The Make it Real Game

This half term pupils in Years 5 and 6 will be working on the “Make it Real Game” projects.  The current Year 5 will continue with their projects in September whilst the new Year 5s work on the learning styles topics.

 

In the “Make it Real Game” pupils learn by experience, mostly in small groups, in a simulated community. They assume life/work roles and work together in their roles functioning as working people in their community. The learning is designed to be fun! Pupils start by creating and naming their town and local neighbourhoods. They locate key public buildings, choose and plan housing and identify transport options. Pupils then form and name a small company, hire staff, secure offices and finally they carry out an assignment as a business team.

 

During the process pupils learn personal and interpersonal skills and:

• begin to understand the services and occupations that make up a town;
• start to understand terms such as community, business, career and occupation;
• learn the importance of education and qualifications in getting jobs; and gain an understanding that there are different learning pathways.

 

For more information or to order the game visit http://www.realgame.co.uk/content/1144583073.221/

Comments

[Timmy Hill]

I think it has been a fun year the work has been easy
but the home work has been tough

[Elizabeth McDougall]

In study skills we have made are own town it is called Ocean Islad we wanted to call it Endoftherainbow we then dicided some jobs we wanted to do

[matthew knaggs]

I was there for two weeks and the real game was good and all I did was choose the name of our city which was called Knoxville and then we decided what we wanted to do when were older,I want to be a policeman.

[megan]

we named are town knocsville we we said whats a good citizan and whats a bad citizan and we did job aplacations for what job we wanted to do when we leave school or collage , universaty

[samara]

we named a town. said what makes a good citizen and a bad citizen. thought about what job we would like to do when we leave school.

[corran vercoe]

we called the town knoxvile
and it has been a good time making aplacition forms.

[James Morris]

i think i have been doing well and it is very creative thing to do for a class like us

[amy cantelo]

I love study skills. I like the name of our town knockville.

[daniel peach]

The real game is so cool, because you get to pick a town name you get to pick a job everything ,it is just so cool but i think that i have been doing quite good, because we tried to make a good town name, but even though we failed we tried our best,we picked a job each and i think the jobs we picked are quite sensible and will get us a bit of money but who must be happy is the people who got there name picked as our town name.

[Owen Prigmore]

I like study because we learnt about jobs and what skills you need... It will help us in the future.

[Jordon Hardy]

Study skills is really fun talking about jobs and stuff it will help us in the future.

[James Morris]

the real game is really cool

we called it knoxville

[ben fendyke]

the real game is really good

[Teresa Doohan]

Hi Natalia,
I am currently taking a new post in Sept teaching Year 5 & 6 study skills..which is a bit daunting as I have only ever taught Art!
I found your website and it's fantastic! I want to teach it all. I really like the way you have planned it so the children discover themselves and begin to learn how they can be in control their own learning.
I think I might begin with the multi intelligences so they can work individually and come together as a group to discuss what they have found out. This would make a great display if I get them to draw and use clip art to express their intelligences!
Is it worth buying the book you have worked from?
Well..any other advice or resources you are willing to share would be great!