Did you know about the elephant and the tightrope? Had you heard about May wine, or jumping over fires with your lover? This is a 14 slide PowerPoint with accompanying notes on May Day celebrations, Beltane and Floralia, and the May Pole and morris dancing.

This seven page, six step document has all the information you require for conducting a successful staff appraisal, following a coaching style conversation. The document follows the TEACHER© coaching model. The guidance is useful for appraisers inexperienced in using coaching approaches.

TEACHER © is a coaching model, that can be used for coaching or mentoring staff, or for coaching or tutoring pupils. This resource is designed to be printed as a set of cards. The cards can be used as part of a staff appraisal. There are key cards that should be part of all appraisals, but extra cards can be introduced, as the appraiser becomes more confident at delivering a coaching style appraisal. The cards can also be used by staff as part of their personal development, as they highlight tasks to identify strengths, weaknesses and goals, and advice on creating an action plan.

Earth Day is on April 22nd. This is a 13 slde PowerPoint with notes on the history of Earth Day, challenges to the environment, and ideas for change, including a billion green pledges. This is aimed at pupils aged 10-18, and could be used for a 15 minute assembly.

Ten colourful slides with accompanying notes to create an assembly for primary aged pupils. The assembly focuses on goals, hope and happiness and uses examples from films including Finding Nemo, Frozen and Moana

An assembly aimed at pupils aged 11 to 18 on the importance of goal setting. The resource contains PowerPoint slides for an assembly, with accompanying notes and a video link to Danny Way skateboarding over the Great Wall of China. The assembly covers SMART and BHAG goals, and discusses the state of flow, and the achievement of the British Cycling team through marginal gains.

A PowerPoint on the history of New Year resolutions including Babylonia, the Roman god Janus, and the mythical Chinese monster, Nian. The slides have accompanying notes, and pupils are encouraged to set their own goals, or New Year resolutions.

An assembly using a PowerPoint with notes and a linked video on lessons that we can learn from frogs including being adaptable, the importance of trust, and having our own goals.

An assembly using an example from Avatar and a story about a woodcutter sharpening his tools to deliver the message about taking the time to reflect, and not be afraid to fail and learn, and become a better version of ourselves.

This is a Power-Point presentation on animal symbolism, and the lessons we can learn from animals on independence. This can be sued for PSHEE lessons or whole school assemblies and is aimed at KS3 pupils. This presentation looks at goal setting, resilience, and being self-motivated.

A business project pack for pupils aged 9-13 encouraging young entrepreneurs to set up their own business. The pack can be printed off as a booklet, and pupils can be coached to work through the pack over a period of approximately 8-14 weeks. The project follows principles of Microsoft 21CLD and suggests use of Microsoft Office, although the pack can be used on its own, with computers only used to research a product or service. This pack is ideal for geography lessons, PSHEE lessons, or even as an extra-curricular activity.

This is a 10 slide PowerPoint presentation with accompanying notes for owning your own goals and the importance of SMART goals. This is the first in a series of presentations using the TEACHER© coaching model for helping with tutoring and coaching pupils. This is suitable for tutor sessions, PSHEE lessons or assemblies.

A fifteen slide PowerPoint presentation with accompanying notes on the life of King Charles, and the stages of the coronation service. This is suitable for a whole school assembly. The presentation is best suited for pupils aged ten and over. The presentation has facts on his life including his education, his military service, his involvement with the environment and sustainability, and other accomplishments. The presentation also describes details of the service, and the crown that King Charles will wear.

This is a mini booklet for students aged 11-18 to help them understand coaching, and goal setting, and to consider what they need to do to write their own development plan. The booklet is designed to encourage autonomy and empowerment, and for students to own their goals. The booklet includes hyperlinks/ QR codes to link to short videos and activities to complete. The step by step process uses the TEACHER coaching model to help students and teachers better understand the steps taken in coaching conversations and how to choose SMART goals.

This 29 slide PowerPoint explains the 16 different personality types as described by the Myers Briggs personality test. It includes links to useful sites and asks the basic questions so pupils can work out their personality type. The PowerPoint is suitable for pupils aged 10-18. The slides could be followed through as a lesson, ending with pupils researching careers based on their personality type, and finding famous people with their personality type.

This short video is to introduce the TEACHER© coaching model, and how it can be used as part of the teacher appraisal system. It explains the importance of SMART goals and creating personal development plans. The video also showcase the TEACHER© coaching cards which are available from the TES Alifelessperfect Shop.