We provide high quality resources that help pupils to improve their results in the STEM subjects. Our team includes award winning teachers and former senior and principal examiners from across a range of examination bodies. We understand that raising attainment and supporting the progress of learners is key to developing outstanding learning and teaching.
We provide high quality resources that help pupils to improve their results in the STEM subjects. Our team includes award winning teachers and former senior and principal examiners from across a range of examination bodies. We understand that raising attainment and supporting the progress of learners is key to developing outstanding learning and teaching.
This is a PowerPoint resource to guide pupils in understanding and taking practical steps to reduce the amount of stress that they might feel when preparing for and sitting their GCSE exams.
Exam periods can be very stressful times for pupils, particularly when sitting their GCSEs. This resource has been written by an experienced teacher with a proven track record of achieving outstanding exam results to help pupils to reduce the stresses that they may feel during this key period, and guide them in how to channel their energies positively.
This resource is suitable for any subject where examinations are a key component of the course, or can be used as part of a wider PSHE scheme of work.
Create outstanding customised starters and plenaries for your Food Preparation and Nutrition lessons in minutes!
This resource contains over 60 slides. Its objective is to support literacy in the new GCSE in Food Preparation and Nutrition, by focusing on key terms in food safety. The slides include picture recognition, cloze questions and anagrams. Simply copy and paste the appropriate slides for your own lessons.
This is suitable for use to support teaching of the new GCSE in Food Preparation and Nutrition or at Key Stage 3. It has been written with direct reference to the AQA specification, but due to common content could be easily adapted for courses from other awarding bodies.
Sustainability is a crucial part of Design and Technology and one of the topics at GCSE where pupils frequently make mistakes or show an incorrect understanding. This 20 page PowerPoint resource has been written by a former senior examiner for one of the three main examination boards and has been tried and tested with students in the classroom.
It introduces the 6Rs (rethink, reduce, refuse, repair, reuse, recycle), explains to learners what each means and shows how each can be used. It also introduces activities to help students to remember the 6Rs and demonstrate the knowledge needed for the examination.
It is suitable for the both the current and new GCSE D&T courses where sustainability and/or the 6Rs is covered by the specification.
What teachers have said about this resource:
'Thanks for this resource - well made and very useable for my students.' - SG
This is a PowerPoint explaining the common command words that could be used in exam questions for the subject, alongside a sample question and answer for each type of question.
In order to maximise exam performance, it is vital that pupils fully understand the questions that they are being asked so that they are able to answer them effectively. This can make a huge difference to the grades that they achieve. In addition, with the increased emphasis on literacy in schools it is more important than ever that pupils can understand exactly what they are being asked to write and demonstrate a good command of the English language when presenting their answers.
This PowerPoint based resource, written by a former senior examiner, is designed to be used by teachers in class to guide pupils through the common command words that could be used in AQA GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition examination questions. These include which, state, give, describe, explain and discuss. It can also be printed/placed on a VLE for students to use as part of their GCSE revision. In addition to an explanation of each command word, the resource also provides a sample question and answer for each, giving pupils clear examples of how to structure their answers to each type of question.
This is a 12 slide PowerPoint presentation prepared by an experienced, award winning teacher and former senior examiner to assist in the delivery of the systems approach knowledge as part of the Engineering and/or D&T GCSE 9-1 specifications. It could also be used as a training resource to support colleagues unfamiliar with or new to this area of the specifications.
Included is an overview of what makes a system, examples of input, process, driver and output devices, the use of block diagrams and feedback. Four exam style questions are presented so that students can test their knowledge and understanding.
A fantastic collection of more than 50 numeracy based brain teasers and puzzles. Great for use as engaging lesson starters in Maths.
The brain teasers are ranked by challenge level. They range from some suitable for key stage 3 through to problems that will present a challenge to GCSE and AS/A2 students.
This is an independent research task for learners to build and consolidate their knowledge of composite materials, using the aviation industry as a theme. It can be set as a homework or class based activity, or a mixture of both. Supporting the main task sheet is a short test that can be used to assess what the students have learnt at the end of the task.
This resource is suitable for supporting learning in Engineering, Product Design and Resistant Materials at key stage 4. In addition to developing subject knowledge the resource is also designed to help learners improve their independent learning skills and examination technique.
Included in this resource:
Suggestions for use.
Main research activity sheet/handout.
15 minute test set in the style of a short examination.
Mark scheme for the test.
Create outstanding customised starters and plenaries for your Food Preparation and Nutrition lessons in minutes!
This resource contains over 60 slides. Its objective is to support literacy in the new GCSE in Food Preparation and Nutrition, by focusing on key terms in food choice. The slides include picture recognition, cloze questions and anagrams. Simply copy and paste the appropriate slides for your own lessons.
This is suitable for use to support teaching of the new GCSE in Food Preparation and Nutrition or at Key Stage 3. It has been written with direct reference to the AQA specification, but due to common content could be easily adapted for courses from other awarding bodies.
Create outstanding customised starters and plenaries for your Design and Technology lessons in minutes!
This is a full subject pack of the following resources, presented at a discounted price (seven resources for the price of six), each written for the AQA specification.
Starter or Plenary Slides for NEW GCSE D&T - Electronic Systems and Mechanical Devices
Starter or Plenary Slides for NEW GCSE D&T - Energy and Forces
Starter or Plenary Slides for NEW GCSE D&T - Environmental, Ecological and Social Issues
Starter or Plenary Slides for NEW GCSE D&T - Designing and Design Issues
Starter or Plenary Slides for NEW GCSE D&T - Manufacturing Tools, Equipment and Processes
Starter or Plenary Slides for NEW GCSE D&T - Materials and Material Properties
Starter or Plenary Slides for NEW GCSE D&T - New and Emerging Technologies
Each resource contains between 60 and 100+ slides. Their objective is to support literacy and numeracy in the new GCSE D&T, by focusing on key terms across the main topics of the GCSE specification. The slides include picture recognition, cloze questions, numeracy problems and anagrams. Simply copy and paste the appropriate slides for your own lessons.
This is suitable for use to support teaching of the new GCSE in D&T or at Key Stage 3. It has been written with direct reference to the AQA specification, which has been approved for first teaching in September 2017.
Create outstanding customised starters and plenaries for your Design and Technology lessons in minutes!
This resource contains over 60 slides. Its objective is to support literacy in the new GCSE D&T, by focusing on key terms in environmental, ecological, social and ethical issues. The slides include picture recognition, cloze questions and anagrams. Simply copy and paste the appropriate slides for your own lessons.
This is suitable for use to support teaching of the new GCSE in D&T or at Key Stage 3. It has been written with direct reference to the OCR specification, which has now been approved for first teaching in September 2017.
Create outstanding customised starters and plenaries for your Food Preparation and Nutrition lessons in minutes!
This resource contains over 60 slides. Its objective is to support literacy in the new GCSE in Food Preparation and Nutrition, by focusing on key terms in food, nutrition and health. The slides include picture recognition, cloze questions and anagrams. Simply copy and paste the appropriate slides for your own lessons.
This is suitable for use to support teaching of the new GCSE in Food Preparation and Nutrition or at Key Stage 3. It has been written with direct reference to the AQA specification, but due to common content could be easily adapted for courses from other awarding bodies.
This resource provides a form in an Excel format that can be used to carry out the risk assessment of Design & Technology workshops.
Electronic copies can be used when updating the risk assessment, saving time by reducing the need to re-enter data or values that have not changed. The format used is based on that recommended in the D&T Association publication 'Risk assessment in Secondary Schools & Colleges Design & Technology Teaching Environments'.
Included in this resource:
An Excel spreadsheet tool to assist in carrying out risk assessments of D&T rooms.
Notes explaining the effective use of the resource.
This document is designed for use by Headteachers and members of the SLT. It presents, in a revised format, the grade descriptors published by Ofsted. It is intended to prepare for an inspection and to save preparation time when an inspection occurs. If the tables within this document, or individual items from the tables are regularly discussed at SLT meetings, it can also assist in maintaining the focus on improvement.
The aims of this document are, once completed:
To allow schools to identify where there are gaps or weaknesses in the evidence base that need to be addressed.
To help inspectors identify and locate evidence to justify a grade awarded.
The grade descriptors are listed in tabular form, with separate tables for ‘Good’ and ‘Outstanding’ for each of the main inspection areas.
Create outstanding customised starters and plenaries for your Food Preparation and Nutrition lessons in minutes!
This resource contains over 60 slides. Its objective is to support literacy in the new GCSE in Food Preparation and Nutrition, by focusing on key terms in food preparation skills. The slides include equipment recognition, cloze questions and anagrams. Simply copy and paste the appropriate slides for your own lessons.
This is suitable for use to support teaching of the new GCSE in Food Preparation and Nutrition or at Key Stage 3. It has been written with direct reference to the AQA specification, but due to common content could be easily adapted for courses from other awarding bodies.
Create outstanding customised starters and plenaries for your Design and Technology lessons in minutes!
This resource contains over 80 slides. Its objective is to support literacy and numeracy in the new GCSE D&T, by focusing on key terms in electronic systems and mechanical devices. The slides include electronic symbols, component recognition, cloze questions, numeracy problems and anagrams. Simply copy and paste the appropriate slides for your own lessons.
This is suitable for use to support teaching of the new GCSE in D&T or at Key Stage 3. It has been written with direct reference to the AQA specification, which has been approved for first teaching in September 2017.
Create outstanding customised starters and plenaries for your Design and Technology lessons in minutes!
This resource contains over 60 slides. Its objective is to support literacy in the new GCSE D&T, by focusing on key terms in energy and forces. The slides include picture recognition, cloze questions and anagrams. Simply copy and paste the appropriate slides for your own lessons.
This is suitable for use to support teaching of the new GCSE in D&T or at Key Stage 3. It has been written with direct reference to the AQA specification, which has been approved for first teaching in September 2017.
Create outstanding customised starters and plenaries for your Design and Technology lessons in minutes!
This resource contains over 80 slides. Its objective is to support literacy and numeracy in the new GCSE D&T, by focusing on key terms in designing and design issues. The slides include picture recognition, cloze questions, anagrams and numeracy problems. Simply copy and paste the appropriate slides for your own lessons.
This is suitable for use to support teaching of the new GCSE in D&T or at Key Stage 3. It has been written with direct reference to the AQA specification, which has been approved for first teaching in September 2017.
Schools use attainment criteria to facilitate the assessment of progress. However, the Secretary of State for education has disapplied the attainment criteria previously used for Key Stage 3 Design & Technology. One of the weaknesses of the previous attainment criteria was that there was no direct link to progression at Key Stage 4/GCSE Engineering. This disapplication gives the opportunity to adopt new assessment criteria, which more accurately reflect the development of skills that will be assessed in GCSE Engineering.
The following descriptor statements are based on the NEA assessment criteria in the new GCSE 9-1 Engineering specification. They were developed by a group of examiners for use in their own classrooms. They were not prepared by, and have not been approved by, any exam board.
This is an Excel spreadsheet based tool to assist Design & Technology departments in ensuring that they are addressing all of the requirements of the National Curriculum 2014 Programme of Study.
Every project or significant activity in Key Stage 3 Design & Technology should be evaluated to determine which areas of the National Curriculum 2014 Programme of Study (PoS) are being addressed. Across any Key Stage as a whole, learners should have the opportunity to address every area - this will normally be achieved by addressing different requirements across several different projects. This resource can be used to identify areas where action is needed to improve how well the PoS is addressed.
Schools use attainment criteria to facilitate the assessment of progress. However, the Secretary of State for education has disapplied the attainment criteria previously used for Key Stage 3 Design & Technology. This disapplication gives the opportunity to adopt new assessment criteria, which more accurately reflect the development of skills that will be assessed in GCSE 9-1 Design & Technology.
The following descriptor statements are based on the NEA assessment criteria in the new GCSE 9-1 Design & Technology specification. They were developed by a group of examiners for use in their own classrooms. They were not prepared by, and have not been approved by, any exam board.
