Former Head of PE in secondary school in the North of England with 10+ years teaching experience.
My resources tend to be classroom based lessons for the GCSE PE course and form time resources when the register is done and everyone is staring at me expecting interesting and informative action!
Former Head of PE in secondary school in the North of England with 10+ years teaching experience.
My resources tend to be classroom based lessons for the GCSE PE course and form time resources when the register is done and everyone is staring at me expecting interesting and informative action!
This is a complete lesson that needs no preparation other than printing the two activity sheets above for some of your students to use.
I used this lesson as a recap for my GCSE PE class after they returned from half term holidays thinking they'd struggle to remember the difference between aerobic and anaerobic respiration. I was right, but this lesson lulled them into remembering and applying their notes in a fun and enjoyable way. I was genuinely surprised by how well the lesson went and how much they learned.
Lesson starter is a crossword with all the key terms of the lesson. There are two corsswords, one with a word bank of correct answers and one without to aid differentiation.
The power point contains a youtube link to an old Merrie Melodies cartoon of the fable of the Tortoise and the Hare. It's 8 and a half minutes long and makes for an interesting start to the lesson. My students were surprisingly attentive throughout!
We then had a debate about how we can link this story to demonstrate respiration and it's effects. Once students start to see the link we can begin with the main activity.
Students have to retell the story but using some specific terms that relate to respiration. This task is differentiated in three ways.
For the more able students they should write their story in continuous prose. For intermediate students there is the attached short version of the story to remind them or to stick in their book. For low ability students there is a comic strip for them to annotate or add dialogue.
Any feedback, good or bad is gratefully received.
AQA specification on the Principles of training - SPORT.
Lesson starts with a 'Do Now,' activity and then works through Specificity, Progression, Overload, reversibility and Tedium with mini-tasks along the way. Lesson finishes with safety concerns.
This is a spreadsheet I used to create greater interest in athletics with my KS3 boys.
Simply fill in your students names and info. and then when they complete an athletics event, their score can be recorded and points are allocated based on their performance. The spreadsheet will add up all their points and rank them so the best all-rounder should accumulate the most points IF they complete all the events.
Also, a colour is given to some scores: Bronze, Silver or Gold, utilising the scoring system from the ESAA Award Scheme.
These 'medals' are hard to achieve in Year 7 but by year 9 there should be a number of students achieving these scores. This is why it's such a good resource to create interest year after year as students attempt to beat their previous scores/times/distances.
Any feedback, positive or negative, is greatly appreciated.
Please note, for girl's, the standards are different and would need to be inputted into the spreadsheet.
This is a quiz with many rounds and varieties of questions including:
*True or False - Celebrities born in Italy
*Pet translations
*English TV in Italy
*Italian Football Teams
plus many other questions about the history, culture, geography and other contextual, interesting facts about Italian.
The quiz takes on bell model, starting with easier questions moving on to more challenging questions before finishing with easier ones again so that all students are able to participate and maintain interest until the end.
Many questions have additional information attached to explain and provide further reference points.
Some questions are asked in English with English answers, some are asked in Italian with English answers and some asked in Italian with Italian answers.
This would be ideal as an introduction to Italian, as a starter for a lesson or for a fun lesson at the end of term.
Any and all feedback, positive or developmental is greatly appreciated.
This powerpoint presentation is designed to be an introduction to the subject of wellbeing but can also be used as a tutor time activity to help students improve their well-being individually and collectively.
There are individual tasks, group discussions and collaborative learning tasks.
Any and all feedback is appreciated.
The first lesson is on the components of fitness, it is a power-point that goes through each element and has an accompanying worksheet for those who are less able. The last task is to rank the components in order of importance for different sports, the worksheet has two different pages for this task so that students using the sheets will have different sports to discuss, eliminating copying and promoting discussion.
The second lesson is on skill-related factors of fitness, again it is a power-point and has an accompanying worksheet for the less able.
Any and all feedback is gratefully received, positive or developmental.
This resource was created for the AQA spec but can easily be adapted should you require.
This is a complete lesson that needs no preparation other than printing the two activity sheets above for some of your students to use.
I used this lesson as a recap for my GCSE PE class after they returned from half term holidays thinking they'd struggle to remember the difference between aerobic and anaerobic respiration. I was right, but this lesson lulled them into remembering and applying their notes in a fun and enjoyable way. I was genuinely surprised by how well the lesson went and how much they learned.
Lesson starter is a crossword with all the key terms of the lesson. There are two corsswords, one with a word bank of correct answers and one without to aid differentiation.
The power point contains a youtube link to an old Merrie Melodies cartoon of the fable of the Tortoise and the Hare. It's 8 and a half minutes long and makes for an interesting start to the lesson. My students were surprisingly attentive throughout!
We then had a debate about how we can link this story to demonstrate respiration and it's effects. Once students start to see the link we can begin with the main activity.
Students have to retell the story but using some specific terms that relate to respiration. This task is differentiated in three ways.
For the more able students they should write their story in continuous prose. For intermediate students there is the attached short version of the story to remind them or to stick in their book. For low ability students there is a comic strip for them to annotate or add dialogue.
Any feedback, good or bad is gratefully received.
Updated in 2017!
13 quizzes in total, perfect for a regular quiz day in form time or as a filler activity during those moments with little to occupy the kids.
Form quiz has 30 questions, 10 each on the following topics: Transport, Apples and Karate. I know, a bit random!
The punctuality quiz is an attempt to get students to understand that an excuse, no matter how good or bad, is still an excuse. There are 10 excuses that are either True or False.
Quiz 1 - 11 all consist of 10 questions and generally focus on a particular topic. These topics are as diverse as Animals, Science, Superheroes, Literature and Shoes!
All quiz questions are a mixture of multiple choice, T or F and regular questions.
They are designed to be fun and informative and should sometimes spark debate.
Feedback, good or bad, appreciated.
Thanks.
This is a series of quizzes that can be used at any time, they are not date/occasion specific.
There are over 400 questions on a variety of topics ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous. There is a mixture of multiple choice, match-ups, true/false and regular questions.
Also included are two football activities, one is a workbook where students are asked to create their own club from scratch and the other is a predictions worksheet for the upcoming Premier League season.
Finally, there is a values based activity to help you and your students get to know each other.
Individually, these items have been selling at a combined total of £13.50.
This a booklet that I will use during form time for my Year 7 form throughout the World Cup. They will need to have a team allocated to them and will be expected to research their team and therefore need access to the internet or the library.
The majority of this booklet was created by katlee90 and as such any positive comments should be directed to their page also.
Some of the pages look as though they have been replicated but there are subtle differences to allow differentiation.
Please feel free to comment.
Bring it home!
When your school chooses to celebrate books and their impact on the world, it can mean that you’re left with a class that needs an activity. This is that activity.
There are 8 rounds, comprising a total of 65 questions. Students can work individually or in groups. Answers are revealed straight after the question has been answered or at the end of the round so that students get immediate satisfaction.
Round 1: Famous First Lines. What books are these the first lines to?
Round 2: Celebrity Authors. Match the author to their book.
Round 3: Missing Words. What are the words that missing from these titles?
Round 4: Book Trivia. Multiple choice questions about books in general and their authors.
Round 5: First Appearances. Match the character to the book that they first appeared in.
Round 6: Banned Books. True or False round based on books that have been banned around the globe.
Round 7: Famous book covers. Name the book from the cover.
Round 7: Connections. What connects the book titles on display?
To make this as accessible as possible, the majority of books are famous childrens’ books with some classics thrown in for more advanced readers.
Also included are 4 word searches on Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnia, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and classic novels. There are 2 copies of each to allow for differentiation with one having the clues printed on and the other without.
Any feedback, good or bad, is gratefully received.
This is an ideal activity for form time or even as a lesson starter to come back to over the year.
The Premier League Quiz has approx 50 questions and match-up activities all in rounds of 10 marks to help you keep tabs on scores. You could even do the quiz over a number of days/weeks as there are 6 separate rounds on topics like 'Last Season', and 'Premier league Legends.'
All the question slides are visually stimulating with either photographs or information boxes to add context and interest.
As an ongoing activity I have included a Premier League prediction sheet that, in conjunction with the powerpoint presentation will allow students to predict what happens in the next season. These sheets can be re-visited periodically to see how accurate they were. A prize could even be awarded for the most accurate.
There is also a number of team selector sheets where students can create their own Premier League team. I have included three different formations and left one blank in case they want to create their own formation.
Any and all feedback gratefully received. Any questions, please let me know.
8 rounds with 60 questions in total on a variety of topics.
Hosted by Headingley, the Queen's head butler, the quiz offers a unique and interesting insight into some of the differences between our countries but also some lesser known information about one of the most fascinating countries in the world.
Round 1 - Multiple choice - General knowledge
Round 2 - True or False - Born in England. Were these celebrities born in England?
Round 3 - History
Round 4 - Geography - places with the same name in both the US and England
Round 5 - Sport - Which positions belong to cricket and which to rugby league?
Round 6 - People - Which people are real historical characters and which are myths?
Round 7 - Match-up - Match the English terms to their US counterparts.
Round 8 - Multiple choice - Trivia
When required, answers are revealed with supporting pictures and text boxes with additional information in.
I should add that Queen Elizabeth II did not really request this quiz to be made.
It was Prince William.
This is similar to my Rugby World Cup resource but is significantly bigger. I've designed it as an ongoing resource to be returned to every form time for the duration of the Euro tournament.
It comes with a powerpoint that has all the participating teams on it. If you play the powerpoint then the images will quickly change. Press "S" and the slideshow will stop on a team. Press "S" again to re-start the slideshow. Using this method, each child can randomly select a team to follow. I did this with my form with a prize if their randomly selected team won the tournament. This team will also feature in their booklet as a research project.
The booklet starts with a page about the hosts of the tournament, France. This is a research activity and so access to computers or books will be required. There are two sheets which look identical but this is not the case. One has prompts to assist lower ability students with some French historical characters to research.
The next page looks at the history of the tournament and again has a differentiated version for lower ability students.
Following on from this is a picture quiz where students have to name the winners of the previous tournaments.
Next is a research project where students are asked to design a poster for their previously selected team.
There is a differentiated version for lower ability students with a number of prompt questions to help with research.
The next three sheets each relate to one of the home nations so that any students who have an allegiance to that nation can still participate. This task is to create a song/rap or chant about their nations success.
Again with specific home nations sheets is the next task which is to design their football kit.
Next is an art project looking at the work of Robert Delauney, a famous French artist with a particularly bright and vivid style. Students are asked to reproduce his work and this can be extended to adapt a football picture into his style of work and a blank canvas for the truly creative.
There follows a focus on four famous players with an attached fact file and a drawing to colour in. Once this is completed there is a blank fact file for students to pick their favourite player and complete accordingly.
Finally there is a puzzle page with riddles and a word-search. The answers are on the final sheet.
There are a number of ways in which you can run this project:
You could compile the workbooks beforehand and hand them out so that they are differentiated to each class members ability.
You could hand out each page individually and then compile them at the end.
My ideal would be that everyone gets a different sheet so that everyone is doing a different task within the same time frame and then they are compiled at the end.
Any feedback, positive or negative, is greatly appreciated.
Lesson 1 includes a powerpoint to follow with notes attached giving contextual information. It also comes with a worksheet for lower ability students to follow. Some printing will be required prior to the lesson as students are required to show pictures of food (26 pics are included) and state what food group they're in and later which are the best examples of certain nutrients.
Lesson 2 follows a similar plan of powerpoint with teacher notes and worksheet. This lesson is primarily about calories and finishes with a drawing task where students have to draw a previous meal (drawing framework included) and then work out the calorific content. This makes a great display and also allows students to work out what exercise they would need to do to 'burn off' their meal.
Lesson 3 is again powerpoint based and deals with food imbalance. This can be a sensitive topic and so should be dealt with carefully. This needs some preparation in terms of bringing some flipchart paper for groupwork and some highlighters. There are a number of articles included about anorexia, obesity and malnutrition that students should highlight. Each one has a colour coded title to allow you to give it to the correct student. It's a traffic light system with Red being the hardest documents to read for the more able student and green the easiest. I have included the food imbalance video which is on the powerpoint separately just in case there are any issues with uploading.
Finally, there is a 25 mark GCSE style exam.
Any and all feedback, positive or negative, is appreciated.
This is a lesson that I did with GCSE PE students in year 9 for a job interview. It was very well received and enabled me to get to the interview stage. Unfortunately, I blew the interview!
This lesson is differentiated with students expected to share the information they have so that everyone has the same outcomes.
The lesson starts with a "Do Now," task looking at five females and pondering which one is fittest. Obviously it depends on the context, following the lesson they should realise that it depends on which component we are using to decide. This is something to be returned to at the end of the lesson.
The powerpoint takes us through the components of fitness and any gaps in knowledge are expected to be discussed and notes made on the worksheet. You'll notice that each sheet has different photographs on it. This is to broaden the horizons of our students so that when they think of an event that requires C/V endurance they have a number of examples.
As students work through the powerpoint, completing their worksheet, they will eventually reach the questions in the middle of the sheet. Each sheet has a different set of questions with the first being an easy question, the second, more challenging and the third is the most difficult.
Students are encouraged to discuss their questions with their peers, this way, they can't copy answers from others but actually end up answering more questions as they assist one another.
We return to the "Do Now."
Have opinions changed based upon our new knowledge?
It is then revealed that they are all international level athletes in the following sports:
1. High jump.
2. Weight Lifting
3. Rhythmic Gymnastics
4. Marathon
5. Heptathlon
Each one of them is very fit depending on which fitness component we are looking at.
Students are then given a post-it note on which they must write down their name and which component would be most important for each athlete on the board.
Any feedback, positive or negative is greatly appreciated.
Should I have a specific, mixed ability class I would consider moving some of the questions around so that students get a sheet specific to their ability.
This is a great way to revise and my students have always got a great deal of value from it.
The powerpoint goes through the rules and scoring system but, for those unfamiliar with golf, it may need a little more explanation.
Basically, each hole/question has a par value attached to it (3-5). This how many answers are needed to score par.
If they answer too few, this would be represented by a score over par (+) and if they answer over the par score it's represented by a score under par (-). As in golf, the lowest score wins.
Example:
Hole 1, par 4.
How many football teams have won the Premier League?
Giving 3 correct answers would score +1
Giving 4 correct answers would score par, 0
Giving 5 answers would score -1
This comes with a teacher's answer sheet to assist with arguments at the end of the game!
I have done this in teams, pairs and individually and it works so well. Hope you enjoy.
Any feedback, positive or negative is greatly appreciated.
This quiz has very little educational merit whatsoever.
It's based on ridiculous things from around the world and is split into 5 rounds of 10 questions each:
Round 1 : Ridiculous Superheroes, multiple choice
Round 2: Ridiculous names, True or False
Round 3: Ridiculous statues, Q&A
Round 3: Ridiculous inventions, Q&A
Round 5: Ridiculous World Records, Q&A
You could run the quiz over a period of time doing a round at a time or as one whole quiz.
Answers are revealed immediately so if keeping score that will need to be done after every answer.
All feedback, positive or developmental is greatly appreciated.
This is a power point presentation with an attached worksheet.
I created it for a couple of reasons:
The first being that going through all the information would reinforce learning and also to fill in any gaps in understanding.
The second was to allow everyone to have a good set of notes to use as a revision aid, hence the worksheet.
My intention was to fly through the presentation, adding contextual information and answering any questions that are raised. This worked well as it limited opportunities for students to fall behind as it was such a fast pace, you couldn't afford to have a chat or day-dream.
The presentation is littered with questions for students to answer periodically in order to express their understanding.
This whole revision unit can take anywhere between 1 hour and 3 hours to complete. Elements can be given as homework if required with the power point made available to students.
Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated whether positive or negative.
This quiz has very little educational merit whatsoever.
It's based on ridiculous things from around the world and is split into 5 rounds of 10 questions each:
Round 1 : Ridiculous Superheroes, multiple choice
Round 2: Ridiculous names, True or False
Round 3: Ridiculous statues, Q&A
Round 3: Ridiculous inventions, Q&A
Round 5: Ridiculous World Records, Q&A
You could run the quiz over a period of time doing a round at a time or as one whole quiz.
Answers are revealed immediately so if keeping score that will need to be done after every answer.
All feedback, positive or developmental is greatly appreciated.