KS3 Careers and Finance Lessons

KS3 Careers and Finance Lessons 3 x Units
Seeing the Bigger Picture - Cre8tive Careers (Yr7)
Wider Life Skills - Cre8tive Careers (Yr8)
World Of Work - Cre8tive Careers (Yr9)

This is a 21 lesson Careers / PSHE triple unit for secondary schools. These New lessons are mapped to both the new CDI framework and the skills builder framework. Every lesson comes with Homework opportunities and will help support your school in achieving Gatsby Benchmark 4.

Contents
21 Lesson Packs (See below for Contents)
1 x How has Covid Changed the World Assembly
1 x Citizenship Careers Posters (Set of 8)
1 x Women in Stem Escape Quiz
1 x Stem Careers Posters (Set of 8)
1 x Self Esteem Card Sort

Lesson Topics

• A day in the Life of Lesson (Students do an activity to research and simulate a day in)
• What are employability Skills? Why do I need them?
• Why do business want to make a profit
• What is Fast Fashion
• Managing Pocket Money + Importance of Budgeting
• Making Decisions and Risk
• Identity Theft and common Scams
• What are GCSEs
• What is Labour Market Information
• Volunteering and Social Acton
• Methods of Investing Money
• Importance of national employment Trends (Look at past 10 Years)
• The importance of vision and motivation for success
• Challenging yourself and learning new skills
• Exploring Vocational Qualifications
• Understanding Credit Scores
• Confidentiality in the Workplace (Can include also whistle blowing)
• Importance of Networking + LinkedIN
• entrepreneurialism and self-employment (as a career option)
• Organisation and effective time management
• Future Jobs and a changing Workforce

Each Lesson Pack Contains:

• 1 Fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Outcomes, Confidence Checkers, Assessment of Learning, Variety of Tasks, Video Embedded URL Clips, Engaging Premium Quality Slides, Extra Support careers Websites, Challenging & Thoughtful Questioning)
• Student Worksheet(s) are included with some lessons
• Homework Activity
• Assessment Opportunity (Confidence Checker)
• Teacher Notes (On some slides)
• Focus on literacy
• 1 Hours worth of activities - including timings for every activity

**Learning Outcomes for the unit **

To understand what different job roles require on a day to day basis. To consider what is important to you within a working day. To understand that different roles will provide you with a different working day.
To understand the difference between “hard” and “soft” employability skills, considering how these may be transferred between different jobs. To consider the other factors that are important to being employable.
To explore the different types of motivators for a business. To understand why businesses NEED to make a profit. To understand why businesses WANT to make a profit.
To understand what Fast Fashion is. To understand how Fast Fashion impacts society and the environment. Consider what changes we can make to improve the impact of Fast Fashion.
To understand how you can save and spend your pocket money. To consider why it is good to have savings. To understand what a budget is, and how sticking to a budget can help in the future.
To understand what risk is. Think about how we weigh up risk when we make a decision. To understand what other considerations there are to think about when making a decision.
To understand what identity theft is. To be able to explain the actions we can take to prevent identity theft. To consider what other scams people can fall vulnerable to

To understand the levels of the education system in the UK, focusing on GSCEs. Students will be introduced to the importance of GCSEs, how they help to shape their future and what things can be done to prepare for the future
To understand what Labour Market Information is To understand how Labour Market Information can be used to help us understand what careers are needed now and in the future.
To understand what volunteering is and why people do it. To understand what social action is and why it matters. To understand the link between volunteering and social action.
To understand why people choose to invest their money. To explore the spend/save/invest methodology. To explore the different ways people invest their money.
To understand the history of National Employment Trends. To understand the current employment landscape. To understand how things might progress in the future.
To consider what it means to have a vision and stay motivated. To think about what success looks like to different people. To think about what success looks like for me.
To understand what comfort zones are. To know what it means to go beyond your comfort zone, and the benefits of this. To consider how you could challenge yourself

To understand what a vocational qualification is. To understand what types of vocational qualifications exist in the UK. To understand who a vocational qualification may suit.
To be able to explain what a credit score is. To understand what can impact your credit score. To understand the importance of having a good credit score.
To understand what we mean by confidentiality in the workplace. To be able to explain what it means to keep information confidential. How to distinguish what information should be kept confidential.
To understand what networking is, both online and offline. To consider why it is good to have a large network. To think about how we can use our networks in our future careers.
To understand how your hobbies and interests could be turned into an income source. To discuss the pros and cons of being self employed. To consider which option may be best for you
To consider why deadlines are important. To understand how I can manage my working time. I can put organisation and time prioritisation skills into practice.
To think about what challenges we are facing and what jobs we will need.

Why not try out some of our other highly rated Secondary Careers Units:
☞ Year 7 Gatsby Benchmark Careers in Context Unit
☞ Year 8 Gatsby Benchmark Careers in Context Unit
☞ Year 9 Gatsby Benchmark Careers in Context Unit
☞ Year 10 Gatsby Benchmark Careers in Context Unit
☞ Year 11 Gatsby Benchmark Careers in Context Unit
☞ Year 12 Gatsby Benchmark Finance & Careers in Context Unit
☞ Year 13 Gatsby Benchmark Finance & Careers in Context Unit

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