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Tools for teams and teamwork. 9781903776698.pdf. Games & Activities for Kids 12-13 Years Old. Teachers TV: Form Tutor. Form / tutor booklet KS3 transition year 7. Fun ideas for form time. We've scoured the TES forums to bring you some of the best form time activities, tried and tested by experienced teachers. 1 Blockbusters and Countdown games Lots of our forum users recommend Countdown or Blockbusters style games for those with IWBs.

You can download a Blockbusters game with added countdown numbers from TES Resources. You can also download a blank Blockbusters template uploaded by the cryptically named mflx9jaa, who suggests the following way to play: 'split the class into two teams (boys v girls perhaps). One team chooses a number, and you ask a question (any question you like). If they get it right, then press the symbol of the team that got it right. 2 News-based activities/discussions Here’s one from Ms_Galadriel: 'I tape Newsround one night a week, then show it to my Year 7 form class the next morning.

Get them discussing other 'hot issues' * Do you think our soldiers should stay in Iraq or not? About parents/home lives* Do you think smacking is OK as a punishment? School council election tutor/form time activities | involver. "You should move that bloomin' great big box", "No, you should", "They should", "Or her" I wrote these tutor/form time activities a while ago for a school I was working with in Coventry, not sure why I haven’t posted them until now. Often elections are just sprung upon a school without any preparation.

No one thinks to explain to the whole school why they should choose to stand, or how they should choose who to vote for. What this ends up with is the same people (and the same kind of people) getting elected every year. Each one of these short sessions leads people towards an understanding of why they should stand to be a representative, or what they should consider when they are voting. Download the whole lot here 5 Tutor time activites to prepare for an election.zip (3.86 MB) or read more … There are 5 sessions plus the election itself.

A) What is democracy? A - What is democracy (tutor time activity).zip (1.5 MB) B) What is a School Council? D) What is a representative? Practicalities Files. Sixth Form Tutor's ToolKit. Attendance. Post 16 students don’t suddenly become well-organised human beings who attend registration, all their tutor sessions and their lessons! The first key to being a good tutor is to monitor student attendance and follow up any concerns. Students who struggle, drop out of or fail courses, are those whose attendance is often a concern. The School MI system provides Tutors with reports on a weekly, termly and yearly basis. There will be some students in the tutor group who are claiming EMA (education maintenance allowance), which relies on their 100% attendance, so tutors need to monitor their attendance carefully. Tutors are expected to know when each of the students in their tutor group are on site, and have a copy of their timetable.

Building up a relationship. One of the most rewarding aspects of being a Post 16 Tutor is to build up a good relationship with the students so they feel that they can speak to you about any concerns they have. Guidance. The student voice. Tutor time. General trivia quizzes for form / tutor group. Form Time Ideas - Tutor group activities.