This is an activity designed to create debate and discussion amongst learners around the subject of equality and diversity, employment and discrimination. The cards can be used to identify the 9 protected characteristics, and to identify things that might affect them getting a job.

This is a great activity to do with learners around the subject of bullying and banter. Learners must work together to decide how serious each word is, which generates conversation about the definition of each one, how serious they believe it is, if they have witnessed this or been subjected to it, and if they have found themselves doing it and not realised that its bullying. You can cut out and laminate the arrows for stability and longevity. The scale can be cut and laminated and stuck together later in a strip.

An activity for learners to discuss different signs and risks of radicalisation. They can discuss which ones they think are signs of it, and which are not. All the cards can either be a sign of radicalisation or not. They could be set a task to roleplay a scenario with some of the cards, or brainstorm in groups, other reasons for this change of behaviour. The end goal should be that the learners have an idea of what Prevent is for and to recognise signs of radicalisation. They should know the procedure within your establishment for reporting concerns.

This is a bundle of 6 crosswords with answer sheets on the following subjects: Soft skills Rights and Responsibilities Work Ethic Interviews Growth Mind-set Customer Services

A set of 16 cards with various myths and true statements about domestic abuse. Students can use these for discussion and debate and to decide which are true and which are false, and why.

This is a presentation to teach and engage learners in conversation about healthy eating. It covers each food group, what could happen if you have a poor diet and what a balanced diet is. The activity takes learners through a McDonald’s meal to understand calories and proportions, and how much exercise is needed to use up the energy.

This is a set of 30 questions around the subjects of equality, diversity, discrimination and stereotypes, to be used as a quiz, revision, an assessment or for discussion points.

This is a set of 24 cards with various rights and luxuries for students to sort and decide which they believe are rights and which are luxuries. Good for facilitating conversation and debate.

For equality and diversity, or disability awareness, this card sort activity encourages learners to experience completing an activity with a disadvantage. Afterwards, they discuss the activity, how they felt, what adjustments could be made to make the task accessible. You will need a deck of cards. The instructions are included with the activity.

A great form to guide learners to think about what they might be asked at interview and to think of situations they have been in that they can use as examples for situation based questions.

This is a bundle of 6 crosswords and their answer sheets relating to the following subjects: Mental Health Drugs Alcohol Safeguarding Bullying Resilience and Determination

This is a set of 8 situations, and 8 answers for students to pair up. See photograph for example. Good for facilitating discussion, debate and for learning what consent is.

These are cards with various soft skills, designed to aid discussions and activities relating to employability skills, soft skills and transferable skills. These can be used as prompts for learners to think of situations they have dealt with in order to evidence it for interviews or CVs, Personal Statements and Application Forms.

This is a set of 32 cards with various myths and truths about sexual assault and rape. Used for discussion or to sort into true and false categories. Good for facilitating discussion or debate.

This is a bundle of 2 crosswords and answer sheets on the subject of managing money and employment finance.

This is a quick little worksheet for learners to find out how they work in a team environment. Learners grade each role as to whether it sounds like them or not, and the highest scoring role is their role. They can then use this information to develop their team working skills. It also allows learners to evaluate if they have leadership qualities, initiative, and communication and negotiation skills which can then be developed further using other activities and assessment. This can also demonstrate how different types of people can work well as a team, and that everyone works in different ways and have different strengths to contribute.

I work with trade students so discussing the Considerate Constructors Scheme is important so that they know what is expected of behaviour and attitude on a construction site, which is similar to what we expect at college. After speaking to them about the CCS Code of Practice, I split the class into 5 groups and give them a different card to discuss how they can show that they adhere to this code while they are at college.

I have designed some top trump cards to use for an activity - you can type into the white boxes to fill in your own information. I use mine for a career game but these can be used for anything. Put any picture or clipart in the top box and information in the others.