Independence & Responsibility

KS3 Life Skills · Ages 11–14

Build real independence with planning, cooking basics, money choices, travel and home responsibilities. Small improvements add up fast.

Name: Date:

Time Management & Planning ⏱️

🦜 Rosie: List → Prioritise → Time-block.

My tasks (school + home):

Top 3 priorities: 1) 2) 3)

After school — · Evening — · Weekend —

One distraction I'll manage: (plan: )

🦔 Gary: "Safe cooking is smart cooking." Tick the safety rules.

🧼 Wash hands and tie hair back 🔪 Use a chopping board 🙋 Ask before using the oven/hob 🧽 Clean as you go

Meal to practise (with permission):

omelette

pasta + sauce

stir-fry

soup

Ingredients:

Steps (number 1–6):

🦎 Elvis: "Money skills = freedom."

Income (pocket money/earnings): per week/month

Spending:

Food/snacks — · Transport — · Fun — · Savings —

One money habit I'll practise:

🦜 Rosie: "Plan before you go."

Where I'm going:

How (bus/train): · Departure: · Return:

🔋 Phone charged 🎫 Fare/ticket ready 🗣️ Told a trusted adult my plan 🛑 Know what stop to get off

Who I'll contact if plans change:

🦔 Gary: "A good home is a team effort." Tick 3 jobs to own this week.

🛏️ Make my bed daily 🍽️ Load/unload dishwasher ♻️ Take rubbish/recycling out 🧹 Vacuum one room 🍳 Help cook one meal

My jobs + days:

🏅

Strong work, !

You practised planning, cooking basics, money choices, transport planning and household responsibilities. 💚

Signed by Rosie 🦜, Gary 🦔 and Elvis 🦎 · Date: