Lessons and complete units of work created by a teacher of nearly 30 years experience, all tried and tested and received great feedback.
If you use my resources please leave a review to help others decide if it is right for their students.
Lessons and complete units of work created by a teacher of nearly 30 years experience, all tried and tested and received great feedback.
If you use my resources please leave a review to help others decide if it is right for their students.
A standalone paper-based RE lesson on religious beliefs and practices.
The lesson has plenty of support and stretch tasks and is designed to be enough for a one-hour lesson. It has ten tasks of varying types including matching exercises and longer written tasks. All information students need is in the worksheet including the answers for self-assessment.
The first page has clear instructions and a tick-list to help students stay on track. Answers are included at the back and the final task is for students to mark their learning then complete a self-assessment and reflection task.
Key words are defined, lessons include a variety of types of task and visual prompts including pictures.
There are two versions of the lesson, one for KS3 and one for KS4 - they are the same lesson but with addition stretch or support therefore both could be used in the same class to support differentiation.
The lesson is suitable to be given to a supply teacher or non-specialist. There is plenty of room for discussion if required but equally most students should be able to access the learning with minimal extra support.
A separate teacher sheet with answers is provided. There is space for the cover teacher to record information about the lesson / class at the end.
Both KS3 & 4 versions are provided here with teacher sheets. They are word documents and therefore fully editable to ensure, for example, that the instructions to the supply teacher match expectations in your school.
A standalone paper-based PSHCE lesson on managing risk.
The lesson has plenty of support and stretch tasks and is designed to be enough for a one-hour lesson. It has ten tasks of varying types including matching exercises and longer written tasks. All information students need is in the worksheet including the answers for self-assessment.
The first page has clear instructions and a tick-list to help students stay on track. Answers are included at the back and the final task is for students to mark their learning then complete a self-assessment and reflection task.
Key words are defined, lessons include a variety of types of task and visual prompts including pictures.
There are two versions of the lesson, one for KS3 and one or KS4 - they are the same lesson but with addition stretch or support therefore both could be used in the same class to support differentiation.
The lesson purposely focuses on uncontroversial topics and therefore is suitable to be given to a supply teacher or non-specialist. There is plenty of room for discussion if required but equally most students should be able to access the learning with minimal extra support.
A separate teacher sheet with answers is provided. There is space for the cover teacher to record information about the lesson / class at the end.
Both KS3 & 4 versions are provided here with teacher sheets. They are word documents and therefore fully editable to ensure, for example, that the instructions to the supply teacher match expectations in your school.
More cover lessons coming soon including RE lessons.
A slide show of Thoughts for the day for a half term, with animations, literacy support and a think prompt.
The quotes are taken from religious and non-religious sources covering a wide variety of religions, cultures and backgrounds. Whilst some are from religious texts, none are overtly religious in tone and they have wide application. Quotes have been selected to be inclusive for a multicultural school community and are suitable for Years 7 to 13.
Each week has a theme. This is the key word explained on the first day highlighted in blue and is repeated in the final message at the end each day, to help students be clear about what the focus for the week is.
Each slide starts with a picture of a scene in nature then reveals the quote.
There is then an explainer, explaining a key word, phrase or who a person is.
Finally, a box is revealed with a question for students to think about to illicit a private response to the thought. At the end, a message saying ‘Thank you for thinking about theme have a good day’ pops up to signal the end of the Thought for the Day.
Type is on pale pastel colours rather than white to support learners with visual stress or those who may be used to using coloured overlays.
Each slide is animated and lasts for one minute. The teacher simply has to click on the slide once and it will automatically play through for one minute. It works well with a minute of calm music playing - links can easily be found on YouTube.
This slide show covers 7 weeks (35 slides in total) and the themes are:
New beginnings
Respect
Community
Positivity
Determination
Pride
Helping others
Each week is hyperlinked on the first title slide for ease of use.
There is space at the bottom of each slide for a school strapline and at the top right for a school badge if you want to add them.
A slide show of Thoughts for the day for a half term, with animations, literacy support and a think prompt.
The quotes are taken from religious and non-religious sources covering a wide variety of religions, cultures and backgrounds. Whilst some are from religious texts, none are overtly religious in tone and they have wide application. Quotes have been selected to be inclusive for a multicultural school community and are suitable for Years 7 to 13.
Each week has a theme. This is the key word explained on the first day highlighted in blue and is repeated in the final message at the end each day, to help students be clear about what the focus for the week is.
Each slide starts with a picture of a scene in nature then reveals the quote.
There is then an explainer, explaining a key word, phrase or who a person is.
Finally, a box is revealed with a question for students to think about to illicit a private response to the thought. At the end, a message saying ‘Thank you for thinking about theme have a good day’ pops up to signal the end of the Thought for the Day.
Type is on pale pastel colours rather than white to support learners with visual stress or those who may be used to using coloured overlays.
Each slide is animated and lasts for one minute. The teacher simply has to click on the slide once and it will automatically play through for one minute. It works well with a minute of calm music playing - links can easily be found on YouTube.
This slide show covers 8 weeks (40 slides in total) and the themes are:
Perseverance
Remembrance
Light
Gratitude
Learning
Generosity
Courage
Christmas
Each week is hyperlinked on the first title slide for ease of use.
There is space at the bottom of each slide for a school strapline and at the top right for a school badge if you want to add them.
A standalone paper-based RE lesson on religious celebrations.
The lesson has plenty of support and stretch tasks and is designed to be enough for a one-hour lesson. It has ten tasks of varying types including matching exercises and longer written tasks. All information students need is in the worksheet including the answers for self-assessment.
The first page has clear instructions and a tick-list to help students stay on track. Answers are included at the back and the final task is for students to mark their learning then complete a self-assessment and reflection task.
Key words are defined, lessons include a variety of types of task and visual prompts including pictures.
There are two versions of the lesson, one for KS3 and one for KS4 - they are the same lesson but with addition stretch or support therefore both could be used in the same class to support differentiation.
The lesson is suitable to be given to a supply teacher or non-specialist. There is plenty of room for discussion if required but equally most students should be able to access the learning with minimal extra support.
A separate teacher sheet with answers is provided. There is space for the cover teacher to record information about the lesson / class at the end.
Both KS3 & 4 versions are provided here with teacher sheets. They are word documents and therefore fully editable to ensure, for example, that the instructions to the supply teacher match expectations in your school.
A standalone paper-based PSHCE lesson on managing money.
The lesson has plenty of support and stretch tasks and is designed to be enough for a one-hour lesson. It has ten tasks of varying types including matching exercises and longer written tasks. All information students need is in the worksheet including the answers for self-assessment.
The first page has clear instructions and a tick-list to help students stay on track. Answers are included at the back and the final task is for students to mark their learning then complete a self-assessment and reflection task.
Key words are defined, lessons include a variety of types of task and visual prompts including pictures.
There are two versions of the lesson, one for KS3 and one for KS4 - they are the same lesson but with addition stretch or support therefore both could be used in the same class to support differentiation.
The lesson purposely focuses on uncontroversial topics and therefore is suitable to be given to a supply teacher or non-specialist. There is plenty of room for discussion if required but equally most students should be able to access the learning with minimal extra support.
A separate teacher sheet with answers is provided. There is space for the cover teacher to record information about the lesson / class at the end.
Both KS3 & 4 versions are provided here with teacher sheets. They are word documents and therefore fully editable to ensure, for example, that the instructions to the supply teacher match expectations in your school.
A standalone paper-based PSHCE lesson on community.
The lesson has plenty of support and stretch tasks and is designed to be enough for a one-hour lesson. It has ten tasks of varying types including matching exercises and longer written tasks. All information students need is in the worksheet including the answers for self-assessment.
The first page has clear instructions and a tick-list to help students stay on track. Answers are included at the back and the final task is for students to mark their learning then complete a self-assessment and reflection task.
Key words are defined, lessons include a variety of types of task and visual prompts including pictures.
There are two versions of the lesson, one for KS3 and one for KS4 - they are the same lesson but with addition stretch or support therefore both could be used in the same class to support differentiation.
The lesson purposely focuses on uncontroversial topics and therefore is suitable to be given to a supply teacher or non-specialist. There is plenty of room for discussion if required but equally most students should be able to access the learning with minimal extra support.
A separate teacher sheet with answers is provided. There is space for the cover teacher to record information about the lesson / class at the end.
Both KS3 & 4 versions are provided here with teacher sheets. They are word documents and therefore fully editable to ensure, for example, that the instructions to the supply teacher match expectations in your school.
A standalone paper-based PSHCE lesson on healthy lifestyles.
The lesson has plenty of support and stretch tasks and is designed to be enough for a one-hour lesson. It has ten tasks of varying types including matching exercises and longer written tasks. All information students need is in the worksheet including the answers for self-assessment.
The first page has clear instructions and a tick-list to help students stay on track. Answers are included at the back and the final task is for students to mark their learning then complete a self-assessment and reflection task.
Key words are defined, lessons include a variety of types of task and visual prompts including pictures.
There are two versions of the lesson, one for KS3 and one or KS4 - they are the same lesson but with addition stretch or support therefore both could be used in the same class to support differentiation.
The lesson purposely focuses on uncontroversial topics and therefore is suitable to be given to a supply teacher or non-specialist. There is plenty of room for discussion if required but equally most students should be able to access the learning with minimal extra support.
A separate teacher sheet with answers is provided. There is space for the cover teacher to record information about the lesson / class at the end.
Both KS3 & 4 versions are provided here with teacher sheets. They are word documents and therefore fully editable to ensure, for example, that the instructions to the supply teacher match expectations in your school.
A slide show of Thoughts for the day for a week, with animations, literacy support and a think prompt.
The quotes are taken from religious and non-religious sources covering a wide variety of religions, cultures and backgrounds. Whilst some are from religious texts, none are overtly religious in tone and they have wide application. Quotes have been selected to be inclusive for a multicultural school community and are suitable for Years 7 to 13.
The theme of this set of slides is Christmas. This is the key word explained on the first day highlighted in blue and is repeated in the final message at the end each day, to help students be clear about what the focus for the week is.
Each slide starts with a picture of a scene in nature then reveals the quote.
There is then an explainer, explaining a key word, phrase or who a person is.
Finally, a box is revealed with a question for students to think about to illicit a private response to the thought. At the end, a message saying ‘Thank you for thinking about theme have a good day’ pops up to signal the end of the Thought for the Day.
Type is on pale pastel colours rather than white to support learners with visual stress or those who may be used to using coloured overlays.
Each slide is animated and lasts for one minute. The teacher simply has to click on the slide once and it will automatically play through for one minute. It works well with a minute of calm music playing - links can easily be found on YouTube.
This slide show covers 5 days
There is space at the bottom of each slide for a school strapline and at the top right for a school badge if you want to add them.
A complete unit of Year 7 PSHCE lessons intended for the start of the Autumn term with a focus on transition to high school and personal safety. This unit comprises 7 x 1 hour lessons, each with lesson powerpoint, and a corresponding booklet for the whole unit.
Lessons are designed to be taught by non-specialists and require no preparation from the teacher beyond familiarising themselves with the resources. They are all tried and tested and have received excellent feedback from staff and students. All resources are fully editable for you to customise to suit your school.
I am a teacher of nearly 30 years experience and these lessons are informed by my experience teaching students with a wide variety of abilities and needs. They are sensitively planned to ensure children see positive representations of people they identify with and are supported in their PSHCE learning.
Lessons contain:
Clear structure
All the information teachers need to teach the lesson
Key words
A wide variety of learning tasks including solo, paired and group work
Discussion prompts
Stretch and support to enable differentiation
Consistent visual clues to support learners of all abilities
Pale yellow backgrounds to slide to support learners with visual stress
Whole class assessment opportunities such as thumbs up / down
A job of the week with a wide variety of jobs and workers
Answers for each task for students to feed back and self assess
Self assessment against the SoL at the end of each lesson
The booklet contains:
Exact match to the lessons on the slides
A scheme of learning
Clear structure
Support and stretch within tasks
Space for students to RAG rate their understanding at the beginning and end
Blank lined pages at the end
Lessons in this unit are:
Lesson 1: Introduction to PSHCE
Lesson 2. Making new friends
Lesson 3. Reflecting on change
Lesson 4. Understanding my goals
Lesson 5. Social Networks and online safety
Lesson 6. Managing conflict in school
Lesson 7. Knowing basic life support
Soon to be uploaded units for Year 7 are:
7.1P Transition and safety
7.2P Difference and diversity
7.3P Relationships and families
7.4P Health and Puberty
7.5P Building relationships
7.6P Preparing for independence
A full curriculum for Years 8 -13 also to be uploaded soon. Also coming soon curriculum mapping sheets showing where key themes, citizenship and health are built throughout each year and across KS3, 4 & 5.
A single lesson from complete unit of Year 7 PSHCE lessons intended for the start of the Autumn term with a focus on transition to high school and personal safety. This lesson focuses on making friends. The complete unit comprises 7 x 1 hour lessons, each with lesson powerpoint, and a corresponding booklet for the whole unit.
Lessons are designed to be taught by non-specialists and require no preparation from the teacher beyond familiarising themselves with the resources. They are all tried and tested and have received excellent feedback from staff and students. All resources are fully editable for you to customise to suit your school.
I am a teacher of nearly 30 years experience and these lessons are informed by my experience teaching students with a wide variety of abilities and needs. They are sensitively planned to ensure children see positive representations of people they identify with and are supported in their PSHCE learning.
Lessons contain:
Clear structure
All the information teachers need to teach the lesson
Key words
A wide variety of learning tasks including solo, paired and group work
Discussion prompts
Stretch and support to enable differentiation
Consistent visual clues to support learners of all abilities
Pale yellow backgrounds to slide to support learners with visual stress
Whole class assessment opportunities such as thumbs up / down
A job of the week with a wide variety of jobs and workers
Answers for each task for students to feed back and self assess
Self assessment against the SoL at the end of each lesson
The full unit booklet contains:
Exact match to the lessons on the slides
A scheme of learning
Clear structure
Support and stretch within tasks
Space for students to RAG rate their understanding at the beginning and end
Blank lined pages at the end
Lessons in this unit are:
Lesson 1: Introduction to PSHCE
Lesson 2. Making new friends
Lesson 3. Reflecting on change
Lesson 4. Understanding my goals
Lesson 5. Social Networks and online safety
Lesson 6. Managing conflict in school
Lesson 7. Knowing basic life support
Soon to be uploaded units for Year 7 are:
7.1P Transition and safety
7.2P Difference and diversity
7.3P Relationships and families
7.4P Health and Puberty
7.5P Building relationships
7.6P Preparing for independence
A full curriculum for Years 8 -13 also to be uploaded soon. Also coming soon curriculum mapping sheets showing where key themes, citizenship and health are built throughout each year and across KS3, 4 & 5.
A complete unit of Year 8 PSHCE lessons intended for the start of the Autumn term with a focus on transition emotional wellbeing. This unit comprises 7 x 1 hour lessons, each with lesson powerpoint, and a corresponding booklet for the whole unit.
Lessons are designed to be taught by non-specialists and require no preparation from the teacher beyond familiarising themselves with the resources. They are all tried and tested and have received excellent feedback from staff and students. All resources are fully editable for you to customise to suit your school.
I am a teacher of nearly 30 years experience and these lessons are informed by my experience teaching students with a wide variety of abilities and needs. They are sensitively planned to ensure children see positive representations of people they identify with and are supported in their PSHCE learning.
Lessons contain:
Clear structure
All the information teachers need to teach the lesson
Key words
A wide variety of learning tasks including solo, paired and group work
Discussion prompts
Stretch and support to enable differentiation
Consistent visual clues to support learners of all abilities
Pale yellow backgrounds to slide to support learners with visual stress
Whole class assessment opportunities such as thumbs up / down
A job of the week with a wide variety of jobs and workers
Answers for each task for students to feed back and self assess
Self assessment against the SoL at the end of each lesson
The booklet contains:
Exact match to the lessons on the slides
A scheme of learning
Clear structure
Support and stretch within tasks
Space for students to RAG rate their understanding at the beginning and end
Blank lined pages at the end
Lessons in this unit are:
Lesson 1: Introduction to PSHCE
Lesson 2. Understanding mental health
Lesson 3. What is resilience?
Lesson 4. Digital resilience
Lesson 5. Healthy coping strategies
Lesson 6. Coping with change, loss and grief
Lesson 7. Developing understanding of mental health
Soon to be uploaded units for Year 8 are:
8.1P Emotional wellbeing
8.2P Equality and discrimination
8.3P Drugs and alcohol
8.4P Identity and relationships
8.5P Managing money
8.6P Foundations for independence
A full curriculum for Years 7 -13 also to be uploaded soon. Also coming soon curriculum mapping sheets showing where key themes, citizenship and health are built throughout each year and across KS3, 4 & 5.
A Year 8 PSHCE lesson on digital resilience including a powerpoint presentation and corresponding worksheet.
Lessons are designed to be taught by non-specialists and require no preparation from the teacher beyond familiarising themselves with the resources. They are all tried and tested and have received excellent feedback from staff and students. All resources are fully editable for you to customise to suit your school.
I am a teacher of nearly 30 years experience and these lessons are informed by my experience teaching students with a wide variety of abilities and needs. They are sensitively planned to ensure children see positive representations of people they identify with and are supported in their PSHCE learning.
Lessons contain:
Clear structure
All the information teachers need to teach the lesson
Key words
A wide variety of learning tasks including solo, paired and group work
Discussion prompts
Stretch and support to enable differentiation
Consistent visual clues to support learners of all abilities
Pale yellow backgrounds to slide to support learners with visual stress
Whole class assessment opportunities such as thumbs up / down
A job of the week with a wide variety of jobs and workers
Answers for each task for students to feed back and self assess
Self assessment against the SoL at the end of each lesson
The booklet contains:
Exact match to the lessons on the slides
A scheme of learning
Clear structure
Support and stretch within tasks
Space for students to RAG rate their understanding at the beginning and end
Blank lined pages at the end
Lessons in this unit are below - the while unit can be purchased on my page:
Lesson 1: Introduction to PSHCE
Lesson 2. Understanding mental health
Lesson 3. What is resilience?
Lesson 4. Digital resilience
Lesson 5. Healthy coping strategies
Lesson 6. Coping with change, loss and grief
Lesson 7. Developing understanding of mental health
Soon to be uploaded units for Year 8 are:
8.1P Emotional wellbeing
8.2P Equality and discrimination
8.3P Drugs and alcohol
8.4P Identity and relationships
8.5P Managing money
8.6P Foundations for independence
A full curriculum for Years 7 -13 also to be uploaded soon. Also coming soon curriculum mapping sheets showing where key themes, citizenship and health are built throughout each year and across KS3, 4 & 5.
Four complete paper-based lessons with 2 versions of each planned for KS3 and KS4. At least an hour’s work for most students with plenty of support and stretch tasks.
Lessons include all the information students need to work independently including answers for self assessment.
A separate teacher answer sheet is included.
Word documents so fully editable so you can, for example, change the instructions for a supply teacher.
Tried and tested with excellent feedback from teachers and students. Great lessons to have on standby for emergency cover.
Bundle discount on the individual price.
A complete unit of Year 9 PSHCE lessons intended for the start of the Autumn term with a focus on looking after our mental health. This unit comprises 7 x 1 hour lessons, each with lesson powerpoint, and a corresponding booklet for the whole unit.
Lessons are designed to be taught by non-specialists and require no preparation from the teacher beyond familiarising themselves with the resources. They are all tried and tested and have received excellent feedback from staff and students. All resources are fully editable for you to customise to suit your school.
I am a teacher of nearly 30 years experience and these lessons are informed by my experience teaching students with a wide variety of abilities and needs. They are sensitively planned to ensure children see positive representations of people they identify with and are supported in their PSHCE learning.
Lessons contain:
Clear structure
All the information teachers need to teach the lesson
Key words
A wide variety of learning tasks including solo, paired and group work
Discussion prompts
Stretch and support to enable differentiation
Consistent visual clues to support learners of all abilities
Pale yellow backgrounds to slide to support learners with visual stress
Whole class assessment opportunities such as thumbs up / down
A job of the week with a wide variety of jobs and workers
Answers for each task for students to feed back and self assess
Self assessment against the SoL at the end of each lesson
The booklet contains:
Exact match to the lessons on the slides
A scheme of learning
Clear structure
Support and stretch within tasks
Space for students to RAG rate their understanding at the beginning and end
Blank lined pages at the end
Lessons in this unit are:
Lesson 1: Introduction to PSHCE
Lesson 2. What is good mental health?
Lesson 3. Factors which can affect our mental health
Lesson 4: Self esteem
Lesson 5. Resilience and 51ºÚÁÏ our mental health
Lesson 6: The internet and our mental health
Lesson 7: Support and how to find it
Soon to be uploaded units for Year 9 are:
9.1P Looking after our mental health
9.2P Democracy in the UK
9.3P Respectful relationships
9.4P Intimate relationships
9.5P Influence, substance use and gangs
9.6P Developing independence
A full curriculum for Years 7 -13 also to be uploaded soon. Also coming soon curriculum mapping sheets showing where key themes, citizenship and health are built throughout each year and across KS3, 4 & 5.
7 PSHCE lessons each for Year 7 (transition and safety), Year 8 (Emotional wellbeing) and Year 9 (Looking after our mental health).
Everything you need for the first half term’s PSHCE lessons.
Lessons are designed to be taught by non-specialists, are highly structured and include lots of stretch and challenge for learners of all abilities.
Please see separate resource listings for full description and more screenshots of the resources.
Tried and tested lessons which have received great feedback from teachers and students.
More coming soon - entire resourced curriculum for Years 7 - 13.
A slide show of Thoughts for the day for a week, with animations, literacy support and a think prompt.
The quotes are taken from religious and non-religious sources covering a wide variety of religions, cultures and backgrounds. Whilst some are from religious texts, none are overtly religious in tone and they have wide application. Quotes have been selected to be inclusive for a multicultural school community and are suitable for Years 7 to 13.
The theme of this set of slides is Community. This is the key word explained on the first day highlighted in blue and is repeated in the final message at the end each day, to help students be clear about what the focus for the week is.
Each slide starts with a picture of a scene in nature then reveals the quote.
There is then an explainer, explaining a key word, phrase or who a person is.
Finally, a box is revealed with a question for students to think about to illicit a private response to the thought. At the end, a message saying ‘Thank you for thinking about theme have a good day’ pops up to signal the end of the Thought for the Day.
Type is on pale pastel colours rather than white to support learners with visual stress or those who may be used to using coloured overlays.
Each slide is animated and lasts for one minute. The teacher simply has to click on the slide once and it will automatically play through for one minute. It works well with a minute of calm music playing - links can easily be found on YouTube.
This slide show covers 5 days
There is space at the bottom of each slide for a school strapline and at the top right for a school badge if you want to add them.
A complete unit of Year 10 PSHCE lessons intended for the start of the Autumn term with a focus on supporting good mental health. This unit comprises 4 x 1 hour lessons, each with lesson powerpoint, and a corresponding booklet for the whole unit.
Lessons are designed to be taught by non-specialists and require no preparation from the teacher beyond familiarising themselves with the resources. They are all tried and tested and have received excellent feedback from staff and students. All resources are fully editable for you to customise to suit your school.
I am a teacher of nearly 30 years experience and these lessons are informed by my experience teaching students with a wide variety of abilities and needs. They are sensitively planned to ensure children see positive representations of people they identify with and are supported in their PSHCE learning.
Lessons contain:
Clear structure
All the information teachers need to teach the lesson
Key words
A wide variety of learning tasks including solo, paired and group work
Discussion prompts
Stretch and support to enable differentiation
Consistent visual clues to support learners of all abilities
Pale yellow backgrounds to slide to support learners with visual stress
Whole class assessment opportunities such as thumbs up / down
A job of the week with a wide variety of jobs and workers
Answers for each task for students to feed back and self assess
Self assessment against the SoL at the end of each lesson
The booklet contains:
Exact match to the lessons on the slides
A scheme of learning
Clear structure
Support and stretch within tasks
Space for students to RAG rate their understanding at the beginning and end
Blank lined pages at the end
Lessons in this unit are:
Lesson 1. Introduction to PSHCE
Lesson 2. Happiness and positivity
Lesson 3. Dealing with anxiety
Lesson 4. The importance of sleep, diet and exercise
Soon to be uploaded units for Year 9 are:
10.1P Supporting good mental health
10.2P Democracy in the UK
10.3P Respectful relationships
10.4P Intimate relationships
10.5P Influence, substance use and gangs
10.6P Developing independence
A full curriculum for Years 7 -13 also to be uploaded soon. Also coming soon curriculum mapping sheets showing where key themes, citizenship and health are built throughout each year and across KS3, 4 & 5.
A standalone paper-based RE lesson on religion and community.
The lesson has plenty of support and stretch tasks and is designed to be enough for a one-hour lesson. It has ten tasks of varying types including matching exercises and longer written tasks. All information students need is in the worksheet including the answers for self-assessment.
The first page has clear instructions and a tick-list to help students stay on track. Answers are included at the back and the final task is for students to mark their learning then complete a self-assessment and reflection task.
Key words are defined, lessons include a variety of types of task and visual prompts including pictures.
There are two versions of the lesson, one for KS3 and one for KS4 - they are the same lesson but with addition stretch or support therefore both could be used in the same class to support differentiation.
The lesson is suitable to be given to a supply teacher or non-specialist. There is plenty of room for discussion if required but equally most students should be able to access the learning with minimal extra support.
A separate teacher sheet with answers is provided. There is space for the cover teacher to record information about the lesson / class at the end.
Both KS3 & 4 versions are provided here with teacher sheets. They are word documents and therefore fully editable to ensure, for example, that the instructions to the supply teacher match expectations in your school.
Four powerpoint presentations with key words, people, facts and dates from the medicine through time units. Each word, date or person is explained on a slide with a simple picture to aid memory. It is then followed by the same slide with part of the definition or explanation blanked out for students to suggest the missing words which are then animated to disappear. Slides are on pale coloured background to aid learners with visual stress.
Presentations can be split up to use a small number of slides as a starter activity or given to students to use as revision. They work well on a smart phone.
Presentations included are:
1250 -1500 (76 slides)
1500 -1700 (61 slides)
1700 - 1900 (67 slides)
1900 - present (74 slides)