A business teacher and HoD for 13 years in schools and FE, I also work with Pearson as an examiner.
I am passionate about business and the learning process itself. I pride myself on excellent classroom resources, activities, revision booklets and power points.
I hope you will find a range of differentiated resources, knowledge organiser's and activities that will support you and your students achieve success
A business teacher and HoD for 13 years in schools and FE, I also work with Pearson as an examiner.
I am passionate about business and the learning process itself. I pride myself on excellent classroom resources, activities, revision booklets and power points.
I hope you will find a range of differentiated resources, knowledge organiser's and activities that will support you and your students achieve success
Includes personal learning checklist booklet for students to RAG their own progress, and revision booklet with knowledge organisers and key terms for Theme 1.
Theme 2 resource to follow . .
These new resources have been created for the new T Level in Business and Administration.
This bundle is specifically to support the stakeholder topic area on the Business Context section of the specification.
Business Context
1.8 Internal and External Stakeholders
This bundle includes:
A full personal learning checklist document for all of the Business Context topic (1.1-1.11) which can be used to assess learning and progress at a class level, or by individual students for revision (MS Excel)
A 10 page workbook that includes 4 different activities to embed learning around stakeholders. This can be completed individually, as a group activity or used for whole class teaching (MS Word)
A slide deck of starter questions, 4 slides of 5 questions, with a 5 minute timer and answer slides for starters/revision/quizzes (MS PowerPoint)
More resources are being developed for the Business T Level and will be available soon
GCSE (9-1) Business
2.2 Product -Product Life Cycle
Powerpoint presentation,with activity , handout and reading material. Applies IT skills and gets students to understand how PLC’s are produced from real data (historical sales).
Application of theory to an example and extension strategies.
GCSE 9-1 Business Theme 2
Globalisation
Complete lesson, with activity about exports and commodities - to engage students, uses map to locate countries and have an awareness of why global trade is necessary . . lead to discussion about scarcity of resources and specialisation
Also includes full lesson powerpoint explaining globalisation, in both positive and negative light . . leading to the need for some protectionist policies; trade barriers, and trading blocs
Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Business
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Effective Communication**
Linking communication to organisations structures, and the barriers to communication.
Worksheet provided to explore communication methods used in different organisational structures
SEN supported with definitions in BLUE
S&C activities indicated
Course Handbook
Written for students use, includes exam answer structures, SOW for theme 1 and 2, marking grids, key formula and and overview of the course.
Can be edited to conform to your plans and schedules, or used as a starting point for a new course.
Theme 1.2 Spotting a Business opportunity
A selection of starter slides with 5 questions each and a 5 minute timer, designed to revisit old content and improve knowledge recall.
These slides are all specifically based on theme 1.2. They are fully editable should you want to cut and rearrange the order of questions, or mix and match them with any of my other start questions to ensure that essential theme 1 learning is not forgotten as students progress through the course.
Answers are animated to allow time for teachers to expand and give additional detail. Specific attention and duplication has been given to questions that are often harder to remember or are systematic misconceptions in the exam
Selection of slides for starter activity or revision, each includes 5 slides with a 5 minute timer, then answer slide.
Answer slides are animated to give teacher time to develop answers or take questions from students to aid understanding.
Can easily be used a quizzes for revision, but with the focus on development of knowledge and recall these will save you time and get lessons off to an effective start.
2.3 Making operational decisions starter slides, revision, recall activity
5 question and knowledge recall starter sliders or quizzes with 5 minute timer for students to view. Great way to start lessons, or use as a revision tool later in the year.
Fully editable, so you can change and mix up the questions are the year progresses to revisit older areas of the curriculum. An increasingly important tool for the classroom as the demand for knowledge increases
2.2 Making marketing decisions starter slides, revision, recall activity
5 question and knowledge recall starter sliders or quizzes with 5 minute timer for students to view. Great way to start lessons, or use as a revision tool later in the year.
Fully editable, so you can change and mix up the questions are the year progresses to revisit older areas of the curriculum. An increasingly important tool for the classroom as the demand for knowledge increases
2.4 Making financial decisions starter slides, revision, recall activity
5 question and knowledge recall starter sliders or quizzes with 5 minute timer for students to view. Great way to start lessons, or use as a revision tool later in the year.
Fully editable, so you can change and mix up the questions are the year progresses to revisit older areas of the curriculum. An increasingly important tool for the classroom as the demand for knowledge increases
These slides also come with 2 printable starter sheets, as these questions contain graphs and charts that students need to use to access the information for the questions
2.5 Managing human resource decisions starter slides, revision, recall activity
5 question and knowledge recall starter sliders or quizzes with 5 minute timer for students to view. Great way to start lessons, or use as a revision tool later in the year.
Fully editable, so you can change and mix up the questions are the year progresses to revisit older areas of the curriculum. An increasingly important tool for the classroom as the demand for knowledge increases
2.1.1 and 2.1.2 Assessment
A selection of MCQ and short answer questions for use at the beginning of teaching Theme 2.
40 minute, 36 mark assessment which students should be able to start self-assessing in class to reduce marking.
Can be used in conjunction with the Personal Learning checklists, to indicate students current understanding of each theme at the beginning of the year.
The Changing Landscape of Business
Powerpoint with activities for a lesson based on the changing landscape of business. Include quantiative skills development with a graph activity to demonstrate the changes to the different industrial sectors over time. Can also be used to introduce the concept of % change that students on this new specification have to learn.
My students are now starting to remember % change calculation to be DDO (difference, divided by original) - we are using repetition to retain this one!
9-1 GCSE Business Edexcel The Role of Business and adding value
Activities to support discussion, notes for student books and key terms to support learners
**9-1 GCSE Business Changing Technology and the concept of obsolescence **
L3 around the concept of change, dynamic businesses and obsolence.
Great talking points for students/staff - even better with props think pager, CD walkman, casette player. Also useful to prepare for second lesson about trends and resurgence (think record players).
Starter for % change
Whole lesson based on break-even and Bob’s Burger business.
Calculate total fixed and variable costs, before completing a spreadsheet of revenue and total costs to produce a break even chart. Exam style questions then follow to support learning.
Independent task, with stop and review points allowing students to work at their own pace.
Powerpoints to cover the first part of the 9-1 Business specification Theme 1
Including;
Small businesses
The changing landscape
Changing Technology
Changing tastes and preferences
The role of business
