Search results for ‘Key Skills’
Explore a learning pathway to build key skills
To make planning that little bit easier take a look at our suggested route through the resources to help build key skills to do well at work.
CV skills lesson two: Fine-tuning your CV to stand out to employers
Learn how to write job applications, CVs and covering letters that work.
CV skills lesson one: Writing a successful CV
Help students understand the purpose of a CV and explore ways they can make themselves stand out from the crowd.
Building confidence and assertiveness
Help students improve confidence, self-esteem, resilience and motivation.
what is it like to work in finance
Young people can meet a number of Barclays employees through our short films, describing their job roles and the skills they use daily from problem solving to aiming high.
Becoming financially independent (1)
Help your young person become more confident in dealing with money as their responsibility increases.
Listening and problem solving skills can be essential in the workplace
See how these skills can be vital in different work place situations and how you can master them and develop other key skills with LifeSkills
Skills knock-out
A quick activity to help students understand what skills are needed for a wide range of jobs.
Explore a learning pathway to support personal development and overcoming challenges
To make planning that little bit easier take a look at our suggested route through the resources to help support personal development and overcoming challenges.
How to make the move to secondary school as easy as possible for your child (and you too)
Moving up to secondary school is a major step for students and parents. Read the advice of a parent of year seven twins who have just made the transition.
How to have a positive mindset
Staying positive isn’t always easy, especially in times of change. Passing on ways to help children keep a positive outlook can help them as they move towards their working life.
Baroness Brady’s top tips on how to get ahead
Baroness Karren Brady, regular judge on BBC1’s The Apprentice and Chair of the LifeSkills Advisory Council, discusses her top tips for young people on being enterprising and putting their best foot forward for the future.
Confidence and wellbeing
Teach primary aged children about confidence and wellbeing with this free lesson plan from Barclays LifeSkills
Being enterprising
This lesson highlights how a mix of skills, a positive mindset and perseverance can help pupils to be more enterprising.
Growth mindset toolkit
Develop core transferable skills and the kind of mindset that will support students as they transition from education into the world of work.
Strengths, goals and aspirations
Teach primary aged children about how skills, interests and personality traits relate to different job roles with this free lesson plan from Barclays LifeSkills.
Building my skills lesson part two (SEND and ALN)
This lesson is designed to help students with SEND identify a range of important skills and develop an understanding of the ways they can build and demonstrate these to employers
Primary School Exploring careers and workplace skills
Explore careers with primary aged children and teach them about workplace skills with this free lesson plan from Barclays LifeSkills.
Spin the Wheel of Strengths
Identify your child’s strengths and potential career paths. Help your child by supporting them explore the skills required for their dream job.
Types of job and skills by profession
Curious about the world of work? Learn about different types of job and the skills needed to succeed in each profession with case studies and more from LifeSkills.