Spark: Good career choices start with an honest look at yourself.
Success looks like
I can name my skills, interests and strengths
I can give an example for each
I can say what kind of work might suit me
Aspire · back each strength with a dated, checkable example to a professional standard.
Teacher Print Tools — Week 1
Retrieval Quiz
Arrival Task – What Do You Already Know?
1. Say it
Name one thing you are good at.
Any honest answer — say it out loud.
2. Spot it
Name something you enjoy doing.
Any honest answer counts.
3. Point to it
Point to a task you finished well.
Any honest answer counts.
1. The big idea
Why start a careers plan with your own skills, not job adverts?
Own words — you match yourself to work, not the other way round.
2. Today’s work
What is the difference between a skill and an interest?
A sensible contrast — one you can do, one you enjoy.
3. Success check
By the end you can name work that might suit you. What would help you decide?
Name one thing you would look at.
1. Audit logic
Why does an honest self-audit beat a flattering one for careers?
It points you at work you can actually get and grow in.
2. Evidence test
‘I’m reliable.’ Describe the evidence an employer would believe.
Dated and checkable — full attendance, a task you always finished.
3. Fit
Should you pick work you enjoy or work you are good at? Argue it.
Own argument — the best fit usually overlaps both.
Starter
Today at a Glance
Key Question: What do I bring to work — and how do I prove it?
💡 Big Idea
You match yourself to work by knowing your skills, interests and strengths.
🎲 Today We Play
Word cards — work words
🧱 The Wall Grows
Onto the Careers Board
🏅 It Banks
ASDAN Careers & Experiencing Work — self-audit; AQA UAS
Talk first, then we play — every voice counts here.
I Do
The Model — Knowing Myself for Work
Key Idea: Skills, interests and strengths, each backed by an example.
👀 Look: skills, interests and strengths build a profile you can match to work.
Step 0 of 3
Skills — what you can do.
A skill is something you can do and improve: using tools, talking to customers, working carefully. Name it, then back it with an example.
Interests — what pulls you in.
Interests are the tasks you look up from and time has gone. They point toward work you will stick at.
Strengths — proven, with evidence.
A strength is a skill you can prove with a real example: ‘I kept full attendance’, ‘I fixed the display’. Evidence is what an employer believes.
We Do
Word cards — work words
How it works: Say what each word means, then tap to check.Found: 0/8
SKILL
INTEREST
STRENGTH
EMPLOYER
SECTOR
RELIABLE
TEAMWORK
EVIDENCE
I Do
Proving It — The Evidence Loop
Key Idea: An example an employer would believe beats an adjective.
Step 0 of 3
Documentarian
photo your completed skills-and-strengths profile.
Annotate
write ‘my evidence for ___ is ___’.
Witness
staff sign your profile as careers 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
Match the Word to What It Looks Like at Work
Step 1: Tap a card, then its partner. Step 2: Watch the WAGOLL write itself. Score: 0/6
SKILL
INTEREST
STRENGTH
RELIABLE
TEAMWORK
SECTOR
Something you can do, like using a till
A task you happily lose time in
‘I fixed the bench on 3 March’ — proven
You do what you said, when you said — they can count on you
Sharing a job fairly with others
A family of jobs, like care or catering
Skill namedInterest namedStrength provenWitnessed
Independent Work
Independent Work — Studio Time
Instructions: Work at your level. Evidence goes in your ASDAN portfolio — Documentarian photo + annotation + witness tick — ASDAN Careers & Experiencing Work — self-audit; AQA UAS ‘Personal skills’.
15:00
🤝 With support
Task: Sort skill and interest cards into MINE and NOT YET, then pick one strength with an adult.
Steps: One step at a time — adult support is right there. Photo it when you are proud of it.
👤 On your own
Task: Complete your skills, interests and strengths profile with one example per strength.
Steps: Work it through — photo as you go, annotate at the end, witness tick before you pack up.
🚀 Take it further
Task: Complete your profile with a dated example per strength, and name the sector it suits.
Steps: Task first, sector second — say why your evidence fits that kind of work.
Lundy Loop
Lundy Loop — Your Voice on the Wall
Why: Article 12 — your view on your own future counts, and it shapes your plan.
🚪 SPACE
The Careers Board tracks progress, never rankings — ‘pass’ is always allowed.
📣 VOICE
Say one kind of work you are curious about. Your words.
👥 AUDIENCE
Your profile is yours — the board shows only the headline you choose.
⭐ INFLUENCE
What the room is curious about helps shape the visitors and tasters we arrange.
Exit Ticket
Exit Ticket
Instructions: Answer independently. Own words — no wall-peeking.
1.
You can name a skill — true? Say one.
Point to today’s work as your proof.
2.
You can name a strength with an example — true? Say it.
Point to today’s work as your proof.
3.
You can name work that might suit you — true? Say what.
Point to today’s work as your proof.
1.
Name two of your skills in your own words.
Own words — any two.
2.
What did you audit today, and which strength is strongest?
Your profile — name the example.
3.
Where does today’s evidence bank?
ASDAN Careers & Experiencing Work — self-audit; AQA UAS.
1.
Which strength has your weakest evidence? How would you strengthen it?
Own pick + a dated action.
2.
Why do employers trust evidence over self-ratings?
Because evidence is checkable; a rating is only a claim.
3.
Predict the sector that suits you best. What has to happen to get there?
Own prediction + concrete steps.
Slide 1/10
🏅📸✍️
Know Myself for Work — banked!
Skills, interests and strengths ✅
✓ I named my skills, interests and strengths✓ I gave an example for each✓ I said what work might suit meNext lesson: The World of Work and Its Sectors — where might I fit?
⏸ MID-POINT PEER CHECK
Pens down — quick partner check!
📣 Show your partner your work profile. Check together against today’s success: I can name my skills, interests and strengths with an example each. Help fill any gap — kindly.
2 minutes max. Then I’ll resume the timer.
Knowledge Organiser (LAUNCH ASDAN W1): Know Myself for Work
LAUNCH · ASDAN Studio · Careers & Experiencing Work · Banks: ASDAN Careers self-audit; AQA UAS
Key Word
Definition
SKILL
Something you can do and improve.
INTEREST
A task or topic that pulls you in.
STRENGTH
A skill you can prove with a real example.
EVIDENCE
Checkable proof an employer would believe.
Key Facts
You match yourself to work, not the other way round.
A strength is a skill plus proof.
Employers trust evidence over self-ratings.
Banks: ASDAN Careers & Experiencing Work — self-audit; AQA UAS.
Pupil voice: name a kind of work you are curious about.
Something you can do, like using a till · A task you happily lose time in · ‘I fixed the bench on 3 March’ — proven · You do what you said, when you said — they can count on you · Sharing a job fairly with others · A family of jobs, like care or catering
Scaffolding – Supported
Access & sensory notes (staff) · The supported task today is: Sort skill and interest cards into MINE and NOT YET, then pick one strength with an adult. · 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: offer the write-it-first option before any share-aloud; nobody is put on the spot cold. · 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.