This PowerPoint is a comprehensive 6-lesson financial literacy and consumer awareness unit designed for students in Years 7–9. The programme introduces key real-world money management concepts through engaging, age-appropriate activities and discussions. Topics covered include basic bank account information, borrowing money responsibly, saving and pensions, taxes, consumerism, and a practical group project where students create their own advert. Each lesson includes a variety of learning activities to support participation and understanding, including “Do It Now” starter tasks, written activities, collaborative group work, and plenary reflections to check progress and reinforce learning. The resource is designed to build students’ confidence in handling financial decisions while encouraging critical thinking, teamwork, and communication skills.

This PowerPoint is a practical and engaging 4–5 lesson scheme of work designed for Key Stage 3 Drama students, focusing on puppetry in performance. The resource combines theatre history, practical making skills, performance techniques, and collaborative storytelling to help students explore how puppets can be brought to life on stage. Lesson 1 introduces students to puppetry in historical and contemporary contexts, including references to modern productions such as War Horse and Life of Pi. Students then learn how to create their own life-sized paper puppets using large rolls of brown paper and simple classroom materials. The following workshop-style lessons focus on developing practical puppetry and ensemble performance skills. Students explore movement, characterisation, physical theatre, and techniques for performing alongside and operating puppets effectively on stage. As the scheme progresses, pupils collaborate to devise original narratives and performances using the puppets they have created. The resource includes structured workshop activities, performance tasks, discussion prompts, questioning suggestions, and reflection opportunities to support both practical exploration and performance evaluation. Designed to encourage creativity, teamwork, communication, and confidence, the scheme is suitable for a range of Key Stage 3 learners and can be adapted to fit different class sizes and lesson lengths.

This is a resource I have used to teach GCSE students completing Section B of the Edexcel Exam, specifcally having seen War Horse. You could easily take the resource and edit it to fit the live production you have taken your classes to see by editing the pictures and content of the slides. This provides a good outline for what the students have to write about and how to structure their exam notes.

Perfect for a Year 7 or 8 class, exploring how to create tension in performance. Includes activities such as Teacher in Role, Body as Object, Sequence Tableaux and Script exploration.

This engaging and interactive PowerPoint resource is designed to support students preparing for Section A of the Edexcel GCSE Drama written exam, focusing on the play DNA by Dennis Kelly. The 1 hour 30 minute session incorporates a range of retrieval and application activities using mini whiteboards to build student confidence in recalling key content and applying performance and design terminology effectively. The session includes: Quick-fire recap tasks on plot, character and themes Mini whiteboard sprints for vocal, physical, and performance skills Exam-style 4, 6 and 9-mark questions with planning support A plenary quiz to reinforce key knowledge and exam technique Perfect for final revision, mock prep or in-lesson reinforcement, this resource promotes active participation, peer discussion, and effective exam strategy through drama-specific language and techniques.