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D&T Learning Planner and Assessing Without Levels for KS3 – Teachers’ Guide and Resource Produced by a group of teachers and D&T experts with a range of experience, the KS3 D&T Learning Planner and Resource Bank is intended to support teachers of design and technology (D&T) as they develop practice in their own schools. This resource comprises a KS3 plan for D&T learning and a resource bank initially containing […]

Planning a Residential Trip - three guides for teachers Three guides for teachers on how to plan and organise a residential school trip, particularly ones involving camping and outdoor activities: • ‘Planning a Residential Initial planning, budgeting, collection of fees, travel arrangements, catering • ‘Managing a Group Outdoors’ How to deal with disappearing children and dawdlers, managing group tasks, ideas for outdoor activities • […]

KS4 Science Lesson Plan – Improve Students’ Scientific Understanding by Developing Their Comprehension and Use of Technical Language Science teachers are well-placed to help a generation of pupils by familiarising them with the specific and precise language of science. Here, Dr Joanna Rhodes suggests some ways of helping pupils to hone their technical vocabulary, terminology and comprehension…

KS4 English Lesson Plan – Improve Communication Skills with a Focus on Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) in GCSE Literature Changes in the English GCSEs now incorporate marks for SPaG. Not all students are natural readers and must have help in developing essential communication skills. This lesson teaches the students the elements of SPG not only for their exam skills but also for their life skills.

Have You Got the Feel-Good Factor? – PSHE activity for KS3 and KS4 Teacher’s guide and 22 accompanying ‘ Superfact’ slides intended for a 15-minute classroom activity with the following teaching objectives: • To develop an understanding of the importance and impact of exercise, healthy eating, stress-busting and sleep on good health • To explain and justify why these topics are important and why we should apply them […]

Supercharge Your Day – PSHE activity for KS3 and KS4 Teacher’s guide and four accompanying slides intended for a 15-minute classroom activity with the following teaching objectives: • To introduce specific skills that help with stress, including breathing techniques • To come up with lists of small health change tips that can be shared with peers • To develop listening, sharing and discussion skills

Mythbusting – PSHE and nutrition activity for KS3 and KS4 Teacher’s guide and 25 accompanying ‘true or false’ slides intended for a 15-minute classroom activity with the following teaching objectives: • To explore true and false messages around health and consider how to apply these to our everyday lives • To consider why myths around health develop and to sort the facts from the myths […]

Literacy Guide for Secondary Schools 2015/16 (Taster) An extract from the National Literary Trust’s Literacy Guide for Secondary Schools 2015/16, which seeks to inform teachers of recent policy and research regarding the teaching of literacy, and is intended to complement the National Literacy Trust Network’s Annual Literacy Review. Sample includes introduction and section 1 of the guide, ‘Leading literacy across the school’, […]

Annual Literacy Review - tool for KS3 and KS4 English (taster) A review tool designed to help staff evaluate their school’s ethos, philosophy and quality of literacy provision across the three integral elements of reading, writing and spoken language. The review also prompts schools to evaluate the effectiveness of their literacy leadership, and to reflect on their literacy-related research and messaging, teacher knowledge and engagement with […]

Relative Size – Astrobiology Activity for KS3 and KS4 Objectives: We have created a set of 25 downloadable cards featuring objects of various sizes. Some of the objects are very small indeed, such as the width of DNA, while others are very very large, such as the distance from the Earth to the Andromeda galaxy. Download our cards, cut them out and give to […]

Creating Effective Film Reviews: Secondary – activities for KS3/KS4 lessons and film clubs This guide offers flexible approaches to reviewing films and is designed for film club sessions or classroom use. It will work with any film and can be easily adapted to suit your group and the time you have available. This download contains a 25-page guide featuring fun and accessible activities (pp iv-vii) and a member […]

Anti-Bullying on Film – Activity Pack for Primary and Secondary PSHE Bullying is a sensitive and complex subject. This resource has been designed to enable teachers to use the accessible and inclusive medium of film to promote discussion not only about bullying, but also about related themes such as friendship, standing up for what is right, cyberbullying and the power of groups, both positive and negative. […]

Barometric Pressure (Collins GCSE Science Transition Unit 3) – 3 Meteorology Lessons for KS3/KS4 Intended for learners transitioning from KS3 to the new GCSE science specifications (the first exams for which are due in summer 2018) Contents: – 1x introduction for teachers – 3x lesson plans – 11x worksheets – 3x PowerPoint presentations – 1x technician notes Objectives: Students will learn about what air pressure is, and about the […]

Fierce Competitors (Collins GCSE Science Transition Unit 4) - 3 Biology Lessons for KS3/KS4 Intended for learners transitioning from KS3 to the new GCSE science specifications (the first exams for which are due in summer 2018) Contents: – 1x introduction for teachers – 3x lesson plans – 3x worksheets – 2x resource sheets – 2x PowerPoint presentations – 1x technician notes Objectives: Students learn about the effect that individual […]

Sound Reflectors (Collins GCSE Science Transition Unit 2) – 3 Physics Lessons for KS3/KS4 Intended for learners transitioning from KS3 to the new GCSE science specifications (the first exams for which are due in summer 2018) Contents: – 1x introduction for teachers – 3x lesson plans – 5x worksheets – 4x PowerPoint presentations – 1x technician notes Objectives: Students learn about how sound reflects off various surfaces and the […]

Light for plants (Collins GCSE Science Transition Unit 1) – 3 Biology Lessons for KS3/KS4 Intended for learners transitioning from KS3 to the new GCSE science specifications (the first exams for which are due in summer 2018) Contents: – 1x introduction for teachers – 3x lesson plans – 3x worksheets – 1x PowerPoint presentation – 1x technician notes – 1x resource sheet Objectives: Over three lessons, students revise ideas about […]

Milk Glue (Collins GCSE Science Transition Unit 5) – 3 Chemistry Lessons for KS3/KS4 Intended for learners transitioning from KS3 to the new GCSE science specifications (the first exams for which are due in summer 2018). Contents: – 1x introduction for teachers – 3x lesson plans – 2x worksheets – 3x practical sheets – 4x PowerPoint presentations – 3x technician notes Objectives: Students learn about making glue from the […]

Match Results – Data Analysis Lesson Plan for KS4 Maths Contents: 1x 2-page lesson plan/guidance sheet Objective: • To demonstrate how mathematics is essential to everyday life • To calculate and analyse information accurately • To look at ‘real’ data to find patterns, apply calculations and manipulations

KS4 Maths Lesson Plan – Use Spatial Reasoning in Geometry to Understand How Shapes Move when Broken Down into Points and Lines In geometry students need to use their spatial reasoning and visualisation skills to understand the shapes and how they will move when broken down into points and lines. This lesson allows pupils to look at two fixed points and how they relate to other points. For more Colin Foster geometry and measures lesson plans click […]

Ideas for Exploring the Power of the Potato Students knowledge of their vegetables are an essential foundation to healthy eating. This lesson highlights a variety of exercises around the humble Potato teaching topics such ase varieties, preparation and nutrition.

Total Recall – Exercises For Improving Pupils’ Memory Skills Alison Davies presents a series of helpful tips for teachers on how to improve their students’ memory with the aid of surreal images and bizarre narratives…

Helpful Hints for Study Team Exercises When young people enter the world of employment, just as in our current exam system, it will be those who spend longest preparing for meetings, reading up on cases and planning for lessons who make some of the best business-people, lawyers and teachers. This article provides some helpful tips on using ‘study teams’ to improve […]

KS4 Science Lesson Plan – Study the Biology of Plants to Determine how they Live, Grow, Feed and Compete Dr Joanna Rhodes invites your biology pupils to study the private life of plants and observe first-hand how their determination to live, grow, feed and compete for territory rivals that of any animal… Find 7 more innovative science ideas for KS3/4 here.

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