My Skills & Qualities - Ks2 PSHE / Careers

My Skills & Qualities Unit . A new Primary PSHE / Careers Unit for Key Stage 2 Students in Year 5 and Year 6.

This unit follows on to the secondary PSHE and Careers units we offer from Y7 onwards through to Y13.

Primary Ks2 Contents
6 Lesson Packs (See below for Contents)
6 x Homework Ideas
6 x End of Lesson Confidence Checker Assessments

Primary Ks2 Lesson Topics

1. Why is being a good Communicator important
2. Aiming high and having aspirations and Goals
3. Importance of Having a go and not giving up.
4. What am I good at (my skills and Qualities)
5. Fun STEM linked Challenge
6. Decision making lesson (Pros and Cons)

Each Lesson PowerPoint 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 Websites, Challenging & Thoughtful Questioning)
• Assessment Opportunity (Confidence Checker)
• Teacher Notes (On some slides)
• Mapped against Latest DfE Guidance, PSHE Association Core themes and Requirements and the Gatsby Benchmarks in Careers Education

Learning Outcomes:
To understand the difference between verbal and non-verbal communication, to understand the importance of strong communication skills, to practice my communication skills
To define aspirations and goals, to understand why having goals is important, to define a personal goal of mine
“To understand what we mean by resilience To consider why not giving up is important To consider what new things you’d like to try”
To define skills and qualities, to understand what my strengths and top qualities are, to understand which skills and qualities are useful in work
“To understand what STEM is To take part in a STEM challenge To consider what STEM subjects you’re interested in”
To define decision-making, to understand why decision making is a useful skill, to apply a pros and cons list to a decision

Key words
Verbal, non-verbal, listening, body language, introspective, passive, assertive
Aspiration, Self-Belief, Inspiration, Motivation, Short-Term, Long-Term
Resilience, Adaptability, Perservence
Self-awareness, self-confidence, compassion, transferable
STEM, Astrophysicist, Genetics Scientist, Data Scientist
Pros, Benefits, Cons, Drawbacks, Bandwidth, Objective, Intuition

We sell Complete Secondary Careers Units - Take a look at some of them here:
⇨ CAREERS KS3 UNIT
⇨ Careers, Employability Skills + Enterprise Unit
⇨ Careers and Gatsby Benchmarks Quizzes
⇨ Post 16 Options and Careers Lesson
⇨ Careers and Employment Activities and Cardsorts
⇨ Skills and Qualities Careers Quiz
⇨ Careers - Writing a Personal Statement
⇨ Careers - Student Workbook
⇨ Careers - Interview Preparation Lesson