In the year Every date this year · First week of term · World Mental Health Day, October · World Kindness Day, November · Anti-Bullying Week, November · The New Year Values Week, January · Children’s Mental Health Week, February · The week mocks come back · Exam season · The last week
Start here for sixth form
Six resources that work especially well at this age. Everything else is listed below by the time of year.
Revision That Survives the WeekEach student plans one real week on a sheet, then the slides break it three times and they repair it. An hour, using the kind of interruptions a Year 12 or 13 week really has, like a shift, a friend or a late night.Open the lesson →
The Opinion LineStudents stand along a line from agree to disagree, then two or three explain why. Five minutes, with ten statements for sixth form on topics like loyalty against honesty, or whether it is possible to be too honest.Open the activity →
Weekly WonderPut up one big question with no right answer and give the form a minute of quiet before anyone speaks. Five minutes, with five sixth form questions on time, readiness and who decided what counts as wasting it.Open the activity →
PaydayEach group takes a job and plans a month on one wage, then ten things happen that they did not plan for. An hour, for students who are a year or two away from a payslip of their own.Open the lesson →
Motivation Comes SecondEach student picks something they have been avoiding, cuts it down to five minutes and does it there and then. An hour, and especially useful for coursework and A level revision.Open the lesson →
Before You Go InCards for the ten minutes before an exam, with what to say to yourself and to a friend, plus a slip for the friend who needs an adult. It takes fifteen minutes to read through, then students keep the cards in a pocket.Open the printable →
September
For a form that has come from different schools, or a Year 13 form back after the summer.
The First Half TermA plan for your first seven weeks with a Year 12 form, built in order from five and ten minute activities. Week two covers free periods, which are new to most of them.Open the plan →
The Two-Minute InterviewStudents pair up, ask each other one question from a card and listen for a full minute before swapping. It takes five minutes and one sheet of cards.Open the activity →
Check-In Record SheetEvery student across six half terms, with amber for anyone you have not seen. Sixth form tutor time is short, so the sheet keeps track of who you have spoken to.Open the tracker →
The Quiet WordThe five minutes of a one to one check-in, written for the tutor: how to open it, what you must not promise, and when to pass it on. Five pages, printed once.Open the guide →
Today I WillEvery student names one thing they will do by home time, and you ask about it the next morning. It takes four minutes and there is nothing to print.Open the activity →
Questions for Open Evenings and Open DaysA week of practice for a university open day, and a list of questions that each student writes for themselves. Open days run from June to October.Open the activity →
The Personal StatementFive tutor times to get a first draft of all three UCAS personal statement answers from every student. Applications can be sent from 1 September and the first equal consideration date is 15 October.Open the resource →
Tutor Time TakeoverStudents lead lessons on anything they love, lasting up to an hour at sixth form. Set the dates for the year in September and share the sign-up sheet.Open the project →
The dated weeks
The calendar for the year, and three events with a fixed date to plan the half term before.
The Assembly Calendar 2026 to 2027Every awareness day and UN day from September to July, with an idea and a value for each. Student leaders can plan the year’s assemblies from it.Open the calendar →
World Mental Health DayAn assembly, a week of lunchtimes or a wall of anonymous cards, and a PSHE lesson on what to say when a friend tells you they are struggling. The lesson suits sixth form especially well.Open the day →
World Kindness DayAn assembly on why we underestimate small kindnesses, with the study named on every slide, then a week of five-minute form time ending on 13 November.Open the resource →
The New Year Values WeekAn assembly on what makes a goal last, with the study named on every slide, then a week of form time and a goal sheet to half term.Open the resource →
Children’s Mental Health WeekAn assembly on empathy with the study named on every slide, then five lunchtimes, including a panel where sixth formers answer younger students’ questions.Open the resource →
Anti-Bullying WeekAn assembly and four themed lunchtimes, 16 to 20 November 2026. Year 12 and 13 can run the lunchtimes.Open the week →
Sweet NotesA hot chocolate stall at break and an anonymous kind note, delivered on the fourteenth. Whole school, with sixth formers running the stall.Open the fundraiser →
The January slump
For when mocks are back, applications are in and the pressure does not let up.
After the MocksStudents sort cards into facts and stories, then each writes their result as one line of fact and one first move. An hour, and especially useful after January mocks in Year 13.Open the lesson →
Motivation Comes SecondEach student picks something they have been avoiding, cuts it down to five minutes and does it there and then. An hour, and especially useful for coursework and A level revision.Open the lesson →
What to Say When a Friend Is StrugglingThe PSHE lesson from World Mental Health Day: sort eight replies, learn four things that help, then rewrite the real replies. An hour, any week of the year.Open the lesson →
Self-Care MenuThree single sheets of small resets that each student chooses from and keeps in a planner.Open the printable →
Tell Me LaterA slip and a box, so a student can ask for a word without asking in front of everyone.Open the printable →
Movement and Mental HealthThree short lessons on what five minutes of movement does for your mood and focus: predict it, measure it on themselves, then plan four weeks.Open the series →
Exam season
For the weeks from the Easter holidays to the last paper.
Revision That Survives the WeekEach student plans one real week on a sheet, then the slides break it three times and they repair it. An hour, using the kind of interruptions a Year 12 or 13 week really has, like a shift, a friend or a late night.Open the lesson →
The Week SheetA one page revision timetable for one week, with a spare slot on every day so a missed session can be moved instead of being lost. One sheet each.Open the printable →
Before You Go InCards for the ten minutes before an exam, with what to say to yourself and to a friend, plus a slip for the friend who needs an adult. It takes fifteen minutes to read through, then students keep the cards in a pocket.Open the printable →
How Does Screen Time Affect...?Three sessions across a term on screen time, sleep and concentration, and a weekly tracker of the whole form. It needs a form that meets most days.Open the project →
Praise PostcardsA printable postcard for passing on praise, in either direction. Students hear praise less often as they get older, so it is worth keeping a stack in a drawer.Open the printable →
Before they leave
For the last term of Year 13, and the final week before the form breaks up.
PaydayEach group takes a job and plans a month on one wage, then ten things happen that they did not plan for. An hour, for students who are a year or two away from a payslip of their own.Open the lesson →
The Last Five MorningsFive cards for the last week, read out on the last morning. Written for Year 13 as much as Year 11.Open the activity →
Also works at sixth form
By Half TermBetween the PagesThe Form Time QuizThe Form Time Quiz: Christmas EditionTeam ChallengesBustedIt Was Just a JokeQuestion the HeadlineMade to Look RealConversation StartersThe Repair SheetThe Shout-Out Board