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Skills Builder Resources
The Skills Builder Hub provides a suite of tools for educators to build essential skills in the classroom, including learning activities, classroom resources and assessment tools. 
Skills Builder Partnership
Linking literacy to career-related learning

Resources support schools in developing their literacy and career-related learning provision.

 

National Literacy Trust
Video
MYPATH Primary LKS2 Resources

Engage your students with fun, curriculum-linked videos, interactive activities, and inspiring assemblies that connect learning to real-world careers. From guessing jobs to developing essential skills, spark curiosity and purpose in every classroom!

Lesson Materials
A Health and Care Careers Programme for Primary Schools

An engaging and immersive opportunity awaits Reception (FS2) and Key Stage 1 pupils to explore careers in Health and Care. The vibrant and visual resources will transform your classroom into a virtual hospital. Through class activities, role play, junk modelling, and song, you will engage parents and enhance pupils’ understanding of the topic. This project introduces over 20 different job roles and offers guidance for arranging an inspiring visit from a professional in the field.

 

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Career Explorers

A set of five lesson plans for key stage 1 and key stage 2, with accompanying teacher guidance and evidence review, exploring different careers and career pathways, produced by the PSHE Association with funding from The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) as part of their Start Small; Dream Big Primary Pilot.

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Tech We Can Animations

Short animations covering a range of technology topics to inspire primary school children about technology and the people working in tech roles.

 

Tech She Can
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Barclays LifeSkills

Access free online interactive resources, ready-made lessons as part of the Barclays LifeSkills suite of career and money related learning activities, to help raise pupils’ aspirations and develop the skills needed for their future.

Barclays LifeSkills
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Learning through a lens: careers in the curriculum

Health Education England have worked in partnership with the Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) and Forum Talent Potential to fund and support a project which provides real life context to learning.

NHS Health Careers
KS2
Engineering for Families

Developed by NUSTEM, Engineering for Families is a six week afterschool activity for KS2 children and their parents and carers. 

Northumbria University Newcastle
KS2
Festive Special ‘What’s My Line?’ pre-recorded resource (KS2)

Raise children’s aspirations and broaden their horizons with a seasonal twist for the end of term with our 'What's My Line? Festive special' pre-recorded resource! Children are invited to meet a suite of volunteers who are working very hard to bring us festive magic, and use clues to guess their jobs.

Primary Futures
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