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A shop which mainly offers secondary school mathematics materials such as worksheets, revision materials and investigations. Also on offer are English Language resources in particular advice on essay writing. Finally, the shop also offers materials geared towards career education such as giving students advice on how to compose CVs, university personal statements and covering letters with templates and model examples provided.

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A shop which mainly offers secondary school mathematics materials such as worksheets, revision materials and investigations. Also on offer are English Language resources in particular advice on essay writing. Finally, the shop also offers materials geared towards career education such as giving students advice on how to compose CVs, university personal statements and covering letters with templates and model examples provided.
Mega KS3 and GCSE Self and Peer Assessment Bundle
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Mega KS3 and GCSE Self and Peer Assessment Bundle

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This bundle contains a huge collection of resources to assist KS3 and GCSE students engage in self and peer assessment. It includes a set of templates to help students examine their own progress, including ones which could be used as part of a progress meeting or parents evening with teachers. There are also frameworks which pupils can use to peer assess a piece of work, including a specialised one for appraising a piece of writing. A CPD session on peer and self assessment is also provided as well as a comprehensive bank of assessment for learning activities to use with KS3 and GCSE students in any subject.
KS3 Homework Peer Assessment Template
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KS3 Homework Peer Assessment Template

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This resource contains a handy template to enable KS3 pupils to peer assess a piece of homework in any given subject. Students are guided to appropriately assess the work against the marking criteria and encouraged to provide constructive feedback through using the 2 stars and a wish model where pupils highlight 2 things their peers and have done well and something which could be improved on. This works excellently as part of a starter or plenary activity and builds higher-order thinking skills among students whilst encouraging them to be reflective learners.
KS3 and GCSE Self-Assessment Progress Template
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KS3 and GCSE Self-Assessment Progress Template

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This is an incredibly useful resource which KS3 and GCSE students can use as a template to self-assess their progress in any given subject. It provides a framework for pupils to examine the areas of their learning they feel confident in and those that they struggle with using a traffic-light system whilst also encouraging them to set achievable targets in order to meet their learning needs. Students can stick this in this books for easy reference and complete as a plenary activity.
KS3 and GCSE Traffic Light Self-Assessment Template
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KS3 and GCSE Traffic Light Self-Assessment Template

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This resource contains a very useful template for KS3 and GCSE students to self-assess effectively using a traffic light model. Pupils are guided to think of something positive they achieved in the lesson (green), something to think about (amber) and to think what they could improve on (red). Students are provided with an example to scaffold their way through the process. This template can be used in any subject as part of a plenary activity and can easily be adapted to enable students to peer assess each other.
Secondary School Self-Assessment Template
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Secondary School Self-Assessment Template

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This is a handy template which secondary school pupils (KS3 and GCSE) can use to self-assess the amount of effort they have put into their work and engagement within the lesson for any subject. This is useful in setting clear expectations for behaviour and participation for students, encouraging them to become more reflective learners and be active in improving their behaviour and contribution to the lesson where appropriate. Students could put this in their exercise books and grade themselves for effort as part of a plenary activity.
Model UCAS Application Teaching Personal Statement
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Model UCAS Application Teaching Personal Statement

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Ideal for sixth form or mature students: this model personal statement is a sure-fire method of helping with an application to go to University. The resource is a model personal statement for a secondary school maths teaching course. The personal statement gives students an idea of what to include in and how to structure their own personal statement, possibly using it as a template. It is easily transferable to applying to a degree course of any subject. Could be used as part of a careers, citizenship or PSHE lesson or as a teaching tool to help structure university applications in colleges and other education providers. It can also be an incredibly useful item to support any individual who is planning to apply to university by themselves.
Sixth Form Student How To Reference and Cite Sources Handout
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Sixth Form Student How To Reference and Cite Sources Handout

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This is a very useful resource for sixth form and university students on how to reference and cite sources in their work. This handout is especially useful for students to consult when completing essays and assignments and is written in a friendly and accessible manner. It is applicable for use in any subject. The handout covers all the different ways on how to correctly cite sources in work/essays, how to reference different types of sources (i.e. books, journals and websites) in a bibliography with examples, referencing efficiently, how to put references in alphabetical order and an example of a correctly formatted reference list.
Sixth Form Student How to Proofread Your Work Handout
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Sixth Form Student How to Proofread Your Work Handout

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This is a useful tutorial for sixth form/university students on how to proofread their work, which they can keep for reference when completing homework, coursework and exam questions. It is applicable to most subjects, especially ones that involve essay writing. The handout includes how to proofread different types of work, common errors to watch out for and how to spot them, annotated examples of work that has been proofread and a definitive checklist of things to look out for when proofreading your work.
Academic Writing Skills Bundle
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Academic Writing Skills Bundle

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This bundle contains a set of resources to help teachers support students with their academic writing skills at college and university for any course/subject. It includes a set of tutorials on essay writing techniques including how to be critical, paraphrase and answer different styles of essay questions. These are supplemented by handouts for students summarising what’s involved in academic writing, explaining the university grading system and tips for writing a first class essay. Students are also provided with a model first class essay to provide them with an example of sound academic writing.
Sixth Form Student Personal Statement and CV Pack
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Sixth Form Student Personal Statement and CV Pack

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This bundle contains a set of resources to help sixth form students in applying to university and securing a job. They are of use to both teachers who support sixth form students in their university application (especially form tutors) and for students themselves for personal use. It includes a guide on how to create the ideal personal statement for university applications (including an annotated example), a template for students to create their own and a set of model personal statements for Teaching, Chemistry and Nursing courses in addition to a template for students to compare prospective university courses. These are complemented by a template for students to create their own CV and model personal and academic examples, along with a chart for students to track their progress when applying for jobs.
KS3 English Resources
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KS3 English Resources

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This bundle contains a set of high-quality resources to help teachers prepare and deliver lessons to students in KS3 English. It includes a set of full lessons on topics such as speeches and persuasive writing, creating and writing magazines and the characters of Kes. This is complemented by a selection of learning mats on writing, punctuation, spelling and grammar for students to use as an aid to in-class work and for revision purposes as well as a chart of all pronouns used in KS3 English and a template for self and peer assessing a piece of work.
Lesson Planning and Assessment Templates
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Lesson Planning and Assessment Templates

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This bundle contains an excellent set of time-saving templates to help teachers plan lessons and assess pupils. Included in this bundle are some flexible templates which can be used to plan lessons and structure learning activities and facilitate effective behaviour management. It also contains a set of student-friendly templates pupils can use to self and peer assess work (including a specialised one for evaluating a piece of writing) and a framework to help guide students through problem-solving activities like investigations and rich tasks.
KS3 and GCSE English Writing Resources
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KS3 and GCSE English Writing Resources

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This bundle contains a set of resources to help teachers plan and deliver lessons on non-fiction/fiction writing, creative writing, speeches, essays and grammar/punctuation in KS3 and GCSE English. It has a set of writing mats that assists students through helpful prompts and frameworks with their in-class work and homework as well as revision. There are specialised mats for non-fiction writing and grammar/punctuation. 2 full lessons on persuasive writing and magazines are also provided, along with a template for peer and self-assessing a piece of writing, a guide on writing different types of essays and some mock exam writing questions.
Secondary School Lesson Planning Templates
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Secondary School Lesson Planning Templates

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This bundle contains some extremely useful resources to help secondary school teachers with their lesson planning. These materials can be used in any subject across the curriculum. It contains flexible, time-saving templates for planning behaviour management and learning activities, a set of differentiated assessment for learning starters, main body and plenary activities, a series of peer and self assessment templates and Bloom’s taxonomy resources to promote higher-order thinking skills and reflective learning among students. These are complemented by an adaptable collaborative learning activity involving key words and a self-audit of subject knowledge for GCSE maths teachers.
KS3 and KS4 English Grammar, Punctuation and Writing Resources
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KS3 and KS4 English Grammar, Punctuation and Writing Resources

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This bundle contains an excellent, comprehensive set of resources to help plan and deliver lessons in KS3 and GCSE English on grammar, punctuation and writing. It includes a set of specialised learning mats (which can used for students in-class and for homework/revision purposes) on punctuation and spelling, grammar, writing at KS3 and KS4 and non-fiction writing. It also has 2 powerpoints containing full lessons on writing magazines and persuasive writing, a template for pupils to peer and self assess their own writing, a collaborative learning activity for pupils to test each other on key words relating to grammar and punctuation and some KS4 mock exam questions on writing for pupils to attempt.
Preparing for University Resources
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Preparing for University Resources

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A set of very useful resources to help students prepare who have an interview/offer for a university course. They would ideal to use in tutor time or for any professional supporting students with their university application. It includes a guide on how to create a personal statement for university, a model example of one (with commentary) and other model examples of personal statements for teaching, nursing and chemistry courses. There’s also a template for creating a model CV and model examples of academic and professional student CVs. Students are also provided with a handout explaining the university grading system and a template for comparing prospective university courses.
UCAS Application Resources
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UCAS Application Resources

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This bundle contains an excellent set of resources for use during sixth form tutor time to help students with their UCAS application. It includes a template for students to complete their own personal statement and examples of model ones for Teaching, Nursing and Chemistry courses. Students are also provided with a template to complete their own academic CV with a model CV to reference/structure from. It concludes with a template for students to compare prospective university courses and an informative handout explaining the university grading system.
Boosting Literacy skills in KS3 and GCSE Maths Resources
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Boosting Literacy skills in KS3 and GCSE Maths Resources

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This bundle contains a set of resources for KS3 and GCSE Maths which aims to boost students’ literacy skills and build strong cross-curricular links. It has several varied resources including lists of key terms and formulae in KS3 and GCSE Maths to help students become more familiar with key words and notation, a set of 6 investigations on topics such as square numbers, compound interest and factors which support students in building their mathematical fluency and communication skills and a collaborative learning activity involving key words to promote discussion and team work and a template for peer assessing a piece of work.
Blooms and Peer/Self Assessment Resources
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Blooms and Peer/Self Assessment Resources

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This bundle contains a set of resources designed to promote higher-order thinking skills in students and encourage reflection and collaboration. It consists of a series of templates to help students self and peer assess a piece of work (including a specialised one for evaluating a piece of writing), collaborative learning tasks involving the definition of key words in KS3 Maths, Literacy and Humanities, a plenary activity involving Blooms’ taxonomy and a learning mat on Blooms’ thinking hats to use as a resource for pupils in class in any subject.
Developing KS3/KS4 Study Skills Resources
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Developing KS3/KS4 Study Skills Resources

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This bundle contains a set of resources which is aimed at helping KS3 and KS4 students to build good study skills and revise effectively. It includes a set of interactive powerpoints which aim to assist pupils in developing study skills whilst giving them handy strategies and techniques when revising and a motivational activity illustrating examples of many famous people who succeeded through adversity. Also included are a set of templates to help pupils self and peer assess a piece of work and improve their exam technique.