Bronze Part D:

Skills Share

This part has 3 stages. There are examples at the bottom of each stage showing how other young people have completed the work. You might find it helpful to look at these before starting.

You need to:

  • Share an art or design skill with someone else

  • Plan your skills share, and then review how your skill share went

Download our powerpoint template below to complete this section and use the step by step guidance below to help you.

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Need help with your worksheet or PowerPoint? This webpage is packed with tips, prompts, and examples to guide you through every step.

Stage 1: Think of a skill you have in art or design that you could share with somone

This doesn’t have to be anything complicated!

  • You might be really good at drawing manga characters.

  • You might know how to make a puppet.

  • You might know how to make badges

  • Or you might know a really good app which helps you create digital art.

Stage 2: Plan your skill share

Use the prompts below to help you answer each of the questions.

You could filll this in on the powerpoint or worksheet, or record your answers as an audio or video file if you prefer.

Tell us:

(D1). What is your skill share activity?

• What skill are you going to share?
• Explain clearly what you will show them how to do.
• You might also include some pictures of you doing this skill already.

(D2). Why have you chosen this activity?

Tell us why you picked this skill to share.

Is it something you enjoy, something you're good at, or something you want others to try?

(D3). Who are going to share your skill with?

Describe who will take part.

Will it be your friends, family, classmates, a club, or another group?

(D4). What will you need to think about to ensure your skill share happens smoothly?

• Do you need to practice?
• How will you show or example each step clearly?
• How much time will you need?

(D5). What do you want the people taking part to know or understand by the end of your skill share?

What is the main thing you want them to learn or be able to do? It could be something like:

• “I want people to know how to draw a manga style eye”
• “I want people to understand how to use watercolour paint”
• ”I want people to know how to fold and decorate a paper plane”

(D6). What will you do?

You could do a step by step plan of what you will do in your skill share session.

(D7). What practical things do you need to organise?

• Do you need any materials or equipment?
• Do you need a suitable space to work in?

(D8). How will you collect evidence of doing your arts skill share?

• Decide how you will show that you ran your session.
• You might ask someone to take photos or a video of you teaching,
• You might keep copies of what people made, or collect drawings or notes.

(D9). How will you know if your arts skill share has gone well?

• How will you know if people have enjoyed it?
• How will you know they learned your skill properly?
• Will you ask them any questions?
• Will you look at what they have made or produced?
• How do you think you will feel if it goes well?

• Will you ask people to mark you out of 10?
• Will you have a place where they can write what they thought of your session?

Here’s an example of how another young person completed this work

Now that you’ve done the planning, it’s time to share your skill!

(D10) Make sure you get photographs or other evidence of you delivering your skill share session.

Stage 3: Review your skill share

Use the prompts below to help you answer each of the questions.

You could filll this in on the powerpoint or worksheet, or record your answers as an audio or video file if you prefer.

(D10) Make sure you include your photographs or other evidence of you delivering your skill share session

Now tell us:

(D11) What skills you shared and how you did it:

  • What skill did you choose to teach?

  • Did you show people how to do something, give examples, or help them try it out for themselves?

  • Look back at your plan and your session and recap everything you did

(D12) How do you think it went?

  • What was your first feeling when it was finished - were you proud, excited, nervous, or surprised?

  • Did people seem to enjoy it or find it helpful?

(D13) List up to three things that went well

Try to pick out three positive things — for example:

  • People joined in

  • You explained things clearly

  • Your planning helped it run smoothly

  • You stayed calm and confident

(D14) List up to three things you would do differently next time: 

What could you change or improve for the future?
This could be:

  • Giving more time for questions

  • Making the instructions simpler

  • Using more examples or visual aids

  • Practising more before the session

(D15). What did the people taking part think?

  • Did anyone say anything helpful or kind?

  • Did they enjoy the activity?

  • Did they learn something new?

  • Try to include a few quotes or comments if you can.

Here’s an example of how another young person completed this work

  • Make sure you include photos of your skills share, like this young person!

Send us your work

When you think you’ve nearly finished this section please upload your powerpoint by pressing the button below. We can then give you feedback and if there is anything missing we will let you know what you need to finish.

Please make sure your name is on your work and also label it somewhere as Bronze Part D.

You will need to add the full name of the child and a valid email address when uploading.

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Make sure your upload includes:

  • An explanation of your arts skills share activity, why you chose it, and the plans you made

  • Evidence of the activity (photos etc)

  • Your review of your skill share

Finished everything in this section?

Go back to the Bronze Portal. Make sure you’ve also completed Parts A, B and C, and then complete the form to arrange moderation and certificates

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