Dear teacher

The Government is placing increasing emphasis on the importance of developing students’ resilience, grit and character¹. Skills which employers are actively looking for in new recruits.

To support you, we’ve developed a suite of new resources to help you deliver these 21^st century skills in your teaching and get your students ready for the future workplace.

Remember that the LifeSkills employability programme is suitable for 11-24 year olds and is completely free for you to use, with all resources curriculum-linked to help you embed employability easily into your lessons.

By signing up to LifeSkills you’ll be able to download our 21^st century skills lesson plan packed full of activities and worksheets.

And watch this space for two additional new resources coming soon:

 

•		Discover the trends and skills that could shape your students’ future
•		Explore jobs of the future in emerging labour markets

The recent launch of the BBC micro:bit also provides a great opportunity to get your students excited about making and undertaking hands-on projects which help them develop 21^st century skills like problem solving, creative thinking and communication. Check out our introduction to the micro:bit here. For access to all this and more curriculum-linked resources, all you have to do is sign up. We’re looking forward to welcoming you to LifeSkills*.

Yours sincerely,

Kirstie Mackey
Director of LifeSkills