This skill is all about being able to effectively receive information. Initially, the skill steps concentrate on being able to listen effectively to othersincluding remembering short instructions, understanding why others are communicating and recording important information.
The first steps focus on being able to follow instructions to complete tasks, seeking help and extra information if needed.
The next stage focuses on being able to explore problems by creating and assessing different potential solutions. This includes more complex problems, without a simple technical solution. We then focus on exploring complex solutionsthinking about causes and effects, generating options, and evaluating those options.
This skill is about being able to plan effectively - both to achieve organisational goals, and also to set their own personal development targets. Initially, this is about knowing when something is too difficult, and having a sense of what doing well looks like for an individual. Our next focus is then about working with care and attention, taking pride in success and having a positive approach to new challenges. Building on this, individuals set goals for themselves, informed by an understanding of what is needed, and then be able to order and prioritise tasks, secure resources and involve others effectively.
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These skills are taught during discrete Skills Builder sessions each week, as well as being integrated into all lessons so that children are continuously working on them each day. Children’s progress in mastering these skills is celebrated during the learning review process, where personal achievements are recognised, and future learning goals are identified.
Every child in all year groups completes a Challenge Day, an important element of the Skills Builder education programmes. They provide an engaging and exciting opportunity for students to apply all eight essential skills to a hypothetical scenario. There are over 15 different Challenge Day themes to choose from, an opportunity for them to showcase the skills that they have learned from their discrete sessions.
They are an important part of our curriculum and you will see that they are embedded into our classroom environments, promoted all through the school experience such as assemblies, afterschool clubs and enrichment programs.