Learning intentions
- Name the skills used in almost every workplace
- Find evidence of those skills in your own life
- Describe a skill with a short example
You will need
- Skill cards (printed from the worksheet and cut up)
- The evidence worksheet
- Sticky notes
Lesson steps
- 5 min
Hook
Ask: what do a chef, a nurse and a game developer have in common at work? Collect answers such as teamwork and solving problems.
- 15 min
Card sort
In groups, students sort the skill cards (communication, teamwork, problem solving, initiative, planning and organising, self management, learning, technology) into: use every day, use sometimes, still building.
- 15 min
Find the evidence
Individually, students write one real example for three skills, from school, sport, family, volunteering or a part-time job.
- 10 min
Say it well
Students turn one example into a sentence using the pattern: situation, what I did, what happened. Pairs give each other feedback.
Adapting it
Sentence starters on the board help students who find writing hard. Students can draw or tell their example instead of writing it.
Going further
Students add their best example to their resume draft (see the My first resume activity).
Student worksheet
Skills that travel
Name: Class:
Skills I use every day
Skills I am still building
Example 1: situation, what I did, what happened
Example 2
Example 3
One skill I will practise this term
Skill cards (cut along the dashed lines)
- Communication: listening, speaking and writing clearly
- Teamwork: working well with others towards a shared goal
- Problem solving: working out what is wrong and trying a fix
- Initiative: getting started without being asked
- Planning and organising: deciding what to do first and keeping on track
- Self management: being on time, reliable and calm under pressure
- Learning: picking up new skills and asking good questions
- Technology: using devices and software to get things done