I made these booklets to guide my KS3 Science class through revising for their upcoming Progress Tests. There is one booklet for each Year group with the objectives drawn from the Cambridge KS3 Science curriculum. I have tried to make the objectives as succinct as possible and phrased them in the form of 'I can' statements. The booklets contain links to videos, interactive websites and simulations. I teach a multi-graded class (Year 7,8 and 9) so found these booklets particularly useful in helping stronger students to revise independently while I worked more closely with weaker students. For each topic, students must complete 1-2 tasks then rate themselves for each objective as red, amber or green. I suggested they use this to help establish what they need to go back and study further.

This Scheme of Work covers Part 1 of Trevor Noah’s autobiography: Born a Crime (The first 8 chapters). It includes tasks for each chapter, designed to cover reading and writing outcomes in a fun, engaging way. I did it with my mixed Grade 8/9 class over a few weeks but it can easily be adapted for older grades. This book is such a wonderful way to open up genuine, meaningful discussions about Apartheid and my class is really loving it so far. I have included vocabulary lists for each chapter. I’ve also taken some of the powerpoint slides and created classroom notes so that students don’t need to waste too much time writing them down. SOW’s for Part 2 and 3 will follow soon

A very simple, visual worksheet summarising the terminology used to describe changes of state. Students are asked to fill in 'heated' or 'cooled' to describe what has happened to a material to make it change state. Works well as a summary note for KS2 or early KS3

Full Term study on Thailand. I developed this for my Stage 8 class as we are doing Thailand for the International Food Fair. I lived in Thailand for 2 years so most of the photos are mine and topics are based on my own experiences. My class really enjoyed this whole unit - they loved learning a bit of Thai and got really enthusiastic about the tasks! There are 9 topics in total and I have included worksheets/notes that cover everything on the Powerpoint so your students won’t need to write anything down. The Powerpoint is not heavy on text as I preferred to project images and diagrams and layer on detail in class discussion but there is more information on the worksheets. Most topics include a build in assessment task (Tasks on the PP and worksheets). The topics are: Introduction to Thailand Language and National Sport (Muay Thai) Festival and festival Culture Buddhism Climate and Weather Brief History of Modern Thailand Food Plants and Animals of Thailand End of Unit Quiz You can make it run longer or short depending on the ability of the class, how often you have Humanities and how much enrichment you add. For example, when we studied Muay Thai, we did a short Muay Thai class for fun. Feel free to email me at shellyschutte20@gmail.com if you want anymore information.

Task involves students choosing and providing a ‘client’ with a one week meal plan tailored to match their lifestyle. Task links to IGCSE Biology Topic 7.1: Diet. Students should use what they have learned about macro and micro nutrients and how these can be put together in different ratios in a dietary plan to support specific lifestyles

Speaking and Listening Task based on the TV show “the Dragon’s Den.” Students have to work in groups to come up with their own business pitches. My class really enjoyed it and came up with some fascinating pitches including ‘winged shoes’ Included: -Powerpoint introducing the TV show and detailing their task -Task sheet -simple evaluation sheet for teacher to fill out and give back to student

I found many speaking task evaluation sheets on the web were too specific or difficult to format. Thus, I developed this general evaluation sheet. It is designed to give the student meaningful feedback that they can use to improve their speaking skills. It is also easy to modify to any task or theme. I hope you find it useful!

My full unit of work for Part 2 and 3 of Trevor Noah’s book: Born a Crime (Part 1 uploaded previously). I did this unit with my mixed Stage 8/9 class but it can easily be adapted for older learners. Again, there are activities for each chapter but less explanation as some of the activities require them to use skills already covered in the Part 1 Powerpoint. This unit includes an assessment comprehension task and a final, discursive essay task with 3 essays to choose from. I did not include notes on Discursive essay writing but there are lots of great resources on this already on TES. Hope you find this useful! My class really loved this book from start to finish and it opened up so many interesting conversations.

Cambridge Stage 8 Science: Respiratory System Practical Set of instructions for building a simple spirometer to measure lung capacity.

This is a great activity to aid students in thinking like paleobiologists. It involves investigating human history through looking at where Australopithecus sediba fits into the human family tree. Mark Scheme included. The task has two parts Part A: Investigating and comparing two biomes in terms of organism adaptations Part B: Constructing a Timeline of hominin history Investigating and designing a poster explaining the importance of Australopithecus sediba in human evolution (Online article resources included) Originally designed for a South African Grade 12 class but ca be used with any secondary phase, with the right assistance and scaffolding.

Activities and a short worksheet/assessment I used for my Cambridge Stage 7 Science class

Two very nice tasks to get students thinking about how particles move and interact during Diffusion. The first involves the teacher spraying air freshener and students drawing how the particles spread out. Task 2 involves leaving a gummy bear in water overnight and observing and recording any changes.

This is a Power Point explaining what an ecosystem is and examining the components of an ecosystem. I also developed a fun, formative assessment task for students to do following the lesson. It really got students thinking like ecologists and they had lots of fun! Developed for Y9 but can easily be adapted for older or younger students

This is a collection of resources to guide students through a unit on Electrostatic Charge and Static Electricity (4-6 lessons) Topics covered: -Revision of contact and non contact Forces -What is electrical charge? -How is static electricity generated? -Lightning and thunder KS3 Science Curriculum Links: -9Pm1 Describe electrostatics and the concept of charge (Cambridge) -Topics on The Atom, Electrical Charge and Static Electricity (CAPS) There is one power point, 2 worksheets and a practical activity instruction page (Making salt and pepper dance) included . 3 formative assessment tasks are also included in the Power Point as well as links to interactive simulations and embedded videos. Worksheets included are VERY straightforward. They were designed to assess basic understanding of concepts and to ensure students did not have to spend much time writing during the lesson.

Power Point about the properties of bone and why it is such a special material Activity involves students examing fractures, identifying the bones and suggesting plausible causes of bone fractures

Power point explaining what an organic compound is and then detailing how carbohydrate is an example of an organic compound. Links to GCSE Biology Topic 4: Biological Molecules Formative assessment task and homework embedded in power point . Simple worksheet assessing knowledge of carbohydrates also included.

This is an end of year Environmental Management Assessment based on content from The Lithosphere and The Hydrosphere components of the course. Questions are based on past papers. I have also included a self assessment document for both topics- with space for students to rate themselves as red, amber or green for each 'I can' statement.

End of Unit Project on the first Biology topic of the IGCSE Courses: Variability of Living Organisms Students must investigate and compare two ecosystems in their local area and a produce a short, scientific report to relay their findings.

Task was developed for my IGCSE Environmental Management Class. Students must imagine that they are farmers applying for a bank loan to purchase a piece of land - must justify why the piece of land is perfect for intended use based on geology and geomorphology of the landscape. Perfect for practical application of knowledge about the impact of soil on agriculture and how this can be manipulated. Cross curricular links with English and as students must use appropriate conventions for a formal letter. Students are also encouraged to include detailed plans/sketches of intended farm.