Secondary School

Increasing Self-Confidence & Resilience in Young People through CBTBy Tina RaeSupport young people to develop effective thinking skills to improve mental health & wellbeing.Learn to engage with young people to develop their knowledge of key tools and strategies to promote positive thinking and self-esteem, and increase their sense of self-worth and achievement.These 15 structured and themed sessions, each with a warm up, case study, discussion points, activities and feedback will help...

Developing Skills to Positively Meet the Challenges of Life By Paula Galey The ability to overcome adversity and challenging circumstances, brought about by early conditions and experiences, by successfully adapting and making constructive changes, is termed resiliency. While educators can’t control the family conditions or social demographics that their students experience, they can implement educational policies and practices that promote resiliency. This comprehensive resource offers a...

The engaging and much-loved Blob characters promote communication, help to develop feelings and emotions, and encourage change.By Ian Long & Pip WilsonThis exciting collection is packed with new material. It features numerous topical and thought-provoking scenarios, including Wet Play Day and The Inspection, student cards, Blob Tree sheets and a range of visual, emotional intelligence materials. Each image can be used as a short discussion starter or as the basis for a whole lesson.A set of...

Fun, structured activities for children with speech, language & communication needsA comprehensive resource for anyone working with children with speech, language & communication needs. Provides background information, fun activities and games, and all the basics you need to run effective communication groups in mainstream and SEN settings, as well as ideas for the home.Over 150 activities address: Attention & listeningUnderstanding & memoryExpressive languageVocabulary, concepts...

Use these scenarios to help students think about how they can deal with conflicts appropriatelyBy Vanessa HarrisonAt the heart of this resource are 20 cards of scenarios outlining an activity leading to conflict. The focus is on clashes in school, at home and in the community. These include conflicts with peers, family, teachers and other adults including those in authority. Students discuss the situation and suggest strategies for resolving the conflict.They can call upon the ideas on the...

Use this Blob Tree Poster to initiate discussion of feelings during this unprecedented time.By Pip Wilson and Ian LongAll agesSet of 4 identical posters, A3 sizeTeacher Notes for guidance included

by Nicolla Hansen This photocopiable maths resource has been designed to increase student confidence, participation in class and student's enthusiasm for Maths by using real life Maths problems. This is a two book series packed full of everyday, real life problems for the student to learn from. The 2 book series includes 50 real life problems grouped in; Number, Measurement, Geometry, Each problem in this book includes background information on the problem, mathematical problem, detailed...

by Nicolla Hansen This photocopiable maths resource has been designed to increase student confidence, participation in class and student's enthusiasm for Maths by using real life Maths problems. This is a two book series packed full of everyday, real life problems for the student to learn from. The 2 book series includes 50 real life problems grouped in; Algebra, Statistics,Logic. Each problem in this book includes background information on the problem, mathematical problem, detailed solution...

A workbook for professional learning teams by Clinton Golding Creating a culture of thinking is about more than just using a thinking tool or a graphic organiser with your class. To support students in learning to think, teachers must understand the theory of thinking themselves and be able to model it for their class. Trying to create a thinking class when you haven’t trained your own thinking is like trying to teach someone to play guitar when you haven’t learned yourself! Developing a...

A handbook for educators by Michael Pohl How can we make a thinking curriculum part of the culture of every classroom? With a greater understanding of brain function and the reality of an ever-changing world, teachers are looking towards a thinking-focused curriculum. Infusing thinking into content delivery, the use of the language of thinking and the explicit teaching of thinking are helping to make a thinking curriculum a constant feature of classroom practice. Developing a Thinking...

by Ralph Pirozzo In mixed-ability classrooms, it is inevitable that students will have different learning styles, backgrounds, prior knowledge, experience and willingness to learn. While teachers may be unable to change the content prescribed by their school, they have an enormous amount of control in the way they assign this content to their students.Differentiating the curriculum: Supporting teachers to thrive in mixed-ability classrooms offers six strategies teachers can use to effectively...

Author: Michael PohlThis book seeks to clarify how teachers may create a positive learning environment for all by providing appropriate levels of challenge for all students and allowing various ways for students to demonstrate understanding. Terminology such as differentiation, inclusive practices, complex thinking tasks and classroom culture of thinking are discussed and clarified. A learning environment is described that provides for challenge; allows for differences; and is inclusive of the...

Nota: Eres Un Detective Social! también está disponible en inglés y francés.Para maestros, paraprofesionales y cuidadores, este libro les ha resultado excelente manera de animar a los niños a ser sus propios detectives sociales y a mejor entender las situaciones sociales que ocurren en la escuela, en el hogar y a lo largo del día. Se pueden repasar los conceptos repetidamente para enseñarles a los alumnos cómo desarrollar sus propias habilidades de detective social. Incluye áreas de enfoque...

- Consolidating Values Through Everyday Communication -by Peter Clutterbuck The three books in the Everyday English series bring new teaching activities, relevant to the English curriculum and easy to implement in class work. Structured in two forms of approach to communication - one social/cognitive and the other practical - the books cover three ascendant levels of skills and values, from the lower to the senior Primary. As the series advances, the stories gain more detail, their meanings...

by Peter Clutterbuck Fair Play! Classroom Games is an essential two book resource series for classroom teachers and teacher aides. The games have been designed for use with pairs, small groups or teams of students. Alternatively they can be used by a classroom support person who is working on developing social interaction skills with individual students. Other skills targeted cover listening, following instructions and team work. Each game acts as a reinforcement for a number of basic literacy,...

by Peter Clutterbuck Fair Play! Classroom Games is an essential two book resource series for classroom teachers and teacher aides. The games have been designed for use with pairs, small groups or teams of students. Alternatively they can be used by a classroom support person who is working on developing social interaction skills with individual students. Other skills targeted cover listening, following instructions and team work. Each game acts as a reinforcement for a number of basic literacy,...

Nota: Fichas de Comportamiento Social también está disponible en inglés.Fichas de Comportamiento Social son un recurso visual que ilustran estos conceptos abstractos por medio de un diagrama de flujo. Padres y profesionales de la educación las utilizan para enseñar cómo todos los comportamientos que se llevan a cabo frente a los demás están implicados con las interpretaciones y reacciones sociales en una variedad de temas, incluyendo el hogar, la comunidad y el salón de clases. Este libro de 105...

By Susan Battye Finding Your Way with Drama provides students with an introduction to working with drama in a way that will encourage personal growth as well as teach a range of dramatic skills. It has been designed to build the confidence of students who are just starting out in drama. The focus of this book is on nine fun workshop activities that cover: making friends, telling stories, building characters in drama, and working with movement and music. Much of the methodology in this resource...

By Jennifer Loughton Listening is an often neglected area of language study and exploration. Because it is seen primarily as a receptive mode there can seem to be little ‘mileage’ in making it a focus of dynamic teaching and learning in the English classroom. However this book and the accompaniment Finding Your Way with Speaking dispel this idea. Jennifer Loughton has gathered ideas and developed activities which have been designed to support teaching and learning about listening as a language...

By Susan Battye This photocopiable resource book provides a structured and informative approach to teaching and learning about the reading, writing and workshopping of plays. It has a particular emphasis on the process of playwriting. Sections include: Reading plays effectively and presenting a moved reading The conventions of playwriting and theatre conventions Using journals for scripting, reflecting and evaluating Text, sub-text and creating frameworks Style and genre Approaches to staging...