Ex Head Teacher in Special Education, now retired and doing things differently. My resources cover a wide range of school related topics that help to develop staff expertise and wider 'whole school development'. My resources also include numerous PSHE/Life Skill modules I have written and delivered in AP and SE.
Ex Head Teacher in Special Education, now retired and doing things differently. My resources cover a wide range of school related topics that help to develop staff expertise and wider 'whole school development'. My resources also include numerous PSHE/Life Skill modules I have written and delivered in AP and SE.
This is a mini module for any PSHE or Life Skill programme that focuses on Communication, objectives for the module are as follows:
For students to understand what is meant by the word communicate.
To explore different ways of communication and ways in which students can become better at communicating their feelings with others.
To understand what is meant by interpersonal communication and how this can be used effectively
To understand the concept of using body language to help identify feelings
The module can be modified to suit the ability and needs of your students, I wrote this for Year 9 Life Skills in my PRU.
A useful Self-Assessment sheet that can be used in Careers lessons to track personal skills and work completed during the careers module: Can be adapted to a range of different subjects where it will prove to be a useful end of module/topic self-assessment record for the student and the teacher
A Learning Diary that enables any student or teacher the ability to monitor and track evidence of student work; this Learning Diary proved to be a very useful document in my School, to help record the successes of a student who could not engage fully in a mainstream curriculum. However, the student was an excellent citizen around the school, who developed his abilities through engagement of non-academic work which we needed to record.
The Diary/Log can also be used in formal lesson for students to record evidence of their work - the format of the template allows for this flexibility.
This question bank fits nicely with supporting the writing of a Career Personal Statement (See booklet as part of my resources). It allows for reflection and wider career management by asking key questions about a students aspirations and future.
A module of work for upper KS3 or KS4 students, written to introduce students to the dangers of alcohol. This SOW would fit as part of any whole school PSHE or Life Skills Programme for mainstream or Alternative Provision.
Introducing Relationships Education
This is an ideal module of work to introduce the importance of positive relationships at home and in school. The 5-6 week module identifies clear lesson by lesson planning and resources that focuses on relationships at home, in school and with friends and encourages students to reflect upon their own experiences.
Quizzes 11 and 12 to add to your Collection.
Quiz 11 is the second Grime Slang Quiz, whilst the gangs and Guns Quiz has been added as a bonus.
All of the Quizzes are written for a student who does not engage with mainstream school and has daily tutoring, however he writes grime music and has an interest in the history of guns and warfare.
Both can be included in PSHE sessions that are focused on crime or Grime.
A fun quiz I have recently written to show that having ADHD/ADD/ASD or similar disabilities need not stop you from being successful in life.
The aim is to use this with students who feel that their disability is hindering their life chances.
Do you have an induction process for a new student? If so, this resource will help your colleagues get to know them a little better, especially useful in AP where new students may be a little nervous about sharing information; this mini booklet asks some gentle questions to help the colleague inducting the student to collate useful information and encourage discussion.
This resource identifies a number of questions that can be asked of students during a tutorial/review day or simply used to help prompt appropriate and supportive conversation between a tutor and their students.
I wrote this resource for my tutors in a PRU who had to lead student reviews at the end of each term and they found it very helpful in prompting appropriate responses from their students.
A useful tool/template that can be completed by students in year 9 - 11, to help them track future career plans and identify the steps they need to take in order for them to achieve their goal.
Help students answer three key questions:
Where are they now?
Where do they want to be in 5 years time?
What do they need to do to get there?
Aims for the use of this Booklet:
This booklet will help schools support students in developing positive aspirations for the future; the statement produced will help teachers to address the needs of individual students (Gatesby BM 3) and then provide evidence for encounters with employers and employees (Gatesby BM 5) as in Practice Interviews, for example.
A positive Careers statement will serve any young person well and advertise their skills, achievements and experiences to future employers and for College and University applications. This extensive step by step booklet can be used for KS4 and Post 16 students alike, as both age groups would benefit from using such a statement alongside their CV.
The aim of this booklet is to guide students in to writing a Careers Statement, that helps to show off their strengths, personality and achievements during their school career and to bring together the positives of their educational journey to date.
The Student Review Book, primarily aimed at year 9 students, provides an extensive document that supports student reflection and action; the plan can be used at the end of a term or at the end of a year, to help the student reflect upon the previous term/year and put thoughts and actions into place for the following term/year.
The plan also provides a focus on Citizenship and how this has been developed by the student over time.
The document can be incorporated into any PSHE or Life Skills Programme or indeed form an integral part in any Tutoring Programme.
A 6-7 week Year 10/11 Sex Education Module that has been written with a focus on Christian ethos that links to positive relationships, love and marriage.
The module meets the expectations of new RSE guidance and would be an ideal fit into any PSHE or Life Skill Programme. The main focus of the module is as follows:
1.Relationships, family and friends
2. Teenage expectations
3. What is Love?
4. Getting Married
5. Sexual Responsibility
6. The right to say no
This comprehensive 10-12 week module can be delivered as part of any Life Skills or PSHE Programme in upper primary or lower KS3 age groups.
The module focuses on supporting students to become more independent in their learning; topics include:
Personal organisation
Time management
Memory work
What a good learner looks like
What good learning looks like
How to manage distractions in learning
What to do when they get stuck
Developing ‘Noticing’ Skills
Identifying strengths
Going for ‘Goal’
This is Part 3 of 3 Behaviour Support Programmes for Students.
The BSP Part 3 is a module of work that can be used with students who are at risk of FTE or indeed have received multiple FTE previously. The work would be ideally suited to students in Alternative Provision/PRU who have made mistakes, but are willing to reflect to try and improve things for themselves. It fits alongside BSP 1 which is also available.
The module consists of 6-8 lessons that cover the following topics:
What do I know about FTE?
Escape to an ideal world
My preferred future
Who is in control?
Making appropriate decisions
Stop, Think, Go
Preferred Outcomes
Looking at stress and me
A mini-module that I wrote for Life Skills lessons in my role as Head of a PRU. It challenges the students to reflect upon using more appropriate language in and around the school site and to look at alternatives to the inappropriate words students would often use.
This resource can be slotted in at any stage to a PSHE, Life Skills or Citizenship Programme.
A Mini module for students to help them reflect upon their behaviour; it is ideally suited for 1-1 intervention work, although it has been delivered in class, as part of a life skills programme.
The module is based on training in basic behaviour management for staff that I delivered, which I turned on its head to help students reflect upon their actions, by putting them in the shoes of the teacher.
The resource is part of the behaviour management series I have added here that includes, ‘Positive Teacher Language for Behaviour Incidents’, 'Using Appropriate Questions to Re-focus Students and Behaviour Support Packs 1 and 2.