Skip to main

Meta Skills Land

Developed with the support of practitioners, and their learners, across Scotland, Meta Skills Land was created as a resource that could be used within a play-based context to support deeper learning about the concept of meta-skills, whilst offering opportunities to practice those skills

Guidance paper 

This guidance paper provides more detail about the development of Meta Skills Land, the twelve characters and the suite of current resources.

Posters 

This collection of Meta Skills Land character posters is intended to increase the visibility of meta-skills within the learning environment.  Practitioners are encouraged to use the posters as a tool to support discussion and reflection on meta-skills development with their learners. 

Poems 

Introduce your learners to Meta Skills Land and the themes of self-management, social intelligence and innovation using this collection of poems. 

Flash cards 

This set of flash cards has been developed to further support learners with their understanding of meta-skills.  An editable template is provided should you wish to develop your own descriptions.

Character dice 

Character dice are an engaging and effective resource to help your class when developing their storytelling skills.

Finger puppets 

Finger puppets can bring stories to life and have the potential to support development of all meta-skills.

Meta Skills Land character icons 

This PowerPoint slide contains images of all the 12 Meta Skills Land characters.  Practitioners can use these to create and develop their own resources that support the embedding of meta-skills across the curriculum.  

Colouring sheets 

This collection of colouring sheets can be used to support the introduction of Meta Skills Land characters with learners. 

Contact the Education Team

Contact the Education team to discuss your requirements and how we can support you in your ambitions around career education.

Opens in a new window Get in touch

Sign up to our newsletter

Our newsletter provides regular updates to teachers and practitioners across Scotland.