The Spark: Thought for the Week Term 1

The Spark is an elevated Thought for the Week programme for UK secondary schools, pedagogically grounded and designed to work in five minutes for KS3, KS4 and KS5. Every session in the series is built around one key idea, one question, one piece of research and one closing thought. After students consider and discuss the topics the second slide contains the Thought for the Week prompt and three Go Deeper discussion questions for older students and groups with more time. They may not always be suitable for KS3 without additional explanation. Full speaker notes are included, written in plain text and structured for non-specialist delivery.

This product contains all the sessions from Term 1.

The Thought for the Week:
Every session ends with a prompt that asks students to notice something in the coming week connected to what was just discussed. Not homework, not an instruction, it is a low stakes invitation to pay attention. A teacher’s guide to the full programme is included, with all 39 Thought for the Week prompts in a single reference document. Change won’t happen in a single tutor session but one of these sparks might plant a seed that does. Character development is at the heart of the full 39-week programme.

Available in my shop:
The Spark | Thought for the Week | Showcase (3 free to try)
The Spark: Thought for the Week Term 1 £8 (THIS PRODUCT)
The Spark: Thought for the Week Term 2 £8
The Spark: Thought for the Week Term 3 £8
The Spark: Thought for the Week Full Year £20

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