Hi, I’m Mrs K, the creator behind The Pastoral Chemist. With over 10 years of experience as a secondary science teacher and Head of Year, I combine subject expertise in chemistry with a deep passion for pastoral care. Having taught across the UK, Ireland, and NI, I know firsthand the unique balance that teachers need to strike between curriculum delivery and student wellbeing. Here, I hope you’ll find thoughtfully designed teaching resources, pastoral tools and planners to support you.
Hi, I’m Mrs K, the creator behind The Pastoral Chemist. With over 10 years of experience as a secondary science teacher and Head of Year, I combine subject expertise in chemistry with a deep passion for pastoral care. Having taught across the UK, Ireland, and NI, I know firsthand the unique balance that teachers need to strike between curriculum delivery and student wellbeing. Here, I hope you’ll find thoughtfully designed teaching resources, pastoral tools and planners to support you.
Super summary sheets for Practical Papers A & B.
Includes:
key scientific skills needed
summary of all required practicals
expected results and conclusions
Worksheet to help students learn the difference between atomic number and atomic mass. Students also learn how to calculate the number of protons, electrons and neutrons in an atom. Final section helps students know how to draw the electronic configuration.
Knowledge Organisers for all AQA Combined Physics Topics. Triple Science Space topic not included but page provided to complete this organiser if needed.
Contract that students can sign at beginning of year.
Glued to the front or back of their book to remind them of the rules they agreed to follow at the beginning of the year.
Includes:
blank timetable template
school day timetable
blank timetable lanyard template
Designed for 5 lesson day ( 2x 2 hour lessons and 1x 1 hour lesson)
Ideal for first lesson in the lab.
Learning Objectives:
Be able to identify risks and Hazards in the Science lab
Knows the safety rules of the science lab
Be able to work safely, following the safety rules of the science lab
Be able to explain the rules of the science lab
Be able to suggest safety precautions to take with reference to particular practical activities
Lesson includes:
Wordsearch
Collaborative Memory Task
Spot the Hazard
Rules for working in a lab
Hazards mix and match
Using a bunsen burner experiment
Card sort
Rag rating of lesson
Keep organised with this timetable to help you know when to take home your books to mark and when to set and collect homework.
Based on school policy of marking books every six lessons.
Fully Editable rainbow style labels for teacher toolkit.
Print at A3 and it is perfectly sized to just be sliced up and stuck onto the drawers of your teacher toolkit.
Change the labels to suit your toolkit.
Useful attendance sheet for Science Club.
Also included is a worksheet for your first science club meeting that gives students the chance to request certain topics to investigate and also includes a starter competition.
Editable Teacher Planner - Teacher diary that can be edited specifically to your needs. See below for full contents.
This is based off almost 10 years of teaching and countless planners. It is tailored specifically for Secondary School Teacher but can be edited to suit your own key content!
Planner Breakdown:
Front Cover Page.
Key Information. Teacher and school details.
Daily Timetable and Goals.
Weekly Wellbeing. A place to track your wellbeing and Wow moments.
Professional Development Targets. Space for targets and tracking throughout the year.
Record of CPD. List of all CPD courses completed.
Year Snapshot and Important Dates.
Monthly Snapshot.
Long Term Overview. Section to record what topics you will cover with each year group each half term.
Term Overview. another section to be more specific with the term.
Term Organisation. A space to note any resources that need to be printed, purchased, created etc.
Helpful Hints. Space to make notes for any class from previous teachers or to be passed on to next teacher, remember for the next year.
Birthdays for form class.
Student data. Place to not scores of tests or homework.
Weekly timetable. Biweekly timetable.
A number of daily plans to suit any timetable with 6 - 8 lessons.
Individual Lesson Plan
Notes
Super summary notes for Chemistry paper 1. Each topic is summarised into one or two pages making it simple for you students. My own students begged for these notes after finding the biology paper ones so useful. Higher Tier is highlighted to make it easier for Foundation students to ignore.
Complete Classroom labels, fully editable. FREE GIFT - Daily Affirmations poster that our class used to start our day.
These labels helped to give my form class ownership over their classroom. I printed all and laminated and it lasted for the entire year. These posters won me an award classifying my form room as the most nurturing classroom in the school.
Students had full responsibility over changing the date/ timetable every morning and the routine gave them owenrship of their classroom.
Includes:
Equipment for assigning jobs to students to distribute and collect.
Subjects for form class daily timetable/ or great for primary class timetable
Timings for the day
Months and days
Star of the Month and Wow Work
Two week timetable
Student cards for birthday wall and for job assignment/ star of month etc
A4 Month Posters for Birthdays.
