In this worksheet, students have to find a list of employability skills such as “resilience” and “positive attitude” hidden in a wordsearch. They must then match the skills with a series of definitions, which they could use to strengthen their CV and applications. This worksheet was originally created for Level 3 students. I have used it with a variety of groups and abilities as a warm up activity when discussing progression routes. It should take around 15 minutes to complete. I hope this worksheet is helpful for you! Best wishes Hannah

In this resource, your students will be presented with 3 problematic “working from home” scenarios. These scenarios involve issues that many of our students face whilst working remotely, such as not having an adequate work space, and distractions from family members. Their task is to read through the scenarios and offer suggestions to overcome these problems and become more effective whilst working from home. I originally made this worksheet for a group of Level 3 learners. It works brilliantly as a conversation starter about the problems we are all facing right now whilst working at home. If you like this free resource, you may find that my “How to Make Remote Learning Work for you” presentation is a great way to continue the conversation, as it includes many tips for getting around the problems discussed in this resource, and many more. I hope you find this resource to be helpful! I’d love to hear how it worked out for you. Best wishes :-) Hannah

This resource encourages students (and tutors!!!) to think about their wellbeing as a piggy bank that they can make deposits and withdrawals to. A deposit would be something that increases their sense of wellbeing, such as spending time outdoors, getting enough sleep, or nurturing their interests and hobbies. A withdrawal would be something that diminishes their sense of wellbeing, such as allowing work to mount up and become unmanageable, or spending too much time on social media. Get students to document their own deposits and withdrawals. This could be a personal thing, or part of a wider group discussion. This activity is especially important and useful at the moment when we all may be struggling to identify opportunities to make “deposits” due to the pandemic. I hope you find this resource to be helpful. Best wishes, Hannah

In this 15 slide presentation, I have put together some tips to help students (and tutors!!) get the most out of remote learning. Since the first lockdown, I have been surprised at how many of my learners have lost all sense of direction without the structure of the day. This presentation provides them with some helpful tips and suggestions so that they can overcome some of the challenges they might be facing and turn remote learning into positive experience Although some of these tips may seem obvious to some, I’ve found that it’s been really helpful to have this discussion with my group and acknowledge that I understand how they are feeling and that sometimes it’s hard for me to stay focused too. You could use this presentation during a pastoral tutorial / form group time or even as part of one of your remote lessons. It’s helpful to communicate concerns and expectations no matter whether you are a personal tutor or subject teacher. I have also included a short quiz that you could invite learners to complete following the presentation, which gives them an opportunity to share their own ideas and suggestions for staying focused and working effectively under these most challenging circumstances. I am an art and design tutor, but this presentation is not subject specific. It was originally produced for Level 3 (sixth form) ages students. Tehre is a PPT and PDF file available to download. Both have the same content (just download the format you prefer). I would love to hear if this resource has been helpful for you - please leave me a review to let me know how things are going :-) Best wishes Hannah