Our resources are written by experienced sixth form practitioners, capitalising on their backgrounds in pastoral care, careers education, honing study skills and building wider awareness of the world in readiness for adult life.
Our resources are written by experienced sixth form practitioners, capitalising on their backgrounds in pastoral care, careers education, honing study skills and building wider awareness of the world in readiness for adult life.
Our Planet, Our Impact is a growing series of lessons to support environmental awareness in a variety of scenarios, including Green Careers, preparation for university and contributing to make change.
This lesson is designed to coincide with World Creativity and Innovation Day in April, but could fit at any juncture in your Careers/Lifeskills/ PHSE schedule. The Powerpoint includes various opportunities for discussion and to get students thinking, along with optional suggested video links.
The presentation is wholly adaptable, given that everyone has different time allocations. The Teaching Notes include a link to duplicate an introductory quiz/survey on Forms to begin to introduce students to the topic.
It is also available as part of our Our Planet, Our Impact series.
A lot of April is taken up with Easter holidays, so this is a smaller bundle, but bear in mind that the Stephen Lawrence Day lesson includes 2 other free lessons.
These lessons mostly tie to April dates, but the Leaving home one links both with Earth Day and preparing Y13 students for leaving home and the Girls in ICT links to the International Day, but could be included wherever suits you best in your programme.
This lesson looks at the idea of ‘empowerment’ ,where it might be lacking and what protections are in place to aid empowerment. As well as thinking about the idea, it looks at the responsibility of employers and the individual to support ensuring that employees are empowered to reach their full potential. The lesson also looks at those who may find their power diminished and looks at protected characteristics and the Equality Act. It encourages students to consider their role in supporting others. The lesson suggests optional video content and gives opportunities for discussion, so is easily adaptable to your time allowance. The lesson ends with a plenary and links to further reading or viewing.
Test your student’s awareness of Women in STEM through a FORMS quiz, to get the discussion going. This resource includes an adaptable Powerpoint presentation, teaching notes with a link to a quiz to duplicate, and photpcopiable Exit Ticket to ascertain understanding and allow for follow-up. This is designed to get students thinking about equality in the workplace and remind them of the achievements of women, to help inspire them to achieve and for all to accept this as the norm.
This resource begins with a survey to ascertain prior understanding of apprenticeships, then moves to the apprenticeship Ppt. The Ppt is adaptable and there is a follow-up quiz to check understanding. It also includes links to relevant sites for further information
Ppt for careers session, assembly, tutor time on creating your personal brand, including using LinkedIn. The Teaching notes include a duplicate code for a preliminary quiz on Forms and there is a photocopiable Exit slip and Guidelines slip. The resource is wholly adaptable to your needs.
This provides the complete lesson on work experience, including a preliminary survey on Forms to gain understanding of job sectors students are interested in, a Ppt presentation including discussion activities and a plenary quiz in addition to links of where to gain further information or support.
This presentation includes all you need to broaden student awareness of careers with animals, teaching notes with links to introductory and plenary quiz, Powerpoint presentation with focus on particular roles, discussion points and links to support further research.
This resource looks at the field of working with children and young people and includes preliminary survey on Forms, Ppt with discussion areas and printable discussion sheet in addition to teaching notes. It is a complete lesson, intended for post 16 students, so could be part of the PSHE or Careers programme, to widen awareness as they think about their post-18 options.
This bundle includes 10 complete lessons, with fully adaptable Ppts. Each lesson includes teaching notes and a link to an introductory quiz on Forms and all end with a plenary or follow-up quiz.
Careers with Animals
Brand YOU
Communication Skills
Work Experience
Working with Children
Careers in STEM - Biology related careers
Just added - Green Careers - Our Planet, Our Impact
Maritime Careers - World Maritime Day
Rivers and Careers - Our Planet, Our Impact
What am I worth? Careers Literacy
This lesson includes teaching notes, PowerPoint, preliminary and plenary quizzes on Forms and built in discussions to get students thinking about the cost of living and what they need to bear in mind when planning their career from a financial point of view and weigh up the pros and cons of university and apprenticeships, but also consider the value of job satisfaction. The presentation includes links to support further reading and research to help students consider their choices.
This bundle includes our
Sixth Form Induction Pack, with
How to Make the Most of Sixth Form Presentation,
Health For Learning Presentation,
Organisation for Learning (including folder organisation support and Cornell Notes template)
5 part Bitesize Study Skills pack, covering Cornell Notes, Pomodoro Technique, Interleaving, Planning is Key and Revision Techniques
5 part Bitesize Study Skills Vol II pack, covering Mind-mapping, Key Words, Teach Yourself/Teach Others, Reinforce and Reward and Testing Times
Reading in Sixth Form presentation
A great start to supporting those new to Sixth Form and revisiting the skills needed.
As part of our careers literacy resources, this presentation discusses the real prospect of workplace conflict, how to prepare to find out more about a company ethos, who to talk to in case of difficulty and the value of tackling problems. The teaching notes include a link to duplicate a quiz on Forms to prepare students for the session and to gauge their prior understanding. THe presentation includes optional discussion elements and links to further information.
Fairtrade Fortnight
St David’s Day
Book Day
World Wildlife Day
National Careers Week
International Women’s Day
Pi Day
World Sleep Day
St Patrick’s Day
Mother’s Day
This is a 5 part resource of 5-10 minute PowerPoint presentations discussing Cornell Notes, Interleaving, Pomodoro Technique, Planning is Key and Revision Techniques. Ideal for tutor time or as part of an assembly, these presentations also include further reading to back up the theory and support you in supporting your sixth formers to adapt to the demands of level 3 courses and reach their full potential.
This includes
Exam Stress, Seeking Help and Support
Dealing with Disappointment: building resilience
Reading, Literacy and Academic Study
Making the most of your summer break - learning from Year 12, preparing for Year 13
This bundle covers lesson/assembly resources for:
Women in Stem
National Apprenticeship Week
Valentine’s Day
International Mother Language Day
Fairtrade Fortnight (also in the March bundle)
Is Kindness the New Super Power (for Random Acts of Kindness Day)
This pack includes 2 lessons which could be used to build Gatsby Benchmark 4 for Biology, as part of Sixth Form tutor time or Careers time
Careers in STEM - Biology related careers
Careers with Animals - Exploring Job Sectors