KS3 CEIAG Lesson Plans and Resource Materials
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YEAR GROUP: 8 or 9 TERM:
LESSON: 1/2
THEME: Post 16 options
TITLE: Raising of the Participation Age
AIMS:
To prepare for the Solomon production on choices
Or
To provide an introduction to the Raising of the Participation Age legislation.
Group work
Analysis
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Values:
 To value qualifications
 Taking responsibility for own choices
 Valuing qualifications
Knowledge/Understanding:
 Key features of RPA
 Different levels of qualifications
 Choices available at post 16
 Value employers place on qualifications
 The value of qualifications for their own future
 The consequences of being NEET
VOCABULARY:
Apprenticeship, Raising of the Participation Age, Levels of Qualifications, Vocational Qualifications, NEET
RESOURCES – MATERIALS / PREPARATION:
Raising of the Participation pamphlet, RPA loop , PPT on RPA, Value of qualifications cards, NEET DVD
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ACTIVITY - CONTENT / METHOD:
Starter:
True or False quiz. Read out the following statements and pupils have to write down (or
use voting kits) if they are true or false:
a. Pupils in the current year 11 will have to stay in school until they are 17
b. Pupils in year 10 and below will have to stay in school until they are 18
c. You will not be able to get a job if you leave school at 16
d. You could start your own business when you are 16
e. Employers are not interested in what qualifications I get at school
Do not go over answers - they will be provided at the end by the pupils themselves.
CEIAG
Initiatives
Wiltshire
Timings
5 mins
KS3 CEIAG Lesson Plans and Resource Materials
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Activity 1: Key ideas and terms
Go over the ‘RPA’ PowerPoint which provides the key points and terms they will need to
grasp before the performance. This is intended to be self explanatory.
Activity 2: RPA Loop
2. Attempt the RPA Loop.
a. Give out the questions and answers randomly so each child has a question and
an answer.
b. Depending on numbers some may only have one or the other.
c. So long as they do not have the question and answer to the same question!
d. Start with the green question. The pupil who has the answer to the green
question reads it out, then reads out their question, and so on…
10 mins
Repeat exercise to see if they can beat the time!
Activity 3: Give out RPA factsheet
1. Read through front page. Any questions? Anything surprise you?
2. Read through conversation between two suns.
3. Complete a diamond 9 using the cards. Choose the best 9 reasons for valuing
qualifications, then level them to form a diamond shape: best reason at top, then two
second reasons; then 3, 2 then 1- to make a diamond. Don’t cheat and put more than
1;2; 3;2;1
4. Plenary to diamond 9: Discuss their reasons. Which did they think were most important
and why? Emphasize that what they do in school is central to their future and their
journey/progression through the qualification levels and career. The emphasis is that
these are their qualifications - not the schools or their teachers. It is a question of
ownership.
5. Optional: To underline this it might be useful to show a short segment from the NEET
DVD. The DVD shows the experiences of a group of young people from Wiltshire who
became NEET.
3.25-6.23 What it’s like to be NEET
19.52-22.09 The key part is at 19.50 minutes, about how they would have been different
at school.
15 mins
15 mins
DIFFERENTIATION:
By outcome
PLENARY:
Look at the true false statements at the starter and discuss answers.
Answers: a. False b. False. C. False d.True, but need to do a recognised qualification as well. There is a lot
of help for young people to start own businesses. e. Very false. Remember entry qualifications.
Play the RPA loop again and see if they can beat their time!
CEIAG
Initiatives
Wiltshire
KS3 CEIAG Lesson Plans and Resource Materials
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EVALUATION:
 Answers to true false quiz – have they got the right answers? And/or
 Evaluation is through the success or otherwise of the loop, which contains the key facts required for
the Solomon production
NOTES:
CEIAG
Initiatives
Wiltshire