Setting cover work at secondary

Make secondary cover lessons both engaging and worthwhile with these specially selected lesson ideas, activities and booklets for class and supply teachers

Tes Resources Team

Teacher planning for their secondary cover lessons

Take the stress out of devising cover lessons with these ready-to-use activity ideas for a range of subject areas

Making sure that cover lessons are both valuable and interesting can be time-consuming, whether you’re a supply teacher or a teacher having to set work. To make the process simpler, we’ve hand-picked some of the best resources to make sure your students remain stimulated and engaged.

Whole school

For more resources to use in tutor time, why not take a look at this hand-picked collection of Tutor-time ideas and activities?

English cover lessons

If you need an extended project for your English students to get stuck into, this English class project ideas collection is a great starting point.

English Home Learning Packs KS3
Sarah Graham

English Home Learning Packs KS3

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Here are two 30+ page English work packs I made for my SEMH Y8 and Y9 students who are self-isolating. It has sections on SPaG, reading and writing, with an extras section at the back with some fun creative tasks. They will easily suit upper KS2 though. They might look a bit wonky in the preview...
English Cover KS3
EnglishGCSEcouk

English Cover KS3

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English cover for KS3 lessons that includes: 2x Analysing fiction texts (English Language Paper 1 Q1-3) 2x Analysing non-fiction texts (English Language Paper 2 Q1-3) 2x Descriptive/narrative writing (English Language Paper 1 Question 5) 2x Non-fiction writing (English Language Paper 2 Question 5) ...
English Cover KS4
EnglishGCSEcouk

English Cover KS4

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KS4 English pack: English cover for KS4 lessons that includes: 2x Analysing fiction texts (English Language Paper 1 Q1-4) 2x Analysing non-fiction texts (English Language Paper 2 Q1-4) 2x Descriptive/narrative writing (English Language Paper 1 Question 5) 3x Non-fiction writing (English Language P...
Standalone cover lessons - KS3 English
poppyweighton

Standalone cover lessons - KS3 English

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Here is an example of a standalone cover lesson for KS3 English. The structure is: A recall starter, a paragraph with comprehension and a light analysis task, and then creative writing. All questions have answers on the next slide making these appropriate for cover teachers. If you like this lesso...

Maths and science cover lessons

Looking for even more choice for secondary maths cover lessons? Check out the Maths cover lesson collection.

Emergency maths cover lesson? Enrichment materials
Jon O'Neill

Emergency maths cover lesson? Enrichment materials

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Ready-to-go, standalone enrichment activities. These are NOT simply colouring-in or wordsearch activities! Rather they are an attempt to productively use any spare curriculum time, perhaps when a colleague's lesson needs cover and it is not practical to organise suitable work. Can use as whole class...
Understanding forces Cover lesson
Cath McGuinness

Understanding forces Cover lesson

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**This ready-to-use cover lesson, based on my understanding forces lesson, allows Year 7 students to work independently and develop their understanding of how forces interact with and affect objects through clear explanations and engaging activities. Ideal for unexpected staff absences**. This les...
40 x KS3 Maths Homework Sheets / Booklet WITH ANSWERS!!!!
MrDaviesMaths

40 x KS3 Maths Homework Sheets / Booklet WITH ANSWERS!!!!

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Here you will find 40 different homework sheets designed to be given as a worksheet or a homework. Providing students practice questions for all of the basic topics which they tend to forget if not worked on regularly . These sheets also come with all answers provided, to save time for teachers :)...

Art, drama, DT and PE cover lessons

With drama activities for the studio, as well as cover lessons for use in the classroom, this Cover lessons for secondary drama collection has even more to choose from.

COVER WORK - App Design - DT-ART-ICT
AJBresources

COVER WORK - App Design - DT-ART-ICT

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This Resource includes 2 different A3 worksheets in which students need to design an app based on a specified brief. Each sheet has several tasks and there is more than enough work for 2-3 lessons. An excellent extension for these tasks is to get students to create hi-fidelity mockups of their Apps...
Cover lessons PE (theory based)
lac7488

Cover lessons PE (theory based)

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A bank of lessons that classes can do in theory/wet weather classroom based lessons. We use these for theory lessons when we are absent and pupils respond really well to them. Designed for subject and non subject specialists to use
Tone and Mark-Making Worksheet (Suitable for Cover lessons)
MissKJN

Tone and Mark-Making Worksheet (Suitable for Cover lessons)

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This worksheet was created to be used for cover lessons, allowing students to practice and recall their knowledge and skills of tone, shading and mark-making. Useful for quick cover lessons, or just for general lesson time. 2 versions of the sheet are available, one is A4 and can be printed double...

MFL cover lessons

With projects and independent tasks to develop key skills, these Imaginative projects for MFL students resources could provide productive activities for students to work on in your absence.

MFL Extension & Cover Worksheet
letrueman1

MFL Extension & Cover Worksheet

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Stick this sheet in the front of students' books so that they always have quiet extension activities available to them. In an emergency, it also means they always have cover activities already in their books!
Emergency French cover work KS3 or KS4
veverett

Emergency French cover work KS3 or KS4

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An 8 page booklet of work designed for setting cover for French lessons in an emergency. All the words the pupils need are on the sheet and pupils can complete the work on the page. Suitable for KS3 or KS4. Works for pupils who have studied the topic or who are unfamiliar with it, as all the words a...
Spanish Opinions & Activities (Cover Work)
RML-MFL

Spanish Opinions & Activities (Cover Work)

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This four page worksheet can be used as cover as the Sentence Builder includes all of the language that students require to complete the worksheet. This could also be used in normal lessons provided the language matches what you have been covering as part of your curriculum. Suitable for KS3 a...
Cover lesson - personality
-myrtille-

Cover lesson - personality

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Simple lesson to revise/introduce personality. Designed for a cover lesson, to ensure classes whose teacher is absent will have covered the same content.