Starting Year 2 in Events and Tourism

• New lesson editor
• Mathematics
• Further Education (Key Stage 5)

Your Year Ahead in Events

Open with an upbeat tone. This first workshop is best framed as a professional starting point: students are entering a course linked to live industries, teamwork and customer experience.

Learning goal

I can identify what I want to gain from this year in Events with Travel and Tourism.

What do you hope to gain from this year?

Use the responses to surface a mix of academic, personal and career-related hopes before moving into the main content.

A course with real-world direction

• Events and tourism are people-focused industries

• Success depends on planning, teamwork and communication

• This year links classroom learning to practical situations

• Your own interests can shape how you engage with the course

Keep this grounded in the subject discipline: this is not just a welcome session, but an introduction to a vocational pathway. Emphasise that the year ahead connects knowledge with employability.

What this year may include

• Understanding how events are planned and managed

• Exploring visitor experiences in travel and tourism

• Developing professional behaviour for industry settings

• Building confidence in presenting ideas and working with others

• Applying theory to realistic case studies and tasks

Use broad, accurate language because the prompt does not provide a detailed unit list. Avoid overpromising specific modules.

Different students, different goals

Students may arrive with different aims:

• gaining a qualification

• preparing for employment

• building confidence

• exploring future study

• learning more about the sector

This slide helps normalise mixed motivations in the cohort. It sets up the idea that hopes for the year can be personal, academic and career-related.

What helps students thrive

• Curiosity about people, places and experiences

• Reliability with deadlines and attendance

• A willingness to contribute ideas

• Respectful teamwork

• Openness to feedback and improvement

Link these habits to industry expectations in events and tourism, where reliability and communication directly affect customer experience and team performance.

Hopes for the year ahead

Common hopes often include:

• enjoying the course

• making progress

• meeting new people

• feeling more confident

• discovering future options in work or study

This slide turns the theme towards aspiration. Keep it light and inclusive: students do not need a fixed career plan yet.

Which skill is highlighted as important for success in these industries?

A

Teamwork

B

Memorising facts

C

Working alone

D

Avoiding feedback

The surrounding slides stress planning, teamwork, communication and professional behaviour. Distractors reflect unhelpful study habits or misconceptions.

Complete the summary

Students may start the course with different goals, such as gaining a qualification or building confidence. To thrive, they also need reliability, especially with deadlines and attendance.

goals

confidence

reliability

tourists

enjoyment

creativity

holidays

All three answers come directly from the first teaching block on aims, habits and hopes for the year.

Progress can look different

Progress is not only about grades.

It can also mean stronger communication, better organisation, more confidence with presentations, and a clearer sense of where you want to go next.

A useful message early in the year, especially for students who may be anxious about academic performance. It broadens success while staying relevant to the vocational context.

Learning through shared experience

• Workshops work best when everyone contributes

• Your background, interests and ideas add value

• Listening to others is part of professional practice

• A strong group can make the year more enjoyable

This slide supports group identity and introduces the collaborative nature of workshop-based learning without turning into an activity slide.

Why enjoyment matters too

Enjoyment is not separate from learning.

When students feel comfortable, interested and involved, they are more likely to participate, remember key ideas and build confidence over time.

This addresses the teacher's wish to 'have a bit of fun' while keeping the content educational and defensible within the subject setting.

What might progress look like for you this year?

Expected ideas: progress is broader than grades and can include communication, organisation, confidence, presentations, teamwork, or a clearer sense of future direction.

Which area of progress matters most to you right now?

1

Better grades

2

More confidence

3

Stronger teamwork

4

Clearer future plans

What is one thing you want to remember from today?

This is a reflective exit ticket. Encourage students to name one concrete takeaway from the lesson about their aims, progress or learning habits.

What helped you think most clearly today?

This is a reflective exit ticket focused on metacognition. Look for comments about discussion, examples, group input, or hearing different goals.

How are you feeling about the year ahead now?

Glossary

events - Organised occasions planned for a particular audience or purpose.

travel and tourism - The industry focused on trips, destinations, visitors and visitor experiences.

visitor experience - The overall impression a person has before, during and after a trip or event.

teamwork - Working with others to achieve a shared goal.

communication - Sharing information clearly and effectively with different people.

professional behaviour - Conduct that is reliable, respectful and appropriate for work or study.

progress - Improvement in knowledge, skills, confidence or performance over time.