Secondary resources for Term 4

Tools to support learners as they prepare for exams and end-of-year lessons to inspire creative thinking

Exam season is almost upon us! While your students will have been working hard to revise subject knowledge over the holidays, it’s always a good idea to go over those vital exam skills to ensure that they’re ready for anything.

We’ve selected a few of the top resources to help you do just that, as well as some cross-curricular lesson ideas to make sure your classes are engaged right up until the end of the academic year.

Exam skills resources

• Essay-writing toolkit
  This extensive guide contains a variety of tools, tips and tricks to help students become more confident in their essay writing.
• Exam answer planner
  Support students as they plan answers to longer questions by encouraging the use of this editable worksheet, including a list of key command words.

• Post a Pringle task
  Develop higher-level thinking skills with this unusual project, in which students must design packaging that enables a Pringle to be sent through the post.
• Paper clip boat challenge*
  Introduce pupils to the concept of water tension by getting them to experiment with ways to make a paper clip float.
• Pirate maths game
  Why not embrace the pirate theme by playing this addictive game, through which pupils can practise key numeracy skills, as part of a mini unit of work? 
• Whodunnit? murder mystery
  Allow students to go through the steps required to solve this stimulating mystery, before getting them to work together to create their own.

*This resource is being sold by the author

For more secondary inspiration, check out this collection of featured resources for Term 4.