Learning objective

learners will be able to explain the unit's content and assessment methods.

Connect: Starter 

Unit Introduction - Working with others

Content of units, assignment 

Activate: 

Tutor facilitate whole group discussion around working in a team and the key components needed to be successful when working in a team:

1. Communicating with others

2. Working with others to achieve common goals

3. Carrying out an outline review of your own and others performance.  

Demonstrate:

Group task - Working in a team

• What does it take to be successful?

• What are the key skills you need to be a successful team?

Individual Work - Learned to identify a team that they perceive to work well and create a poster Identifying the skills, traits the team has and demonstrates to be successful.

Consolidate:  Plenary.

Recap of unit content and question and answers around working with others.

A3.3 Importance of effective communication

A3.4 Verbal Communication  

.Learning objective

learners will be able to explain how to communicate with others. 

Connect: Starter 

Recap around Unit content and how we communicate with others discussing the skills and attributes needed to be successful when working in a team.

Activate: 

Tutors lead discussions around communicating with others and how it helps when completing an activity. 

• Written and verbal communication to discuss and record ways to complete activities.

• Language used within verbal discussions in different environments 

  • Professional/ Relaxed 

Introduce learning task - Group work - Set up and take down equipment

Demonstrate:

Group to work together to set up and take down equipment or prepare work space.

Learners need to identify roles within the team and tasks they need to complete in order to finish the task set.

Learners must work together and collaborate in order to complete the task.

Consolidate:  Plenary.

Group discussion around how the activity was performed and if communication was effective. Did it help the situation? Did the team work well together?

A3.5 Communication recap

A3.6 Role-playing  

Learning objective

learners will be able to explain how to communicate with others. 

Connect: Starter 

Recap Previous Lesson around taking part in discussions and different types of communication.

Activate: 

Tutor to discuss the importance of collaboration when working in a team.

Tutor to discuss the importance of giving positive and negative feedback 

Demonstrate:

Learners to define what a point of view is?

and why it is important when working in a team to solve a problem.

Learned to work in groups to identify Positive feedback and negative feedback.

Consolidate:  Plenary.

Whole group discussion around positive and negative feedback and how this could make someone feel after they have expressed their point of view.

A3.7 Roles and responsabilities 

Learning objective

learners will be able to explain how to communicate with others. 

Connect: Starter 

recap previous lesson through group discussion

Activate: 

Tutor to introduce activity 

Learners to build the tallest tower using

Marshmallows and dry spaghetti

Prize for winners 

Demonstrate:

Learners work in groups of 4 to build the tallest tower using Marshmallow and dried pasta.

Teams to work together and try at first.

then repeat the process by planning how they can do it first.

Consolidate:  Plenary.

Did they have more success from planning the activity or diving straight into it?

How did it go

A3.8 Problem solving as a team 

Learning Objectives

learners will be able to explain how to work with others to achieve common goals.

Connect: Starter 

Recap previous lessons around communicating with others.

Use the whole group quiz. Record the score (this can be used to help develop Maths)

Activate: 

Tutor to discuss working with others. Tutor to discuss with the group :

• Importance of identifying individual roles and responsibilities 

• Importance to ensure clear communication throgought the activity 

• Knowing appropriate behaviours for different situations 

• Working through problems and agreeing solutions together

• Importance of respecting others who are working with you 

• Solving issues in teams.

Demonstrate:

Learners participate within group discussion focusing on the points above.

Learners produce a poster around working with others discussing the content within the lesson.

Consolidate:  Plenary.

Learners to feedback and show there posters to the rest of the group answering any questions from staff or learners.

A3.9 Self assessment 

Learning objectives

learners will be able to explain how to work with others to achieve common goals.

Connect: Starter 

Recap previous lesson 

Activate: 

Tutor to set up and facilitate working with others task 

Classroom to have lots of objects placed across the floor with a clear zone at each end.

Tutor to explain rules:

Learners must work in pairs, one learner must close eyes and travel across the room without hitting any objects on the floor whilst following instructions from the partner.

Learners to complete this using verbal techniques loud and quiet and non verbal techniques 

Learners to be given time to reflect and discuss which approach worked best and what they need to do to ensure they get from one side of the room to the other without touching equipment.

Demonstrate:

Learners to work in pairs to complete practical 

Consolidate:  Plenary.

Feedback from group around difficulty with communication when quiet to loud and when not talking.

A3.10 Creating improvement plans 

Learning objectives

learners will be able to deliver constructive feedback to others using relevant examples from the activity.

Connect- Starter: 

Review of Learning Aim A- Learner to complete feedback Slip

Introduction to learning Aim B - 

Activate: 

Tutor Lead discussion around self reflection focusing on:

Growth Mindset

Reviewing your own performance

Strengths 

Areas of development/ weaknesses 

What happens next? Outlining ways to improve your performance.

Demonstrate: 

 Small group work - What is growth MindSet - feedback ideals to the group

Individual work - Why do you think it is important to review your own performance?

Learner task in pairs - 

1. Timed task 5  mins each -  learners to work in Paris with a small lego set. Learner A has the instructions and must explain to their partner what they have to do in order to build the object. - Learners then reflect on their performance within the task identifying strengths and areas for development and swap over to repeat the process.

Consolidate:

Learners give feedback to the group identifying what they have done well and what they need to improve if they were to repeat the task

A3.11 Implementing improvement plans 

Learning objective:

learners will be able to deliver constructive feedback to others using relevant examples from the activity.

Connect- Starter: 

Review of last lesson:

Importance of a growth mindset

Identifying strengths and areas for development.

Activate: 

Tutor Lead discussion around self reflection focusing on:

Giving and receiving feedback from others

Why is it important to receive feedback from others?

Type of feedback - written/ verbal/ constructive

Demonstrate: 

Repeat tasks from the previous lesson with new pairs. 

Small group work - What is growth MindSet - feedback ideals to the group

Individual work - Why do you think it is important to review your own performance?

Learner task in pairs - 

1. Timed task 5  mins each -  learners to work in Paris with a small lego set. Learner A has the instructions and must explain to their partner what they have to do in order to build the object. - 

Learners then deliver feedback verbally to partners and repeat the activity.

2. Learners swap over and repeat above activity - learners then provide written feedback to each other on what has gone well and what could be improved

Small group work - were there any differences within the feedback you received?

Which was better? Why was it better? How could it be improved?

Consolidate:

Group discussion around the different styles and types of feedback how it can be interpreted? WWW? EBI?

A3.12 Reflecting on the journy 

Learning objective 

Learners to complete assignment using information from brief.

Connect 

Tutor introduction to assignment and hand out of assignment brief. Learners to read assignment briefs. 

Activate 

Tutor to lead discussion around assignment and confirm hand out date and hand in date. Discussion around assignment brief and structure and how it should be constructed. 

Demonstrate

 Learners begin assignments and work through individually at their own pace ensuring they meet key deadlines. 

Consolidate 

review of lesson with Q and A to check understanding.

Learning objective 

Learners to complete assignment using information from brief.

Connect 

Tutor introduction to assignment and hand out of assignment brief. Learners to read assignment briefs. 

Activate 

Tutor to lead discussion around assignment and confirm hand out date and hand in date. Discussion around assignment brief and structure and how it should be constructed. 

Demonstrate

 Learners begin assignments and work through individually at their own pace ensuring they meet key deadlines. 

Consolidate 

review of lesson with Q and A to check understanding.

Learning objective 

Learners to complete assignment using information from brief.

Connect 

Tutor introduction to assignment and hand out of assignment brief. Learners to read assignment briefs. 

Activate 

Tutor to lead discussion around assignment and confirm hand out date and hand in date. Discussion around assignment brief and structure and how it should be constructed. 

Demonstrate

 Learners begin assignments and work through individually at their own pace ensuring they meet key deadlines. 

Consolidate 

review of lesson with Q and A to check understanding.

Learning objective 

Learners to complete assignment using information from brief.

Connect 

Tutor introduction to assignment and hand out of assignment brief. Learners to read assignment briefs. 

Activate 

Tutor to lead discussion around assignment and confirm hand out date and hand in date. Discussion around assignment brief and structure and how it should be constructed. 

Demonstrate

 Learners begin assignments and work through individually at their own pace ensuring they meet key deadlines. 

Consolidate 

review of lesson with Q and A to check understanding.

A3 working as a team