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Introduce the world of work to your students, with ready to use WRL teaching resources

114 Resources available for download in this subject

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As employers, we know how important it is for candidates to be able to present themselves well when it comes to recruitment.

With these ready to use work-related learning lesson plans you can cover both the basic skills required when applying for jobs as well as informing students about essential issues such as health & safety and teamwork.

As well as WRL lesson plans, there are also work experience teaching resources and related assembly plans and form time activities.

Below are the topics available for this section. Click ‘Go to this section’ to see more lessons

Behaviour in the workplace teaching resource.

KS4 Behaviour in the workplace lesson plan

This activity is designed to be used with learners before they undertake work experience placements. These activities help students to understand their responsibilities and the expectations employers will have of them.

WRL teaching resources.

KS4 Sport and Active Leisure Diploma - 7 lessons

These activities include functional skills, customer service skills, and more, all in relation to the sport and active leisure diploma.

Labour market defined, labour market information lesson.

KS4 Labour Market Information

These activities help students to understand the bigger picture regarding the labour market and employment trends.

The world of work, work and wages lesson plans.

KS3 - Work and wages - 4 lessons

An introduction to work and wages for students at key stage 3.

The economy - economic ideas lessons.

KS3 - Economic Ideas - 4 work-related learning lessons

When was money invented? Why is it used? Students get to design their own money and learn about tax in this module.

Professional skills - shaking hands.

KS3 - Professional Skills and Career Planning - 6 form time activities

SkillsActive are delighted to provide UK schools with these lesson plans for careers at key stage 3.

Manage your millions - financial capability teaching resources.

KS3-4 - Manage your Millions - 3 form time activities

Learn more about money management with this series of financial capability lessons.

Financial capability activity for key stage 3 or 4

KS3-4 - Financial Capability - 1 form time activity

KS3-4 - Financial Capability - Form time activity

Assembly plan, what's the point?

KS3-4 - What's the point? - Assembly plan

Help students understand the importance of studying personal development in curriculum subjects.

Work related learning teaching resource - applying for jobs

KS4 - Applying for Jobs - 4 lessons

Helpful and informative sections for applying for jobs, from CV writing to the actual interview.

Health and safety lesson plan for WRL.

KS4 - Health and Safety - 4 lessons

Give students information into health and safety and risk assessments.

How businesses work lesson plan.

KS4 - How Businesses Work - 4 lessons

These lessons aim to help students to understand all about business and the world of work.

Local labour market lesson plans.

KS4 - Local Labour Market - 4 lessons

Helping students understand the local labour market and why it is useful to access information relating to it.

Credit crunch lesson plans and activities.

KS4 - The Credit Crunch - 6 lessons

This module of lessons introduces students to the concept of a "credit crunch" and its causes and consequences for individuals, communities and countries.

A careers enrichment day programme for KS4.

KS4 - Enrichment Day Programme - English and Welsh versions

Complete Enrichment Day Programme in association with SkillsActiveCareers.

Work-related learning resources for work placements.

KS4 - Work Experience Resources - guidance and workbook

KS4 - Work Experience Resources - guidance and workbook

Work-realted learning assessment tool.

KS4 - Work-related Learning Assessment Tool

KS4 - Work-related Learning Assessment Tool

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KS3-4 - Support and guidance

KS3-4 - Support and Guidance. Guidance for work related learning.

Work-related Learning (WRL) in the classroom

Whether you choose to use the resources in lesson time or through off-timetable events, teaching-resources-uk.com can cater for a range of learning styles and abilities. With over 20 hours of WRL teaching resources you will be able to tackle any work-related learning issue instantly as all the teaching-resources-uk.com lessons are available to download from our website and are ready to print and take into the classroom.

Work-experience in year 10

Whether it’s writing a CV for work experience, finding suitable work experience placements or writing work experience letters, these teaching resources guide the students through the process, even through to a work experience diary for them to complete.

Work-related Learning Teaching Resources

To help engage your students, we use real life scenarios and practical exercises to help build their knowledge. The topics available in WRL are varied and include behaviour in the workplace, labour market information, work and wages, economic ideas, professional skills, financial capability, applying for jobs, health and safety, how businesses work, local labour market and the credit crunch. There are also sport and active leisure diploma resources from the sector skills council, SkillsActive. The WRL teaching resources also include assembly plans, student worksheets and form time activities.

WRL Assessment Tool

We have included an in-depth student WRL assessment tool which your students can add to throughout the year and then use as a presentation at the end of year assessment.

Cross Curricular – Careers and Enterprise

As part of the provision for Economic wellbeing and financial capability, these teaching resources can also be used in conjunction with others from the careers and enterprise sections.