ALL PARTS OF THE CANDIDATE DIARY MUST BE COMPLETED SATISFACTORILY.

An assessor or supervisor must sign/comment to confirm that the candidate has successfully completed each of the parts below. WRE: Work experience/work focused activities WRE: Enterprise activity PSE: Key issues PSE: Community Participation WEW: Key issues WEW: Language Module

 Responses must be appropriate for the Foundation level.  Candidates should show that they have understood what they have done and can reflect briefly and successfully on what they have gained from their experiences.

 Basic, straightforward and relevant statements are OK !  The quality of English need not be high providing the candidates are able to provide suitable responses to questions.

 The candidate must provide evidence of activities undertaken e.g. when considering one of the WEW/PSE key issues.  Candidates may comment on one main activity or several shorter ones. Describe the activities you have taken part in. DESCRIBING ACTIVITIES

Below a candidate describes an activity in PSE. Which key issue have you decided to write about? I have chosen to write about the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. Describe activities you have taken part in. We had a speaker and a discussion. In this example the candidate has not provided enough information. The information should be put in context. Who was the speaker? What was the discussion about?

Here is another example: Describe activities you have taken part in. My Welsh Bac group did a survey of twenty of our friends to see how often they had fast food. We found that fast food was very popular, so we made posters to warn people about the dangers to your health. We made some charts from the results to put on the posters and put them up around the college to encourage healthy eating. This candidate clearly and satisfactorily describes several suitable activities.

REFLECTING ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES OR PROGRESS  Candidates must not just describe the activities but comment on what they learnt from them or enjoyed about them.  Candidates must show that they have a satisfactory understanding of what they have done and can reflect in a basic and useful way on their experiences. I’ll describe what I learnt about healthy eating

REFLECTING ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES OR PROGRESS  The candidate must make at least one suitable comment in each section.  Candidates may highlight one significant example, or comment on several shorter ones. I’ll describe what I learnt about healthy eating

Below the candidate reflects on PSE activities described earlier. Write about what you have learnt from taking part in these activities and what you enjoyed about them. We did a study of healthy eating in college. I helped to do a survey and make some posters about healthy eating and fast food. The candidate has not answered the question i.e. commented on what they enjoyed and were able to learn from their activity.

Here is another example: I enjoyed doing the survey about healthy eating. I learnt that we should have spent more time thinking up better questions for the survey and I learnt how to do pie charts. I. didn’t realise how much people of my age have fast food. I enjoyed making the posters so that people in college might think twice about eating so much fast food. The candidate has made several basic and suitable comments. Overall this shows how they enjoyed what they did and were able to develop some basic knowledge, understanding and skills.

WRITING ABOUT SKILLS In order to meet the key skills/essential skills requirements candidates must achieve certificates in four of the six and show evidence, in the diary, of having made progress in the others. Comments do not need to be detailed, but it is important to answer the questions set.

Below the candidate completes a section for Working With Others Give two examples of activities which helped you to develop this key skill.  Being on the school council.  As part of my enterprise activity, making Christmas cards and selling them to raise money for charity. A clear answer

Give one example of how you have improved in this key skill. I have improved in this key skill by being in a team for my enterprise activity. Here the candidate has described what they did but not shown how they improved in this key skill.

Give one example of how you have improved in this key skill. I have improved by being on the school council, and learning how to listen to other people’s ideas. We had a brain storm for ideas on how to raise money for Children in Need and my idea was for a school litter pick day. The council didn’t like my idea so I voted for a non uniform day instead. Here the candidate has provided relevant and appropriate answers to all parts of the questions.

Always read the questions carefully and do what you are asked.