Skills for Learning, Life and Work S1 Learning Intention Success Criteria – learners will be able to; Planned Homework activities Ways to Support Learning at Home Assessment What are Skills and How Do We Identify Ours? To learn how to identify personal skills Identify their main skills Identify areas where they have skills they need to develop. Reflect with those at home about strengths and skills that may lie out with school. Passport of Skills Taking Responsibility Moon Landing Learn how to make decisions and use teamwork to solve a problem. Identify in order, the 15 most important pieces of apparatus from the moon crash Justify why each particular item is important. Present back to the class the order in which their Make use of the internet to identify the need for the items in space and which would be the most important to have. Passport of Skills Communicating Working with Others
group have selected certain items and why. S1 Movie Review Learn how to critically analyse a film Watch a film and take notes throughout Identify areas where they enjoyed the film and areas they thought were weaker. Analyse the performance of the actors/actresses Discuss the movie with anyone at home who may have seen it and get the opinions of other people to enable a well-rounded article to be written. Passport of Skills Managing, Planning Organising Communicating
Learning Intention Success Criteria – learners will be able to; Planned Homework activities Ways to Support Learning at Home Assessment Road Safety Learn about the types of behaviour required to promote good Road Safety. Identify the types of behaviour that will make a safer pedestrian and safe road user. Produce a newspaper article, in columns, complete with whitness interviews and facts and figures. Research facts about car accidents in the UK so that they can be included in the article when it is to be written. Passport of Skills Communication Taking Responsibility The Island Work as part of a team to create a poster on an Island and its facts. Create a name and flag for a new Island Discuss, in a group, the 10 most important laws Come up with 6 attractions for the island Create a National Sport and a National Meal Discuss and come up with an invention for the Island Research the types of food dishes found on Islands in the Pacific. Identify popular sports and the type of culture on these islands. Practice the presentation, working on eye contact and pace of delivery. Passport of Skills Communicating Working with Others Managing Planning and Organising
for making a good first impression with an employer. Identify certain careers that fit with their interpersonal skills and the importance of this. Understand the benefit of posture and facial expressions when trying to make a good impression. Practice speaking opinions and improving confidence. Speak to people who are not as familiar to improve ability to meet new people. Teamwork Challenges Learn how different teamwork strategies can allow challenges to be completed efficiently. Create a tower from selected materials, working as a group. Successfully evaluate the contribution of themselves and others in the group. Offer feedback on the performance of the in the group. Take on different roles about the house to understand the need for variety. Discuss at home the famous teams of the past and what made them successful. Use the internet to research the most successful teams. Passport of Skills Communicating Working with Others Managing Planning and Organising
Use communication skills to produce a Human Photocopier. Identify teams where good teamwork has been pivotal to their success. Understand the need to take on different roles within a group. Learning Intention Success Criteria – learners will be able to; Planned Homework activities Ways to Support Learning at Home Assessment Dragon’s Den Learn how to create an innovative ‘product’ and work as a team to present it. Work as part of a group to brainstorm ideas. Create a new product and design it onto a poster. Come up with a Business Plan for the company and the amount of investment needed. Justify what the investment would be used for. Present, as a group, the product to the Dragon’s and haggle over investment. Answer questions on the spot from the class. Watch previous episodes of Dragon’s Den from Youtube or BBC IPlayer to see how the presentations are made. Research innovative new products or gaps in the market to give ideas for the group product. Practise the presentation and practise answering questions from those at home. Passport of Skills Communication Working With Others Managing Planning and Organising
Becoming an Attractive Prospect for Employers Learn about what applying for a job entails. Understand the importance of completing application forms. Be able to complete an application form in block capitals. Understand what a CV is and have experience with writing one. Confidently answer interview style questions and be aware of the types of questions that a commonly asked. Practise answering interview style questions at home. Create an ongoing CV and save it on a computer at home. Practice completing other job applications obtained from shops etc to give further exposure to what to expect during this process. Passport of Skills Managing Planning and Organising Taking Responsibility