Skills and jobs

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Skills for life and jobs

Learning objective:

I understand what skills are and how these are important for my life and a job.

Jobs and the community

What do jobs do for our communities?

Why do we need them?

What do people get out of jobs?

www.bbc.co.uk

Watch the video - jobs and contributing - what do jobs do for us and our communities?

Can you think of any examples of a skill?

Which of these is a skill?

1. watching tv
2. working in a team
3. sneezing
4. yawning

Which of these is an example of a skill?

1. washing your hair
2. brushing your teeth
3. problem solving
4. coughing

What skills do you think a hairdresser should have to be good at their job?

What skills do you think a builder needs to have?

Your activity

Colour in the balloons with the skills that you think you have.

Can you add any new skills of yours?

Life Skills

Skills are not just for jobs!

The skills we learn in our lives help us with lots of things, like:

- communication

- making and having friends

- getting a job

- being safe with money.

Social skills

Social skills are the most important skills to learn in life! If you have good social skills, you can:

- work with others

- get and keep a job

-make friends

- feel happy and safe

Your activity!

In your group, play conversational snakes and ladders to practice your social skills!

You will need a counter each, a dice and the conversation cards.