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Progress SoW · BUILD ASDAN Aut 1 · 2026–27 · Careers & Work slot · Week 5🏅 Banks: ASDAN LI M8 / AQA UAS
Spark: A profile is your highlights reel.
Success looks like
I can present myself positively and honestly
I can answer a simple interview-style question
I can ask a sensible question back
Aspire · answer the hardest question — 'tell me about a time it went wrong.'
Teacher Print Tools — Week 5
Retrieval Quiz
Arrival Task – What Do You Already Know?
1. Say it
What goes on a job profile — name one thing.
Any honest answer counts — say it out loud.
2. Spot it
True/false: you write your whole life story.
Any honest answer counts — say it out loud.
3. Point to it
Point to where your strengths would go.
Any honest answer counts — say it out loud.
1. The big idea
What does 'A profile is your highlights reel.' mean in your own words?
Own words — one honest sentence.
2. Today's work
Today is 'Applying Myself' — a simple application / profile. What do you think we'll be doing?
A sensible prediction — we check it at the end.
3. Success check
By the end you should be able to say: 'I can present myself positively and honestly.' What will that take today?
Name one thing you’ll need to do or try.
1. Edit it
A profile says 'I am nice and good at stuff.' Rewrite it so an employer looks twice.
Specific + proof: 'I'm patient — I helped a younger pupil finish his model over three lunchtimes.'
2. The line
Why is honest-but-positive stronger than exaggerated?
Exaggeration collapses at interview; honesty holds up and builds trust.
3. Their side
You're the employer, thirty profiles on the desk. What makes you stop at one?
Something specific and real — a concrete example, a genuine interest, neat care.
Starter
Today at a Glance
Key Question: What are we building today — and where does the evidence go?
💡
Big Idea
A profile is your highlights reel.
SPARK
🎲
Today We Play
Sort it
GAME
🧱
The Wall Grows
Onto the Strengths Wall
AUDIENCE
🏅
It Banks
ASDAN LI M8 / AQA UAS
EVIDENCE
Talk first, then we play — every voice counts here.
I Do
The Model — Applying Myself
Key Idea: A profile is your highlights reel.
👀 Look: one page, three parts — and every strength carries its proof.
Step 0 of 3
What a simple profile/application includes.
A simple profile is one page: who you are, your best strengths with an example each, and the kind of work you want. That's it — highlights, not autobiography.
Choosing your best strengths and one example.
Choose the strengths with the strongest proof, not the fanciest words. One evidenced strength outweighs three unproven ones.
Presenting yourself honestly and neatly.
Neat and honest is the presentation standard: real things, well laid out. It shows respect for the reader — which is itself a skill.
We Do
Sort it
How it works: Two piles: Goes On and Leave Off. Decide which each card belongs to before you tap.Found: 0/6
Top 3 strengths
Bank details
A real example
An embarrassing story
Job area I want
A mate's secrets
I Do
Proving It — The Evidence Loop
Key Idea: Launch extension: one written line — the strength you led with, and why it earned top spot.
Step 0 of 3
Documentarian
photo your profile page.
Annotate
'my best strength for work is ___'.
Witness
staff tick 'completed a profile', sign.
For the moderator, not just the folder
A tick says it happened. A witness statement says what you did. Before the photo is filed, the adult writes one sentence naming the thing they actually saw you do — and rings whether you did it Supported, Standard or Stretch.
That ring is the part that counts. It is the difference between “the class did this” and “this candidate did it, at this level, with this much help.” The witness sheet prints with every pack.
We Do
Goes On the Profile, or Stays Off?
Step 1: Tap a card, then its partner. Step 2: Watch the WAGOLL write itself. Score: 0/6
Top 3 strengths
Bank details
A real example
An embarrassing story
Job area I want
A mate's secrets
LEAVE OFF: Never on a profile — that's for after you…
LEAVE OFF: Save it for mates — the profile is your b…
GOES ON: Shows direction — employers like people g…
GOES ON: Your headline — the reason to keep reading
GOES ON: The proof that makes a strength believable
LEAVE OFF: Not yours to share — trust is an employer…
Instructions: Work at your level. Missed a few weeks? Use the Banked Strengths Deck in the print pack — choose three, add your proof, and you are building the same profile as everyone else. Evidence goes in your ASDAN portfolio — Documentarian photo + annotation + witness tick — ASDAN LI M8 / AQA UAS.
15:00
🤝 With support
Task: Fill your profile using the picture prompts and the printed sentence stems — three words a box is a full answer. Ask for a scribe only if you want one.
Steps: One step at a time — adult support is right there. Photo when you’re proud of it.
👤 On your own
Task: Complete your one-page profile: name, three strengths with examples, and a job area you'd like.
Steps: Work the task through — photo as you go, annotate at the end, witness tick before you pack up.
🚀 Take it further
Task: Complete your one-page profile: name, three strengths with examples, and a job area you'd like. Stretch: answer the hardest question — 'tell me about a time it went wrong.'
Steps: Task first, stretch second — and your annotation should explain the why, not just the what.
Lundy Loop
Lundy Loop — Your Voice on the Wall
Why: Article 12 — your view counts here, and it genuinely changes what happens next.
🚪 SPACE
The Strengths Wall is our safe space — nothing goes up without your say-so, and 'pass' is always allowed.
📣 VOICE
Read one line of your profile out loud — one line, not the page.
👥 AUDIENCE
Your partner or the TA hears it first. The wall only gets what you decide to pin.
⭐ INFLUENCE
The profiles on the wall decide the examples we use next term — your words become the model.
Exit Ticket
Exit Ticket
Instructions: Answer independently. Own words — no wall-peeking.
1.
I can present myself positively and honestly — true for you today? Say how.
Point to today’s work as your proof.
2.
I can answer a simple interview-style question — true for you today? Say how.
Point to today’s work as your proof.
3.
I can ask a sensible question back — true for you today? Say how.
Point to today’s work as your proof.
1.
What does 'A profile is your highlights reel.' mean now the lesson’s done?
Own words + one example from today.
2.
What did you actually make or do today — and which bit are you proudest of?
Complete your one-page profile: name, three strengths with examples, and a job area you'd like.
3.
Where does today’s evidence bank?
ASDAN LI M8 / AQA UAS
1.
'Tell me about a time it went wrong.' Why do interviewers love this question?
It reveals honesty and recovery — how you handle failure predicts how you'll work.
2.
What's the one question YOU would always ask an employer back?
Own question — asking back shows you're choosing them too.
3.
Which item almost went on your profile before you cut it? Why did you cut it?
Own answer — the cutting is the skill: highlights, not everything.
Slide 1/10
🏅📸✍️
Applying Myself — banked!
A simple application / profile ✅
✓ I can present myself positively and honestly✓ I can answer a simple interview-style question✓ I can ask a sensible question back✓ Onto the Strengths Wall: Share one line of your profile with the group or the TA. Today's outc…Next lesson: My Career Profile — poster & portfolio. MY CAREER
⏸ MID-POINT PEER CHECK
Pens down — quick partner check!
📣 Show your partner where you’re up to. Check together against today’s success: I can present myself positively and honestly and I can answer a simple interview-style question. If something’s missing, help them add it — kindly.
1) What does 'A profile is your highlights reel.' mean in your own words?
2) Today is 'Applying Myself' — a simple application / profile. What do you think we'll be doing?
3) By the end you should be able to say: 'I can present myself positively and honestly.' What will that take today?
1) A profile says 'I am nice and good at stuff.' Rewrite it so an employer looks twice.
2) Why is honest-but-positive stronger than exaggerated?
3) You're the employer, thirty profiles on the desk. What makes you stop at one?
Today at a Glance
Key Question: What are we building today — and where does the evidence go?
We Do 1: Sort it
Top 3 strengths, Bank details, A real example, An embarrassing story, Job area I want, A mate's secrets
We Do 2: Goes On the Profile, or Stays Off?
Draw lines to match:
Top 3 strengths · Bank details · A real example · An embarrassing story · Job area I want · A mate's secrets
LEAVE OFF: Never on a profile — that's for after you… · LEAVE OFF: Save it for mates — the profile is your b… · GOES ON: Shows direction — employers like people g… · GOES ON: Your headline — the reason to keep reading · GOES ON: The proof that makes a strength believable · LEAVE OFF: Not yours to share — trust is an employer…
Scaffolding – Supported
Access & sensory notes (staff)
· The supported task today is: Fill your profile using the picture prompts and the printed sentence stems — three words a box is a full answer. Ask for a scribe only if you want one.
· Fine motor: offer the chunky-grip pen, and accept a card sort or a spoken answer scribed by an adult — the judgement is the evidence, not the handwriting.
· Sensory: Talking about jobs and futures is loaded for some pupils — a parent out of work, an older sibling who left with nothing. Offer the write-it-first route before any share-aloud, and never ask a pupil to name a family member’s job.
· Cognitive load: a completed small piece beats a half-done large one at moderation. Cut the target, never the thinking.
· Ring the level honestly on the witness sheet. Supported with the work finished is a stronger portfolio entry than Standard with it abandoned.
Sentence starters
My best strength for work is ______.
I can prove it because ______.
The work I want is ______.
Word bank
profile · strength · example · evidence · job area · honest · neat · one page
Scaffolding – Standard
Frame
1) Choose the three strengths with the strongest proof. 2) Add one example each. 3) Name the work you want, then check the page reads in ten seconds.
Sentence spine: "I started by ___ — then ___ — which shows A profile is your highlights reel."
Scaffolding – Stretch
Stretch prompts
'Tell me about a time it went wrong.' Why do interviewers love this question? What's the one question YOU would always ask an employer back?
Independent Work – Supported
Task: Fill your profile using the picture prompts and the printed sentence stems — three words a box is a full answer. Ask for a scribe only if you want one.
Draw or stick your cards here:
An adult can scribe your words.
Independent Work – Standard
Task: Complete your one-page profile: name, three strengths with examples, and a job area you'd like.
Task: Complete your one-page profile: name, three strengths with examples, and a job area you'd like.
Stretch: answer the hardest question — 'tell me about a time it went wrong.'
Exit Ticket – Supported
1) I can present myself positively and honestly — true for you today? Say how.
2) I can answer a simple interview-style question — true for you today? Say how.
3) I can ask a sensible question back — true for you today? Say how.
Exit Ticket – Standard
1) What does 'A profile is your highlights reel.' mean now the lesson’s done?
2) What did you actually make or do today — and which bit are you proudest of?
3) Where does today’s evidence bank?
Exit Ticket – Stretch
1) 'Tell me about a time it went wrong.' Why do interviewers love this question?
2) What's the one question YOU would always ask an employer back?
3) Which item almost went on your profile before you cut it? Why did you cut it?
Banked Strengths Deck
For anyone who missed Weeks 1–3 and has no strength cards yet. Cut out, choose three, and build your profile today — you are not behind, you just need the cards.
🔧 Practical
I make and fix things
My proof:
⏰ On time
I turn up when I said
My proof:
🤝 Team
I help the job get finished
My proof:
👂 Listener
I take in what people say
My proof:
💪 Sticks at it
I keep going when it is hard
My proof:
🧹 Tidy
I leave it better than I found it
My proof:
🐾 Good with animals
I stay calm around them
My proof:
🎨 Creative
I come up with ideas
My proof:
🧮 Careful with numbers
I check my work
My proof:
🗣️ Speaks up
I ask when I do not know
My proof:
🛡️ Safe
I follow the rules that keep people safe
My proof:
😊 Kind
I notice when someone needs a hand
My proof:
Staff note: a tile chosen today counts the same as a tile earned in Week 1. Photograph the three chosen tiles with the pupil’s proof line — that is the evidence.
Assessor Witness Statement
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Candidate name
Date of activity
Activity witnessed
Applying Myself
1 · What I actually saw this candidate do
Name the observable action, not the worksheet. Write what a stranger would have seen from the doorway.
2 · Level the candidate worked at — ring ONE
SUPPORTED Fill your profile using the picture prompts and the printed sentence stems — three words a box is a full answer. Ask for a scribe only if you want one.
STANDARD Complete your one-page profile: name, three strengths with examples, and a job area you'd like.
STRETCH 'Tell me about a time it went wrong.' Why do interviewers love this question? What's the one question YOU would always ask an employer back?
I confirm the work described above was produced by the named candidate, and that the level ringed reflects the support actually given on the day.
Assessor name (print)
Role
Signature
Date
One statement per candidate per session. File it with the photo, not instead of it.
Lundy Loop — this lesson
Space → Voice → Audience → Influence. The adult’s first job is Space: regulate before you educate.
Space
The Strengths Wall is our safe space — nothing goes up without your say-so, and 'pass' is always allowed.
Voice
Read one line of your profile out loud — one line, not the page.
Audience
Your partner or the TA hears it first. The wall only gets what you decide to pin.
Influence
The profiles on the wall decide the examples we use next term — your words become the model.
Closing the loop: out loud, as a class, is enough here. Any inclusion counts — a nod, a word, a pointed finger. If a pupil wants theirs written down, an adult scribes it in their words. Pass is always allowed.
Applying Myself — Feedback Sheet
Keep with your ASDAN portfolio.
Pupil name:
Date:
WWW (What Went Well):
EBI (Even Better If):
Level worked at: Supported / Standard / Stretch
ASDAN evidence filed: Yes / Not yet
Pupil response — my next step:Ring this yourself — an adult may write your words if you ask.
How I answered it — ring one:👉pointed🗣said it✋showed🖼picture🔁tried again🎬filmedNothing yet is a real answer — leave it blank. Pass is always allowed.Filmed or photographed: work, not faces, unless consent is filed.R — adult initials that they received it: ____________