This short presentation is perfect for Form Time. It includes ideas for students to carry out Random Acts of Kindness throughout the school. It encourages students to think about others and work as a class or small group to organise their random acts. It is ideal for years 7, 8 and 9 in particular.

These short exercises are ideal for students who have been excluded temporarily or are in detention. Students are asked to tick whether a particular situation is okay and give a reason for their answer. This resource gives students an opportunity to think through situations that often present themselves at school and may in fact be part of the reason that they are in detention or have been excluded. It is effective for any year group within secondary / high school. It could also work as an activity for PSHE or Form Time.

These short written exercises are ideal for students in detention. Students answer a series of short letters to “Agony Aunts” regarding problems at school. They have been designed to encourage students to think about the appropriate course of action in several given situations. They are very general so can be used for any high school year group or individual student. They could even be used as part of a discussion for PSHE or Form Time.

This essay guide is the perfect assignment to give a student who is in detention or who has been excluded for a day. It gives information about an episode of Educating Greater Manchester in which a student receives a punishment for his persistent poor behaviour. The assignment asks students completing it to consider what the student in the programme has done and to decide whether they feel the punishment was fair. Additionally it asks students to consider opinions from social media. It has been designed to encourage students to think about punishments that they think are fair as many of them will be feeling hard done by when they are in isolation, detention or at home on an exclusion. It is a very general piece so it can be used for any high school year group or individual student. It could even be used as part of a discussion for PSHE or Form Time.

This assignment is ideal for students who have been excluded temporarily or are in detention. It asks students to plan and design an anti-bullying website, so if your student has been excluded/is in detention for bullying, it is even more effective. Students are asked to design the website then to write about it, fully explaining each feature. Students are encouraged to visit anti-bullying websites to get further ideas, which in turn can help them to think about their own actions. It is effective for any year group within secondary / high school. It could also work as an activity for PSHE or Form Time.

This worksheet provides a number of exercises designed to give students the opportunity to practise using linguistic devices to make their writing more interesting. The exercises are short and can be used as an extension for those who have finished their work.

This English Language worksheet is designed to give students an opportunity to practise making their writing more exciting for the reader. They will use a variety of linguistic devices and are encouraged to think about alternatives to the usual “hot as the sun” and “dark as night” similes. The activities can be used as extensions for those who have completed their class work or as practice in interventions.

This assignment is ideal for students who have been excluded temporarily or are in detention. It asks students to consider the recent situation for Teresa May in which she had multiple disasters while giving a speech. Regardless of political opinion, it showed resilience as she carried on and this assignment gives students the opportunity to think about resilience and how they might become more resilient themselves. It is effective for any year group within secondary / high school. It could also work as an activity for PSHE or Form Time.

This assignment is ideal for students who have been excluded temporarily or are in detention. It asks students to write a letter to a younger student (it doesn’t have to be an actual student!) to give them advice on how to best handle life in school. It is a reflective piece that gives the writer the chance to think about his/her own actions. It is effective for year 8 or above. It could also work as an activity for PSHE or Form Time.

A fun English Literature resource that asks students to translate into modern language some of Shakespeare’s famous insults. If they’re able to, students can also add which play they think the insult came from.