Skilled to go - Learning everyday consumer skills

Learning everyday consumer skills - a teachers' toolkit

Skilled to go uses real life consumer situations, such as choosing a mobile phone, to help learners develop consumer skills, knowledge and confidence alongside literacy and numeracy.

This FREE toolkit of resources includes games, quizzes, role plays and case studies, plus video and audio content.

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    'Examples seen at today's workshop could be used straight away with most learners but could also be easily adapted for all learners.

    The materials fit well with my existing resources.'

    Tina Parish, Lecturer functional skills English and Maths, North Warwickshire and Hinckley College

Book training

Find out more about Skilled to go through free teacher training where you work

The Skilled to go team offers free teacher workshops to:

  • introduce Skilled to go resources
  • provide hints and tips on how they can be used in your lessons
  • demonstrate how to use the Skilled to go website to access the materials that you need for your lessons.

Sessions lasts for around 90 minutes and require a minimum of 15* attendees per session. You'll need a venue with projector and laptop and ideally internet access. The room should be set up cabaret style with enough space to move around freely. If you have access to PCs or laptops in the room that's a bonus, but it's not necessary.

*If you do not have sufficient numbers within your team you could consider joining up with another department or organisation. Alternatively, if you're willing to host an event and are happy for external staff to attend, we could consult our registration database and invite other teachers from the area to join your workshop.

To enable us to best meet your needs, please complete and return the booking form below to toolkit.update@oft.gsi.gov.uk

Alternatively, contact Indira Pereira-Lopes at indira.pereira-lopes@oft.gsi.gov.uk or by telephone on 020 7211 8229.

Download booking form for Skilled to go training (word 74kb) 

See what teachers say about the Skilled to go workshop and resources.

Register with Skilled to go

Register with Skilled to go to get free access to all our comsumer education materials.