This activity set was developed for a micro teach for a job interview (I got the job!) It covers aspects of Functional Skills English and Maths, but could also be adapted as an activity for KS3 lower ability learners, recapping comprehension skills and mathematics skills and knowledge including percentage calculation.

I use this sheet as an introduction to poetry for those who are reluctant to engage with it. I ask students to think about songs that make them laugh, make them cry or make them think. Then ask them about songs which are themed around love, death and life. We make connections between the different purposes and themes and consider how the best songs combine the elements together. We then use this as a starting point for thinking about poetry, and how it uses the same purposes and themes to engage with readers. This can be enlarged and printed as a display, or used as a starting point worksheet for students to annotate with ideas.

A visual resource explaining how negative numbers work in the context of temperature and finance.

Printable handout of hints and tips for writing formal and informal letters Learning Objective - understand the different conventions for informal and formal letter writing Suitable for: KS3 Revision KS4 Revision Adult Learners - Functional Skills L1 and L2

Word Document booklet - revision tool for basic punctuation, including: Capital Letters Full Stops Question Marks Exclamation Marks Commas Paragraphs Apostrophes - Omission, Possessive, Possessive Plural It's/Its and Who's/Whose Learning Objective - to be able to use basic punctuation accurately Suitable for: KS3 Revision KS4 Revision Adult Learners - Functional Skills L1 and L2 This can be used as a complete booklet, or separate sheets on different topics can be extracted for targeted topic revision. The booklet was written for adults, but would be suitable for KS3 and KS4 classes as revision in the run up to end-of-year and external exams. The booklet covers all of the necessary punctuation for L1 and most of the L2 Functional Skills writing exams.

Word Document handout - summary sheet for Perimeter, Area and Volume with embedded Functional Skills examples Simple, visual and easy to follow. This was designed as a recap explanation for adult learners working towards their Functional Skills qualifications, but it also works as a revision sheet for KS3 and KS4 students approaching their end-of-year and external exams. Learning Objective: to know how to calculate the perimeter, area and volume of rectangular based shapes Suitable for: KS3 - Revision KS4 - Revision Functional Skills L1 and L2 - Teaching/Revision

Word Document handout - terminology and calculation methods for Mean, Mode, Median and Range Simple, visual and easy to follow. This was designed as a recap explanation for adult learners working towards their Functional Skills qualifications, but it also works as a revision sheet for KS3 and KS4 students approaching their end-of-year and external exams. Learning Objective: to know the definitions of and calculations required for Mean, Mode, Median and Range Suitable for: KS3 - Revision KS4 - Revision Functional Skills L1 and L2 - Teaching/Revision

Word Document handout - terminology and calculations for the area and perimeter of Circles Simple, visual and easy to follow. This was designed as a recap explanation for adult learners working towards their Functional Skills qualifications, but it also works as a revision sheet for KS3 and KS4 students approaching their end-of-year and external exams. Learning Objective: to know the definitions of different parts of circles and how to calculate the area and perimeter of a circle Suitable for: KS3 - Revision KS4 - Revision Functional Skills L2 - Teaching/Revision

Powerpoint resource explaining how different texts need to have different textual structures, including: Chronological Cause/Effect Compare/Contrast Problem/Solution Learning Objective - to understand how structure can affect the reader’s understanding of a text Suitable for: KS3 Teaching KS4 Revision Adult Learners - Functional Skills L1 and L2 Can be displayed as a PowerPoint or turned into a printed handout for reference

PowerPoint presentation to introduce the the very basics of algebra. Simple, visual and easy to follow. This was designed to take the fear out of algebra for adult learners who struggled to understand the basic concepts of the subject. Learning Objective: to understand how letters can be used to represent unknown values within sums Suitable for: KS3 - Teaching KS4 - Revision Functional Skills L2 - Teaching/Revision

Word Document handout - explaining the difference between centimetres and centimetre squares Simple, visual and easy to follow. This was designed as a recap explanation for adult learners working towards their Functional Skills qualifications, but it also works as a revision sheet for KS3 and KS4 students approaching their end-of-year and external exams. Learning Objective: to know the difference between a centimetre and centimetre square, and understand how a cm2 is used in the calculation of area Suitable for: KS3 - Revision KS4 - Revision Functional Skills L1 and L2 - Teaching/Revision

Word Document handout - terminology and calculations for the area of triangles Simple, visual and easy to follow. This was designed as a recap explanation for adult learners working towards their Functional Skills qualifications, but it also works as a revision sheet for KS3 and KS4 students approaching their end-of-year and external exams. Learning Objective: to understand how to find the area of a triangle Suitable for: KS3 - Revision KS4 - Revision Functional Skills L2 - Teaching/Revision

Word Document handout -explaining how to calculate a percentages Simple, visual and easy to follow. This was designed as a recap explanation for adult learners working towards their Functional Skills qualifications, but it also works as a revision sheet for KS3 and KS4 students approaching their end-of-year and external exams. This is a companion piece to the PowerPoint resource: Percentages: The Easy Way Learning Objective: to know how to calculate a percentage using a calculator Suitable for: KS3 - Revision KS4 - Revision Functional Skills L1 and L2 - Teaching/Revision

Word Document handout - explanation of how to calculate Fractions Simple, visual and easy to follow. This was designed as a recap explanation for adult learners working towards their Functional Skills qualifications, but it also works as a revision sheet for KS3 and KS4 students approaching their end-of-year and external exams. This is a companion piece to the PowerPoint Resource "Fractions - the easy way" Learning Objective: to know how to calculate a fraction using a calculator Suitable for: KS3 - Revision KS4 - Revision Functional Skills L1 and L2 - Teaching/Revision

Word Document handout -conversions within and between Imperial and Metric Measurement systems This was designed as a summary revision sheet for adult learners working towards their Functional Skills qualifications, but it also works as a revision sheet for KS3 and KS4 students approaching their end-of-year and external exams. Learning Objective: to know how to convert within and between Metric and Imperial Measurement systems Suitable for: KS3 - Revision KS4 - Revision Functional Skills L1 and L2 - Teaching/Revision

Word Document handout - calculating ratio, using the process of making squash Simple, visual and easy to follow. This was designed as a recap explanation for adult learners working towards their Functional Skills qualifications, but it also works as a revision sheet for KS3 and KS4 students approaching their end-of-year and external exams. Learning Objective: to understand the basic principles of ratio Suitable for: KS3 - Revision KS4 - Revision Functional Skills L1 and L2 - Teaching/Revision

PowerPoint presentation to introduce the the very basics of Fractions. Simple, visual and easy to follow. This was designed to take the fear out of fractions for adult learners who struggled to understand the basic concepts of the subject. Learning Objective: to understand how to calculate fractions with the aid of a calculator Suitable for: KS3 - Revision KS4 - Revision Functional Skills L1 and L2 - Teaching/Revision