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Starters and Plenaries for OCR Cambridge Nationals L1/2
in Health and Social Care

These resources are for last assessment in Summer 2023

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Activities include:

  • Respond to a complaint
  • Fact File
  • Guess the Legislation
  • Verbal Tennis
  • Spot the Hazard
  • ...plus loads more

    Inject pace into your Health and Social Care lessons with this pack of pick-up-and-teach starter and plenary activities – all specifically designed for the OCR Cambridge Nationals (version 4) Health and Social Care Specification J801/J811.

    25 write-on in-class activities for each unit complete with teacher's notes and instructions to consolidate and extend learning for the next generation of Health and Social Care enthusiasts!

    • Ideal blend of individual, paired, small-group and whole-class activities
    • Opportunity to learn sector-specific skills and develop vocational attributes
    • All answers provided - great for AfL and speedy peer-assessment

    What do teachers say about this resource? (9979)

    Good resource... The activity has clear guidance for teachers, with exemplar answers to help teachers who might not be as familiar with the specification, as they are new to teaching it.
    Good use of differentiation with use of extension tasks, hints and clues, gap-fills and sentence starters. Good use of scenario based questions and tasks and clear use of case studies which is used in the examined and set assignment units.

    Allows some collaborative learning and also independent learning. There are clear aims set out for each task to help teachers, also the reference to the spec and each learning outcome will help to give teachers a clear link to the specification and the LO that it links too.

    Overall good use of AFL and a wide range of resources and activities that vary and will keep students engaged. The resources allow students to initially engage with concepts and ideas before they start a task it allows student to apply knowledge from previous learning and also allows students to recap their learning and allows teachers to see any gaps in knowledge.

    J Joauvel , Lead teacher of Health and social care & Peer Reviewer

    I really like the resource and the variety it offers, and how it could be adapted to suit the learners. It will definitely enhance [learning] due to life like examples learners can relate to.

    M Zulkarnain, Subject leader for HSC & Peer Reviewer

    What do teachers say about this resource? (10355)

    Very good resource. It will help teachers to teach the topic with more examples and it will allow learners to understand better how it applies in care settings. Simple resources that can be easily adapted [Word Version].

    M Zulkarnain, Teacher & Peer Reviewer