- HOME
- JOIN NOW
- FREE TRIAL
- Assemblies
- Careers lesson plans
- Citizenship lesson plans
- Enterprise lesson plans
- PSHE lesson plans
- WRL lesson plans
- FormTime
KS4 Life Skills - 4 lessons
8 Resources available for download in this module
This series of 4 life skills lessons cover, positive mindset, affirmations, role models and confidence building.
These life skills teaching resources include teachers guidance notes, student and class activities and worksheets. Each lesson also has an accompanying PowerPoint presentation.
Below are the lessons in this topic. Click ‘View these lessons’ to download resources
Positive Mindset
Find out if your students are 'glass half full' or 'glass half empty' people with this PSHE life skills lesson
Affirmations Lesson
Teach students the benefits of effective self-affirmations and how this can lead to positive personal outcomes.
Role Models
In this lesson, students think about the skills, traits and qualities of role models and how they can learn from them
Confidence Building
In this lesson, students look at the importance of body language in making us feel positive and confident
Life Skills Lessons for PSHE and Citizenship
The Life Skills teaching resources available in this section focus on the main principles of confidence building, positive mindset, positive affirmations and role models. In each of the lessons, students not only discover ‘what are life skills’ but also how positivity can influence ourselves and those around us
Lesson 1 – Positive Mindset
In lesson 1, students think about how positive and negative thoughts can influence how they act. They are encouraged to appreciate the benefit of having a positive mindset.
Lesson 2 – Affirmations
Students now think more deeply about their own attitudes and the effects of thinking positively about themselves. They identify areas of their lives that may benefit from some positive affirmations.
Lesson 3 – Role Models
In this exercise, the class now turn their attention to role models. Using real life examples, students will begin to understand how capitalise on the skills, qualities and traits that they have identified in their own role model.
Lesson 4 – Confidence Building
In the final lesson, students will bring together the learning on positive mental attitudes with additional confidence building skills to conclude the learning on this topic.
These resources have been developed with the help of Step Up! International who are the UK’s leading self harm training & consultancy provider for Schools and the Education Sector.