PET-Xi School Programmes

PET-Xi TRAINING SCHOOL PROGRAMMES

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About PET-Xi PET-Xi is a high-energy training specialist whose multi-award winning teams work tirelessly to make a difference to people’s lives, firing up their minds with engaging and positive learning experiences designed to help school students to achieve their target grades, job-seekers to get back into employment or those in business to upskill and progress with their goals.

Over the last 25 years we have helped over 150,000 people by delivering intensive, motivational and inspirational i­nterventions that have a positive impact on learner progress from primary to GCSE and for adults, from basic to advanced skills. Each one is carefully structured to achieve optimal learning.

Excelling at learner engagement, 98% of learners say that their confidence has improved with us. The impact on progress for learners is vital in closing the achievement gap.

All ­programmes deliver better value and better results than one to one revision.

Our unique methodology, staffing structure and programme delivery creates a learning dynamic that achieves outstanding lessons each and every time.

What We Do The PET-Xi methodology is based on pace, energy and high- impact delivery using tightlystructured material delivered through a multi-faceted team approach, in which the role of teacher is split into its three component parts: a Motivational Lead, Subject Expert and two Supports.

Behind every single PET-Xi course is a truly impressive team of highly skilled individuals, leading to the best outcome for your learners. All PET-Xi training staff are experienced and trained: • PET-Xi Experts come from teaching and training backgrounds and also work as examiners for awarding bodies and for e ­ xternal quality assurers.

• Motivational Leads are chosen for their ability to motivate and engage a broad spectrum of learners. Their training in ­Assessment for Learning and use of assertive questioning maximises success rates for learners.

• Supports can be either Motivational Leads and/or Experts training in the PET-Xi methodology, teaching assistants or those who have worked in the subject area or industry for many years.

Why use PET-Xi High-impact training - Our teams deliver intensive, real world, high-impact training to improve productivity and boost skills and knowledge in the workplace with recognised qualifications and outcomes.

We help you navigate the skills landscape - Whether it’s navigating the apprenticeship levy, providing consultation, identifying skills gaps, succession planning or a simple need to upskill employees and improve performance, we are the go-to specialist in the skills and training sector.

A fresh approach to training - In contrast to ineffective, out-dated programmes, we reinvigorate training with our fresh approach and Xplosive Inspiration “Xi” where relentlessly upbeat teams create highly-engaging, interactive and impactful learning.

Quality guaranteed - Our specialist teams are PET-Xi academy-trained which ensures all of our subject experts, motivational leads and Apprenticeship consultants deliver high-quality and effective training, guidance, learning and mentoring.

We focus on your needs - We will immerse ourselves in your business and apply 25 years’ experience hard-won in the education sector,bringing clear and relevant solutions to help you drive your business forward.

Stay on the cutting edge - We’ll help you to maximise your team’s skills and performance in a changing world, significantly enhancing levels of competence and capability ensuring that you keep your competitive edge.

Progress and impact - We can upskill your workforce, helping them to realise their full potential and improve their productivity with relevant, high-quality training which supports your people development and succession planning.

Effective spend with exceptional value - We consistently deliver results with a measurable impact, offering a great return on investment, giving you a highly-motivated, skilled and dynamic workforce to take your business to the next level.

The extra mile - Our team goes the extra mile to help your learners progress and achieve.

High-engagement levels throughout help us to deliver on our commitment to maximise the impact of every moment.

A safe pair of hands - We have the credentials for success - tried and tested programmes, 150,000 learners, PET-Xi academy-trained staff, numerous business awards and a strong logistical backbone.

KS4 English Language Topic Focus Courses The Topic Focus menu offers a range of one-day options designed to address specific elements of GCSE English Language courses.

Each option takes learners through the skills required to address the needs of individual questions. They embark on a range of written and kinaesthetic activities supporting these skills, keeping assessment objectives firmly in mind, and practise examination-style responses.

AQA Option A Paper 1 Questions 1-3 (Reading fiction) • Information retrieval, inference, paraphrasing • Using language to create effects at word and sentence level: individual words and phrases, punctuation, figurative devices, sentence lengths and structures • How whole texts are structured at paragraph level Option B Paper 1 Question 4 (Reading fiction) • Evaluation, presenting an opinion, personal judgement, use of external and embedded quotation • Understanding what writers are seeking to achieve, evaluating effectiveness, selection of relevant evidence • Academic terminology

Option C Paper 2 Questions 1-3 (Reading non-fiction) • Fact/opinion - true/false. Working at speed highlighting relevant information • Reading between the lines, synthesis of both explicit and implicit ideas, making comparisons • Using language to create effects at word and sentence level • How whole texts are structured at paragraph level, explaining the effect on a reader Option D Paper 2 Question 4 (Reading non-fiction) • Recognition and understanding of attitudes, perspectives, points of view • Language, structure and forms used to convey attitudes and perspectives • Comparison and contrast • Academic terminology Option E Papers 1 and 2 Question 5 (Writing fiction and non-fiction) • Using punctuation and grammar to create effects and enhance meaning • Writing for an audience and in a particular form • Technique checklist - devices to employ to impress the examiner • Planning and preparation • Subverting the task - impressing the examiner

KS4 English Literature Courses We have many one-day immersive revision courses specifically aimed at putting the fun back into Literature while still embedding and reinforcing key concepts.

We have days for a wide range of Set Texts, anthology poetry and approaches to unseen poems. We cover all examination boards, so get in touch to see how we can help you.

Approaching Unseen Poetry This one-day course provides students with strategies to analyse and write about unseen poetry in examination conditions. It builds learner confidence in an area that many traditionally find challenging.

Historically, schools have often side-lined specific approaches to unseen poetry, trusting that students pick up the skills along the way while studying the poetry in their designated anthologies.

Research indicates this is now even more the case, given recent increases to the amount of course content.

Given the value of the unseen element to an overall grade (up to 20% in some cases), schools have been turning to this booster course as a means of ensuring their students receive optimum academic preparation in a dwindling amount of curriculum time.

The PET-Xi dynamic approach will build learner confidence and put the fun back into a curriculum area often wrongly perceived as dry and dull.

“I would just like to say that today has been fantastic!

We have never received such helpful advice or resources before, thank you so much!”

Beau Williams, The Brit School for Performing Arts & Technology The courses, predominantly focussed on the texts themselves, also provide guidance ­regarding approaches to different types of examination questions.

The courses not only reinforce previous learning and bring the text to life but encourage the personal response that is so highly valued by examination boards. Please call us to find out whether we have a course for your school’s chosen Literature set texts.

“A huge thank you to the whole PET-Xi team.

We have been delighted with the service we have received from everyone we have been in contact with.”

City Academy, Norwich

KS4 High-5 English Language Courses This tightly structured five-day course has a simple focus on grade improvement.

Schools choose either a Paper 1 or Paper 2 focus. Students are guided through effective ­approaches to every question on the paper and then practise ­examination technique.

They are exposed to many ways of impressing the examiner, managing their time and e ­ nsuring they precisely address the requirements for each individual question.

The course begins and ends with a full sitting of an officially sanctioned examination. These are then marked, ­re-marked and verified by our specifically trained PET-Xi markers, and extensive reports are provided, so that schools are able to demonstrate learner progress clearly and reliably. The following High-5 options are available: AQA Paper 1 Explorations in creative reading and writing.

Paper 2 Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives.

EDEXCEL Paper 1 Fiction and Imaginative Writing.

Paper 2 Non-fiction and Transactional Writing.

OCR Component 1 Communicating information and ideas.

Component 2 Exploring effects and impact.

WJEC EDUQAS (schools in England) Component 1 20th Century Literature Reading and Creative Prose Writing.

Component 2 19th & 21st Century Non-fiction Reading and Transactional/Persuasive Writing.

WJEC (schools in Wales) Unit 2 - Description, Narration and Exposition.

Unit 3 - Argumentation, Persuasion and Instructional.

Our High-5 courses are perfect for delivery at any point during a GCSE course. They provide precise progress markers early in the course and an exceptionally effective boost in the months prior to the terminal examination.

Our partner schools have been delighted with their results and we continue to offer a breadth of creativity, expertise and experience that schools can rely on in such educationally uncertain times. We can help to raise confidence amongst your students, reinforce existing learning and translate that confidence into tangible results.

Literacy Alive for KS2 Aimed at Years 3-6, these courses bring the core elements of reading and writing to life in the primary classroom. Learners engage with popular children’s fiction in the company of famous fictional characters.

What better way to enthuse, engage and motivate a young learner?

We love reading the Harry Potter stories but what if Dumbledore was there to explain how to make your own writing just as exciting?

What if Alice and the Mad Hatter could help you use figurative language more skilfully?

Wouldn’t it be great to have Fantastic Mr Fox and Cruella de Vil working with you on your punctuation?

What about Peter Pan and Captain Hook promoting perfect grammar?

Using adverbs probably won’t have learners yawning if they’re being helped and supported by Willy Wonka and Tigger.

Each course option is fun, interactive and will enhance and embed the teaching of essential reading and writing skills. Primary teachers are faced with the challenge of presenting and developing these core skills in an engaging way, which isn’t always easy to do given the rather dry nature of the material and the inevitable repetition through practice.

PET-Xi courses thrill and excite learners through a carefully balanced mix of active learning, enjoyment and proven pedagogical principles. PET-Xi days are dynamic and memorable, essential features when key learning is fully absorbed and retained.

The learning encompasses storytelling, role play, paired and group work as well as

individual study. The course will be led by a PET-Xi English Expert and supported by two favourite fictional characters who, incidentally, are also experts in motivational training and small group support.

The menu option approach allows teachers to precisely select skills with which their learners need extra support. Each half day course lasts for 2 to 2½ hours, depending on the format of your school day. Selecting two courses is a perfect fit for any entire school day.

“I didn’t really get apostrophes, so I used to put them everywhere.

But now I just remember what Dumbledore told me and how he argued with Voldemort about how important they are.”

Menu Options All course options contain student material based on course characters. For example, punctuation exercises are based around extracts from Fantastic Mr Fox and 101 Dalmatians and all exemplifications of figurative language are taken from Harry Potter. All courses contain film clip extracts of the characters to support the classroom work. Many of the exercises take the form of classroom games. Children are learning at the same time they think they are playing.

Option A - Recognising and using figurative language with Harry Potter and Dumbledore • Distinguishing factual description from figurative description • Similes – identification, creation and usage • Metaphors – identification, creation and usage • Personification – identification, creation and usage Option B - Grammar: word classes (1) with Alice and the Mad Hatter • Nouns • Verbs • Adjectives • Adverbs Option C - Grammar: word classes (2) with Peter Pan and Captain Hook • Interjections • Conjunctions • Pronouns Option D - Punctuating properly and for effect with Fantastic Mr Fox and Cruella de Vil • Sentences and capital letters • Apostrophes • Direct speech

Option E - Reading skills: comprehension, inference and deduction with Where’s Wally and the Grand High Witch • Search and locate, skim and scan • Inferences and suggestions • Clues in texts Option F - Exciting writing with Tigger and Willy Wonka • Awesome adjectives, vivid verbs, amazing adverbs • Avoiding bland language • Planning Option G - Advanced punctuation with Woody and Buzz Lightyear • Hyphens, brackets, dashes • Comma use • Colons and semi-colons Option H - Enjoying poetry with Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf • Reading aloud and performance • Rhythm, rhyme and syllable games • Content activities

MISSING A N I N V E S T I G AT I O N S C E N A R I O

A ONE-DAY COURSE FOR MORE ABLE KS3 LEARNERS

KS3 More Able learners Missing - An Investigation Scenario This ground-breaking, one-day course helps learners understand they don’t always need to have all the answers all the time, by experiencing the benefits of working with others to reach a conclusion.

We do this by introducing a way of working intended to build resilience and emotional intelligence and enrich and strengthen learning relationships in the classroom environment.

Our dynamic approach and unique resources give learners freedom to think for themselves in a creative context.

During the course, learners work in teams to discover the where-abouts of a missing teenager.

Information is provided in film story format, using witness statements, local maps, timetables, interviews, and a range of other clues.

The teams then learn how to develop hypotheses, rationalise their decisions and to discard unproductive lines of enquiry. Once they’ve reached agreement, their conclusions are finalised, and their theories are presented for judgement.

We know that more able students have the necessary academic strengths to gain successful grades but often lack confidence and the soft skills required for everyday life and progression to top universities. ‘Missing: An Investigation Scenario’ is a course designed to enable learners to develop and exhibit skills outside the purely academic skill set.

These include alternative traits and skills like taking initiative, demonstrating a positive and flexible attitude, decision-making, problemsolving, time management, working under time pressures and being pro-active.

The day is filled with activities that develop decision-making skills, confidence, and initiative.

• Logical thinking tasks / puzzles • Team-working to create theories and formulate hypotheses • Analysing and evaluating different information formats (visual, written, numerical, graphic) • Responding to events in a real-time scenario • Producing, practising, and delivering presentations • Consolidating ideas in written reports “The Missing programme delivered by PET-Xi provided the perfect platform for our students to work collaboratively, make informed decisions, rationalise their thinking, solve problems using new strategies, communicate effectively using a variety of mediums, practice time-management skills and work under pressure.

“By challenging the students, removing their comfort zone and providing a context outside the realms of the academy’s curriculum, they’ve developed greater awareness of others and improved self-confidence.

“Students were highly complementary of the programme and the PET-Xi team, they were totally engaged from the start, competitively embracing every challenge and could identify how they had benefited from the day. I would highly recommend this programme.”

Helen Taylor, Brunts Academy

KS4 High-5 Mathematics Programmes This tightly structured five-day revision programme has a simple focus on grade improvement.

Learners are guided through a comprehensive coverage of the syllabus, building up a personalised revision folder.

Topic focussed building blocks are covered and then embedded within more complex problem scenarios, whilst also practising examination technique.

Daily ‘Confidence Tests’ are also completed to measure daily progress.

The High-5 programme begins and ends with a full sitting of an officially sanctioned examination.

These are then marked, re-marked and verified by our specifically trained PET-Xi markers and extensive reports provided, so that schools can demonstrate learner progress clearly and reliably.

Our High-5 programmes are perfect for delivery at any point during a GCSE timetable.

They provide precise progress markers earlier in the programme and an exceptionally effective boost in the months prior to the final examination.

Our partner schools have been delighted with their results and we continue to offer a breadth of creativity, expertise and experience that schools can rely on in such educationally uncertain times.

We can help to raise confidence amongst your learners, reinforce existing learning and translate that confidence into tangible results.

EDEXCEL Foundation Tier (Grades 1 - 5) Higher Tier (Grades 4 - 6) AQA Foundation Tier (Grades 1 - 5) Higher Tier (Grades 4 - 6) OCR Foundation Tier (Grades 1 - 5) Higher Tier (Grades 4 - 6) WJEC EDUQAS (Schools in England) Foundation Tier (Grades 1 - 5) Higher Tier (Grades 4 - 6) WJEC (Schools in Wales) Intermediate Tier (Grades E to B)

KS4 Mathematics Problem-Solving Programmes The Problem-Solving menus offer a range of one to three day options designed to address specific elements of the GCSE ­Mathematics syllabus involving embedded problem solving.

Set Menu PS5 - Embedded Mixed Skills

Guided Problem Solving

Learners are provided with a selection of complex, multi part problems and are encouraged to build up resilience skills, along with best strategies for tackling such problems in exams.

Learners are guided through a selective coverage of the syllabus, building up a personalised revision folder focusing on strategies for tackling multi part exam style problems containing embedded maths.

Set Menu options are available for all exam boards and cover foundation/higher overlap elements of the syllabus.

Set Menu PS1 - Embedded Shape and Numeracy Percentage, applications of money, unit conversion, currency, area and perimeter, tiling applications, best buys.

Set Menu PS2 - Embedded Algebra Skills Writing expressions, substitution, using a formula, forming equations, solving equations, angles in parallel lines, rearranging formula, area and perimeter.

Set Menu PS3 - Embedded Fraction and Percentage Skills Simplifying fractions, time, fractions of amounts, fraction arithmetic, percentage change, one quantity as a % of another, multipliers, repeated % change.

Set Menu PS4 - Embedded Ratio and Proportion Skills Shape applications, data applications, fraction and percentage applications, direct and inverse proportion, best deals, venn diagrams.

A selection of content from menus A-D Independent Problem Solving

The course is available as a half or full-day programme, at either Grade 3-5 or 7+ student ability profile.

Option A (Grade profile 3-5) Embedded skills incorporating area, best buys, VAT, percentages, volume, BIDMAS, solving equations, speed/distance/time, profit & loss, interest rates, ratio & proportion.

Option B (Grade profile 7+) Embedded skills incorporating speed/ distance/time, bearings, trigonometry, surds, complex 3D shape, simultaneous equations, arcs & sectors, graphs.

GCSE Maths Blast (Grade profile 1-2.5) One-day Maths programme incorporating topic focus, kinaesthetic activities, problem solving and teamwork, with the aim of improving confidence in GCSE Maths for students currently working at Grade 2.5 and below.

KS4 Mathematics Topic Focus Programmes The Topic Focus revision menu offers a range of one to three day options designed to address specific elements of the GCSE Mathematics syllabus.

Learners are guided through a selective coverage of the syllabus, building up a personalised revision folder.

Topic focussed building blocks are covered and then embedded within more complex problem scenarios where applicable, whilst also practising examination technique.

Daily ‘Confidence Tests’ are also completed to measure daily progress.

Set Menu options are available for all exam boards and all tiers, as well as the option to select a bespoke programme from a credit based menu, for a small additional cost.

Set Menus - Foundation Tier Option F1 (Grade profile 3-4) Area and Perimeter, angles in parallel lines, percentage change, ratio, solving equations, conversion, pie charts.

Option F2 (Grade profile 3-4) Changing subject, best buys, mean of frequency tables, transformations, bearings, inequalities, speed/distance/time.

Option F3 (Grade profile 3-5) Expanding brackets, frequency polygons, tree diagrams, setting up equations, conversion, ratio, proportion.

Option F4 (Grade profile 3-5) Area and circumference, repeated percentage change, averages, bearings, speed/distance/time, distance/time graphs, ratio, volume.

Option F5 (Grade profile 4-5) Plotting graphs, simultaneous equations, advanced sequences, repeated percentage change, reverse percentage, surds, tree diagrams, trigonometry.

Option F6 (Grade profile 4-5) Setting up equations, substitution, using a formula, best buys, ratio, proportion, unit conversion, pie charts, Venn diagrams and set theory.

KS3 Catch-Up Maths KS3 Catch-up Maths provides a focussed boost to knowledge, calculating skills and written arithmetic for students between Years 7 and 9.

Aim of course • Build confidence and improve outcomes in level-specific topics • Apply correct skills required in showing working out in more complex reasoning questions • Build confidence in using written arithmetic skills • Working as part of a group to achieve a common goal Benefits for Learners • Differentiated approach to ensure that all students are challenged

Course Length 5 days Course Structure 5 hour long sessions per day, includes Day 1 and Day 5 exam and daily CTs. Exams Used Bespoke assessments created specifically for ­measuring progress and impact over the duration of the programme, which can be easily mapped to each day of the programme.

Quantifiable impact is more easily measured post-course. QLA provided post course to allow continued lesson focus on any topic elements identified as needing additional support.

Exam Dates

• Can continue in lessons post-course with greater confidence and improved attitudes to maths

N/A

• Consolidate techniques and learn new ones in performing calculations

Content is differentiated between old levels 2 and 5, approximately equivalent to a scaled score between 80 and 110.

Example of what this would look like Morning CT to assess current knowledge, followed by expert delivery of content and differentiated work sheets to practise the skills covered. Maths games and activities to break up the sessions, followed by a PM CT to assess daily progress.

Learner Profile

KS4 Statistics Revision Programme We have a fabulous new addition to the PET-Xi portfolio of programmes that has been designed to support the extensive teaching and learning of statistical maths during Key Stage 4.

The programmes are 1-9 day courses consisting of either a 1-4 Day Topic Focus Course, a 5-day High-5 Revision Course or our 8-9 day Full-On Statistics course.

Benefits for Learners • Maximise results with the minimum impact on main-curriculum time and core subjects • Individualised revision plans • With increased numbers of learners going to university statistics GCSE will help for research projects

As with all PET-Xi programmes, PET-Xi will employ our unique classroom dynamic, high-staffing ratios and fabulous engaging resources to ensure the best possible chance of success in a delivery solution which is blended teaching and learning, revision and consolidation that is fully teachable alongside Maths GCSE.

Expert demo solutions to questions, provides guidance and ­golden rules before students apply the skills themselves. Mock exams completed as part of the programme to measure progress and impact. Homework task set at the end of each session.

Topic Focus

Course Length

This programme is designed to support your learners with specific groups of topics from credits. This 1-4 day ­programme is based on topics, set out by the school, with a s­ olution to fill gaps in knowledge and consolidate prior learning.

• Topic Focus: 1-4-days

High-5 Revision

Learner Profile

This is an opportunity for students already having lessons in GCSE Statistics. Our exambased revision programme, High-5, offers learners the support they need leading up to their examinations.

• Key Stage 4

Full-On Statistics A longer teaching and revision programme, which delivers a more in-depth coverage of the syllabus, split into 8 or 9 days ideally delivered in small blocks over the duration of the academic year. There will be homework tasks for the students to complete ­in-between the blocks but as always, the PET-Xi staff are available to support your learners.

Example of what this course will look like

• High-5: 5 days • Delivery blocks organised around your curriculum timetable

• Foundation tier and Higher tier syllabus available • Students currently working at grade 4 for Foundation tier • Students currently working at grade 5+ for Higher tier • A group of students currently working at a lower grade in need of an additional open bucket option

KS4 Skills Builder A half-day of hands-on activities to get learners practising a variety of revision activities.

Aim of course: Develop learners’ confidence and awareness of the breadth of revision activities available to them, to help them prepare for their GCSE exams. An active and creative I­nterest in their revision will help them to better assimilate the information in a manner that is engaging and memorable.

Benefits for Learners • Focussed preparation using tried and tested revision methods • Confidence in having spent time doing hands-on activities to help them revise • The ability to differentiate the activities to meet the needs of any level of learners • Revision in a supportive and friendly environment • Learners take away a bag of useful revision materials for use at home Example of what this would look like After a short introduction of the purpose of the session to the whole cohort, the group is separated into six and each group is sent to a workstation.

Activities take place over a period of 20 minutes, a ­ llowing some introduction time plus the practical time.

Once the time is up, PET-Xi staff guide the groups to their next station. The six standard carousel activities are: rewards & incentives; memory story; mind maps; flashcards; magic ladders; Post-Its.

At the end of the carousel (which takes place over a two-hour period), learners reconvene in the school hall for a concluding presentation and individual prizes.

Course Length ½ day Course Structure 6 x 20 minute workstations (in small groups) plus introduction and conclusion (to the whole cohort) Learner Profile Year 11 Guarantee None Variations If schools wish the learners to have a longer time on each a ­ ctivity, each workstation time could be increased to 30 minutes.

Some of the carousel activities could be swapped if the school wished - they could choose from SMART targets; revision timetable organisation; critical thinking skills; ­employing a variety of VARK learning styles including learning about their revision environment.

This would incur an extra cost, as they are not in the standard pack.

Staffing Ratio 1:5 Group Size 20 - 25

KS4 Geography Our range of GCSE intervention courses in Geography are tailored to the needs of learners.

Our range of GCSE intervention courses in Geography are tailored to the needs of learners. The course menu covers all National Curriculum topics, and schools can specify their exam board (AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC or WJEC Eduqas). Every Geography course combines a variety of teaching and learning techniques that maximise engagement.

Our courses are perfect for delivery at any point during a GCSE course. They provide precise progress markers earlier in the GCSE cycle, and an exceptionally effective boost in the months prior to the final examination.

Our partner schools have been delighted with their results and we continue to offer a breadth of creativity, expertise and experience that schools can rely on in educationally uncertain times. We can help to raise confidence amongst your students, reinforce existing learning and translate that confidence into tangible results.

KS4 GCSE Topic Focus (1-5 days) The Topic Focus menu offers bespoke revision of chosen topics relevant to the GCSE Geography examinations.

Schools can choose any topic from their exam board specification, with up to two topics covered in one day. In this way schools can create a bespoke combination of topics for their requirements. Schools can choose a one-day ­refresher on specific topics, or expand the course up to a five-day option which will cover most of the exam.

The courses are tailored to the specified examination board and tier of the learners.

Examination questions are included in the topics and our PET-Xi experts share helpful examination techniques to help boost confidence. Essential geographical skills are reinforced where possible.

Each option takes learners through the skills required to address the needs of individual questions. They embark on a range of written and kinaesthetic activities supporting these skills, keeping assessment objectives firmly in mind, and practise examination style responses.

KS4 GCSE Skills Focus (1-2 days) The Skills Focus menu focuses on working on geographical skills and improving examination skills. Our PET-Xi Geography experts will guide learners through the application skills needed for conducting valid geographical investigations and fieldwork, and provide top tips on how to maximise their achievement.

“One of the things PET-Xi does very well is to deal with any issues which may arise during the course.

So if the students are not getting something, they’ll work on it overnight and come in the next day armed to try another way. They are very responsive.”

Goffs School’s - Cheshunt

KS4 History Our range of GCSE intervention courses in History are tailored to the needs of learners.

The course menu covers National Curriculum topics, and schools can specify their exam board (AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC or WJEC Eduqas). Every History course combines a variety of teaching and learning techniques that maximise engagement.

Our courses are perfect for delivery at any point during a GCSE course. They provide precise progress markers earlier in the course, and an exceptionally effective boost in the months prior to the final examination.

Our partner schools have been delighted with their results and we continue to offer a breadth of creativity, expertise and experience that schools can rely on in educationally uncertain times. We can help to raise confidence amongst your students, reinforce existing learning and translate that confidence into tangible results.

KS4 Topic Focus (1-2 days) The Topic Focus menu offers bespoke revision of chosen topics relevant to the GCSE History examinations.

Schools can choose any topic from their exam board specification, with up to two topics covered in one day. In this way schools can create a bespoke combination of topics for their requirements. Schools can choose a one-day refresher on specific topics, or cover more topics over a maximum of four days. Assessments can be included at the beginning and again at the end of a course, so that schools are able to demonstrate learner progress clearly and reliably.

The courses are tailored to the specified examination board and tier of the learners.

Examination questions are included in the topics and our PET-Xi experts share helpful examination techniques to help boost confidence.

Our expert will reinforce essential historical skills, and consolidate historical knowledge and context, whilst rewarding learners’ participation and progress.

Each option takes learners through the skills required to address the needs of individual questions. They embark on a range of written and kinaesthetic activities supporting these skills, keeping ­assessment objectives firmly in mind, and practise examination-style responses.

“Immediately I was aware that there was a palpable sense of energy and engagement in the room and it struck me this offered a different perspective.”

“It is impossible to say exactly why our results have improved so much but the services provided

by PET-Xi were definitely part of the solution.”

Paul McMenamin, Assistant Head Teacher, Bellerive FCJ Catholic College

KS4 Modern Foreign Languages Our PET-Xi Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) courses for Key Stages 4 and GCSE are developed and delivered by qualified and experienced MFL teachers.

We provide a range oflearning opportunities and activities that ensure learners improve their knowledge and skills in French, Spanish or German, within a fun framework focussed on key vocabulary and approaches to the new-style exams.

Our courses are perfect for delivery at any point during a GCSE course. They provide precise progress markers earlier in the course, and an exceptionally effective boost in the months prior to the final examination.

Our partner schools have been delighted with their results and we continue to offer a breadth of creativity, expertise and experience that schools can rely on in educationally uncertain times. We can help to raise confidence amongst your students, reinforce existing learning and translate that confidence into tangible results.

KS4 Vocabulary Skills Blaster (1 day) Developed to follow the new GCSE (9-1), this course offers targeted revision using key vocabulary related to the new topics.

Specific vocabulary topics include: family members, school subjects, weather, countries, leisure activities, places in town, festivals, and food. The course is made up of five one-hour sessions on different topics, which are chosen by the school.

It includes an introduction to some of the essential new skills needed for the new-style GCSE (translation, exam rubrics in target language and literary texts) and encourages the development of deduction skills when working with the language. There are also a variety of extension exercises to consolidate skills and to engage more able learners.

“With school funding very lean at the moment I have to know that I’m getting the best possible value for money. We are all absolutely clear that the PET- Xi support is very valuable.”

John Syznal an Executive Principal, The Maltings Academy in Essex

“It was great how the session was organised. Essentially the PET-Xi team broke down the role of the teacher into that of subject expert, motivator and supporter. There was lots of content and the children really learned a lot. There was a buzz around the entire school.”

Catherine Cookson, Deputy Head Teacher, St Anne’s Catholic Primary in Birkenhead

“I can’t say for definite what made the difference to results, but PET-Xi with their enthusiasm, dynamism and energy has certainly promoted a positive approach and outcomes to the subject.”

Kelvin Hall School

Contact For more information about any of our programmes or to book an appointment please contact your regional Business Development Manager.

Steve Smith E: ssmith@pet-xi.co.uk T: 07880 388 260

Gavin O’Toole E: gotoole@pet-xi.co.uk T: 07880 380098

Bob Pinner E: bpinner@pet-xi.co.uk T: 07852 030 328

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