End of the Year Jenga style hands-on reflection game. ​Here's a really unique and fun idea to reflect on the academic year as a whole group or small group, where you can really bond with your students and be assured that everyone will have a blast! This end of year reflection activity uses the concept of the game Jenga where students build a tower and remove pieces stacking them on top whilst trying to not knock the tower over or to build the tallest tower! The set used in this activity is simply adorable isn't it, and each activity is colour coded to coincide with the set. This end of year reflection game can be used in 4 different ways to suit your budget, needs, resources and preference so it's really versatile! I have also included both colour and mono versions of each set which you can print onto coloured paper instead to make it more ink friendly for you. There is also a digital, interactive option as well where no printing is needed at all - you're fully covered with this pack! What this resource includes: • 54 end of the year reflection questions • 3 different printable options • colour and black and white options • an interactive 60+ slide PowerPoint • comprehensive teacher's notes The benefits: • no need to stick anything to your blocks • 4 differentiated ways to play • different printing options to save money if necessary • a paperless option • ideas for competitive ways to play as a class • suitable for a wide range of age groups • questions accessible to all students • an engaging and fun way to bond and reflect as a class So take some time at the end of the school year to reflect with your students on how far you've all come together, in an exciting, engaging and happy atmosphere - what a wonderful way to finish the year!

Check your students’ understanding with social media exit tickets and engage your students with media they are already so familiar with! These have a realistic mobile phone style and come with 8 different social media platforms! Product Includes: Each exit ticket is half a page and comes with 2 on a page to save on printing costs for your class. (Also, both UK and US versions are included). These exit tickets are great for the following: • Summarizing their learning whilst adding the hashtag of key words #HowCool! • Encouraging students to summarize the lesson whilst identifying areas they specifically ‘liked’ using the thumbs up! • Visualizing their understanding by drawing an image to summarize their learning. • Texting on their smartphone about anything they learned this lesson! • Telling a “story” of their learning in the lesson. They get to use both visual and written feedback. • Allowing creativity in feedback as students can write quotes, draw images and use text to summarize their learning. • Offering peer feedback. Students can write their partner a question to test learning and their peer can respond. • Creating freeze frames of something which reflects their learning! These are simple and easy to use in your lessons allowing you to quickly see what students have learned in a fun and convenient way - plus, these work with ANY subject! Your students will definitely think you are the most awesome teacher ever when you pull these out in your lesson, believe me! Give them a shot now and let me know the response you get!

Are you looking for some gripping ways to lighten the mood at the start of a staff meeting after a long, stressful day? Here are 99 of completely unique, written by yours truly, "would you rather" / "this or that" dilemmas - especially for teachers! I have done all the hard work for you and come up with 99 funny and realistic "this or that" icebreakers that teachers can totally relate to, into one neat PowerPoint that you can pull up on a projector or even print off! Let's be real here, most of us dread staff meetings, but having such a huge variety of "would you rather" prompts all neatly packaged in this PowerPoint means teachers will actually start to look forward to them - simply pull up this document and have it ready on the board for your colleagues when they enter the room! They work on an automatic timer to effortlessly scroll through allowing time for colleagues to have a good laugh before the meeting starts! These create an immediate buzz and rapidly boost morale after a long, stressful day. There are 99 dilemmas to choose from which will last you YEARS, and each one is completely EDITABLE to allow for cultural differences in language! Take away the anxiety of being greeted with grumpy faces at the next staff meeting, and simply pop these ice breakers on in the background - your colleagues will totally love them!

Need some fresh, new end of year awards certificates to celebrate the individuality and success of your young and teenage students? Get hold of these End Of Year Certificate Awards for Teens: Emoji Style! These certificates are funky and edgy with some cool teen clip art images with a fun emoji theme that your students will really relate to and think you're the coolest ever! (Even though we know you already are!) These come in both colour and black line with 30 different certificates to choose from! They can be used over again for almost any year group and any subject, and have a wide range of awards so every student can be celebrated for their uniqueness! I hope your students enjoy these fun and edgy certificates to wrap up the end of the year using the oh-so-popular EMOJI theme! Be sure to check out the End Of Year Activities For Teens too, to give your students something fun to do in the final few weeks of school.

Your students will really enjoy being rewarded with these teenage appropriate coupons! They are the same size as standard index cards and come with cool teenage clip art. These work for any class and any subject and they are so simple to use! When you wish to reward positive behaviour of your students, send them to your “reward station” (your index box and reward menu which you can print, laminate and display) and ask them to select which reward they would like to have (I have added a blank set for you to write your own too!). It is then up to them when they choose to cash in their reward. This element of choice works really well with teenagers! This resource is a lifelong tool that can be used over again with every class; you will wonder how you managed without it! So go on, set up your own reward station with this resource and really create a happy buzz in your classroom!

Back to school time is a great opportunity to encourage students to begin the new school year on the right foot. If you want some fun and quality back to school activities to use with your tutor groups or new classes, that they will enjoy and relate to on the first days of school, then this is the resource for you! It comes with attractive, enjoyable and creative activities that will last for weeks at the beginning of the year at school! This resource will encourage students to reflect over their summer in a fun and engaging way and get them look ahead to the beginning of the year and set goals and plan their time effectively. These can be used for a variety of age groups and abilities and require no preparation from you at all! Instructions are on each worksheet and students can be as thorough as they like depending on their ability. Simply pick and choose some or all of the activities for your classes, or even set some for homework if you like!

99 Riddles Bell Ringers / Lesson Starters / Morning Meeting - Riddles for Teens - set 2! Are you looking for some more gripping ways to settle your students really quickly at the start of your lesson? Here are 99 more of the best riddles out there that you can use as bell ringers / lesson starter activities for teens! I have done all the hard work for you and gathered more of the best riddles into one neat PowerPoint that you can pull up whenever you need. These 99 riddles have passed my strict screening process to ensure they provide the right challenge and humor to suit that tough teenage market! Many bell ringers require some preparation and advanced planning, but in those emergencies, having these riddles all neatly packaged in this PowerPoint means no preparation or resources are required - simply pull up this document and have it ready on the board for your students when they enter the room! These create an immediate buzz and settles the class at rapid speed! You can have students jot down their responses on personal whiteboards, on paper, or even have them discussing answers in pairs! There are plenty of riddles to choose from and they vary in challenge, so take the stress out of engaging your class at the start of the lesson, and simply pop these riddles on the board - your students will love them!

Teaching Character Education? Showing gratitude has been proven to increase long-term well-being, improve health, relationships, emotions and help us bounce back from stressful experiences. With the significant increase in stress and anxiety among our young people, it is more important than ever that as teachers, we are catering to our students’ emotional needs in the classroom. This Gratitude Journal is the ideal way to help our students focus on the good aspects of their life and to appreciate their blessings – every one of us has something to be thankful for and this journal will be sure to highlight it! The journal contains 52 prompts, one for each week of the year. Each prompt is unique and encourages reflection on a wide range of life experiences, allowing for much more creativity and diversity in thinking and responses. It is not labelled by month or date so can be started at any time in the year – new starts don’t have to only begin on January 1st, and gratitude isn't just for Thanksgiving! You can let students take them home to complete as a private activity, or it can be done in school maybe at the start of the week as a Monday Morning Meeting. You will receive both a PRINTABLE and DIGITAL version to suit your needs! The digital one is ideal for opening up on Google Slides as it can be completed and looked at on any device, whenever and wherever! P.S. It’s also great for teachers too: we can all take time to have an attitude of gratitude!

Are you concerned about the emotional health of your students? We all want our students to be healthy, and so we teach them about good nutrition and exercise. Fair enough! But what about their emotional health? I don’t know about you, but over the last few years especially, I have noticed more and more students suffering from feelings of anxiety. They’re struggling to manage these overwhelming emotions that are stemming from cultural changes of modern life. Academic stress (that is starting younger and younger), personal life and the pressures of social media are all playing their role and taking their toll. So, in an effort to help my students, and yours too, I have created this unit on Emotional Health which explores all the emotions that we feel and how a build up of them can sometimes lead to anxiety, as well as strategies for dealing with them. No prior knowledge or experience from you is required! Everything is laid out for you ready to teach. The PowerPoint guides you through each point of the lesson with plenty of discussion points and activities to keep students engaged and reflecting on their learning. Also included are graphic organizer printables which are supplementary to the PowerPoint: they’re not a requirement, but they work as a helpful tool for students to record their thoughts in an aesthetically pleasing way that can then be used for bulletin board displays etc. You will also find a set of discussion cards for students to discuss the topic of emotions and get the conversation going about something that is rarely talked about openly. This unit can be used as whole group, small group, or even for 1:1 counselling. Product includes: • 24 slide PowerPoint • 11 printables of graphic organizers • 6 scenarios to analyze • 24 discussion cards Students will learn: • To identify different types of emotions • What emotions are and why we have them • Why people have different emotions to the same scenario • How understanding emotions can help us • Helpful vs unhelpful emotions • What to do when an emotion is unhelpful • What to do when emotions are overwhelming • Physical and emotional effects of anxiety • Worries and concerns that can cause anxiety • How to help ease anxiety • Short term and long term strategies for anxiety Let’s break the stigma on openly talking about emotions and feelings. It doesn’t have to be something done in therapy alone, we all have emotions and our students need to learn why we have them and how we can manage them too. I have found teaching this unit is effective in morning meetings with tutor / advisory classes or as whole life skills lessons too, depending on how much time you can allocate. It is such a valuable topic to talk to our students about. Thank you for all you do to make a difference in young peoples’ lives! Great for Social Skills, Life skills and PSHE (Physical, Social, Health Education) lessons.

Are you concerned about the effects of social media on the emotional health of your students and looking to develop a responsive classroom by incorporating Social Emotional Learning? It is impossible for our young people to completely avoid social media. It’s a world that most of us teachers or parents didn’t grow up with in our own youth, so it’s challenging for adults to guide students appropriately in this arena. As we know, social media has a significant effect on mental health so it’s important for students to be aware of this and develop healthy ways to use this platform, as it’s not going away any time soon. This resource will help you guide your students the right way. It has been designed to make it as easy to deliver as possible! It includes a structured PowerPoint that guides your class through discussions about social media and the effects it can have on mental health and how to have a positive experience online. No prior knowledge or experience from you is required! On top of this, the PowerPoint text is editable so you can modify the content to suit your students’ needs, should you wish. Also included are bonus graphic organizers which are supplementary to the PowerPoint: they’re not a requirement, but they work as a helpful tool for students to record their thoughts in an aesthetically pleasing way that can then be used for bulletin board displays etc. You will also find a set of discussion task cards to spark conversation and thoughts on social media: these can be printed off for each group of students, or they can be used in whole class discussion, small group, or even for 1:1 counselling. Product includes: • 31 slide PowerPoint • 3 printables of graphic organizers • 4 scenarios to analyze • 24 discussion cards Students will learn: • The true point of social media • What social media is most often used for instead • To reflect on why they use social media • Why and how social media can affect mental health • The effects of comparing themselves to people on social media • The reality of why people really post what they post [VIDEO] • The reasons people obsessing about likes and followers • Why likes and followers create false confidence • What triggers affect them on social media • Alternative ways they can respond to triggers on social media • How they can use their social media to make the world a better place • …and more! I have found teaching this unit is effective in morning meetings with tutor / advisory classes or as whole life skills lessons too, depending on how much time you can allocate. It is such a valuable topic to talk to our students about. Thank you for all you do to make a difference in young peoples’ lives! Great for Social Skills, Life skills and PSHE (Physical, Social, Health Education) lessons.

Are you concerned about bullying in your classroom? Bullying is sadly something that happens on a daily basis and most children will be affected by it in some way, shape or form during their school lives. By the time our youngsters are teenagers, bullying takes on new forms and can leave lasting negative effects on their physical and emotional well-being. I believe we need to spend time teaching our students how to recognise bullying and how to deal with it so that we can help them develop into resilient and assertive individuals to help them cope with adulthood. In order to ensure these important skills can be integrated into our busy timetables, this resource has been designed to make it as easy to deliver as possible! It includes a structured PowerPoint that guides the class through discussions about bullying and how to deal with it and develop assertiveness. It can be taught as a whole unit in PSHE or divided up over a few weeks to deliver to tutor groups. No prior knowledge or experience from you is required! On top of this, the PowerPoint text is EDITABLE so you can modify the content to suit your students’ needs, should you wish. Also included are graphic organizer printables which are supplementary to the PowerPoint: they’re not a requirement, but they work as a helpful tool for students to record their thoughts in an aesthetically pleasing way that can then be used for wall displays etc. You will also find a set of discussion task cards for students to discuss possible scenarios they may come across: these can be printed off for each group of students, or they can be used in whole class discussion – it is up to you! Product includes: • 22 slide PowerPoint • 14 printables of detailed teachers' notes and graphic organizers • 6 scenarios to analyse Students will learn: • To identify what bullying is • To analyse common situations and discuss which are considered bullying and why • The reasons why people might bully others • The impact bullying has on others • Ways they can respond to bullies • How to be assertive • How to deal with bullying • Support networks they can turn to for support • A final pep-talk! Great for Social Skills, Life skills, Tutor Periods and PSHE (Physical, Social, Health Education) lessons.

Teaching Character Education? Showing gratitude has been proven to increase long-term well-being, improve health, relationships, emotions and help us bounce back from stressful experiences. With the significant increase in stress and anxiety among our young people, it is more important than ever that as teachers, we are catering to our students’ emotional needs in the classroom. This EDITABLE Gratitude Bell Ringers / Starter Prompts PowerPoint is the ideal way to help your students focus on the good aspects of their life and to appreciate their blessings – every one of us has something to be thankful for and these prompts will be sure to highlight it! The bell ringers contain 52 prompts, one for each week of the year. Each prompt is unique and encourages reflection on a wide range of life experiences, allowing for much more creativity and diversity in thinking and responses. It is not labelled by date so can be started at any time in the year – new starts don’t have to only begin on 1st January! You can find the same prompts in the printable or digital version here! These are ideal for using them as silent or discussion activities to start or end the school day, plus it's also great for teachers too: we can all take time to have an attitude of gratitude!

These Day of the Dead quote colouring pennants are a wonderfully relaxing resource for your students! Colouring and displaying these banners are a fantastic way of celebrating the Day of the Dead and are a comfort to those who are grieving the loss of a loved one. I’m a big advocate for colouring therapy for students and adults, and I already have quite an extensive collection of different quote colouring pages available in my store! They are wonderfully relaxing and especially effective for growth mindset as all quotes are inspirational and positive! Not only are these Day of the Dead quote colouring pennants ideal for decorating your classroom, but you’ll be amazed at the wonders it can do just by giving students a few minutes to wind down and relax by coloring. There are 10 different quotes to choose from! Students can just shade in using whatever colours make them happy, but there is also some white space available for them to add their own doodles too! So take a few minutes celebrating Day of the Dead in your lesson, during a morning meeting, indoor break, or give to early finishers, and let your students wind down and colour while reflecting on positive quotes about dealing with the loss of a loved one. Help your students build resilience and be all they can be. So take a few minutes during the Day of the Dead celebrations to get students in the right frame of mind by colouring in positive quotes about dealing with grief, then tie string through the pennants and decorate your classroom!

20 colorful Smart Response Posters to empower your students to have smart responses when dealing with rude comments, disputes and setting boundaries. It’s frustrating and heartbreaking to watch your students get into arguments and relationship challenges due to the words they use. Words can hurt but it’s tough to always know the best thing to say. You want to empower your students to be able to respond to awkward, rude, uncomfortable situations with calmness, clarity and class, and now you can easily help them do this! This set of classroom school posters contains 20 quotes that help students deal with rude comments, uncomfortable conversations or disputes and for setting healthy boundaries. These promote better classroom community and social, emotional learning. They would also work perfectly in a school counsellor’s office! You can display them in your classroom/school corridors as well as use them to prompt class discussions about why these make powerful responses and how it might affect the outcome. The posters have a bright watercolor theme and are suitable for all age groups and environments. I hope you enjoy using these in your classroom and around your school building to encourage your students to use the right words to empower them in challenging situations.

Halloween Resources Bundle Get 3 fun Halloween resources for teens and save over 10%! Product includes: • Halloween Activities for teens • Halloween Colouring pages for teens • Photoshop tutorial on how to turn anyone into a zombie So ‘treat’ your students to some fun activities this Halloween with this bundle of unique ‘tricks’!

Design your own visually appealing seating plan! Frustrated by the dull look of seating plans and uninspired shapes we have to work with, I decided to make my own “build your own interactive seating plan” that is realistic, very cute and can be customised to ANY classroom! I have created a range of unique clip art of different classroom furniture as seen from a bird’s eye view so that you can move and resize any image to suit your classroom layout! If there are any furniture pieces you would like me to include in this set, email me at teachersresourceforce@yahoo.com and I may just toss them in the set for free! :D Check out the preview to see more detail of what is included! You will really enjoy making your own very cute seating plan for your classroom, and as it is on a PowerPoint you can move the furniture and students’ names around effortlessly, perfect for a quick change! You could even have it displayed on the whiteboard to show your class so they know where to sit when you introduce a new seating chart or to give to a supply teacher so your students can’t get one up on them (you know they’re gonna try…!) Images include: • High school single desk • Chair • Stool • Swivel chair • Double desk • Semi circle desk • Round desk • Square desk • Rug / carpet • Teacher’s desk • Computer • Girl • Boy All images come in color and black line, 300dpi png with transparent backgrounds and closely cropped: great for layering and enlarging whilst still remaining crisp! Seating plans are crucial for behaviour management and are excellent to show during lesson observations as they are fantastic for targeting special needs and target grades as well, which have all been considered in this interactive seating plan! So have fun making your own cute seating plans for your classroom!

These days, students seem to be under so much pressure from exams and modern life, that it is crucial to teach them management techniques to give them the skills they require in order to handle stress. This resource which will encourage your students to explore all about modern stressors and how to handle stress in a healthy way. Your students will learn all about what stress is: why we need it, how we respond to it in the modern world, causes and effects, what we can control and what we can’t, and actions to help relieve stress. Students will get to role play and analyse different teen appropriate stressful scenarios. Your students will also be taught 3 different breathing exercises to control the physical signs of stress that are very powerful in stressful situations. Product includes a 23 slide PowerPoint with inbuilt activities and feedback opportunities to encourage discussion and 6 worksheets to accompany the PowerPoint to demonstrate students’ understanding.

This values unit on Resilience is a crucial element for strengthening the core curriculum and ensuring our teenage students have a growth mindset and can bounce back from adversity so that they can succeed and reach their goals! Product includes: • Resilience PowerPoint - fully structured so no prior experience is required to deliver it. The text is also editable for you to modify as needed! • Resilience Printables - graphic organisers go perfectly with the PowerPoint if you want your students to record their thoughts as you discuss. There is also a fun bonus homework included! • Discussion point cards to develop speaking and listening skills. In order to ensure these important skills can be integrated into our busy timetables, this resource has been designed to make it as easy to deliver as possible! It includes a structured PowerPoint that guides the class through discussions about resilience and effective skills on how to bounce back from challenges. No prior knowledge or experience from you is required! On top of this, the PowerPoint text is editable so you can modify the content to suit your students’ needs, should you wish. Also included are bonus graphic organisers which are supplementary to the PowerPoint: they work as a helpful tool for students to record their thoughts in an aesthetically pleasing way that can then be used for bulletin board displays etc. You will also find a set of discussion task cards to spark conversation and thoughts on resilience: these can be printed off for each group of students, or they can be used in whole class discussion – it is up to you! So help build your students' resilience and encourage them to be all that you know they can be! Great for Character Education, Social Skills, Life skills and PSHCE (Physical, Social, Health, Citizenship Education) lessons.

Are you looking for some gripping ways to settle your students really quickly at the start of your lesson? Here are 99 of the best riddles out there that you can use as starter activities! I have done all the hard work for you and gathered the best riddles into one neat PowerPoint that you can pull up whenever you need. These 99 riddles have passed my strict screening process to ensure they provide the right challenge and humour to suit that tough teenage market! Having these riddles all neatly packaged in this PowerPoint means no preparation or resources are required - simply pull up this document and have it ready on the board for your students when they enter the room - also great for tutor periods! These create an immediate buzz and settles the class at rapid speed! You can have students jot down their responses on personal whiteboards, on paper, or even have them discussing answers in pairs!

Do you want to educate your students about the dangers of Cyber Bullying? It is a rising problem among teenagers and young people in this age of social media, so this resource will offer your students the opportunity to consider the dangers and effects of cyber bullying by encouraging them to discuss and reflect on realistic scenarios. I have used this resource on different groups of students from year 7-10 and it has proven effective for all ages. It’s interesting that each age group has brought out its own conversations from this resource. I find it shocking how many young people (especially those below the required age of 13 to even have a social media account) are suffering from cyber bullying online and don’t yet have the skills to handle it. This resource has made a significant difference to my students and I can only hope they go on to spread the word to others! I hope that my resources save you hours and hours of time: something we always sacrifice so much of as teachers. ❤