NEW for 2026 RSHE DfE Guidelines - In this lesson students will learn about the dangers of chatbots, trusting AI advice without fact checking, the worrying increase of people developing affections or even falling in love with chatbots, the rising belief in some online conspiracy theories, and how chatbots can be programmed to give harmful advice and promote products without a user realising. There is a large focus on digital literacy, with real life case studies, clip tasks, literacy-based analysis tasks and much more. Students will learn how to be a discerning consumer of information as stipulated by the 2026 RSHE Guidelines from the DfE.
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All editable and includes lesson plan.
All taken from the EC Publishing 2026 Complete Secondary PSHE Package, available at our Tes store and at the EC Publishing website.
10 Lessons on Microsoft Excel skills.
Lesson 1 - Intro to Excel, Simple Formula & Formatting Techniques
Lesson 2 - Simple Functions (SUM, MAX, MIN, AVERAGE) & Data Types
Lesson 3 - Functions (Count, CountA, Countblank, Round, IF) & Graph Types
Lesson 4 - Functions (IF, SUMIF, COUNTIF) & Intro to Conditional Formatting
Lesson 5 - Recap Functions (IF, SUMIF, COUNTIF) & Using Conditional Formatting
Lesson 6 - Functions (Concatenate, Now, Today, Vlookup)
Lesson 7 - Data Validation Techniques, Sorting Data & Filtering Data
Lesson 8 - Recap Sorting & Filtering Data, Functions (LEFT & RIGHT)
Lesson 9 - Protecting a Sheet, Protecting a Workbook, Encrypt a Workbook with Password, Protect a Workbook using Read Only
Lesson 10 - Creating Macros to link sheets & Creating Pivot Charts
Each lesson includes:
Teacher Slides Powerpoint
Starter/Do Now Tasks (Word Documents or Excel Spreadsheets)
3 - 5 Student Lesson Tasks (Excel Spreadsheets)
Extension Tasks (Excel Spreadsheets, Word Documents or PDF Documents)
Plenary/Exit Tasks (Included in the Teacher Slides Powerpoint)
Deliver an exceptionally timely, high-engagement lesson on the newly announced UK under-16 social media ban. Designed specifically for KS3 (Years 7, 8, and 9), this complete, fully editable 50–60 minute resource tackles the exact law that directly impacts your students’ digital lives, bridging core concepts across both ICT/Computing (data privacy, age assurance technology, biometrics) and PSHE (mental health, online safety, civil liberties).
No prep required—this is a true “plug-and-play” resource designed to keep a lively KS3 room structured, focused, and arguing with facts rather than emotion.
What’s Included in the Download:
Fully Structured Presentation (5 Slides):
Lesson Overview Dashboard: Establishes clear objectives and ikeywords
Video Hook: Embedded space for the recent Independent news brief to anchor the context.
The Big News (A Line in the Sand): A high-impact split-grid showing “The Current Reality” vs. “The New Law,” featuring the verbatim June 2026 quote from Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Four Stakeholder Viewpoints: A colour-coded roleplay slide separating pro-ban arguments (Government, Anxious Parents) from critical arguments (Data Privacy Experts, 14-Year-Old Students).
Plenary (The Anonymous Ballot): A formal wrap-up checking text comprehension with a student self-assessment checklist.
Printable Resource Sheets: Ready-to-cut role cards for the Stakeholder Select Committee matrix simulation and printable secret ballot paper slips.
Key Benefits for Teachers:
Bulletproof Content: Completely safe for school environments.
Structured Debate (No Shouting): Includes an opportunity to discuss the situation deom a range of viewpoints. Small teams must represent a specific professional perspective using the included printable cards.
Ofsted-Ready Vocabulary: Seamlessly reinforces critical technical and societal terms throughout the lesson.
An Excel Basic Skills Project Workbook, remote learning or independent work,step- by- step instructions/ tasks with editable task sheets and powerpoint/ video , 6 tasks take students through :
how to set up tables of data
range of basic formula
applying formatting
spreadsheet vocabulary
using data tables to create graphs
Changing data to answer ‘What if … ?’ questions
Used with Year 7 as a spreadsheet skills project but suitable for a range of ages.
Can also be delivered lesson by lesson using teacher demo Excel files to support students in class ( I have used this both as a project and as tasks to support other in class Excel learning with Year 7 and 8 over 6 lessons or so )
Word document - can be printed as a booklet or as separate tasks, or uploaded online ( PDF version of full booklet also included)
Suitable for homework, independent work or remote learning
Powerpoint with video guides with tips for tasks included
Answers to all tasks included in Excel file which includes full completed tasks formulae etc
Interactive Word based Key Vocabulary quiz with answers ( can also be printed - included in booklet)
**NEW for 2026 **
Need an end of term activity that is also educational and engaging? This quiz is the perfect resource for that.
This resource includes a 50 question summer computing quiz with an answer sheet included! There are 10 rounds to the quiz, with a mixture of computing questions and fun rounds too.
Rounds include guess the logo, pixelated images, spot the error, real or AI and many more!
With 50 questions, it will last an entire lesson.
Recently updated with even more tasks!
An entire 100+ slide PowerPoint covering Python Programming topics as stated in the OCR GCSE J277 Computer Science Specification.
This set of slides includes theory, examples, coding tasks and answers as well as starter activities for the following topics:
Variables
Comments
Data Types
Casting
Operators
User Input
Strings
String Methods
Concatenation
Booleans
Built in functions
Conditional Statements
FOR and WHILE loops
Lists
2-D Arrays
Functions and Procedures
Worksheet for strings and string methods included
WORKSHEET HAS NOW BEEN ADDED TO FILES.
Table of contents is linked to relevant slides to save you as much time as possible!
This whole unit of work includes all my Introduction to Python Programming lessons within one bundle! Includes:
Part 1: Print Statements, Data Types and Mathematical Calculations
Part 2: Variables
Part 3: Comments
Part 4: Selection
Part 5: Lists and Arrays
Part 6: Manipulating String
Part 7: Looping
Each resource includes differentiated activities to consolidate learning as well as final unit challenges to assess understanding.
Save 40% when purchasing all these resources together!
Printable Do Now Tasks for KS3 computing (10 for year 7, 10 for year 8 and 10 for year 9).
All single sided A4 but include an extension activity to be done on the reverse of the sheet. Without the extension each sheet would take around 7 minutes to complete but with the extension it could be around 15 mins so can be used flexibly.
Layering of concepts across the year groups - accessible for lower literacy students, calming activities to encourage focus.
Perfect for:
having ready for cover lessons to allow the teacher to get themselves organised.
students who in isolation/moved to another classroom to give them something relevant and paper based to do
Everyday lessons
Homework
Extension tasks for finished students
Empower your students with the skills they need to navigate the digital world safely with this informative Internet Safety assembly. This engaging presentation covers crucial topics such as cybersecurity, online safety, and protection and privacy, providing actionable Internet Safety tips to ensure students stay safe online and practice their digital citizenship.
This informative and thought-provoking assembly is aimed at KS2, KS3 and KS4 students.
Slides:
Introduction
What is Internet Safety?
Why is Internet Safety So Important?
Positives of the Internet
Negatives of the Internet
Cyberbullying
Stranger Danger
Scams
Password Security
Social Media
Privacy Settings
Online Gaming
Inappropriate Content
Screen Time
Media Literacy: Fake News
Digital Footprint
Parental Involvement
THINK Activity
Duration:
This assembly is designed to last 15-20 minutes.
No prep needed!
Every slide includes instructions for the assembly lead so you are ready to go!
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Schooled Resources
One hour, fully resourced Internet Safety lesson which introduces the concept of digital footprints and how our actions on the Internet now can have an impact on our later lives - especially when applying for jobs or in relationships.
This resource pack includes an hour long PowerPoint with accompanying worksheets, well differentiated activities, literacy focus tasks, clip tasks with three-way differentiated questions and information sheets.
The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is useful for PSHE, ICT, Careers, Citizenship or Tutor Time. As with all our lessons, you don’t need any prior knowledge as all the information is included - you can just pick up and teach it.
You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: MORE PSHE RESOURCES
NEW 11 HOURS- A selection of brand new 2026/27 EC Publishing PSHE lessons (includes double lessons) with a focus on the rise of online safety, artificial intelligence, deepfakes, online bullying, cybercrime, misogyny and much more - perfect for teens navigating our challenging modern world. There are 11 hours of total content, each lesson coming with detailed easy to follow PowerPoint, worksheets, clips, activities and info packs. Made by a wonderful team of consultants and teachers who are, above all, humans, not AI (we write and check every word and fact and are happy to stake our company reputation on what we produce). This is a saver pack - bought separately the lessons would total £28..
**Includes:**
1) Online Grooming - Online grooming lesson covering both predatory online grooming and internet predator awareness. This lesson has been updated for 2026 and includes a detailed information pack, take-home signposting, paired and creative activities, clip tasks literacy-based tasks, analysis tasks and much more. Includes lesson plan, Covers new guidance for harmful behaviour online.
2) Online Safety and Social Media - A new PSHE online safety lesson suitable for KS3/4. This lesson covers a variety of issues, including cyber-bullying, social media safety, online-scams, data theft and privacy, image sharing and fraud. Students will explore the best safety tips to use as well as why they need to use them, with real and genuine online dangers explained in context.
3) Chatbots, AI and Digital Literacy - In this lesson students will learn about the dangers of chatbots, trusting AI advice without fact checking, the worrying increase of people developing affections or even falling in love with chatbots, the rising belief in some online conspiracy theories, and how chatbots can be programmed to give harmful advice and promote products without a user realising. There is a large focus on digital literacy, with real life case studies, clip tasks, literacy-based analysis tasks and much more. Students will learn how to be a discerning consumer of information as stipulated by the 2026 RSHE Guidelines from the DfE.
4) Deepfakes + AI Online Safety + Risks - PSHE lesson on deepfakes and malicious AI use (for new 2026 RSHE guidance - harmful behaviour online). Students will explore what we mean by deepfakes and malicious AI, before discovering how celebrities, politicians and citizens are falling victim of this new technology. They will investigate the new UK law (April 2024) and the penalties aimed at different types of deepfakes, including explicit ones (no imagery will be seen, just the concept discussed).
5) AI , Pornography , Consent + Deepfakes Superimposes - New PSHE harmful behaviour online lesson focusing on image sharing, the increase of revenge porn, pornographic deepfakes, the law and the harm this causes victims as well as the legal penalties for perpetrators. The lesson also covers up-skirting as well as other forms of non-consensual image sharing and the consequences of these.
6) Financial Exploitation - Online Safety / Online Risks - 2 HOURS for new 2026 RSHE guidance (see lesson plan included for details) - In this double lesson students will explore online scams, with particular regard to financial exploitation and money laundering. They will investigate how easy it is to fall for a scam, the common techniques used by scammers and how to spot one. Students will then focus on a growing criminal industry which young people often fall victim to; money laundering. They will discover how money laundering works, what happens to the victims, the penalties, and how criminals operate to trick people and avoid detection.
7) Sextortion, Image Sharing + AI Deepfakes - NEW for 2026 DfE RSHE Guidelines: sextortion, pornographic image sharing and how to spot AI imagery. Students will learn what we mean by sextortion, how it happens, the scary statistics and how we report it / take measures to protect ourselves. Students will also learn the tell-tale signs of an AI generated video and how to spot these. Includes real life case-studies of online crimes and the penalties the criminals were given; students will complete a ‘you be the judge’ activity where they are given the UK sentencing options for online crimes and they will sentence the defendants, before we reveal what the criminals punishments really were (they were even harsher).
8) Cybercrime - Illegal Behaviour Online - Online Safety - This PSHE lesson covers the dangers of harmful behaviour online, illegal online behaviours, scams, financial exploitation, cybercrime and the Dark Web and is perfect for the new 2026 RSHE guidance. Students will investigate criminal case studies to play the judge and learn about the potential legal pitfalls and penalties for those using dubious sites. The lesson is best suited to KS4, lasts one hour and is editable. Includes match up tasks, clips, case study analysis, literacy and creative tasks. Includes detailed lesson plan.
Online Safety Quiz - This is an easy to use quiz helps you cover topics (online safety / safe relationships) as well as being great for students to learn about security, privacy, fraud, phishing, scams, social media, excess screen-time, online gaming, catfishing and much more. This pack will last you an hour.
Who are EC Publishing?
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.
We also run the EC Publishing site where you can find everything you need for PSHE, RE and Citizenship at discounted rates. You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk
A revision booklet with revision theory and questions for Paper 2 in the OCR J277 Computer Science specification.
A range of questions are included in the booklet, and answers are included.
Topics covered:
Programming
Errors
Variables
Inputs and Outputs
Data Types
Operators
Selection
Iteration
String Manipulation
Flowcharts
Trace Tables
Sorting Algorithms
Searching Algorithms
Stop AI cheating and build critical literacy. A 3-lesson unit for KS3 exploring hallucinations, algorithmic bias, and safe, ethical “Human in the Loop” use.
Empower your students to become “Pilots, not Passengers” in the age of AI.
Artificial Intelligence is no longer a future concept—it is in your students’ pockets today. This comprehensive 3-lesson mini-unit moves beyond “how to use” AI and dives deep into the critical thinking required to use it safely, fairly, and honestly.
Designed for Year 8 (but suitable for Y7-Y9), this resource addresses the “Confident Mistake” problem (hallucinations), the “Echo Chamber” (bias), and the “Treadmill Effect” (academic integrity).
What’s Included?
3 High-Impact Lessons: Fully structured with starters, main tasks, and plenaries.
Unique Narrative Visuals: High-quality cinematic imagery to keep students engaged.
Interactive Activities: Includes the “Integrity Audit” RAG table, the “Robot Judge” debate, and links to gamified simulations.
Modern Video Integration: Hand-picked, high-production clips from Code.org and industry experts.
The Year 8 Manifesto: A final project where students create their own ethical “Class Laws” for AI use.
Lesson Overviews:
The Illusion of Truth: Why AI “hallucinates,” and why we must verify everything.
The Echo Chamber: Understanding training data (G.I.G.O), and algorithmic bias
The Ethical Co-Pilot: Data privacy, the 80/20 learning rule, and defining the line between “tools” and “cheating.”
Teacher Ready:
No-Prep Required: Just download and teach.
2026 Updated: Addresses the latest AI models and common classroom dilemmas.
Fully customisable PowerPoint slides.
Includes layout and retrieval questions for Networking and Computational Thinking.
Curriculum Links: Perfect for Computing (Data Representation/Ethics) and PSHE (Online Safety/Critical Thinking).
This paper has been developed using a detailed review of OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277/01) examination papers and mark schemes from 2023–2025. Recurring topics, question structures, and assessment patterns have been identified and used to inform the design of this resource. It reflects likely areas of focus and provides realistic exam-style practice aligned with recent examination trends.
This resource includes 1 J277 01 paper and mark scheme as well as identification of patterns.
A set of 7 full lessons for KS3 (Year 7/Year 8) on Scratch Programming.
Lessons cover:
Lesson 1 & 2 - Introduction into Scratch, What are Sprites, How do we add a background, How do we add a sprite, How do we control sprites, What is looping/loops, Creating Variables in Scratch, Creating loops in Scratch, Creating a simple game of cat and mouse in Scratch.
Lesson 3 - Understand what a costume is and how to create one, Understand what broadcast means and where we find this code block, Finishing off the cat & mouse game in Scratch off.
Lesson 4 - Understand how to sense events and where to find this in Scratch, Understand what a variable is and where to find one in Scratch, Creating a game of shark attack in Scratch.
Lesson 5 - Understand what sensing is and how it is used in Scratch, Understand what a variable is and where to find them, Understand how to draw our own sprite using the paint feature, Apply our new knowledge to start creating a Flappy Bird game.
Lesson 6 - Understand what coordinates are, Understand how coordinates affect the movement of characters, Understand how to use the coordinates code blocks to move our character, Continue creating our Flappy Bird game.
Lesson 7 - Understand how to add pipes to our Flappy Bird game, Understand how to use operators to compare variables, Understand how to add a high score feature to our Flappy Bird game, Understand how to add instructions to our Flappy Bird game. Add to our game using the extension/challenge tasks.
Lessons include:
Teacher Slides PowerPoint
Student Worksheets (Word Documents)
Starter & Plenary Activities (Word Documents or in Teacher Slides PowerPoint)
Extension Tasks (Word Documents)
Extra Class Work - Scratch Booklet (Word Document)
This resource contains 3 lessons on Function, procedure, validation, verification and authentication. 30 Tasks in total. Every task comes with answers and a video of how it was solved which can be used for distance learning. Each lesson has a video explaining the theory. Each lesson has 3 differentiated tasks.
Suitable for GCSE & A LEVEL Computer Science.
25 HOUR UNIT - For the Gatsby Benchmark Careers Guidelines.
All fully resourced lessons, well differentiated and highly rated 1 or 2 hour lessons suitable for secondary schools which can be used over both key stages - perfect to help you meet the new GATSBY criteria. Some of the lessons last two hours, all in all there is about 25 hours worth of teaching content.
Pack includes - 20 x Powerpoints, 70 worksheets, well differentiated throughout, all with clips and LOs at three challenge levels:
Includes:
1. Job interviews and preparation
2. What are employability skills?
3. Your skills and applying for suitable work
4. Payslips, income tax and national insurance
5. Equal opportunities in the worksplace
6. CVs - What are employers looking for?
7. Rights and responsibilities in the workplace
8. Preparing for Work Experience
9. Enterprise skills
10. Entrepreneurial skills
11. Enterprising personalities and qualities
12. Interpersonal skills
13. Communication skills
14. Using enterprising skills in the workplace
15. How do people succeed as entrepreneurs?
16. Workplace Skills - Conflict Management
17. Careers in STEM focus
18. How can we choose a career that's right for us?
19. What impact does our digital footprint have our futures and careers?
20. Why is Health and Safety important in the workplace?
Many more new Careers Resources and PSHE lessons on the EC Publishing website.
Social Media Influencers PSHE lesson looking at the how we would define an online influencer, popular social media influencers in the UK, positive influence by online influencers, concerns in relation to social media influencers their behaviour and content, influencers and selling and marketing of products online, how to be a critical consumer of social media influencers and what to be aware of for young people considering a career in relation to online influence. Please see the sample pictures for more information. Pictures show an example of some slides included in the lesson.
You may also be interested in our lessons on -
Snapchat
Fake News & Analysing Information for Reliability
Digital Footprint
Impact of Social Media
Social Media & Self Harm
This resource is also available as part of our complete packages.
This is an easy to follow power point lesson (no prior planning, printing or preparation required). The resource is designed to be delivered as one 60 minute lesson but all of our resources are fully editable and designed to allow sections to be added, removed or changed should you need to do so.
No previous knowledge in the subject area is needed, the lesson is easily deliverable by someone who is not a subject specialist or an experienced PSHE teacher. Meets current UK PSHE Guidance
Clear & accurate information
Careers slide
Discussion & feedback tasks
Starter & plenary task
Video Clips
Scenario Task
In response to current educational research on cognitive load, our lessons contain minimal unnecessary text or imagery in order to enhance memory of key information
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Take your students on a journey through the intricacies of binary addition with our 8-bit and 6-bit worksheets. Both worksheets have 16 questions and solutions have been provided to make marking and assisting students easier. This resource provides a structured and challenging experience that will help your students excel in this essential digital skill.
Each worksheet has the binary addition rules included at the top to allow students to work through them independently with ease.
A free sample 4 bit binary worksheet is also available from our TES shop.
Personal Development/Self-Discipline: 1x hour PowerPoint, worksheets, clips, well differentiated, KS3/4 all editable and ready to go. Perfect as an introduction to Personal Development.
These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last one hour each.
You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: EC_Resources
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Mental Health PSHE Bundle
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British Values Citizenship Bundle
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Islam Bundle
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