Try the first two lessons of Home Helpers free. These are complete, ready-to-teach lessons for secondary pupils (S1-S4 / Years 7-11), suitable for Health and Wellbeing, PSHE, life skills, home economics, nurture groups and ASN/SEND bases. All activities can be done on paper.

Lesson 1: Tidy Spaces
Say why a tidy space helps, sort belongings into keep, store, give away or recycle, and bin, and make a five-minute tidy-up plan.

Lesson 2: Laundry Know-How
Read a care label, sort clothes into whites, lights, darks and colours, and put the steps of a wash in order.

What is included (12 files)

• Two PowerPoint lessons with retrieval starters, hinge questions and speaker notes.
• Teacher guide for Lessons 1 and 2 (Word and PDF).
• Pupil workbook pages for Lessons 1 and 2 (Word and PDF) and answer key.
• Printable activity cards and four starter posters (PowerPoint and PDF).

Want the rest? The full unit adds Lessons 3 to 5 (Clean and Safe, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, My Home Plan), the complete workbook, baseline and end-of-unit checks with marking scheme, eight posters and a staff quick guide. Search for “Home Helpers” in my shop.

Scenarios are fictional and pupils never have to describe their own homes. Shared under a Creative Commons licence: use it and share it with credit.