1. Learning About HWB Skills
Lesson 1
EARLSTON HIGH SCHOOL
Faculty of Health and Wellbeing

2. Today’s Lesson:
Will help us understand what HWB ‘skills’ are.
Will demonstrate how HWB skills might be used in certain subject areas
Will allow you to consider which HWB skills you are confident in using.
Success Criteria:
I can identify what HWB skills are.
I can understand how I might use a variety of HWB skills in my learning.
I will be able to apply this understanding of HWB skills to consider which HWB skills I am confident in using.
Resources:
jotter or paper

3. Now lets try to brainstorm and add as many other HWB skills as we can…
What are some HWB skills?
Developing confidence
Communicating Effectively
Showing Resilience
Working in a Team
Now lets try to brainstorm and add as many other HWB skills as we can…

4. What are some HWB skills?
Developing self awareness
Learning new ideas with confidence
Showing positive body language
Showing the ability to talk to others in a calm manner

5. Avoiding distractions Showing that you can meet a challenge
Some more HWB skills!
Avoiding distractions
Showing that you can meet a challenge
Admitting you made a mistake but setting out how you will put it right
Learning to present yourself in the best possible light

6. Wow-there are lots of HWB Skills!!
Adopting a positive mindset-what is this!?
Coping with failure
Accepting criticism
Dealing with responsibility effectively

7. How might you use HWB skills within a lesson?
Geography- work effectively as part of a research team
Listen to understand instructions.
Observe to reinforce your understanding
Communicate effectively to give/receive feedback.
Present your
project to show what you have presented is accurate

8. Recording Information
As you saw, while learning you are likely to use a number of different HWB skills to achieve the success criteria!
Think about the skills you have used during this lesson.
Which ones are HWB skills?
Reading
Recording Information
Communicating
Listening

9. Task 1:
Which HWB skills do you feel most confident in using? Discuss with a partner 3 or 4 which you use regularly in your learning.
Task 2:
Complete your own flowchart showing the HWB skills you have used in a lesson this week.
Task 3
Choose one of those HWB skills and draw a mini mind map detailing which subjects you often use this skill in.

10. Task 4 : Walk About Talk About
Around the room there are 8 faculty stations.
In your groups you will be permitted to spend 2 minutes at each faculty station. You must discuss with your group which HWB skills you use when you visit this faculty and give an example. Write each skill and example of evidence on a post note, before attaching it to the skills board.
Do not replicate what another group have already added to each board – the idea is to come up with as many HWB skills as possible!
Your teacher will time you and you will not be permitted any extra time – Good luck!

11. Task 4: Your HWB Skills
Now choose a faculty area, e.g. Social Subjects and create a mind map showing HWB skills you use regularly in this area. Give specific examples of when you have used this skill as evidence