Pearson Level 1 and below April 2026 newsletter
We hope you have a good break and are looking forward to the all-important summer term and that everything is going well in your centre.
New Teaching and Learning Content
This month we have lots of new teaching and learning content on the website. We have added new teaching and learning activities for Land Based Studies and Hair and Beauty.
You can find these new resources by clicking the links below. You will need to sign in to download these using your Edexcel online account.
Reminder for our BTEC Home Cooking Skills Qualification
Are you delivering BTEC Home Cooking Skills? Please check out a recording of our recent online training event on this qualification. You’ll find lots of helpful hints to help you to deliver this lovely qualification.
Also please remember that this qualification is now on the Work Based Learning model for Home Cooking Skills and centres can claim at any point when the learners have completed and you do not have to wait until the summer to do so.
New content for April on the skills channel
Check out our latest Teaching and Learning Skills videos.
Our newest video covers Jerome Bruner’s Spiral Curriculum in Applying Learning Models in the Level 1 and Entry Level Classroom. In this video we cover the key concepts in Bruner’s Learning Theory and how the Spiral Curriculum model can be adopted in the classroom and the benefits of using the model.
You can watch the video if you are interested on YouTube.
Monthly Blog
This month’s blog is about Why Level 1 Learning Matters More than Ever. This blog delves into the importance of a Level 1 curriculum for Learners and how Level 1 programmes can support learners by building confidence and skills to support progression opportunities and independent living.
Wishing you a lovely Easter break.
With best wishes
Kelly Adams
Product Manager Level 1 Below Including Workskills and Personal Growth and Wellbeing.
