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PSHE in the sixth form

Anti-bullying/Odd Socks Day

Materials from anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk. PPT with video, PDF scenarios and PDF guide for scenarios - go to pages 10-12. We are supporting anti-bullying week and Odd Socks Day through broadcasting their materials to the post-16 community.

Blue Zones - how can we live a more healthy lifestyle and survive for longer?

PPT all about Blue Zones where a large proportion of people survive to 100 years.

Pride Month - origins of the annual event explained - adaptable PPT

Created to use in assembly or tutorial time - includes 2 short videos explaining origins of Pride and Rainbow shoe laces

International Women's Day

PPT to use in tutorial time

Holocaust Memory Day 2026

PPT for tutors adapted from HMD.ORG

Study Periods 2: Working Effectively During Study Time (6 mins) Captioned video

GETTING THE GRADES VIDEO - Students share their experiences of how to make the most of study periods - captioned and features mini-plenaries and 'Think about' discussion

Black History Month - ready-made powerpoint

Use or adapt. Examples, video clips to play, discussion at the end

Remembrance Sunday - ready-made assembly/tutorial powerpoint

Contains two links to video clips to use with the PPT and explains Armistice Day, lest we forget, types of poppies (red, white, purple, black) and The Last Post

Remembrance Sunday - Video: In Flanders Fields (2 mins) poem by John McCrae

2 mins video of poem read out with WW1 footage

Why Valentine's Day?

Ready-made tutorial powerpoint

Tackling Difficult Conversations

A pdf activity pack for 6th formers with 20 activities to experience to help learning how to tackle difficult conversations - A pdf activity pack for 6th formers with 20 activities to experience - based on material from industry management training course

Starting university: Budgeting at university - video

Video (5 mins) students in their first year at university pass on advice about managing money

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

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.

Sleep and learning powerpoint

Sleep and learning powerpoint to use in sixth form tutorial time

Staying safe: how men can help women feel safer

Staying safe: how men can help women feel safer

Writing your C.V. - what to include

Writing your C.V. - what to include

Tutorial Activity Booklet - ideal for Year 12

Tutorial Activity Booklet - ideal for Year 12: Lifestyle, Study skills, Communication, Vision.

Growth Mindset - Confidence powerpoint

Teach students the importance of confidence and resilience and how they develop from having a growth mindset - ready-made ppt

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

Changing Habits: cues, routines, rewards - video

Video (4 mins 39s) Habit Changing strategies based on the research outlined in 'The Power of Habit' by Charles Duhigg

Leap from Year 12 to Year 13 - video

Getting the Grades video - a great resource to show Year 13 when they return from their summer break.

Mental Health : feeling overwhelmed video

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

Alcohol student-led presentation exercise

Alcohol student-led presentation exercise

Seeking support - part 1

Seeking support powerpoint for tutorial time

Seeking support - part 2

Seeking support - part 2 - powerpoint for tutorial time - mindfulness

Emotional side of learning - self esteem

​Emotional side of learning - self esteem - reflection task​

Stress activity

Stress activity

Who am I? 20 tutorial exercises

​Who am I? 20 tutorial exercises in which students read about someone famous, guess who they are, answer questions about their life

Barriers to learning - explore what you can control

Barriers to learning - explore what you can control - tutorial exercise

Starting University: preparation and arrival

Video (6 mins) students in their first year at university reflect on how they prepared for university and pass on tips for your first day at university.

Starting university: Freshers' Week video

Starting university: Freshers' Week

Starting university: Accommodation at university - Video

Video (6 mins) Undergraduates discuss university accommodation at the end of their first term at university​

Anti-bullying/Odd Socks Day

Anti-bullying/Odd Socks Day

Materials from anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk. PPT with video, PDF scenarios and PDF guide for scenarios - go to pages 10-12. We are supporting anti-bullying week and Odd Socks Day through broadcasting their materials to the post-16 community.

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

Black History Month

Black History Month - ready-made powerpoint

Use or adapt. Examples, video clips to play, discussion at the end

Difficult Conversations

Tackling Difficult Conversations

A pdf activity pack for 6th formers with 20 activities to experience to help learning how to tackle difficult conversations - A pdf activity pack for 6th formers with 20 activities to experience - based on material from industry management training course

Tackling Difficult Conversations - seek their story first - role play activity

Tackling Difficult Conversations - seek their story first - role play activity - Tutorial exercise

Finance

Starting university: Budgeting at university - video

Video (5 mins) students in their first year at university pass on advice about managing money

Fireworks

Holocaust Memorial Day

Holocaust Memory Day 2026

PPT for tutors adapted from HMD.ORG

International Women's Day

International Women's Day

PPT to use in tutorial time

Mental health and sleep

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

Stress activity

Stress activity

Barriers to learning - explore what you can control

Barriers to learning - explore what you can control - tutorial exercise

Mental Health : feeling overwhelmed video

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

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.

Growth Mindset - Confidence powerpoint

Teach students the importance of confidence and resilience and how they develop from having a growth mindset - ready-made ppt

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.

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

By Stephen Thomas

Sleep and learning powerpoint

Sleep and learning powerpoint to use in sixth form tutorial time

Perfectionism

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 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 - is it holding you back?

Powerpoint for tutors to use by Stephen Thomas

Perfectionism - trying to change - self-reflection tasks

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

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

Mobile phones

Distractions: Phones and Social Media (5 mins)

GETTING THE GRADES VIDEO - advice about tackling social media and phones as a source of distraction. Comes with PPT activity.

Pride and LGBTQ

Pride Month - origins of the annual event explained - adaptable PPT

Created to use in assembly or tutorial time - includes 2 short videos explaining origins of Pride and Rainbow shoe laces

Remembrance/Armistice Day

Remembrance Sunday - ready-made assembly/tutorial powerpoint

Contains two links to video clips to use with the PPT and explains Armistice Day, lest we forget, types of poppies (red, white, purple, black) and The Last Post

Remembrance Sunday - Video: In Flanders Fields (2 mins) poem by John McCrae

2 mins video of poem read out with WW1 footage

Safe driving

Valentines Day

Why Valentine's Day?

Ready-made tutorial powerpoint