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.
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.
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.
Entrepreneurship, innovation and digital technology
Entrepreneurship: Explore tech innovation in entrepreneurship and the role of digital technology and AI.
Introduction to the core transferable skills
Aiming to win the league this season? Explore the importance of aiming high and being proactive to reach your future goals.
Problem solving
Help students develop problem solving skills utilising a clear 6-step process adapted from computational thinking used for coding.
Building key financial management and negotiation skills
Focus on key finance skills that will be useful in a wide variety of jobs, especially roles that include looking after any size of budget.
Recognising and building personal skills lesson
Help students get the most from working life by introducing them to the key personal skills employers look for in young people.
Finding better work opportunities
This module will boost learners' confidence and resilience by increasing positivity and managing their doubts to give them the best chance of success in returning to work.
Money skills financial literacy challenge
Help KS2 and P4-7 students to develop their money skills and improve financial literacy with this free interactive challenge.