Children in Year 4 did an assembly for the rest of the school where they were able to share the different skills and what they meant, they also discussed the small steps and how to build on them. Teachers across school use the vocabulary throughout the whole curriculum. In this way, children are exposed to the different skills with a more entwined route.

We have moved through the small steps and built on each one using different activities. The children are given tokens when they demonstrate using the skills well and have small envelopes to put them in, they can then access their envelopes which are displayed to look at how well they are achieving a particular skill.

Children use their skills and are exposed to the skills throughout the whole curriculum. They began by having weekly, focused lessons on a particular skill whereas now it is more woven into the curriculum. They use a variety of ways to demonstrate their skills through focused tasks, games and discussions.

Children are involved in a variety of projects in the wider curriculum such as litter picking, visiting the local assisted home and transition to middle school events. They will also be going on a residential later on next month. These are perfect opportunities to demonstrate all of the different skills.

We have had discussions about jobs and careers the children want to get into. They have their ideas displayed and we discuss what skills would be needed and how they would used those skills. The next plan is to look, as a whole school, at the six different career fields and focus on one particular one each half term. This would include inviting employees/workers into school to discuss the job roles and skills that are needed and they would complete different activities based around that role.