Communication Skills: especially the inter-relationship of reading, writing, listening and speaking, and the understanding of the broad-ranging means of verbal and non-verbal communication which form the bases of human thought and interaction.

Social Skills: and the understanding of the values, attitudes and practices that contribute to social justice and effective participation in a multi- cultural society.

Planning and Design Skills: and the understanding of the role of goal setting, reasoning, aesthetic judgement and the imagination in solving problems and undertaking projects in all areas of learning.

Information Skills: which involve the

capacity to recognise a need forinformation, to know how and where to find it from a range of sources, an how to select, use it and share with others.

Environment Skills: and an understanding and appreciation of our environment, the relationship we have with it and how we must look after it. Mathematical Skills: and an ability to apply mathematics in everyday life.

Health and Personal Development: and an understanding of the need for physical and emotional safety and well- being of self and others.

Technological Skills: and an understanding of the functions, purposes and impacts of technology in a changing world.