Pearson Level 1 and below November 2024 newsletter
Hello and welcome to the Pearson Level 1 and below newsletter for November 2024 covering all things below level 2 including Level 1 Intro, Entry Level, BTEC Workskills and BTEC Personal Growth and Wellbeing.
Wherever you are in the country, or indeed even internationally such is the popularity of these qualifications, we hope you have had a restful and enjoyable half term break and are ready to move into the Festive period whether you celebrate or not.
Online Training Events
Final call for these excellent free training sessions. We already have many delegates booked on both courses and you can join them too! Just sign up below:
The event for BTEC Workskills and Personal Growth and Wellbeing in assessing effectively will be on 14 November 3:30-4:30pm
Assessing BTEC Workskills and Personal Growth and Wellbeing effectively in your classroom
The event for BTEC Entry and Level 1 Intro in assessing effectively will be on 6 November 4:00-5:00pm
Assessing BTEC Level 1 Intro qualifications effectively in your classroom
New Resources
We are pleased to announce that we have a few new little treats just for you.
First up is an excellent read. These are our SSV reports written by the captivating Katie (SSV Level 1 and Entry) and platinum Paul (SSV Workskills and Personal Growth and wellbeing). In these reports you can find information on common pitfalls and problems, effective practice, statistics and more!
Why not take a read:
Download the Level 1 and Entry SSV Report 2023-2024
Download the PGW and Workskills SSV Report 2023-2024
Next up we have our new sample learner work. This time we have included BTEC Personal Growth and Wellbeing Level 2 in our growing sample work area. Again you can review the sample learner work for Level 2 here under sample learner work:
Explore sample marked learner work
Finally we have listened your feedback and provided some extra learning support activities for several BTEC Level 1 Intro Science, Business and Caring for Children units to support teaching and learning. You can find these by going to the relevant qualification pages.
All I want for Christmas is PGW
This year it is the turn of Personal Growth and Wellbeing to get the festive treatment.
Spread over two weeks are some great free offerings from the land of Personal Growth and Wellbeing. These will be practical teaching resources for you to use directly in the classroom. Keep your eyes peeled for these starting on the 1 December.
Find out more about our PSHE qualification that is fully mapped to RSE in England
New Content for November on the Skills Channel
Please save our playlist on YouTube for the latest Teaching and Learning Skills Video.
Our latest video is about Supporting Shy Students in the classroom.
In this video we delve in to looking at how shy students can be brought to life and how to engage them to support them with effective teaching and learning.
You can watch the skills video if you are interested on YouTube
Monthly Blog
This month’s blog is all about top tips for new teachers delivering BTEC Workskills.
Our BTEC Workskills is continuing to grow with lots of new centres on board. So, this month we thought it would be useful to focus on some top tips when teaching our BTEC Workskills programme. Be sure to check out these useful tips as there are some great ideas.
Podcast
This month’s podcast is a cracker. It is all about Oracy in the Classroom. Hosted by our guest presenters this podcast will discuss why it is important to develop oracy skills not only for academic study but in order to build relationships whilst learning.
We hope you have a very enjoyable start to the second part of the term.
With best wishes
Kelly Adams
Product Manager, Level 1, Entry Level, BTEC Workskills and Personal Growth and Wellbeing