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JCE Social and Life Skills study plan

JCE Social and Life Skills · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Personal Development and Self-Awareness

  • Define self-awareness in your own words and list five personal strengths and five growth areas with a concrete example for each

  • Identify three personal values and rank them, then explain how each value shapes a recent decision you made

  • Describe the difference between fixed and growth mindset and rewrite three self-limiting statements into growth-oriented ones

  • Track your emotional responses for five days in a simple log and label each trigger, feeling, and reaction

Your checkpoint

A one-page personal profile combining values ranking, strengths and growth areas with examples, and a five-day emotion log with labelled triggers

Week 2

Personal Development and Self-Awareness & Communication and Interpersonal Skills

  • Set two specific short-term personal goals using a measurable goal format and identify one obstacle and one countermeasure for each

  • Distinguish passive, aggressive, and assertive communication and rewrite four sample statements assertively

  • Practise active listening by summarising another person's point before responding in three real conversations

  • Identify your main communication barrier and describe one habit you will replace it with

Your checkpoint

A goal sheet with two measurable goals plus a rewritten assertive-statement set of four examples and a short reflection on three listening practice attempts

Week 3

Communication and Interpersonal Skills

  • Demonstrate the difference between open and closed questions by writing five of each for a workplace or service scenario

  • Explain how tone, body language, and choice of words affect the meaning of a message and give one example of each

  • Give and receive constructive feedback using a structured format in two role-played conversations

  • Draft and revise one written message such as an email or complaint so it is clear, respectful, and action-oriented

Your checkpoint

A communication toolkit page containing the question sets, a feedback script template, and the before-and-after version of one written message

Week 4

Relationships and Social Responsibility

  • Compare healthy and unhealthy relationship characteristics and list four warning signs of each

  • Explain the concept of consent and describe how to set and respect personal boundaries in three scenarios

  • Identify three types of peer pressure and write a refusal response for each

  • Describe two strategies for resolving an interpersonal conflict without escalation and apply one to a past disagreement

Your checkpoint

A relationship health checklist covering boundaries, consent, peer pressure refusals, and a written conflict-resolution walkthrough of one real past disagreement

Week 5

Relationships and Social Responsibility & Health, Safety and Wellbeing

  • Describe the responsibilities of a bystander in a bullying or harassment situation and list three safe intervention options

  • Outline basic first aid steps for bleeding, burns, and choking using current standard guidance

  • Identify personal health risks in your daily routine and set one preventive habit with a tracking method

  • Explain how to recognise and respond to an emergency, including what information to give when calling emergency services

Your checkpoint

A personal safety and wellbeing plan covering first aid steps, an emergency call script, a bystander action list, and one tracked preventive habit

Week 6

Health, Safety and Wellbeing & Citizenship and Community Participation

  • Describe three everyday safety practices related to online activity, travel, or the home and explain the risk each reduces

  • Explain the rights and responsibilities of a citizen or resident in your local context and give two examples of each

  • Identify two community services or volunteer opportunities nearby and describe how to access or join them

  • Outline how a local decision such as a community project or public consultation works and how an individual can participate

Your checkpoint

A community participation summary listing two local services with contact routes, plus a short written explanation of one civic process and how you could take part

Week 7

Work and Career Readiness & Financial Literacy and Resource Management

  • Build a personal budget that records income and fixed and variable expenses and shows the monthly balance

  • Explain the difference between needs and wants and adjust your budget to reflect that distinction

  • Compare saving, borrowing, and debt repayment options and describe how interest affects each

  • Draft a CV outline and identify two job-search channels plus one interview preparation step for a target role

Your checkpoint

A one-month budget with needs and wants separated, a short note on interest and debt, and a CV outline with a job-search and interview preparation checklist

Week 8

Independent Living and Practical Life Skills & Work and Career Readiness & Financial Literacy and Resource Management

  • Plan and prepare two simple nutritious meals within a set budget and list the ingredients and costs

  • Create a weekly household routine covering cleaning, laundry, and shopping with time estimates

  • Describe the key terms of a tenancy or service agreement and identify three questions to ask before signing

  • Complete a timed mixed practice set across all eight domains and review every incorrect answer with a written correction note

Your checkpoint

An independent living pack containing two costed meal plans, a weekly household routine, a contract question list, and a corrected practice-test review log

Milestones

Week 2: Can explain your values and strengths without notes and give one assertive rewrite of a passive statement in under two minutes

Week 4: Score at least 70 percent on a self-made 20-question quiz covering domains 1 to 3 and complete the relationship health checklist

Week 6: Deliver the first aid and emergency call script from memory and name two local community services with how to contact them

Week 8: Complete the timed mixed practice set across all eight domains, review every error, and confirm the budget, meal plans, and CV outline are finished and stored together