The purpose of this page is to provide a repository for teaching materials which SAEPSVS members have found useful and wish to share with others. These materials may be freely downloaded and utilised by any member.
It should be noted, however, that the SAEPSVS is a voluntary organisation which has no official capacity or responsibility to produce or disseminate materials or information. The single, official resource for such information and materials remains the Scottish Qualifications Authority.
For the official SQA website regarding the Standard Grade SVS course, please follow this link and for the PSE course please follow this link.
Having read this disclaimer, please proceed to browse, download and make use of any of the resources on this page.
If you have developed any resources which you feel could prove useful to other SVS teachers, please email the webmaster and attach the relevant documents.
| Resource Link | Description | Submitted By |
|---|---|---|
| SWICT's Tutorial for Macromedia Breeze Presenter 5 | SWICT - Stuck With ICT - is a website sponsored by Argyll and Bute Council and LTS that offers online IT courses for teachers. This course guides you through the Macromedia Breeze plug-in for Microsoft Powerpoint, which is a tool that allows you to record an audio track to accompany a Powerpoint presentation. | Eric Burton |
| RNLI - ShoreThing | "The RNLI's site for young people is crammed full of exciting activities and games, from seeing how fit you have to be to become a lifeguard, to working out how to successfully launch a massive lifeboat and rescue people using your skills and knowledge." | Carol Nelson |
| Day by Day Enterprise Matters Planner | The planner highlights a range of events and activities across the world and is intended to be used as a tool by teachers to complement their own enterprising learning and teaching approaches. There are many opportunities highlighted by the plan to engage with the world of work and business and give pupils the opportunity to engage in their learning in a real life context, bringing relevance to their present and future lives outside school. This publication is also intended to raise awareness of the opportunities that exist for developing cross curricular collaborative working. | Eric Burton |
| Robert Burns enterprise pack | The web site has on it several great ideas/resources for all schools developed by teachers and supported by LTS, DtS and the Robert Burns World Federation. | Eric Burton |
| Pupil Assessment Chart | A chart designed to assist teachers in keeping track of the progress made by pupils in achieving activities in the SVS course. | Eric Burton |
| Contribution Request Letter | A letter which could be sent to parents to request that pupils contribute a small amount towards the cost of specialised materials for SVS lessons. Specific to Bathgate Academy but could easily be adapted.. | Eric Burton |
| Year Planner | A chart which plans out the experiences and activities for an SVS class, week by week, over the whole year. Dates are correct for academic year 2000/2001 or 2006/2007. | Eric Burton |
| Exemplar Year Planner | A completed example of the Year Planner chart showing duration of study for each experience/activity. | Eric Burton |
| Levels of Attainment Guide | Several brilliant guides to suggest to pupils and teachers what is required to achieve each level for a number of experiences/activities. | Eric Burton |
| 'Schools Enterprise Teaching' Toolkit Pricelist | Pricelist indicating the cost and ordering details for useful equipment and resources to facilitate the teaching of enterprise in schools. (2.5mb download) | Eric Burton |