ASDAN Studio · Community Project · Week 4 of 6

First Contact

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Progress SoW · GROW ASDAN Aut 1 · 2026–27 · PEQ 'Delivering a Project' · plan phase · Week 4🏅 Banks: ASDAN PEQ L1 'Delivering a Project' (communication) · FS English speaking/writing link

Spark: Partners judge the project by its first message.

Success looks like

I can draft a clear, polite first contact with a specific ask
I can check tone and details before it goes
I can log a reply and turn it into a next step

Aspire · anticipate the partner’s likeliest objection — and answer it inside the first message.

Teacher Print Tools — Week 4

Retrieval Quiz

Arrival Task – What Do You Already Know?

1. Say it

Who is our project partner (or best candidate)?

Any honest answer counts — say it out loud.

2. Spot it

What do we actually need from them?

Any honest answer counts — say it out loud.

3. Point to it

Point to the plan — the ask comes from it.

Any honest answer counts — say it out loud.

1. The big idea

What does 'Partners judge the project by its first message.' mean in your own words?

Own words — one honest sentence.

2. Today's work

Today is 'First Contact' — write like it matters. 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 draft a clear, polite first contact with a specific ask.' What will that take today?

Name one thing you’ll need to do or try.

1. Their inbox

Your partner gets fifty emails a day. Design the subject line that gets ours opened.

Specific + local + small ask — 'Local students: beck path clear-up — one confirmation needed' beats 'Helping the community!'

2. The objection

Predict the partner's likeliest objection and fold the answer into the first message.

Usually safety or supervision — answered by naming the staffing, the risk assessment and the policy up front.

3. Tone walk

Take 'giv us a shout if ur up for it' and walk it, step by step, into professional register.

Own rewrite — greeting, full words, specific ask, sign-off; warmth kept, slang retired.

Starter

Today at a Glance

Key Question: What are we building today — and where does the evidence go?

💡

Big Idea

Partners judge the project by its first message.

SPARK

🎲

Today We Play

Put it in order

GAME

🧱

The Wall Grows

Onto the Green-Light Board

VOICE

🏅

It Banks

ASDAN PEQ L1 'Delivering a Project' (communication) · FS English speaking/writing link

EVIDENCE

Talk first, then we play — every voice counts here.

I Do

The Model — First Contact

Key Idea: Partners judge the project by its first message.

👀 Look: first contact, done properly — prepared, polite, professional.

Step 0 of 3

What a professional first contact contains: who we are, what we’re doing, the specific ask.

A first contact carries four things: who we are, what we're doing, the specific ask, and how to reply. Everything else is decoration that costs reading time.

Tone — formal, warm, short. Reading a good and a bad example side by side.

Tone is formal, warm and short — the register you'd use to someone you respect but haven't met. Read the good and bad examples side by side and the difference teaches itself.

The follow-through: logging the reply and agreeing the next step.

The follow-through is where professionals show. The reply gets logged the day it lands. Then it converts into a next step with a date — contact is a loop, not a message.

We Do

Put it in order

How it works: These belong in an order. Tap them one at a time — does each land where you expected?Found: 0/5

Draft the message

Check tone and details

Send or deliver it

Log the reply

Agree the next step

I Do

Proving It — The Evidence Loop

Key Idea: Launch extension: one written line — why the specific ask beats "can you help us?"

Step 0 of 3

Documentarian

screenshot/photo the sent message.

Annotate

'our ask was ___'.

Witness

staff sign the professional-communication evidence.

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

Skip One Step — What Breaks First Contact?

Step 1: Tap a card, then its partner. Step 2: Watch the WAGOLL write itself. Score: 0/5

Draft the message

Check tone and details

Send or deliver it

Log the reply

Agree the next step

Skip it and a typo speaks for the whole project

Skip it and by Thursday nobody remembers what they said

Skip it and it's a lovely message nobody received

Skip it and a good reply turns into nothing

Skip it and you're improvising at someone else's front desk

Specific ask carriedChecked before sendingObjection pre-answeredLoop maintained

Independent Work

Independent Work — Studio Time

Instructions: Work at your level. Evidence goes in your ASDAN portfolio — Documentarian photo + annotation + witness tick — ASDAN PEQ L1 'Delivering a Project' (communication) · FS English speaking/writing link.

🤝 With support

Task: Build the message from the sentence frames with support, then read your line for the final check.

Steps: One step at a time — adult support is right there. Photo when you’re proud of it.

👤 On your own

Task: Draft the class contact message (or your section of it), peer-check it against the tone list, and send/deliver the final.

Steps: Work the task through — photo as you go, annotate at the end, witness tick before you pack up.

🚀 Take it further

Task: Draft the class contact message (or your section of it), peer-check it against the tone list, and send/deliver the final. Stretch: anticipate the partner’s likeliest objection — and answer it inside the first message.

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 Green-Light Board is real-stakes but safe — nothing goes up without your say-so, 'pass' is allowed, and outvoted voices stay respected.

📣 VOICE

Say the line you would want a stranger to read first.

👥 AUDIENCE

This actually leaves the building — a real organisation reads what we send.

⭐ INFLUENCE

The message the room agrees is the message that goes. Nothing is rewritten afterwards.

Exit Ticket

Instructions: Answer independently. Own words — no wall-peeking.

1.

I can draft a clear, polite first contact with a specific ask — true for you today? Say how.

Point to today’s work as your proof.

2.

I can check tone and details before it goes — true for you today? Say how.

Point to today’s work as your proof.

3.

I can log a reply and turn it into a next step — true for you today? Say how.

Point to today’s work as your proof.

1.

What does 'Partners judge the project by its first message.' 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?

Draft the class contact message (or your section of it), peer-check it against the tone list, and send/deliver the final.

3.

Where does today’s evidence bank?

ASDAN PEQ L1 'Delivering a Project' (communication) · FS English speaking/writing link

1.

Why does a SPECIFIC ask get more yeses than 'can you help us?'

Specific asks cost the reader one decision; vague ones cost them a project — people say yes to small, defined things.

2.

No reply after a week. Script the follow-up that chases without nagging.

Own script — short, references the first message, re-states the one ask, offers an easy out.

3.

What did writing to a real adult, for real stakes, change about how you wrote?

Own reflection — the audience raising the standard is the whole lesson.

Knowledge Organiser (GROW ASDAN W4): First Contact

GROW · ASDAN Studio · ASDAN Studio · Community Project · Banks: ASDAN PEQ L1 'Delivering a Project' (communication) · FS English speaking/writing link

Key Word	Definition
FIRST CONTACT	The first message a partner receives from us.
TONE	How the message sounds — formal, warm, short.
SPECIFIC ASK	Exactly what we are asking them to do.
FOLLOW-THROUGH	Logging the reply and turning it into a next step.

Key Facts

Partners judge the project by its first message.
Banks: ASDAN PEQ L1 'Delivering a Project' (communication) · FS English speaking/writing link
Pupil voice: Say the line you would want a stranger to read first.
What it changes: The message the room agrees is the message that goes. Nothing is rewritten afterwards.
Launch extension: one written line — why the specific ask beats "can you help us?"

First Contact

Name: ____________________ Class: __________ Date:

This week's spark

Partners judge the project by its first message.

ASDAN evidence

Documentarian photo + annotation + witness tick — ASDAN PEQ L1 'Delivering a Project' (communication) · FS English speaking/writing link.

Arrival Task

1) Who is our project partner (or best candidate)?

2) What do we actually need from them?

3) Point to the plan — the ask comes from it.

1) What does 'Partners judge the project by its first message.' mean in your own words?

2) Today is 'First Contact' — write like it matters. What do you think we'll be doing?

3) By the end you should be able to say: 'I can draft a clear, polite first contact with a specific ask.' What will that take today?

1) Your partner gets fifty emails a day. Design the subject line that gets ours opened.

2) Predict the partner's likeliest objection and fold the answer into the first message.

3) Take 'giv us a shout if ur up for it' and walk it, step by step, into professional register.

Today at a Glance

Key Question: What are we building today — and where does the evidence go?

We Do 1: Put it in order

Draft the message, Check tone and details, Send or deliver it, Log the reply, Agree the next step

We Do 2: Skip One Step — What Breaks First Contact?

Draw lines to match:

Draft the message · Check tone and details · Send or deliver it · Log the reply · Agree the next step

Step 2 · Step 4 · Step 3 · Step 5 · Step 1

Scaffolding – Supported

Access & sensory notes (staff)
· The supported task today is: Build the message from the sentence frames with support, then read your line for the final check.
· 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. A sorted card layout photographs as well as a written sheet.
· Sensory: Anything off-site or on a walk is the loud part. Ear defenders out before you leave the room, not after — and whoever needs it goes in the first pair, before group noise builds.
· 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

We are writing to ______.

Our specific ask is ______.

If they reply we will ______.

Word bank

contact · tone · formal · short · specific ask · reply · log · next step

Scaffolding – Standard

Frame

1) Draft the contact message. 2) Peer-check it against the tone list. 3) Send it, then explain what you will do with the reply.

Sentence spine: "I started by ___ — then ___ — which shows Partners judge the project by its first message."

Scaffolding – Stretch

Stretch prompts

Why does a SPECIFIC ask get more yeses than 'can you help us?' No reply after a week. Script the follow-up that chases without nagging.

Independent Work – Supported

Task: Build the message from the sentence frames with support, then read your line for the final check.

Work here (an adult can scribe):

Independent Work – Standard

Task: Draft the class contact message (or your section of it), peer-check it against the tone list, and send/deliver the final.

Evidence check: photo ☐ annotation ☐ witness ☐

Independent Work – Stretch

Task: Draft the class contact message (or your section of it), peer-check it against the tone list, and send/deliver the final.

Stretch (L2 standard): anticipate the partner’s likeliest objection — and answer it inside the first message.

Exit Ticket – Supported

1) I can draft a clear, polite first contact with a specific ask — true for you today? Say how.

2) I can check tone and details before it goes — true for you today? Say how.

3) I can log a reply and turn it into a next step — true for you today? Say how.

Exit Ticket – Standard

1) What does 'Partners judge the project by its first message.' 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) Why does a SPECIFIC ask get more yeses than 'can you help us?'

2) No reply after a week. Script the follow-up that chases without nagging.

3) What did writing to a real adult, for real stakes, change about how you wrote?

Assessor Witness Statement

GROW ASDAN W4 · First Contact
GROW · ASDAN Studio · ASDAN Studio · Community Project · Banks: ASDAN PEQ L1 'Delivering a Project' (communication) · FS English speaking/writing link

Candidate name
Date of activity
Activity witnessed	First Contact

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
Build the message from the sentence frames with support, then read your line for the final check.

STANDARD
Draft the class contact message (or your section of it), peer-check it against the tone list, and send/deliver the final.

STRETCH
Why does a SPECIFIC ask get more yeses than 'can you help us?' No reply after a week. Script the follow-up that chases without nagging.

Prompts given (if any):

3 · Evidence attached

☐ Dated photograph ☐ Candidate’s written annotation ☐ Completed sheet ☐ Other:

4 · Assessor declaration

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 Green-Light Board is real-stakes but safe — nothing goes up without your say-so, 'pass' is allowed, and outvoted voices stay respected.
Voice	Say the line you would want a stranger to read first.
Audience	This actually leaves the building — a real organisation reads what we send.
Influence	The message the room agrees is the message that goes. Nothing is rewritten afterwards.

Closing the loop: this one ends on paper — your own hand, or your words scribed by an adult. Saying it aloud starts the loop; writing it is what closes it. Pass is always allowed.

What I said, and what it changed:

First Contact — 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:

First Contact

Success looks like

Teacher Print Tools — Week 4

Arrival Task – What Do You Already Know?

1. Say it

2. Spot it

3. Point to it

1. The big idea

2. Today's work

3. Success check

1. Their inbox

2. The objection

3. Tone walk

Today at a Glance

Big Idea

Today We Play

The Wall Grows

It Banks

The Model — First Contact

What a professional first contact contains: who we are, what we’re doing, the specific ask.

Tone — formal, warm, short. Reading a good and a bad example side by side.

The follow-through: logging the reply and agreeing the next step.

Put it in order

Proving It — The Evidence Loop

Documentarian

Annotate

Witness

Skip One Step — What Breaks First Contact?

Independent Work — Studio Time

🤝 With support

👤 On your own

🚀 Take it further

Lundy Loop — Your Voice on the Wall

🚪 SPACE

📣 VOICE

👥 AUDIENCE

⭐ INFLUENCE

Exit Ticket

1.

2.

3.

1.

2.

3.

1.

2.

3.

First Contact — banked!

Pens down — quick partner check!

Knowledge Organiser (GROW ASDAN W4): First Contact

Key Facts

First Contact

This week's spark

ASDAN evidence

Arrival Task

Today at a Glance

We Do 1: Put it in order

We Do 2: Skip One Step — What Breaks First Contact?

Scaffolding – Supported

Sentence starters

Word bank

Scaffolding – Standard

Frame

Scaffolding – Stretch

Stretch prompts

Independent Work – Supported

Independent Work – Standard

Independent Work – Stretch

Exit Ticket – Supported

Exit Ticket – Standard

Exit Ticket – Stretch

Assessor Witness Statement

Lundy Loop — this lesson

First Contact — Feedback Sheet