Year 11: Preparation for Success – Building Resilience, Confidence & Exam Readiness
Year 11: Preparation for Success – Building Resilience, Confidence & Exam Readiness
This specially designed PSHE / Citizenship unit supports students in navigating the challenges of Year 11—a pivotal and often high-pressure academic year. Whether it’s handling exam stress, developing effective revision habits, managing social pressures, or building emotional resilience, this unit empowers students with the practical tools, mindsets, and habits they need to succeed both in and beyond the classroom. Each lesson helps foster self-awareness, confidence, and critical thinking, ensuring students are not only academically prepared but emotionally and socially equipped for the demands of final year exams and post-16 decisions.
**Contents**
• 7 Comprehensive Lesson Packs (detailed below)
• 7 Homework Tasks to reinforce learning
• 7 Confidence Checker Assessments for each lesson
• 1 Interactive Escape Room activity (Team Building Focus)
**Lesson Topics**
• Managing Stress and Practising Self-Care
• Speaking Responsibly and Listening Critically
• Understanding Anti-Bullying, with a Focus on Large WhatsApp Groups
• Effective Revision Techniques for Exams
• Preparing Strategically for Tests and Exams
• Exploring Gratitude and Humility
• Overcoming Challenges and Building Resilience
What’s Included in Each Lesson PowerPoint:
• Fully editable presentations with clear Learning Outcomes
• Confidence Checkers and Assessment Opportunities
• Varied student activities including video links and thoughtful questioning
• Teacher notes embedded in selected slides for guidance
• Fully aligned with the latest DfE guidance, PSHE Association core themes, and Gatsby Benchmarks
**Learning Outcomes:**
• Identify common signs of stress and understand how personalised self-care can support wellbeing
• Define responsible speaking and critical listening; explore different types of listening skills
• Recognise social media risks and protective features; learn proactive strategies to stay safe online
• Discover your own effective learning methods, practical revision techniques, and the importance of a supportive environment
• Understand different learning styles and plan exam preparation tailored to your needs
**Key Vocabulary:**
Emotional resilience, self-care plan, stress management, proactive coping
Responsible speaking, appreciative listening, empathetic listening, critical listening
Outing, fraping, trickery, catfishing, social exclusion
Brain hemispheres, corpus callosum, temporal lobes, visual, auditory, kinaesthetic, mnemonic
VAK learning styles, Pomodoro technique, glucose
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