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WJEC Vocational Award Engineering Level 1/2

Written by an experienced Engineering teacher and examiner, this resource is designed to be accessible, flexible, practical and student-friendly. The comprehensive coverage of the specification requirements will support students through the course.

Introduces students to many basic engineering skills and principles and allows them to grasp a good understanding of the subject area.
Shows students how to communicate effectively as an engineer via 3D drawing techniques and technical drawings as well as being able to use and identify many tools, machines and pieces of equipment that are commonplace in the engineering world.
Includes small tasks and mini-projects designed to embed students’ knowledge and allows them to `have a go’ at applying the theory.

WJEC Level 1/2 Vocational Award Sports & Coaching Principles (Technical Award) Student Book

Written by experienced PE teachers and examiners, this new Student Book has been carefully designed to be highly visual, accessible, and practical. Matching the new Level 1/2 Vocational Award, for first teaching from September 2022, it offers high quality support you can trust.

Each unit begins with a ‘Before you get started’ feature to establish what students already know before they begin the topic.
A visually stimulating design helps students engage with the content.
Tasks and Activities throughout allow students to test and apply their knowledge as they work through the course.
Includes targeted exam advice and exam-style questions to ensure students are fully prepared for assessment.
Student-friendly checklists at the end of each unit allow students to evaluate how confident they are with the required learning outcomes and where further study may be required.
A variety of other features ensure students get the most out of the course and achieve their full potential in the exams, such as:
- Connectivity – links to other units to encourage a holistic understanding of the key concepts
- Key terms – highlighted and defined throughout to help students familiarise themselves with important terminology
- Top Tips – provide tips and ideas on how to remember the key information required for the exam
- Take it one step further – further activities to extend learning
- Test Yourself – questions which offer regular opportunities for students to check their understanding

Answers to all the questions in this Student Book are available to download for FREE on the Resources and Downloads tab.

GCSE Drama – Scene Study and Duologues

Out now!

Written by a highly experienced and respected Drama teacher and Author, Annie Fox, this comprehensive resource offers detailed guidance on how to approach performing duologues for the GCSE Drama course. It aims to help students have the most positive possible experience of performing duologues, from choosing ones that suits their skills, supporting their rehearsals and trouble-shooting common problems.

Provides guidance on how to select a duologue, including the choice of character, content and genre.
Includes a large selection of exemplar duologues for performance practice, each with a summary of the setting and characters, as well as notes to aid in understanding and breaking down the scene.
Offers advice and tips on how to rehearse and troubleshoot common issues such as forgetting lines and ensuring students demonstrate a range of skills.
Covers a wide range of genres and styles, including the horror thriller Let the Right One In, the friendship drama Out of Love and the hilarious fantasy comedy, Alice.
Supports all GCSE Drama specifications including AQA, OCR, Edexcel and WJEC/Eduqas, and offers high-quality support you can trust.

Includes the following plays:
Drama: Let the Right One In, Rope, Hymn, Leave Taking, Thebans, Out of Love, The Arrival, Moon on a Rainbow Shawl
Comedy: Alice, The 39 Steps, The Importance of Being Earnest, Beauty and the Beast, Twelfth Night, The Rivals, Pygmalion

Additional charts and grids to help students with rehearsals and note-taking are available to download from the Resources and Downloads tab.

WJEC Level 1/2 Vocational Award Sports & Coaching Principles (Technical Award) Student Book Boost eBook

Boost eBooks are interactive, accessible and flexible. They use the latest research and technology to provide the very best experience for students and teachers.

Written by experienced PE teachers and examiners, this new Student Book has been carefully designed to be highly visual, accessible, and practical and is now available as a Boost eBook. Matching the new Level 1/2 Vocational Award, for first teaching from September 2022, it offers high quality support you can trust.

Each unit begins with a ‘Before you get started’ feature to establish what students already know before they begin the topic.
A visually stimulating design helps students engage with the content.
Tasks and Activities throughout allow students to test and apply their knowledge as they work through the course.
Includes targeted exam advice and exam-style questions to ensure students are fully prepared for assessment.
Student-friendly checklists at the end of each unit allow students to evaluate how confident they are with the required learning outcomes and where further study may be required.
A variety of other features ensure students get the most out of the course and achieve their full potential in the exams, such as:
- Connectivity – links to other units to encourage a holistic understanding of the key concepts
- Key terms – highlighted and defined throughout to help students familiarise themselves with important terminology
- Top Tips – provide tips and ideas on how to remember the key information required for the exam
- Take it one step further – further activities to extend learning
- Test Yourself – questions which offer regular opportunities for students to check their understanding

GCSE Drama – Scene Study and Duologues Boost eBook

Boost eBooks are interactive, accessible and flexible. They use the latest research and technology to provide the very best experience for students and teachers.

Written by a highly experienced and respected Drama teacher and Author, Annie Fox, this comprehensive Boost eBook offers detailed guidance on how to approach performing duologues for the GCSE Drama course. It aims to help students have the most positive possible experience of performing duologues, from choosing ones that suits their skills, supporting their rehearsals and trouble-shooting common problems.

Provides guidance on how to select a duologue, including the choice of character, content and genre.
Includes a large selection of exemplar duologues for performance practice, each with a summary of the setting and characters, as well as notes to aid in understanding and breaking down the scene.
Offers advice and tips on how to rehearse and troubleshoot common issues such as forgetting lines and ensuring students demonstrate a range of skills.
Covers a wide range of genres and styles, including the horror thriller Let the Right One In, the friendship drama Out of Love and the hilarious fantasy comedy, Alice.
Supports all GCSE Drama specifications including AQA, OCR, Edexcel and WJEC/Eduqas, and offers high-quality support you can trust.

WJEC Eduqas GCSE Film Studies Student Book: Revised Edition

Revised and updated to match the latest WJEC Eduqas GCSE Film Studies specification and covering many of the latest film texts for assessment from 2024, this highly visual and engaging Student Book will support students through the course and help prepare them for their exams.

Written by a team of experienced examiners and teachers, and endorsed by WJEC Eduqas, this book offers high quality support you can trust.
Comprehensive definitions of key terms throughout the book with examples of how they should be used in analyses.
Case studies of key films provide an in-depth exploration of the key elements of film form.
A dedicated chapter on the Non-Examined Assessment production element of the specification provides clear guidance on how students will be assessed.
New stretch and challenge tasks allow students to further develop their understanding.
Exam-style questions enable students to test themselves and help refine exam technique.
Sample exam questions with student answers and teacher commentaries show how to produce high-mark answers and prepare for the exam.

AQA GCSE Religious Studies Essay Skills Guide: Themes, Christianity and Islam

This detailed and practical guide is designed to help students understand and master the all-important AO2 skills of Critical Analysis & Evaluation, which are vital for performing well in the essay writing/long evaluation answers in the AQA GCSE exam.

Sample pages available now! Download a selection of draft pages for free on the Resources and Downloads tab.

Written for the AQA GCSE RS Spec A covering Component 1: Religious Beliefs, Practices & Traditions (comparing two religions) and Component 2: Thematic Studies.
Covers all specification content across Components 1 & 2 for Christianity and Islam by topic.
Highly visual ‘Knowledge Organiser’ format summarises all the key AO1 info that students should know by the time they tackle an exam.
Toolkit approach breaks down AO2 into easily understandable study skills that students can then learn to deploy when writing long answers in the exam.
Introduction to Evaluation section gives advice and support on how to identify different types of exam questions, how to start and structure an answer, how to build an essay and argument, how to use evidence and how to evaluate successfully.
Two Sample Answers per topic show the different evaluation skills with examiner commentary, and suggested content areas for student to bring into their trial answers.
Can be used to support classroom learning, end of topic review or final exam revision as needed.

AQA GCSE Religious Studies Essay Skills Guide: Themes, Christianity and Islam Boost eBook

Boost eBooks are interactive, accessible and flexible. They use the latest research and technology to provide the very best experience for students and teachers.

Written for the AQA GCSE RS Spec A covering Component 1: Religious Beliefs, Practices & Traditions (comparing two religions) and Component 2: Thematic Studies.
Covers all specification content across Components 1 & 2 for Christianity and Islam by topic.
Highly visual ‘Knowledge Organiser’ format summarises all the key AO1 info that students should know by the time they tackle an exam.
Toolkit approach breaks down AO2 into easily understandable study skills that students can then learn to deploy when writing long answers in the exam.
Introduction to Evaluation section gives advice and support on how to identify different types of exam questions, how to start and structure an answer, how to build an essay and argument, how to use evidence and how to evaluate successfully.
Two Sample Answers per topic show the different evaluation skills with examiner commentary, and suggested content areas for student to bring into their trial answers.
Can be used to support classroom learning, end of topic review or final exam revision as needed.

GCSE Drama – Performing Monologues

A practical, hands-on resource to help students tackle the Performing Monologues aspect of their Drama GCSE.

Written by Annie Fox
Provides guidance on how to choose a monologue, including the choice of character, style, content and genre.
Includes a large selection of exemplar monologues and offers a synopsis of the play, rehearsal techniques and areas for further research on each one.
Contains notes on additional scenes from the plays which could also be considered, studied and performed.
Advice on how to rehearse, and how to tackle common problems such as timing, nerves, voice and eye-lines.
Downloadable pro-forma sheets are also available including a rehearsal schedule, research, feedback, post-rehearsal notes and performance checklist.
Suitable for AQA, Edexcel, OCR and WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Drama specifications.

Worksheets and Templates to accompany the book are available to download FREE on the Resources and Downloads tab.

GCSE Drama – Live Theatre Evaluation

A practical, hands-on resource to help students tackle the Live Theatre Evaluation aspect of their Drama GCSE.

Covers the different elements of theatre performance and the Evaluation requirements from each awarding body.
Includes advice on how to prepare before viewing a performance.
Provides guidance on analysing and evaluating acting, sets, costume, lighting and sound.
Support for developing writing skills such as expressing and ordering ideas, plan making and common problems.
Contains sample practice questions.
Suitable for AQA, Edexcel, OCR and WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Drama specifications.

Worksheets and Templates to accompany the book are available to download FREE on the Resources and Downloads tab.

AQA GCSE Religious Studies Essay Skills Guide: Themes, Christianity and Buddhism

Written for the AQA GCSE RS Spec A covering Component 1: Religious Beliefs, Practices & Traditions (comparing two religions) and Component 2: Thematic Studies.
Covers all specification content across Components 1 & 2 for Christianity and Buddhism by topic.
Highly visual ‘Knowledge Organiser’ format summarises all the key AO1 info that students should know by the time they tackle an exam.
Toolkit approach breaks down AO2 into easily understandable study skills that students can then learn to deploy when writing long answers in the exam.
Introduction to Evaluation section gives advice and support on how to identify different types of exam questions, how to start and structure an answer, how to build an essay and argument, how to use evidence and how to evaluate successfully.
Two Sample Answers per topic show the different evaluation skills with examiner commentary, and suggested content areas for student to bring into their trial answers.
Can be used to support classroom learning, end of topic review or final exam revision as needed.

AQA GCSE Religious Studies Essay Skills Guide: Themes, Christianity and Buddhism Boost eBook

Boost eBooks are interactive, accessible and flexible. They use the latest research and technology to provide the very best experience for students and teachers.

Written for the AQA GCSE RS Spec A covering Component 1: Religious Beliefs, Practices & Traditions (comparing two religions) and Component 2: Thematic Studies.
Covers all specification content across Components 1 & 2 for Christianity and Buddhism by topic.
Highly visual ‘Knowledge Organiser’ format summarises all the key AO1 info that students should know by the time they tackle an exam.
Toolkit approach breaks down AO2 into easily understandable study skills that students can then learn to deploy when writing long answers in the exam.
Introduction to Evaluation section gives advice and support on how to identify different types of exam questions, how to start and structure an answer, how to build an essay and argument, how to use evidence and how to evaluate successfully.
Two Sample Answers per topic show the different evaluation skills with examiner commentary, and suggested content areas for student to bring into their trial answers.
Can be used to support classroom learning, end of topic review or final exam revision as needed.