MEETS NEW 2026 DfE GUIDANCE - In this lesson students will investigate what communication skills are, why communication skills are so important and how everyone can develop or improve on them with practice. Students are given practical activities to help improve their communication skills in pairs or small groups and will set their own skills targets. Includes practical, analysis, clip and creative activities. Suitable for KS3 or KS4. Includes lesson plan. This lesson is taken from the new EC Publishing Complete 2026 PSHE Package which can be found at the EC Publishing website. Everything is editable and easy to pick up and run with and includes future DfE updates too. This has been written to cover the 2026 PSHE guidance from the DfE and PSHE Association for RSHE. You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk Who are EC Resources? EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Children’s Commissioner, The Bank of England, The British Legion, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK. Please visit our Tes store https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EC_Resources for everything PSHE, RSE, RE and Citizenship. Check out our PSHE Packages on Tes here: Complete KS3 PSHE and RSE Complete KS4 PSHE and RSE Complete KS5 PSHE and RSE One Year of Citizenship and British Values Complete KS3 RE Complete Careers and Employability AQA Citizenship GCSE Mega Pack Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 12,000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.

Enhance your continuous provision and create a fully inclusive classroom environment with this comprehensive pack of Early Years Communication Boards! Designed specifically for the EYFS classroom, these visual support boards are perfect for placing in your various learning zones to help children communicate, make choices, and develop their vocabulary. What’s Included? This pack includes beautifully designed, easy-to-read communication boards for the following areas and routines: Messy & Sensory Play:Sand, Water, Playdough Creative Areas: Art, Painting, Writing Imaginative & Construction: Small World, Blocks, Transport, Home Corner Outdoor & Routines: Outside, Snack Time, Nursery Rhymes Bonus Story Boards:The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Jack and the Beanstalk Why are Communication Boards essential in the Early Years? A truly inclusive classroom ensures that every child has a voice. Placing these boards within your provision is a highly effective way to support all learners, including those with EAL (English as an Additional Language), speech and language delays, or non-verbal children. Promotes Independence & Choice:These boards give children the visual tools they need to communicate exactly what they would like to play with, reducing frustration and empowering them to direct their own learning. Supports Language Development: For all children, visual cues are a powerful bridge to spoken language. Having targeted vocabulary available in every area encourages children to point, sign, and eventually vocalise new words, bridging the gap between their current communication level and new vocabulary acquisition. Encourages Social Interaction: They provide a shared focus for children and adults to use together, modeling language and facilitating peer-to-peer communication during play. How to Use: Simply print, laminate, and display at child-height in the corresponding areas of your provision. For the story boards, keep them handy during your focused reading times or place them in your reading nook/small world area for story mapping and retelling!

These are a set of small communication cards with Widgit symbols used for visuals. Suitable for on a lanyard or to go on a child’s table/work space to develop communication. Enjoy!

A 4 page PEC document of basic/essential visual communication symbols to be used on lanyards for working with children in EYFS, SEN, EFL, Behavioural or non- verbal students. Great to be hole punched on a lanyard or cut out for carry around use.

Support communication, language development and sentence building throughout your Early Years classroom with this set of Colourful Semantics communication boards designed for continuous provision. Each board contains 20 key words and symbols linked to a specific area of the classroom or outdoor provision. The vocabulary is organised using a consistent Colourful Semantics colour system: Who? – people/pronouns What doing? – actions/verbs What? – objects/nouns Where? – places Areas included: Writing Area Reading Corner LEGO Wall Maths Area Curiosity Cube Water Area Sandpit Painting Easel Malleable Area Creative Table / Junk Modelling Small World Area Construction Area Role Play Area Home Corner Whiteboard Chalkboard Outdoor Stage Bike Area Small Forest Area These boards are designed to be displayed within the relevant area of your provision, giving children easy access to visual vocabulary within their play and learning environment.

Widget core communication boards for each area of provision in EYFS. Communication mat are made using Fitzgerald colour coding. Areas Include: Maths Funky Finger Small World Construction Creative Phonics Mark Making Sand Water Reading Malleable

2026 RSHE DfE GUIDELINES COMPLIANT (see lesson plan included for details). NEW PSHE lesson all about what communities are, why they are beneficial to us, how our mental health improves when we become involved in off-line communities and how our mental health suffers when we lose contact with our off-line communities. Students will investigate different types of communities, how they develop, how they overlap and how they can lend support in time of need. They will also examine the phenomenon of the hikikomoris of Japan, individuals who choose to actively cut themselves off from all off-line communities, and explore the impact this has on their mental health. This has been written to cover the 2026 PSHE guidance on the importance of communities. The lesson will last you at least one hour and is best suited to upper KS3 or KS4. Includes detailed lesson plan. There are a variety of tasks, from creative to literacy, to clip and analysis. Everything is editable and ready to go. This lesson is taken from the new EC Publishing 2026 Complete Secondary Package which can be found at the EC Publishing website. Who are EC Resources? EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Children’s Commissioner, The Bank of England, The British Legion, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK. You can visit our website at EC Publishing for further discounts, complete school packages and much more, and can email us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk Check out our PSHE Packages on Tes here: Complete KS3 PSHE and RSE Complete KS4 PSHE and RSE Complete KS5 PSHE and RSE One Year of Citizenship and British Values Complete KS3 RE Complete Careers and Employability AQA Citizenship GCSE Mega Pack x68x Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 12,000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.

for use with young children, non verbal and/or children with SEND

In this lesson, students are able to gain an understanding of the basic differences between capitalism and communism. This lesson can be used to pre-empt any topic where the terms are used such as the Cold War, inter-war years, Russian Revolution Vietnam War etc. ** The main key questions of the lesson are:** What is capitalism and communism? What are the features of capitalism and communism? What are the strengths and weaknesses of capitalism and communism? What are the common public attitudes towards capitalism and communism? You will be purchasing: 1 x A4 worksheet 1 x 21 slide Power Point The Main Power Point Includes: Slide 1: Title slide Slide 2: Progressive Learning Aims Slide 3/4: A choice of discussion questions for students as they enter the room Slide 5: The importance of learning about capitalism and communism. Slide 6: Starter Task - What do you know about capitalism or communism? Slide 7: Printable fact sheet Slide 8-9: Background information about capitalism and its strengths and weaknesses Slide 10-11: Background information about communism and its strengths and weaknesses Slide 12-15: Activity 1 - Problem solving scenarios and answers Slide 16: Instructions about the A4 worksheet - a sorting task to categorise communism and capitalism. Slide 17: Higher level challenge questions Slide 18: Learning Review 1 Slide 19-21: Learning Review 2 - Key term match up with answers. All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free at the time of publishing. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.

This resource has been designed for Entry Level 3 students working towards Functional Skills English qualifications at Level 1 (Edexcel-Pearson, NCFE, City and Guilds, AQA, Highfield Qualifications, NOCN, Open Awards). It contains a 30-page task book on speaking, listening and communicating. This resource will help students to prepare for the speaking, listening and communication discussion and presentation tasks. It explains in detail what is involved in the speaking, listening and communicating exam and the outcomes on which assessment is made. It gives advice and tips on how to make a successful presentation and how to contribute to group discussions. It contains five topics for group discussion and templates for preparing for the discussion. Advice and templates are also provided for preparing and delivering a presentation. Please note, the watermark on the preview images is not present on the resource itself. You may also be interested in: Level 1 - Speaking and Listening - 80 Slide PowerPoint Lesson Save money and buy both resources at a discounted rate: Level 1 - Speaking and Listening - PowerPoint Lesson and Task Book The bundles below contain workbooks and PowerPoint lessons that cover the entire specification at each level. Entry Level 1 Functional Skills English Workbook and PowerPoint Bundle Entry Level 2 Functional Skills English Workbook and PowerPoint Bundle Entry Level 3 Functional Skills English Workbook and PowerPoint Bundle Level 1 Functional Skills English Workbook and PowerPoint Bundle Entry Level Maths Resources

Engaging Communication and Teamwork Activity – Origami Instructions Challenge This tried-and-tested activity has been a consistent favourite across a wide range of ages and abilities. Now updated with a fresh, user-friendly design, it’s perfect for developing essential communication and teamwork skills in a fun, hands-on way. How it works: Learners work in pairs or small groups. One learner takes on the role of the instructor, describing step-by-step how to fold an origami shape using only verbal instructions. The other learner(s), the makers, must follow these directions without seeing the original design. The catch? They don’t know what they’re making until the very end! This setup challenges learners to think carefully about how they give and receive instructions, encouraging clarity, active listening, and patience. After the activity, groups reflect on their experience and discuss what worked well and what could be improved—perfect for reinforcing communication strategies. What you’ll need: Square paper for each participant Origami instructions (I recommend laminating them for durability and repeated use) Why you’ll love it: Encourages speaking, listening, and critical thinking Builds teamwork, problem-solving, and trust Flexible time frame – swap roles so everyone gets a turn Easy to set up and adaptable to any group size Let your learners take the lead and enjoy the laughter and learning that follows. If you try this resource in your classroom, I’d love to hear how it went—please consider leaving a review!

Support children’s communication in a fun, simple, and engaging way with this printable communication board. Designed for use during play and songs this visual support tool helps children express words, actions, and ideas by pointing to clear, easy-to-recognize pictures and labels. Perfect for parents, teachers, therapists, and caregivers, this board can help build vocabulary, encourage participation, and support children who benefit from visual communication supports, including early learners and AAC users. Simply print and use at home, in the classroom, or on the go to promote confident, joyful communication.

Practice questions using the new command words. Examination style questions for community and culture.

This resource is an assessment work book covering the learning objectives and assessment criteria of the unit. It contains a range of activities designed to specifically meet assessment criteria as well as blank witness statements and space for photographic evidence. Each sheet has a handy ‘assessment for learning emoji’ for learners to self assess as well as a final sheet for learners/assessors to make comments and to plan next steps. The resource was originally used in a SEND school Post 16 setting but it could equally be used with entry level learners in a range of different contexts. It is in WORD format to allow for ease of adapting to individual settings. The booklet was designed to ensure the ASDAN unit was achieved however ASDAN were not involved in its creation. I hope that it saves you some valuable time. Best wishes The Entry Level Helper Entrylevelhelper@gmail.com

A full lesson for a mid - high ability set studying 'Animal Farm'. Includes a range of pre-reading activities based around building students' confidence with the concepts of allegories and Communism.

No-prep Complete Lesson & Exam Questions for AQA GCSE 9-1 Combined Science Trilogy & Biology. Includes tasks with answers and covers 4.7.1.1 (most), 4.7.1.2 and 4.7.1.3 (all) . For 4.7.1.1 the interdependence is covered but not competition, which is in another lesson. Students will learn about communities, ecosystems and biotic and abiotic factors. A related lesson on Animal Adaptations and Extremophiles is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12622297 and a lesson on Competition in Plants and Animals is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12631291 I make high quality no-prep lessons so busy teachers can teach outstanding lessons without spending hours planning. This high quality lesson includes explanations, different types of in-lesson assessment (all with answers) and unique exam questions. The lesson goes into a lot of depth and takes learners on a journey that builds up their understanding step by step. My paid-for resources include a preview video to show a representative sample of slides from the resource so that you get a good idea of what it includes before you buy. As a Secondary Science teacher and Deputy Headteacher for many years I make resources that I know just work: teachers can pick them up “off the shelf” and teach an outstanding lesson that children will learn from. I keep my prices reasonable for what are guaranteed high quality lessons that will save you a huge amount of planning time. What’s Included: • Starters / Do Now. • Explanation slides in “chunked” sections with animated diagrams. • Multiple questions in different question styles and difficulties - no need for worksheets. Each “chunked” explanation section typically includes a set of “learning check / quick questions” followed by a set of in-depth questions on the learning from that “chunk” of the lesson. All questions have answers. • Exam-style questions on the whole lesson at the end of the lesson- these are unique, based on real exam questions but not just copied from exam boards. • Answers for all questions • All easily editable to adapt to your teaching or to use in existing lessons. • Slightly humorous, at points, if you like that sort of thing. Learning objectives: Describe how populations form communities and communities form ecosystems. Describe how organisms in a community can be interdependent, and how this can lead to stable communities. Explain the difference between biotic and abiotic factors and explain how a change in a factor might affect a given community given appropriate data or context. The lesson was written for AQA GCSE Science / Biology but is very likely to be applicable to other exam specifications. Please leave a rating / review and all other feedback gratefully received!

This resource can be laminated and turned into a keyring to have on display in class or to add to students drawers. You could also stick this onto desks or enlarge for a calm corner/ emotions display area. Thank you for downloading and if you find the time please leave a review.