I've been teaching history for four years, and I aim to provide lessons that are ready to go with minimal tweaking just to personalise the resource to your class and their prior learning. I'm a big fan of paired discussion, group work, debates, living graphs and hot seating, and I provide a variety of tasks in each lesson to ensure learning happens at a pace and that all learning styles are catered for. All feedback gratefully received.
I've been teaching history for four years, and I aim to provide lessons that are ready to go with minimal tweaking just to personalise the resource to your class and their prior learning. I'm a big fan of paired discussion, group work, debates, living graphs and hot seating, and I provide a variety of tasks in each lesson to ensure learning happens at a pace and that all learning styles are catered for. All feedback gratefully received.
This PowerPoint guides students through how to make an effective revision plan. It is aimed at students aged 16-18 and encourages them to make a long term, practical and realistic plan. Here is one slide:
Mark on the calendar the days you will NOT be working. Eg family events, birthdays, rugby matches, hairdressing appointments.
Split the remaining days into 3 parts – morning, afternoon and night.
Work only 2 of these parts. So crack on in the morning, take the afternoon off to paint your toenails/ go for a run/ whatever it is you do, and do more in the evening.
Use your list of chucks to plan which topic you will do on which day. If you like a bit of variety, you can do two chunks from different subjects on one day.
Write on the calendar the subject areas/ chunks/ topics/ chapters you will get done.
Make sure you have leisure / kickback time.
TRUST YOUR PLAN and change it if you really need to
Before teaching, I worked in recruitment. When I became the Head of Year 12 I combined my expertise in recruitment with my experience working with young people and put this guide together to help students write a CV that will show off their skills to potential employers.
Suitable for all teenagers and young people, but aimed at teenagers aimed 16 and above, this resource could be used in form time or PSHE, or you could upload it onto your VLE for students to access as and when they need it. Here is the beginning so you know what you're buying, but please be aware that all formatting has been taken out as TES doesn't support it in this blurb.
This guide is designed to help you write an excellent CV which will show off your talents to a potential employer. For each section I will tell you first ‘What the Employer wants to see’, then ‘How YOU can do this’ and finally ‘Traps to avoid’. I’ve given you some examples of how you might want it to look, but don’t forget its your CV, so try experimenting with different fonts etc.
CONTENTS:
P1. Name and Contact Details Section, ‘Profile’
P3. Education Section
P4. Work Experience section
P5. Key Achievements section
P6. Computer Skills, Interests
P7. References
P8. Need more help?
Name and Contact Details
What the Employer wants to see - Your name nice and big so they can pick it out of the pile of CVs they have on their desk, your contact details so they can call you and get you in for an interview.
How YOU can do this – Don’t take up too much space but make sure they are clearly visible. Get an email address that sounds professional, DON’T use silly ones like fishboy43_@hotmail.com.
Example:
Mahatma Ghandi
66, Plainsboro Road, Ipsley, Birmingham, B14 7EJ
Tel: 0121 444444 Mob: 0789876543 email:mghandi@gmail.com
It is not necessary to put your date of birth or marital status on your CV. This is because this information is not relevant under employment law and could only possibility be used to discriminate. If you do chose to include this information then put it somewhere a bit lower down according to your formatting. You don’t want it to distract from the important stuff.