Learning Resources
Card Game - 72 Jobs Top Trumps Cards Game - Ages 7-14
- Raises awareness of the opportunities in life at an early age
- 72 jobs in job families or sectors
- Emphasis on emerging jobs related to developing technologies and sustainability
- Relates skills for learning to the capabilities needed at work
- Large Format cards with instructions for many different games and activities
- Ideal for visitors to school from different businesses to get them talking to children about the skills they need for their job.
- Includes blank templates for extension work and future-jobs
- Young people can lead this activity for adults who visit the school
£24.99 Per Pack. Discounts for orders over 5 packs
- Updated with 12 emerging jobs that help children think about the future of workwith the increase in artificial intelligence and a global warming
- Very positive feedback from volunteers from all sectors about the convesations the game facilitates with children about their jobs
- Very positive feedback from teachers about the use of the game with visitors to their classroom
- Discounts for bulk orders
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Explore My Future Wallchart and Stickers
Giant AO-sized wallcharts with set of 52 job stickers
Stickers Match the My Future My Choice Top Trump Cards.
The chart creates a framework for skills for learning and life.
Includes lesson plans and guidance notes for teachers and classroom visitors.
Works as an interactive aid for classroom visitors to to relate classroom learning to the world of work.
Can be used by the teacher and the class to monitor how well lessons are covering all the skills and capabilities needed for success.
Key Stage 2 and 3
£24.99 Per Poster - 3 pack option avaiable
- "We have put this poster in every Year 7 classroom, it causes the sort of real conversations we want to have between student and teacher and student and visitor " Business Relationship Coordinator Patchway Community College
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Explore, 'I Spy' Workbook and Stickers
33 Page activity packed workbook for use in and out of school
20 achievement stickers to collect from the class teacher
Comes with lesson plans and guidance notes
Templates for children to interview business volunteers and workplace quizzes for class visits
£3.99 Per book and £79.99 per class set of 30 books
- “It was the first time she had ever talked to us about her future and we talked lots about Secondary School” – Mother of 10 year old girl, North Bristol
Explore My Future Family Worksheets
Worksheets for a pupil led research project with their families
Fun take-home activity using communication skills
Includes lesson plans and guidance on how to engage parents and use their feedback to improve the school
Useful tool for schools self evaluation of their local community
£30.00 Per set of 30
- Trial schools in North Bristol reported 100% returns including returns from the hardest to reach families
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My Future My Choice Guidance Folder
How to run your a raising aspiration programme with business partners
Exploring ways of gaining support from local business and employers to aid transition between phases of education
Based on the work completed in the Key Stage 2 Path Finder Project and the Key Stage 3 to 4 Vision My Future Programme.
Information for school leaders and classroom teachers
Includes all the teaching resources from the My Future progarmmes to build a school INSET day for KS2 and KS3 settings
£24.99 Per folder
- “We used My Future My Choice as part of our focus
on raising aspirations. Our SAT scores went up by about 20%. 81% for Literacy
and 86% for maths with level 4 or above.” Year 6
Teacher, Bankleaze Primary, Bristol part of the Key Stage Two Path Finder Programme
- "My Future My Choice is a great organisation. I worked with them and it inspired me to lead an 'Aspirations-Project at my School" Gemma Jackson, Principal of Minerva Academy
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Fast Forward - Three Part Adventure Movie
A Sci-Fi adventure.What difference would it make if you got a glimpse of the future on your mobile phone?
Five 13 year olds with very different backgrounds are caught up in this adventure and have to accept that actions they take now will impact on their future
Comes with lesson plans that feed off decisions and activities related to the adventures of the film's diverse characters
- Visioning
- Goal Setting
- Self Belief
Key Stage 3 PHSE /Careers/ Drama/ English
For young people with choices to make about life and school before they start their GCSE years
£44.99 For DVD, School Site Licence and CD
Whole School Site Licence - unlimited broadcasting
DVD
CD with lesson plans and teachers notes
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Construction Kits
Steve Smith Aviation 3D Timeline - contains 2m Timeline, Four Models to make and Four Colourful A3 Posters
Two metre long Timeline that shows key moments from 1803 (Cayley Glider ) to 2050 (Virgin Galactic). The four card models are all about 30cm in length and mark key points in the history of aviation from 1900 to 1960s
1. Bristol Scout - bi plane
2. Spitfire
3. English Electric Lightening
4. Concorde
Four A3 posters- Each model has an A3 poster with all the essential information about the aircraft. To build the models the maker must use construction techniques used in the assembling of a real aircraft. All instructions and magic paper tape included. (no glue included )
Two packs will create an activity for a class of 30 working in teams - combined with the gliders from the Steve Smith Aircraft Factory this is a great fun science and humanities project
£24.99 per pack
Steve Smith Aircraft Factory - 20 Quick Build Gliders
Simple construction kit using different weights of card, plastacine and thin sticks to create a glider that can be trimmed to fly straight and flat or perform circles or loop the loop
Comes with instructions to illustrate lift and thrust and an activity plan for setting up a competition with a series of flight tests that engage participants in identifying defect and engineering improvement
Fun and learning for all ages from 7 years upwards. Designed for Key Stage 2 and 3 but has been used by A Level Physics groups and University Engineering Courses
£25.99 20 Glider pack £20.99 10 Glider Pack
Large Cardboard Boat Kit - Tudor Vessel
Tudor Vessel
This is a fully functioning model of John Cabot's ship The Matthew that sailed to Newfoundland in 1497. This Tudor vessel comes with support materials for history and science learning about the Tudor period, sailing and exploration
The kit comprises of card parts, tape, string and full instructions to build a metre long sailing boat.
There are easy to follow instructions for ballasting, waterproofing and sailing
Help children launch their future by sharing their aspirations through decorating the boat before staging a fun boat race
Ages 7 upwards
£28.50 Per boat kit
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Large Cardboard Boat Kit - Pilot Cutter
Pilot Cutter
A functioning model of the Bristol Pilot Cutter, a fast sailing yacht. The kit comes with support materials for history and science learning about sailing and trade
The kit comprises of card parts, tape, string and full instructions to build a metre long yacht.
There are easy to follow instructions for ballasting, waterproofing and sailing
Help children launch their future by sharing their aspirations through decorating the boat before staging a fun boat race
Ages 7 upwards
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£24.99 Per boat kit - multi packs available
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Small Boat Kit - Catamaran on Wheels
All parts are included for a land-yacht race
There are two single hull yachts in each pack
Each boat sails on cotton reels on dowel axels (supplied) when placed in a breeze from a fan, 'Dyson Air Multiplier' or a natural breeze
Children quickly realise the advantages of two hulls for speed and balance, joining two yachts together to go faster as a catamaran
Experiments with a variety of sail sizes and methods to balance to improve the speed of the boat
Comes with lesson ideas for exploring transport and trade as well as illustrating why cooperation and team work are needed for success
Four children can work with one pack and they will realise the importance of team work and collaboration by joining forces to build the catamaran
Ages 5 to 8
£6.50 For two boats/one catamaran multi packs available
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The GG2Hydraulic Arm
Push fit parts for teams to build and operating a robotic arm
All parts and full instructions supplied
Learning resources and lesson plans for explaining how gears, hydraulics, pneumatics and pulleys work to give mechanical advantage
Lesson plans for running competitions that reveal how team-working skills can be improved
Key Stage 3 and 4Enjoyed by families and mixed age groups
£29.99 Per Crane
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Quick-Build No-Glue Stunt-Plane
Explains the principles of flight without the need for any glue. Wing and fuselage clip together to create an airfoil cross-section. Comes with plasticine and gummed tape to achieve correct balance. The construction allows for a variety of trim so that the aircraft can fly straight, loop the loop or bank and return to the launcher. Users can cut into the design, copy parts and build a variety of their own designs using this simple construction as a starting point. Suits ages from 8 upwards. Similar models used in aerodynamics lecturers to recruits at NASA.
See Aviation on Line Challenge
£20.99 for 10 Planes £5 for 2 planes
SS Great Britain - Celebrating 50 years since her return to dry dock in Bristol
A metre long model of the SS Great Britain. Made from robust corrugated board and gummed paper tapes the model can be decorated and waterproofed ready for a sailing.
No glue is needed. Age 8 upwards.
The sailing event to celebrate this iconic ship would have normally been part of the Bristol Harbour Festival in July 2020. Due to Covid19 we are waiting until it is safe to do this. Hopefully in September /October.
Joining in with the mass sailing event is not essential. The kit comes with full instructions for waterproofing, ballasting and sailing. If you build the ship we will keep you posted.
Please send us pictures of your decorated ship so we can display a fleet of SS Great Britains on our website to celebrate 50th anniversary of her return to Bristol to become one of the top heritage sites in the UK.
£20.00 For one kit £35 for two
Ancient Small Boat
Fun to build and a great way to explore boat building. These kits represent the earliest boat building techniques of the bronze age (Feriby Bronze Age Boat). They also model the traditional boats of the Somerset Levels called Somerset Flatners. The kits help children understand construction techniques as well as appreciate how design-technology is influenced by available materials as well as the need and purpose. The kits come with instructions and fact sheets that explain and link boat building techniques related to this kit from around the world. All materials supplied and no glues needed. 100% Biodegradable just like the original boats.
£5.00 for 2 boats. £15 for pack of 10 boats
Primary School Workshops
Learning Ships - Young Shipwrights
Working with a shipwright and volunteers from industry to build functioning sail boats from cardboard.
Young people interview business volunteers, building boats in small teams with an Ambassador from business or industry
They can go on to and stage their own regatta to "launch their future" or join in with a city wide boat race
Suits Key Stage 2 to 3 transition
Uses the My Future My Choice cards to introduce skills for life and work and the range of jobs and lifestyles available in the future
Works with local businesses and local employees
In Bristol and other maritime cities the workshops are held at a suitable waterside venue with trips to explore the maritime heritage.
£300.00 For 30 children making 6 boats Price assumes we have a sponsor for your school. Full costs are £1050 without a sponsor
For Schools
- If you express an interest and set a provisional date(s) we will
- Locate business sponsors to reduce the costs for schools
- Recruit 6 volunteers to work alongside the children in teams of 5
- Research the industrial heritage and future jobs in the wider region around your school for use in the workshop
- We reduce the price considerably for larger groups and repeat sessions
- Sailing events may require additional costs See Children's regatta Stockton
For Business
- It costs £650 to sponsor a workshop for 30 children and £1050 to sponsor workshops for 60 children
- This is a tried and tested CSR activity for many of our core business supporters see this link if you would like to support a school with sponsorship and volunteers
- Please contact us to make an enquiry
Explore Programme
Workshops with teams of business and industry volunteers working with small groups of children using the Explore Resources
Options of -
Tours of a four different industry sectors
Pupil produced drama about aspirations and skills
School builds lasting partnerships with local businesses and engages parents in exploring children's futures
£350.00 Per day
Costs relate to planning, recruitment of volunteers as well as facilitation of day workshops
Programmes tailored to suit
Fantastic Flight - Gliders that convert to Radio Control Powered Flight
Pupils work one to four with real engineers to build and test fly gliders.
Trimming gliders through a process of testing, analysing and engineering improvements to improve level straight flight
Re trimming to perform stunts, flying in a circle and looping the loop
Gliders that survive the testing can be converted for Radio Controlled Powered Flight
Stage your own Air Show for parents, friends and family.
See schools aviation days
£250.00 Per 30 Children
Up to 90 students a day
Reduced pricing for repeat sessions
Prices are based on availability of business sponsorship
Rolls-Royce sponsor workshop in Bristol area
Bristol Airport sponsor workshops in North Somerset around the airport
Business support is available across the UK but alllow sufficient lead in time (3 months)
Please contact us to make an enquiry
Lifting Aspirations - Crane workshops
Pupils work with an engineer in a small team to build a robotic arm using card, tubing, syringes and paper fasteners
Pupils take part in a range of interactive demonstrations exploring lifting and access technology, robotics and mechanical advantage. These are provided by industry partners, universities and in Bristol museums with historic working cranes.
£250.00 Per 30 Children
Prices are based on availability of business sponsorship, full price is £1050
Reduced pricing for repeat sessions
Liebherr sponsor free workshops for schools at Vertikal Days trade fair at Silverstone Race Curcuit
Sponsors support events in Bristol using historic dockland cranes
Talking Heads
Pupils work with a volunteer to research characters in portraits and then create the character as a life size puppet
Process can be applied to historical or fictional figures
Pupils then bring the puppet to life with short compelling performances
Pre learning materials and planning with the help of our Education Director
£650.00 Per 30 Pupils
Reduced pricing for repeat sessions
Sponsors are sometimes available and your expressions of interest help us secure their support
Secondary School Workshops
Aviation Days - Designing Building and Flying Unique Radio Control Aeroplanes
Students work one to four with real engineers (STEM Ambassadors) to design, build and test unique radio control aircraft
Students will first build gliders which they trim through a process of testing, analysing and engineering improvements to improve level straight flightthe final test is to re-trim to flying in a circle and loop the loop
They then vision their unique aircraft and its function, produce technical drawings to scale before building and flying them
There is the option for the day to end with students staging an Air-Show for parents, friends and family in which the planes compete and fly in formation
£500.00 Depending on business sponsorship. For 30 students
Up to 60 students can be accommodated
Reduced pricing for repeat sessions
Prices are based on availability of business sponsorshipthe full cost is c.£2000
Rolls-Royce sponsor workshop in Bristol area
Bristol Airport sponsor workshops in North Somerset around Bristol airport
Other engineering businesses supply funding and sponsorship
Lifting Aspirations Accessing Engineering - Crane workshops
Students work with an engineer in a small team to build a robotic arm using card, tubing, syringes and paper fasteners
Students take part in a range of interactive demonstrations exploring lifting and access technology, robotics and mechanical advantage. These are provided by industry partners, universities and in Bristol museums with historic working cranes.
Students present to a panel of experts from industry their ideas for engineering improvements to the crane they have made and their vision for innovations in the industry
£350.00
Prices are based on availability of business sponsorship full price is £1050
Reduced pricing for repeat sessions
Liebherr sponsor free workshops for schools at Vertikal Days trade fair at Silverstone Race Curcuit
Build My Future
Students work one to six with a business volunteer as their team's mentor
They work through a series of different challenges exploring why a balance in elements of life are important for achieving success and happiness
The game produces a character which students bring to life as a life size adlut puppet that enters the room to deliver the projects key messages
Students finally reflect on the key messages and attempt to apply them to their own lives and define action steps that they can take to help them achieve in the future
£350.00 Per day for 60 students
Costs do not cover preparation which includes recruitment of volunteers or costs of the consumables puppet parts
The Build My Future game is available to purchase along with 'Train the Trainer' package for businesses and schools to run the programme independently
This workshop is usually funded by businesses looking for a partnership with a school and annual CSR activity for their staff
Business volunteers require 2.5hrs training
Vision My Future
A coaching programme with business volunteers
Uses three episodes of the 'Fast Forward' adventure series to explore
- Goal Setting
- Visioning
- Self belief
The process can be extended through a business partnership to
- Mentoring programmes
- Design My Break -action planning process led by students mentored by business partners to improve an aspect of breaktimes at school
£350.00 Per day for 60 students
Costs do not cover preparation which includes recruitment of volunteers
This workshop is usually funded by businesses looking for a partnership with a school and annual CSR activity for their staff
Business volunteers require 2.5hrs training
To make an enquiry please contact us