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Unique among politics magazines, The Think Tank is written primarily by practising teachers and is entirely specification-focused. In it we aim to draw out the exam-relevant issues of events and make them accessible to students through discussion and exam-style questions.

Every article is commissioned for its relevance to key exam topics. It not only provides topical material for your lessons, but can also be given as extra material for eager students.

It’s also a jolly good read! You can preview the latest issue at www.ZigZag.at/UM60

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Economic well-being has been part of the primary curriculum since Every Child Matters was introduced in 2003.

However, despite the fact that this innovation was introduced nearly a decade ago there is still little in the way of material that directly relates to helping primary school pupils develop a deeper understanding of how companies work and how consumers can influence the companies with whom they interact.

It is for this reason that the simulation approach has been developed as part of teaching economic well-being. It has become, in fact, the basic way of helping children understand how companies work.

This approach is activity centred in which the pupils form companies to manufacture and sell products, and it is an approach that is explored in full in Mind Your Own Business. This is a copiable resource (available as a photocopiable book and on CD) which contains a wide range of stand-alone sessions, support work and follow-up activities, and a whole range of further steps linked to curriculum subjects.

Throughout these activities children make a positive contribution to their team and develop an understanding of how their decisions, wishes and thoughts, relate to companies.

As a result the sessions simulate the achievement of economic wellbeing which can easily be adapted to create products for sale at school or in fairs, in order to apply the system to real life situations.

Following Mind Your own Business pupils create a brand, make products and sell products – and through this develop a much deeper economic awareness than would otherwise be the case.

There are extracts from this resource, ISBN 978 1 86083 825 5, order code T1783EMN, at http://www.pdf.firstandbest.co.uk/primary/T1783.pdf

Prices

Photocopiable report in a ring binder, £19.95 plus £3.95 delivery
CD with school-wide rights: £19.95 plus £3.95 delivery
Both the Ring Binder and the CD £26.94 plus £3.95 delivery
Prices include VAT.

You can purchase the report…

By post from First and Best, Hamilton House, Earlstrees Ct, Earlstrees Rd, Corby, NN17 4HH
By fax to 01536 399 012
On-line with a credit card at http://shop.firstandbest.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=759
By phone with a school order number or a credit card to 01536 399 011
When ordering the book please quote the reference T17831EMN.

Some behaviour management books run to hundreds of pages, and if you are writing a thesis on the subject or running courses for other teachers they might be exactly what you need.

But sometimes there is a need to go back to the beginning – especially if you are looking to help NQTs, support staff or other colleagues who are having some difficulties in the classroom.

It’s for this reason we have produced Behaviour Management: or what do I do now?

The aim of the booklet is simple – to set out the basics in behaviour management in a short simple format, so that anyone interested can take the information and transform their work in the classroom immediately.

The focus is the simple question: “What do I do with young people who have anger and behaviour issues?” It is in fact a straightforward first information pack for staff who are looking to make progress in this own classroom environment.

The booklet covers such topics as “The Conflict Cycle”, aggressive signs and signals, ways of managing anger, the “solid relationship”, the “CALM” technique, body language etc etc.

Behaviour Management: What do I do now? is published as a download so that you can receive immediately a copy onto your computer which you can print out for colleagues as often as you want. You can also put it on your school learning platform so all staff can access the document – and indeed you can make it part of the induction documentation for new members of staff.

You can obtain Behaviour Management: What do I do Now? by going to http://shop.firstandbest.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=744

The price is £10 plus VAT (the VAT can be reclaimed in most cases by the school).

Behaviour Management is published by First and Best in Education, part of the Hamilton House group. If you have any enquiries you can call 01536 399 011, or email sales@firstandbest.co.uk or write to us at First and Best, Hamilton House, Earlstrees Ct., Earlstrees Rd., Corby, Northants NN17 4HH.

The full range of First and Best books can be seen at www.shop.firstandbest.co.uk

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OnBoard is the new email service that we’ve launched to provide great free stuff for your teaching all in one place, saving you hours of time.

Our first new free resource is Kirsten Stewart lesson ideas on body image, cosmetic surgery and society.

In this thought-provoking piece, Kirsten suggests a range of lesson activities and resources, accompanied by detailed questions and discussion points aimed at giving students a greater insight into these complex, topical issues.

Download the ‘Body image, cosmetic surgery and society’ lesson ideas

Other items on the RS free stuff page include:

Free resources: Lent
Teaching ideas: business ethics
Lesson plans: ‘What do you believe?’
Regards,

The Boardworks RS team

P.S. Have you seen our homework product, MyWorks? Available for all humanities subjects, it’s perfect for cover lessons as well as specialist teachers!

To say that one of the most effective ways to help students to achieve good results is to use the techniques that have proved successful in the past, is fairly obvious.

Of course, if it has worked before, let’s do it again.

The only problem is that materials that set out these tried and tested approaches are not always available.

It is with this in mind that we have developed our AQA GCSE Sociology revision guide.

Based on what we know has succeeded in the past, the resource takes students through the exam unit-by-unit and question-by-question and includes explanations of the structure of the exam, specific revision techniques and past exam questions, alongside essential key terms, theories and sociologists.

The main topics are covered including Studying Society, Families and Households, and Education from Unit 1, and Mass Media, Wealth and Poverty, and Crime and Deviance from Unit 2. It does not include the Unit 2 Power topic.

Each topic contains essential questions students must be able to answer, key terms with detailed definitions, key approaches with thorough explanations and possible links to questions, key sociologists, their attached approach and possible links to questions and past exam questions for the students to answer.

The resource is written in a way to be accessible to all abilities, including SEN and EAL students.

This resource contains 60 copiable masters that are also available as PDF downloads or as a PDF or editable Word files on a CD. The price of £39.99 + VAT is the same for all formats.

Once purchased the CD can be freely copied and networked throughout the school.

To see sample pages please email sales@classroom-resources.co.uk quoting the order code 19043.

You can order in any of these ways:

On our website
By phone on 0117 940 6409
By fax on 0117 940 6408
By email (quoting a school order number) to sales@classroom-resources.co.uk
By post to: Classroom Resources, PO Box 1489, Bristol, BS99 3QJ

According to the voluntary organisation Aware, an estimated 1 in 10 adolescents aged 13-19 are expected to experience a depressive episode, and depression is a topic that has been at the forefront of many newspapers and magazines in recent months. However, despite increased publicity, mental health is still a widely misunderstood topic and one that can be difficult to introduce and discuss effectively in a classroom.

PDC Education has compiled a series of KS4 teaching resources to introduce the concept of depression in the classroom, develop strategies for recognising symptoms in oneself and others, and correcting common misconceptions about those suffering from mental health issues. The suggested series of lesson plans concludes with a student-led research session into help available for those suffering from depression.

Spread over a series of four lessons, the subject of depression is tackled from social, physical and mental viewpoints. It can be taught alongside modules related to topics such as alcohol and drug abuse. Resources are designed to increase awareness and understanding of depression amongst pupils as well as encourage students to ask for help with emotional difficulties.

Learning outcomes include greater understanding about depression in relation to the healthy triangle, an increased awareness of the signs of depression and development of empathy and support structures amongst students towards depressed classmates, friends or family members.

The four lesson units are entitled:

The Concept of Depression
The Symptoms of Depression
Supportive Behaviour
Information Available on Depression
The teacher kit is available for a completely free 14 day trial, with no obligation to buy, from the PDC Education website, http://www.teaching-resources-uk.com/lessons/pshe/KS4-Depression-lesson-plans-worksheets/.

And if you would like unlimited access to all our resources for the whole school we are now offering this at £249.99 (annual subscription) – just follow the link that says “join now”.

“I think the ZigZag resources will become the standard guides for analysis!”
B Dowsett, Curriculum Manager for Music and Independent Reviewer

The A Level Edexcel Music specification offers students the amazing opportunity to study a wide variety of music from different contexts: instrumental, vocal and applied music. Whilst this presents students with the privilege of getting to know an assortment of different works and composers, teachers are faced with the challenge of providing resources to support them. With so many works to analyse and so many combinations of musical features that might come up in the exam, what do you do?

There are resources out there which offer analyses of individual works and others which provide biographies of the composers. Some of these are suitable for A Level students but many are either too basic or in too much detail to be suitable for their studies.

ZigZag Education’s Definitive Guides to the A Level Edexcel Set Works have been written to match the Edexcel specification. They concentrate on the information students need to know, with notes for reference or interest kept to a minimum. What makes the resources really special are the Edexcel-focussed revision notes and the exam-style questions to help students apply what they’re learning. Every combination of works and musical features is covered in the many exam-style questions, with model answers and examiners’ commentary provided for extra support. Each resource is finished off with a glossary of musical terms, ensuring students fully understand each analysis and are able to put specialist terminology to good use in the exam, earning them extra points.

This year, ZigZag Education have published resources for all four areas of study:

AS Instrumental Music
AS Vocal Music
A2 Instrumental Music
A2 Applied Music
…and they’re better than ever before. Every analysis has been carefully reviewed to ensure that it is accurate and student-friendly and that it covers all the requirements of the Edexcel specification.

The feedback from teachers using these resources in previous years has been amazing:

“Just the right level – not too much complicated detail.” C Walker, Director of Music at Gordon’s School and ZigZag Customer

“Extremely comprehensive – better than the Rhinegold guides.” B Dowsett, Music Teacher and Independent Reviewer

“I love this resource! It goes above and beyond, and provides almost all you need to design high quality lessons for AS Music.” M Lowndes, Curriculum Leader for Music and Independent Reviewer

So what are you waiting for? Pre-order yours today, then put your feet up and enjoy your summer holiday!

Definitive Guides to the A Level Edexcel Set Works 2013 are available as photocopy masters, PDF files and editable Word files.

You can order (please reference UM48 when placing your order for FREE POSTAGE)

By phone: 0117 950 3199
By post: ZigZag Education, Unit 3, Greenway Business Centre, Doncaster Road, Bristol BS10 5PY
By fax: 0117 959 1695
By email: MusicUM48@zigzageducation.co.uk
Via the website: zigzag.at/UM48
Details of all Music resources are given at
http://zigzageducation.co.uk/teaching-resources-for-mfl.asp?userid=Music&link=UM48

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Video editing is one of the most stimulating ways for pupils to communicate ideas using ICT. But when pupils capture their own footage using a variety of sources, such as HD camcorders or even mobile phones, compatibility becomes crucial.

Serif MoviePlus X6 includes a new Video File Converter to ensure pupils can capture, edit and present video in all the latest file types and technologies – including sharing work on mobile devices.

And with professional lighting effects and video correction, every pupil can create exciting videos while learning industry-relevant techniques and skills for the workplace.

To try a free, full copy of MoviePlus X6 for yourself, simply go to www.serif.com/MX6HM

Inside and outside the classroom, MoviePlus X6 inspires every pupil to get creative in communicating ideas with exciting, accessible video tools. And with cost effective licences from just £13 a user, MoviePlus X6 can be a great value solution for the whole school.

This offer is limited to one free copy per school, as a single user licence. It’s yours to keep – with no catch.

Claire Macdonald

Education Business Manager
Serif (Europe) Ltd
Phone: 0800 376 6868

Email: edusales@serif.co.uk

Now there’s help for school business managers who want to work more effectively.

PropertyPrefect from TES Foundation is already helping thousands of school users achieve better buildings management by taking the time, money and hassle out of premises maintenance and health and safety. Find out more.

Our new Suppliers and Connections module helps SBMs work together, sharing practical information on which local suppliers offer great service and value.

If you knew what other SBMs knew about local suppliers, wouldn’t you save time?

If you’re already working with other schools, in a cluster, federation, partnership or group of Academies, TES Foundation gives you the online tools to stay connected and share data effortlessly.

If you’re on your own, it’s the quick and simple way to make connections.

Set your supplier database up quickly and easily; you can even import your existing contacts from a spreadsheet.
Notify suppliers of issues with one click.
Invite other schools to connect and share your supplier list.
The more connections you have, the more shared information you will have access to.
Use our star rating system and comments from other school business managers to find the best person for the job.
Add reviews to your own suppliers and share them with other schools.
An excellent tool for clusters, federations, partnerships and groups of academies.
Book a free online demo now. You’ll know within 15 minutes whether TES Foundation can help you.