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.

  • Teacher quotesView all

    '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

Tell others

Order a Cascade pack to help you spread the word about Skilled to go resources.

Word of mouth from colleagues and managers is the main way that new teachers and education staff hear about Skilled to go, so you can play a key role in doing this.

You can keep up to date with Skilled to go by:

" following us on Twitter
" connecting with us on Facebook
" checking our news page
" our registered users receive email updates and an e-bulletin

You can tell others by:

" sharing emails from us
" recommend activities you've tried and liked to colleagues
" encourage colleagues to register with Skilled to go
" printing the Skilled to go poster (Scottish version PDF/English version PDF) and placing it in the staff room
" sharing it with any local or regional teaching networks you may be part of

If you have attended a Skilled to go workshop or are a regular user of the materials, you can share what you know with others while demonstrating your commitment to CPD with the help of our free Cascade pack.

The pack includes:

  • a PowerPoint presentation providing background on Skilled to go
  • guidance on how the toolkit is organised online
  • sample activities from Skilled to go:

    - Buying and selling True or false?, Supermarket best buys and Car boot game

    - Technology Case study picture story

    - Utilities Excel template for electricity bill

Request a pack by emailing toolkitupdate@oft.gsi.gov.uk and include:

  • your name and job title/subject area
  • your organisation
  • a postal address
  • how you might use the Cascade pack.

We will limit distribution of the packs to one or two per organisation (depending on organisation size).

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