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Mental health

Sixth Form Community 2: A positive environment for everyone

Getting the grades video (6 mins) builds on Community 1 video by exploring tolerance in the sixth form community

SIXTH FORM COMMUNITY 3: MUTUAL RESPECT AND HAVING A VOICE

Getting the Grades video (6 mins) - leads to a discussion about respecting each other and also reflecting on whether we also contribute to victimisation

Mental Health 2 - Reducing stress - video

GETTING THE GRADES VIDEO - students share their experience of being stressed and what they did to reduce it. Includes mini-plenaries and plenary activity within the video

TIPS FOR STAYING HEALTHY VIDEO 1: SLEEP, DIET AND EXERCISE VIDEO

Getting the grades (5 mins) video featuring advice from students about looking after yourself during your studies - sleep, diet and exercise

TIPS FOR STAYING HEALTHY VIDEO 2: TAKING BREAKS, PHONES AND SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO

Getting the grades (5 mins) video - adviceabout looking after yourself during your studies - taking breaks, phones and social media

Asking for help: teachers - video

Getting the Grades video (5 mins) in which A-Level students encourage others to value asking for help from teachers

Asking for help: other students

Getting the Grades video (5 mins) in which sixth former students discuss the value of seeking support from colleagues and friends

Mental health: the importance of good sleep - video

Getting the Grades KS5 video (6 mins): Students discuss the importance of sleep and the impact of not having enough. Stages of sleep with REM and NREM explained. Discussion activities included in the middle and at the end.

Mental Health : feeling overwhelmed video

Video (6 mins) - successful students discuss feeling overwhelmed in Year 13 and how to cope

Asking for help

Developing Understanding 1: Making the most of lessons (4 mins 22s) captioned video

GETTING THE GRADES VIDEO - mini-plenary points throughout and a discussion activity at the end

Asking for help: teachers - video

Getting the Grades video (5 mins) in which A-Level students encourage others to value asking for help from teachers

Asking for help: other students

Getting the Grades video (5 mins) in which sixth former students discuss the value of seeking support from colleagues and friends

Exam anxiety

REDUCING EXAM ANXIETY 1: BUILDING UP TO EXAMS

Getting the grades (6 mins) video - students share strategies and advice about coping with the build up to their exam period

REDUCING EXAM ANXIETY 2: EXAM DAYS

Getting the grades (5 mins) video -how to manage anxiety during the exam, especially if there are some very challenging questions: students share their advice

Feedback

Feedback 2: Making the most of feedback (6 mins 43s) - video

Students the value of 'negative' feedback and it's importance in making progress

Growth Mindset

Mental Health: 'Failure' is normal

Getting the Grade video (6 mins): students share their challenging moments throughout sixth form where they felt they underperformed or 'failed'

Growth and Fixed Mindset 2: why does your mindset matter?

Getting the Grades video (5 mins): how can having a growth mindset help you throughout your sixth form journey? Students share their experiences

Growth and Fixed Mindset 3: Risk, Resilience and Feedback

GGetting the Grades video (6 mins): the final video in this suite where students share how it's normal to get a low grade throughout sixth form: resilience and feedback are so important.

Mental health/stress

Mental Health: 'Failure' is normal

Getting the Grade video (6 mins): students share their challenging moments throughout sixth form where they felt they underperformed or 'failed'

Mental Health 2 - Reducing stress - video

GETTING THE GRADES VIDEO - students share their experience of being stressed and what they did to reduce it. Includes mini-plenaries and plenary activity within the video

Overwhelmed

Motivation 2: Finding ways to keep going - video

Getting the Grades video (5 mins 30 secs): great to show leading up to exams. Hear from students who found strategies to keep studying and revising.

Mental Health : feeling overwhelmed video

Video (6 mins) - successful students discuss feeling overwhelmed in Year 13 and how to cope

Perfectionism

Perfectionism 2: Pursuing excellence not perfection

Getting the Grades video video (5 mins): using student experiences, the difference between aiming high but not for perfection is explored

Perfectionism 3: Solutions - is a growth mindset better?

Getting the Grades video video (4 mins 30 secs): students discuss the benefit of a growth mindset and how that provides a healthier approach to aiming high

Perfectionism - understanding whether you tend to be one - questions to ask yourself

Helpful 2 page PDF by authors of well researched book on perfectionism

Perfectionism - trying to change - self-reflection tasks

2 activities to try out provided by authors of a well researched book into perfectionism

Sleep

Sleep is essential for learning - Powerpoint to use in tutorial time

By Stephen Thomas

Mental health: the importance of good sleep - video

Getting the Grades KS5 video (6 mins): Students discuss the importance of sleep and the impact of not having enough. Stages of sleep with REM and NREM explained. Discussion activities included in the middle and at the end.