Christian Christmas we know today. This pack includes a one hour, fully resourced lesson with PowerPoint, worksheets, clip tasks, activities, all differentiated three ways and editable. The lesson is easy to follow and fully differentiated. It could be used in RE, History or possibly Citizenship.
It is created as a fun, one off lesson suitable for as the end of term is nearing and is suitable for KS3 or KS4.
This resource pack includes an hour long PowerPoint with accompanying worksheets, templates, well differentiated activities, literacy focus tasks, clip tasks with three-way differentiated questions and information sheets.
The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. As with all our lessons, you don’t need any prior knowledge as all the information is included - you can just pick up and teach it.
You can find many more inexpensive and free RE, Citizenship and PSHE resources at my shop: MORE EC RESOURCES
This is the complete unit overview and audit tracker for all the lesson content advised by the PSHE Association SoW and guidelines (as of 2020) for KS3 and KS4. It is divided into the three topics of Health and Wellbeing, Relationships and Sex Education and Living in the Wider World. This is part of the EC Resources Complete Secondary PSHE Package. The Learning Journey for years 7-13 is also included.
These documents could be used for ideas if you are starting out planning Secondary PSHE, or just to get a little inspiration. If you are interested in seeing all the actual lessons (many are available for free, some at a small price from the EC Resources store), they can all be found in the packs here:
Year 7 PSHE
Year 8 PSHE
Year 9 PSHE
Year 10 PSHE
Year 11 PSHE
If you are interested in the Complete Secondary PSHE Package as a complete unit (which works out cheaper) or want to ask about whole school licenses, contact info@ecpublishing.co.uk
There are hundreds more free and inexpensive resources for PSHE, Citizenship and RE available at my store.
Many thanks to the wonderful Brian Reeve-Hayes for allowing EC Resources to use his audit tracker.
The audit tracker is matched to new DfE Statutory Guidace and PSHE Association coding.This includes precise and shortened explanations of the essential factors you would be expected to cover under their guidelines – for exact, detailed PSHE Association wording see the PSHE Association.