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.
Do you have Peer mentors or Peer Mediators in your school…If not, then why not?
Peer Mentors can offer another layer of support for your Pastoral System in any educational setting; You will find that if the Mentors/Mediators become embedded as part of your Pastoral System, then other students will generally respond very well to them.
If students are trained correctly and they are given the responsibility and trust to work with younger students they can become an invaluable team in your school.
This support pack offers guidance and advice for your Mentors/Mediators as they move forward in their role; it gives advice on how to run a meeting, it identifies key questions to ask and key words to use alongside tips on problem solving.
I wrote this resource once I had trained up the Mentors in my Centre and they commented it gave them useful support in their role.
A bank of statements that can be added to a spreadsheet or Tracking Document, that identify a range of Behaviour, Behaviour for Learning and Emotional Targets that can be used to track student behaviour in any educational provision.
An excellent resource for all those staff needing to track, monitor and trigger support for student behaviour; a useful resource that works alongside other SEN documentation as part of any action planning processes - this documents forms an evidence base over time of actions taken and the appropriate support that has been implemented.
I have added the Inclusion Support Plan as an additional resource with this package - both documents would work together.
Are you a new Head looking to identify key priorities for improvement?
If so, you may find this real life exemplar of an Action Planning Document very useful; designed in a manner that has both clarity and coherence.
After securing a Headship in a school requiring improvement and having made numerous visits to my new school (and after reading appropriate documentation and data) I decided to write the template identified in this resource. The layout helped me to formulate key action points in a clear and coherent manner; it also proved to be a useful document for my colleagues in SLT, from which we were able to identify key points for moving forward; the document fed into the School Development Plan and SEF and helped us to focus on key priorities.
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.
This is an extensive list of statements that were developed to support staff and students (Student Voice) in formulating a new whole school Code of Conduct. After the brainstorm of statements comes well written examples that may be an ideal fit for your schools.
The statements are split into sections that include:
Classroom Code of Conduct
Corridor Behaviour
Developing Positive Relationships
Conduct during Break and Lunch Time
Conduct in the Community
A mini module that can be incorporated into any careers Program, that prepares a student for attending an interview, or indeed to support them in preparing for any school based interview process.
A module of work to support students who have been excluded from school; An ideal piece of work for delivery to those students who have received more than 1 FTE who will form a targeted group within your provision.
The 8-9 week module can be delivered by a Mentor, Tutor, LSA or more specialist teacher both in 1-1 sessions or with targeted groups of students. It could also be delivered through a Life Skills or PSHE Programme - I originally wrote the module for delivery by PSHE teachers in a KS3 PRU.
The key focus for the module is:
Looking at an ideal future
Locus of control
Appropriate decision making
Stop, Think, Go
How to handle stress
This is an interactive staff training Power Point that I wrote and delivered as a Head in Special Education.
It outlines the changes that took place to the OFSTED Inspection criteria in 2019 and helps staff to reflect upon the quality of education in their school. It helps to pose questions as to how the curriculum should be further developed in the future and what the key priorities for change should be.
Many schools will already have undertaken a curriculum review, however this PP will strengthen staff understanding of what your expectations as Senior Leaders should be for your staff team. This session can be modified and changed to allow for more interaction and involvement from staff.
A Powerpoint that guides the students into strengthening their memory through image chains - the PP could help shape a Learning session/PSHE lesson to help students improve their working memory.
A 10 week programme of Study that can be delivered as part of a Geography or Life Skills Scheme of work. The module focuses on developing student knowledge about their community, towns and cities of the UK and Europe alongside enhancing their research and enquiry skills, especially when using an atlas or online mapping resource.
Some of the outcomes for the module are…
To develop student understanding of the location and place of the British Isles as part of Europe and the rest of the world
To raise student awareness of the key features of the British Isles with regard to major towns’ cities, rivers and relief features.
To enhance student knowledge and understanding of the key tourist features of London
To enhance student atlas skills and to help prepare them for more independent geographical research.
To raise student awareness of the countries that makes up the continent of Europe and for them to be able to recall key facts and points of interest for some of them.
To identify current or historical events that take place, or have taken place amongst the countries of Europe.
To have a greater knowledge of European holiday destinations
I have updated this resource to now include all 10 Word Quizzes.
Guess the Word Quizzes 1-10. These fun quizzes can be used as starter or energizer for any lesson. They could also form an integral part of your Literacy sessions.
This selection includes:
The England, Scotland and Wales place name quiz
Unusual Word Quiz
A Grime Music slang selection.
A Health and Well Being Quiz
A College Focused Quiz
5 standard Word Quizzes
A fun and engaging way to start any Literacy/English lesson.
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Do you need a British Values Statement for your Website or School Prospectus? Does your Head of PSHE require a BV statement for their departmental handbook or are you reviewing and developing your curriculum.
If so, then this BV statement will provide an excellent starting point for your staff and provide all the relevant information that is required for this vital part of the school curriculum.
The I.B.P. is an in-depth document for recording and tracking student behaviour. It is a supportive document that collates a range of evidence on the student and identifies a range of strategies and interventions to support improvements. This is an individually designed IBP that has been used alongside other Pastoral Support Programmes and which has been used to help provide evidence in both EHCP Review meetings and PEP’s.
Are you an aspiring Head of Department or looking to move into Middle Leadership, if so please read on…this resource is an actual letter for a theoretical role.
Based on the success of my Exemplar Deputy Head/Head letter, I have written a letter for aspiring MIddle Leaders. The one side of A4 letter provides an exemplar letter for such a role; it provides all the buzz words and sentences from which you can develop your own narrative and it provides a structure to your letter that will make it stand out from the crowd.
This 5-6 week module of work for Year 7 or Year 8 explores students perceptions on the World of Work. It would fit well into any scheme of work that relates to the Gatsby Benchmark 1… ‘that every school and college should have a stable, structured careers programme’.
The module explores student thoughts on…
What students consider to be ‘work’
Thoughts on ‘what makes the ideal jobs’
Exploring the different job sectors
What are skills and qualities?
What skills and qualities are required of different jobs
There is also a careers self-assessment sheet attached to this module which can be used to evaluate what students have learned from the work covered.
How do we develop/enrich learning in our establishments to enhance student outcomes?
I delivered this powerpoint as part of a refresher for my staff, to help enrich and develop wider thought on how they can deliver effective lessons that enhance the learning experience for students.
This powerpoint is stand alone and can be delivered as part of whole school staff training - no further resources are required.
Are you interviewing for Pastoral Posts within your school or beyond? This grid of questions identifies key areas of focus for the role and desired responses from your candidates - an ideal companion for non teaching pastoral posts, or indeed those of a more senior nature.
A range of Support/Worskheets for any KS3 and KS4 Relationships and Sex Education Modules that align with new Government guidance. Each of the resources are linked to the modules for RSE I have written, however I have removed some of the work/support sheets from them and added them to this bundle, as many schools will already have their schemes of work in place for this subject.
Pick and choose from a helpful range of RSE resources to suit your needs in the classroom.