A p4c session exploring and understanding gender identity and society. It uses examples from the world of celebrity to inform and help engage students whilst (hopefully) broadening their minds and encouraging acceptance. Uses paired, independent and group work. Improves verbal reasoning and justification of opinion.

A full lesson including links to articles and discussion topics on armed police in America, discussing the morality of this and crime in general. I used to link to The Hunger Games, however it also worked well with Stone Cold, Ruby in the Smoke and other crime novels. Uses speaking and listening skills, reasoning ability and teamwork.

A fun, active P4C (Philosophy for Children) lesson on animal rights, using drama, p4c and speaking and listening skills whilst improving reasoning and justification in the classroom. Suitable for all ages of English students

An iGCSE complete mock paper designed and created to help students prepare for their English Language mock

Set of lessons using analysis of text and mixed media, including a work booklet, articles, extracts and creative writing. Useful to prepare students for GCSE as well as Key Stage 3. A weeks worth of lessons and activities.

Mock iGCSE (Cambridge) paper using extract from Bill Bryson and an article from national geographic. Mark scheme included. Really useful tool when preparing students for their gcse examination.

For Eduqaas GCSE years 10 and 11. A homework booklet that covers both contextual tasks, poetry analysis, revision help and tasks. All of the poems are there alongside an analysis and annotation box. Very useful when avoiding sending the anthology home with students.

A p4c lesson studying social compliance and peer pressure, comparing the Milgram experiment and peer pressure and discussing the positives and negatives. Really engaging lessons- particularly effective with 11-14 year old boys.

A nice P4C (philosophy for children) lesson exploring the theme of love using a poem written by John Clare called 'first love'. A range of paired, group and whole class discussion classes as well as some written tasks as well.

A fun and engaging lesson helping students improve speaking and listening, debating, justification and reasoning skills. YouTube clip, resources and success criteria are all on powerpoint. Suitable for all ages and easily adaptable.

An easily edited PowerPoint format display giving some key sentence starters for creative writing, as well as some images to get the students considering different ideas.

A simple resource to ensure students understand how to use a connective. It also stretches students to unscramble higher level connectives.

A Philosophy for Children, P4C, lesson based on the concept of reality. Encouraging students to question and explore themes such as this and eventually consider within the context of literature.

A Philosophy for Children, P4C, lesson based around improving and boosting self esteem in low confidence girls through the use of discussion, P4C and Poetry.

A Philosophy for Children, P4C lesson based on Ruby Bridges and the civil rights movement in America. A discussion based lesson on whether one person can truly make a difference.

A discussion lesson using Philosophy for Children, P4C, to discuss the topic of greed. Whole powerpoint is included.

A selection of 25 different, and differentiated homeworks to work around a Key Stage 3 scheme of work based on Robert Swindells Abomination. There is a selection of transactional writing, research tasks and short five minute tasks, as well as some comparative writing and analysis of short animations.

To ensure our students understood their grades and progress, I created a tracking grid that shows each half terms grade, as well as a graph to map on their progress and a two line self made target to demonstrate they are responding to feedback and recognising how they can improve. This has been highly praised in observations.

To ensure our students understood their grades and progress, I created a tracking grid that shows each half terms grade, as well as a graph to map on their progress and a two line self made target to demonstrate they are responding to feedback and recognising how they can improve. This has been highly praised in observations.

To tackle the lack of enthusiasm about homework in my school I created a menu of homework. This one targets Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. There are 25 homeworks already planned, differentiated by 'spice'. Since using these menus, where the students pick for themselves, the amount and quality of homework has improved. There is a real focus on grammar, techniques and terminology to ensure students understand the key devices used within English.