Life Skills Workshop Assistant - Neighbourhood life Year 3 (Age 7-8)

Life Skills Workshop Assistant - Neighbourhood life Year 3 (Age 7-8)

Posted for Primary Enterprise World (NORTH EAST) Ltd.

Posted by Volunteer Centre Newcastle

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This programme helps children to understand what goes on in a neighbourhood by looking at the factors that are involved in budgeting for and building their dream home.

This is followed by examining how their new home becomes part of the wider community.

“The pupils really enjoyed their enterprise day, they found the challenges fun and engaging” - Mrs Rooney - Scremerston First School

As a volunteer we start off by looking at what neighbourhood life is? We are looking to concentrate on 3 things that happen in a neighbourhood – Living, working and socialising.

We ask them what goes on in their neighbourhood. Tell them about your neighbourhood We are then looking at living in a neighbourhood, so we need a house.

They are going to be given a budget of £150.000.00 to design and build as a group 1 house.

Get them to think carefully about what they want. Tell them about your house.

They build their house and then must show their calculations.

How many pieces of brick did they buy? How many windows etc. They may need help at this point

Then we play a game matching picture with words so looking at all the jobs that are involved from start to finish in building a house. Bit like the pairs game in cards if you have ever played that.

Then we look at the families and look at the jobs of family members. Tell them what you do.

Some are government workers some are not, so we play a quiz stand up sit down looking at different jobs. Then they are going to be allocated a government job and they work as a group to come up with as many reasons why they need that government worker. Help will be needed at this point

This will get a little debate going as to which one is the most important.

In the afternoon the local café is looking for the children’s help so they must design and present a new product that will help the local café boost business. Your assistance to help them understand that it is not what they want but that they must think about customers in their neighbourhood. They come up with the idea, design the recipe and a poster and present back to the class and then we do a vote for which one is the best idea

What skills do I need?

• You do not need any specific skills or experience but it may help if you have worked with children before but not essential
• Some schools insist on a criminal records check so this will be needed which Primary Enterprise World will do if you don't currently have one in place