A 30 minute assembly about what a growth mindset is and how to develop it (including link to YouTube video). This would work well as a short key stage assembly or could be given to tutors for a form group assembly / PSHE.

A powerpoint assembly explaining the importance of using your homework diary correctly and how to use it. I used it as a KS4 assembly but it work just as well for KS3 or for individual tutor groups as a tutor / form group assembly.

A tutor time / whole Y11 assembly about the importance of Year 11 and the final year of the GCSE course.

A PowerPoint aimed at Year 10 students explaining the importance of Year 10 and the start of GCSE.

A great starter task or part of a main task to teach or recap 4 figure grid references. This one has a Christmas theme

A worksheet with a Christmas theme to help with compass directions. Ca be used as revision, a starter task or an activity when teaching for the first time.

A full lesson covering Stuart Hall´s Audience Positioning Theory and Blumler and Katz´s Uses and Gratification Theory.

A full lesson designed to introduce the topic of Power and the Media, covering key theories for the unit.

A full lesson with directed research task based on arguments for and against media regulation

A case study mystery lesson including card sort, questions, background information and homework task. This lesson focuses on the News of the World phone hacking scandal and how effective the regulatory bodies and investigation was.

A powerpoint used to describe what storyboarding is, why it is important and how one should be created. This could be used as an introduction to coursework. The last slide has a link to a useful YouTube video.

A powerpoint containing short case studies about previous media regulation and their outcome. There is also a short research homework task at the end of the powerpoint.

A full lesson on historical and contemporary media regulation. Going through key terms and an overview of the topic. The powerpoint includes directed research tasks and a research homework task.

A full unit that links to the A Level Psychology unit - Types of Advertising and Advertising Techniques Perfect for revision or for use as a full teaching unit

A powerpoint outlining the structure of the A2 Cambridge Media Studies course

A PowerPoint presentation that explains what adjectives and adverbs are with several practice tasks included

The idea of these mats are to be printed in either A3 or A4 and laminated so they can be left on pupils desks for the duration of the topic. They are especially useful for pupils with SEN, EAL and low ability. They include useful information, facts and give pupils more meaning so they can see the bigger picture for why they are studying this topic. The list of lessons can be edited on the right of the page so you can change to fit your lessons If pupils are provided with a white board pen there is also a useful self assessment section at the bottom so you can get quick feedback even from the quiet pupils in the class at the end of your lesson

A full lesson that could also be used as a revision tool. This powerpoint can be used in conjunction with the Cambridge AS textbook

A full lesson with summary tasks based on the Andrade 2010 Doodling study. This would work well as a lesson or a revision powerpoint. Can be used in conjunction with the Cambridge Psychology textbook