Full lesson powerpoint and Employability Booklet Lesson Aim: Provide learners with the tools to be able to plan how to develop strengths and weaknesses through setting SMART targets. Objectives: Identify own performance across skills and/or qualities identifying strengths and weaknesses Prioritise two areas for improvement Produce an action plan for both targets including information on the action required and the review date Review the action plan after the deadline dates

LO:LEARNERS ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONDUCT RESEARCH INTO THEIR WORK PLACEMENT PROVIDER TO PREPARE THEM FOR INTERVIEW. Booklet guide to reach lesson objectives

Powerpoint lesson and skills booklet included Objectives: Identify one way in which a CV can be supplemented by a social networking activity. Discuss how at least one of the following can be used to support a CV: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google+ Identify one reason why it is important to produce error free text when using social media to promote him/herself. Examine one way in which employers use social media to match job vacancies with those people searching for work. .

Full lesson powerpoint and work booklet Aim:Introduce/refresh learners on the purpose of a CV and its value when applying for jobs. This session is an introductory session into CVs so that learners are able to gain an understanding of the document before creating one or refreshing their own. Examine what a CV is. Identify when a CV should be used. Identify features that makes a CV effective. Examine reasons why an accurate CV can be valuable to its writer . Examine reasons why an accurate CV can be valuable to an employer, education or training establishment.

Full Lesson and Employability Booklet Aim:Investigating Work, Learning and Training Opportunities Learners will gain an understanding of local labour markets and the jobs available in their region. Identify three different jobs available in the local area in sport/leisure. Produce a list of at least two different skills required for each of the jobs in the selected category. Identify two jobs that would be available in the region but are not available locally. Identify from local research at least one category of work that is advertising vacancies and state two of the jobs available in it.

Full Lesson on working Employability Booklet Aim: To provide the learner with the ability search for and identify potential job roles which are based on their skills and abilities. The learners will also be introduced to the key elements of job adverts. Objectives: Identify own requirements and skills. Identify job vacancies that meet own requirement and skills. Identify how to sign up to different organisations’ job alert systems. Identify different sources of information to find out about jobs. Use sources of information to find key facts about different jobs. Identify different types of employment and training opportunities. Describe the key features of a job advert.

Full Lesson, Quiz and Employability Booklet Aim: Rights and Responsibilities in the Workplace Provide learners with basic knowledge of their rights and responsibilities in the workplace. Identify employee rights in the workplace. Objectives: Identify employee responsibilities in the workplace. Examine the Data Protection Act. Identify employer responsibilities in the workplace. State why the rights of others should be respected. Identify sources of help within the workplace

Employability booklet and powerpoint guide Aim:Using skills developed in previous sessions learners will undertake independent learning by carrying out a research activity to begin to focus their career goals. Produce a basic personal careers action plan for the selected career which includes targets, action points and review dates. Identify three sources of career information or advice. Use the sources to identify three appropriate careers. Report on the basic requirements of one of the selected careers using the headings: qualifications, training, skills and experience.

Full Lesson, 2 PPTS and 2 Booklets With included job search guide and booklet Identify online job search websites. Register with online job search websites. Examine online application forms vs paper application forms. rovide learners with the understanding of how to effectively apply for jobs online.

Full lesson including 2 PPTs and an employability booklet Learners will develop good basic communication skills needed for an interview. Identify job role for which to prepare for mock interview. Research: the company its values its impact on the community the job role.   Prepare answers to a given set of questions that are likely to be asked at interview.   Prepare questions to ask in the interview based on research.   Describe different interview techniques.   Describe how to seek clarity from the interviewer about questions asked.   Collate any documents that may be asked for at interview.   Describe the route and means of transport to take to attend the interview on time.

Full lesson with activities Explore different types of government, political ideologies and voting systems. Understand how citizens can influence decision making through the democratic process.

Whole lesson powerpoint and individual supported booklet based on skimmind and scanning and reading for detail. Learners will complete various tasks based upon one text and theme 'climbing, challenge, mountains and Everest' and will build up to answering more indepth questions focused on GCSE English Language.

Full lesson on how to write an article. Covers key features of an article with vocabulary/features and analysis activities to aid futher understanding. Includes Newspaper clippings to aid understanding and Crime scene activity and clues to influence writing activities.

A full powerpoint lesson to revise and recap on word class. Integrated activities to include in descriptive writing with embedded peer assessment and class discussion . To revise relevant knowledge of word classes: nouns / verbs / adjectives / adverbs To practice using word classes and language features (similes / personification / alliteration) To assess relevant knowledge of word classes and language features (AO1)

Confidence charts for Entry Level 2 - Level 2 that are individualised by topic. I stick one at the front of each learners book and before we start a topic they rate their individual confidence with a number out of 10. At the end of the deliery of the topic the learners rate themselves again.

Prompted and differentiated descriptive writing booklet with AQA GCSE criteria. Comparison of two GCSE level answers for individuals to assess. QR codes to scan for videos to help build up vocabulary and individual/supported writing task.

A day in the life at ... Is a college/school based activity book in which learners will create a comic strip as a story board for their day. Learners will then be prompted to create a piece of writing based on the comic strip - self assessment forms included for teachers to provide formative feedback.

Picture activity to build up vocabulary for describing an image. Each learner will get a section of a picture and write a short description. As a group all learners will piece together the images to make a complete image and share and discuss their descriptive sentences.

SPaG booklet with QR code link to the BBC bitesize learning for spelling, punctuation and grammar. Learners must work through the tasks and complete the quiz for each topic recording their score in the coloured box. They must then write a recap of what they have learnt and demonstrate this within a piece of writing. Making improvements self/tutor assessment sheet also included.

Functional Skills English Writing overview and top tips for the exam. Covers layout, format and features of letters, articles, emails and reviews.