Life Skills

During a career delivering 1-1 mentoring to young people, a common theme has arisen, the feeling that academia is not giving them actual skills for the future, Build a Skill aims to give a sense of accomplishment and that they can succeed in life.

Even if a student does not decide to go further with the topics they learn with us they will leave us with skills that will benefit them in life such as:

• Resilience

• DIY skills

• Knowledge of how the world works

• An overview of running a business

• Teamwork skills

• Social skills

• Working well in a community

"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts"

Albert Einstein

During each syllabus students will be finishing with a project on the school site, for example if we have done decorating skills they may paint an area in the school. bricklaying they may build a raised bed for planting or repair a wall.

This is to teach them about community and to build respect for their environment something that at times seems forgotten.