Resources from a Head of Psychology teaching Edexcel A Level and GCSE Psychology, with previous experience teaching BTEC Tech Award Level 1/2 Health and Social Care
Resources from a Head of Psychology teaching Edexcel A Level and GCSE Psychology, with previous experience teaching BTEC Tech Award Level 1/2 Health and Social Care
This is a component guide for BTEC Tech Award Health and Social Care Level 1/2 - Component 2 Health and Social Care Services and Values, Learning Aim A: understand the different types of health and social care services and barriers to accessing them. The document contains:
Assessment criteria
Command word definitions
Specification content (from BTEC)
Verna and Sam Williams case studies (from BTEC)
Assignment brief task instructions (from BTEC)
Section 1 guidance - explanation of how services meet needs A.1P1/A.1M1/A.2P1 (local examples provided for Kent and can be edited for your local area)
Section 2 guidance - explanation of barriers A.1P2/A.1M2/A.2P2
Section 3 guidance - analysing/assessing the suitability of services and barriers A.2M1/A.2D1
Marking guidelines (from BTEC)
The booklet contains checklists for what students need to include alongside tips and example paragraphs for guidance.
Please note that this document is intended as an overview of the work that students are required to produce for their portfolio work. This is not a booklet that would teach students the component taught content. This will support students in ensuring they have covered the required content when writing up their portfolio submission.
This PowerPoint contains two lessons to introduce year 9/10 students to BTEC Tech Award Level 1/2 Health and Social Care:
Introduction to Level 1/Level 2 BTEC Tech Award Health and Social Care
Why did you choose HSC?
Course overview
Command words matching task
Defining what HSC is
HSC services
Care thorughout the lifespan
Homework task - research a career
BTEC Portfolios
What is a portfolio?
Common errors
Referencing and plagiarism
Plagiarism - true/false quiz
Portfolio guidelines
This is a component guide for BTEC Tech Award Health and Social Care Level 1/2 - Component 1 Human Lifespan Development, Learning Aim B Investigate how individuals deal with life events. The document contains:
Assessment criteria
Command word definitions
Assignment brief task instructions (from BTEC)
Interviewing friends/family guidance
Interview consent forms
Section 1 guidance - explanation of life events and their impact B.1P3/B.1M3/B.2P3
Section 2 guidance - explanation of support given B.1P4/B.1M4/B.2P4
Section 3 guidance - comparing and assessing adaptations and the role of support B.2M2/B.2D2
Learning aim B checklist
Marking guidelines (from BTEC)
The booklet contains checklists for what students need to include alongside tips and example paragraphs for guidance.
Please note that this document is intended as an overview of the work that students are required to produce for their portfolio work. This is not a booklet that would teach students the component taught content. This will support students in ensuring they have covered the required content when writing up their portfolio submission.
This is a component guide for BTEC Tech Award Health and Social Care Level 1/2 - Component 1 Human Lifespan Development, Learning Aim A Understand human growth and development across life stages and the factors that affect it. The document contains:
Assessment criteria
Command word definitions
Assignment brief task instructions (from BTEC)
Title page and introduction guidance
Section 1 guidance - growth and development over time A.1P1/A.1M1/A.2P1
Section 2 guidance - factors affecting development A.1P2/A.1M2/A.2P2
Section 3 guidance - comparing the impact of factors across three life stages A.2M1/A.2D1
Section 4 guidance - assessing the changing impact of factors across three life stages A.2D1
Learning aim A checklist
Marking guidelines (from BTEC)
The booklet contains checklists for what students need to include alongside tips and example paragraphs for guidance.
Please note that this document is intended as an overview of the work that students are required to produce for their portfolio work. This is not a booklet that would teach students the component taught content. This will support students in ensuring they have covered the required content when writing up their portfolio submission.
This is the resources for an hour lesson based upon “Happiness” as part of the RSE/PSHE curriculum. This was designed for use with Key Stage 3 year 7 students, but could be adapted for other age groups and easily extended beyond an hour. Links have been made to mental health and GCSE Psychology.
Contains:
PowerPoint
Card sort activity (one required per pair/small group)
Session overview:
Starter: Students to define happiness and create a list of things that make them happy
Activity 1: Card-sort to list factors in order of their importance to happiness
Activity 2: “Money can buy you happiness” class discussion
Activity 3: Mental health quiz
Activity 4: Students to create a wellbeing leaflet/poster for display around school
Knowledge check: Discussion questions
A Level (or could be used for GCSE) Psychology writing frames posters, for display in the classroom or for use in student exercise books/folders. Designed with Edexcel in mind, but could be used for any specification.
The poster pack includes:
Describing a study using APRC
Evaluating a study using GRAVE
Describing a theory using CC
Evaluating a theory using SODA
Writing a paragraph using PEEL
Essay types (Edexcel A Level specific - remove if using other specifications)
Concluding an essay
Individual unit learning journeys - GCSE and A Level Psychology - Edexcel
This is a PowerPoint of slides which contain unit overviews for both **GCSE 9-1 Edexcel Psychology and Edexcel A Level Psychology. **
Each slide contains the unit name, a visual overview of the main topics and a description of the “journey” within the unit - what the students will study, the main focus of the unit and how the knowledge can be used in further study.
Each slide could be displayed to students at the beginning of the unit, the slides could be printed for a pack at the front of students’ exercise books/folders, or the slides could be printed for a classroom display and displayed in the sequence of teaching.
The optional units included are sleep and dreaming and criminal psychology for GCSE, and criminological psychology for A Level.
This bundle is suitable for the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Psychology specification and includes the following:
Assembly PowerPoint to promote the GCSE course to year 8/9 students
Taster session PowerPoint used in conjunction with a “brain hat” activity (brain hat worksheet not included as this is not mine - but easily found online for free)
Subject overview leaflets to hand out during options evenings, taster sessions or assemblies
Options evening display resources
Full descriptions of each resource:
ITEM 1: Assembly PowerPoint to promote the GCSE course to year 8/9 students
PowerPoint presentation for a brief overview of the course and student suitability for GCSE 9-1 Edexcel Psychology. This PowerPoint could be used for a year 8 or 9 assembly, or could be used at the beginning of a GCSE Psychology taster session.
ITEM 2: Taster session PowerPoint used in conjunction with a “brain hat” activity (brain hat worksheet not included as this is not mine - but easily found online for free)
This is a PowerPoint to support a “taster” session with year 8 or 9 students, before they choose to study Psychology at GCSE level. This PowerPoint is suitable for the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Psychology specification. The PowerPoint encourages students to define Psychology themselves, discusses a definition of Psychology, briefly overviews the course topics and structure and then supports students to engage with a brain hat creation activity.
*Please note that the 3D brain hat worksheet is not included in this resource, as this is not my work - but it is readily available for free online from a quick search. *
Please note that an extension activity directs students to use the Edexcel GCSE 9-1 Psychology textbook - this can easily be removed if you do not have the textbooks accessible for students.
ITEM 3: Subject overview leaflets to hand out during options evenings, taster sessions or assemblies
ITEM 4: Options evening display resources
This is a selection of printable pages to create a options evening display to advertise GCSE 9-1 Edexcel Psychology to year 8/9 students/parents thinking of studying the course.
The document includes:
An overview A4 page for each unit (criminal and sleep optional units included here)
A4 brain image (or can be printed in A3) and unit titles (could be stuck around the brain image with string)
QR code for the Pearson GCSE Psychology website
Quotes about why students choose to study Psychology
A4 page overview of what Psychology is
A4 page about what the course requires
A4 page about assessment
GCSE Psychology labels
Just print, laminate and you’re ready to go!
This is a selection of printable pages to create a options evening display to advertise GCSE 9-1 Edexcel Psychology to year 8/9 students/parents thinking of studying the course.
The document includes:
An overview A4 page for each unit (criminal and sleep optional units included here)
A4 brain image (or can be printed in A3) and unit titles (could be stuck around the brain image with string)
QR code for the Pearson GCSE Psychology website
Quotes about why students choose to study Psychology
A4 page overview of what Psychology is
A4 page about what the course requires
A4 page about assessment
GCSE Psychology labels
Just print, laminate and you’re ready to go!
This is a PowerPoint to support a “taster” session with year 8 or 9 students, before they choose to study Psychology at GCSE level. This PowerPoint is suitable for the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Psychology specification. The PowerPoint encourages students to define Psychology themselves, discusses a definition of Psychology, briefly overviews the course topics and structure and then supports students to engage with a brain hat creation activity.
*Please note that the 3D brain hat worksheet is not included in this resource, as this is not my work - but it is readily available for free online from a quick search. *
Please note that an extension activity directs students to use the Edexcel GCSE 9-1 Psychology textbook - this can easily be removed if you do not have the textbooks accessible for students.
This is an information leaflet for the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Psychology specification and can be used as a hand-out for students/parents at GCSE options evenings or taster sessions with year 8/9 students.
The leaflet can be edited with your school name and teacher contact details. It contains an overview of what Psychology is, how the course is assessed, the topics covered, course requirements, course suitability and where to get more information. The leaflet also contains a QR code for students/parents to easily access Pearson’s Edexcel GCSE Psychology qualification website.
It can easily be printed two per page for handy small A5 leaflets.
PowerPoint presentation for a brief overview of the course and student suitability for GCSE 9-1 Edexcel Psychology. This PowerPoint could be used for a year 8 or 9 assembly, or could be used at the beginning of a GCSE Psychology taster session.