Following feedback from our assessor and using the updated OCR student guides for PAG 8.3, 2.1 and 1.2 I have remodeled the student guides for all PAG activities using the most recent documents from OCR (2025) and a little of my own knowledge from teaching the course for 10 years.
Each student document has a marking grid, with identical criteria to the PAG tracker and references to the CPAC assessment number. Then I have added explanation and questions to go alongside the procedure. H&S information is updated from OCR using CLEAPSS, but you should check you’re happy before you do anything.
PAG 6.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3 etc have the CLEAPSS risk assessment proforma incorporated and guidance on Vancouver citations. They are all designed to be stuck into an exercise book to make a lab book.
Financial literacy SoW resources designed for mixed ability Y9 students across six lessons. The resources are based on the Young Money Matters resources, supported by Martin Lewis (from Money Saving Expert). and were intended to use as part of an enrichment curriculum.
They would be suitable for Y9 upwards and cover:
L1: Savings, inflation, interest rates including compound interest and savings products
L2: Factors that affect spending, value for money, consumer rights
L3: good and bad debt, unmanageable and manageable debt, loan sharks
L4: National Insurance and Income Tax, tax banding, student finance and details on financial statements
L5: investments, risk and reward, gambling and loot boxes, insurance
L6: identity theft and money mules
Scheme of work for both trilogy and separate science
You should carry out a risk assessment for the practical work before you undertake it, as you may have slightly different procedures to my school.
Scheme of Work (with a couple of gaps to explain what exactly to do in each lesson), powerpoints and worksheets to teach Chemical Changes for the new GCSE Specification. It's missing items on titration as I hadn't produced them myself, so couldn't share them.