Working Life
The activities in this theme explore the sights, sounds and smells of workplaces. You will hear people talking about the best of jobs and the worst of jobs that they had.
The sound clips may provide a trigger to talk about workdays, work places, bosses, colleagues and mates. They may lead to conversations about what people enjoyed doing and what meaningful activities they enjoy now.
1 hour group session
A tried and tested session plan to use with the accompanying PowerPoint presentation. Includes activity ideas, talking points and suggested music.
Duration: 1 Hour
Session plan:
A PDF activity sheet with instructions for use alongside the PowerPoint presentation.
Download 1 Hour group session Working life (155 KB)
PowerPoint presentation:
Contains embedded sound recordings, photos and song words.
Soundcast – All in a day’s work
A short recording which can be paused to discuss the stories. 3 photos support the reminiscence.
Duration: 10 Minutes
Activity Information
A PDF activity sheet with instructions on how to use the soundcast and photos.
Download Soundcast All in a day's work activity sheet (120 KB)
Photos
Printable photos PDF
Take a listen
All in a days work
The Whiff of Work
A smell and sound matching game based on people’s jobs.
Duration: 20 Minutes
Activity Information
A PDF activity sheet with instructions on how to play the game using the sound clips and photos.
Download The Whiff of Work Activity Information (165 KB)
Photos
Printable photos PDF
Take a listen
Simply Sounds of a weaver at work
Listen to 2 minutes of sound recording which has no words. Reflect on how the sounds make you feel and what they remind you of.
Duration: 5 Minutes
Activity Information
A PDF activity sheet with instructions for use alongside the PowerPoint presentation.
Download Working Life Simply Sounds of a weaver at work activity sheet (86 KB)
PowerPoint presentation:
Contains 2 minutes of sound and 3 photos
Take a listen
A weaver at work
Download the pack forSimply Sounds of a weaver at work (8 MB)
Working Life Bingo
Listen to people talking about their working lives in a game of Sound Bingo.
Duration: 30 Minutes
PDF activity sheet
A PDF activity sheet with instructions on how to play bingo using the sound clips and bingo cards.
Download Working Life Bingo activity information (113 KB)
Bingo cards
Printable bingo cards PDF