You can access a wide range of resources to help plan activities with volunteer role models. These are available in your Primary Futures account as soon as you sign up, and include:
- Plug + Play videos so you can bring volunteer role models into the classroom at any time
- ‘How to Guide’ to running different activities including the fun ‘What’s my line?‘ game
- A guide to using your account, also available through our live training
- Guides to embedding volunteer role models into your curriculum
- How to run a virtual interactive activity
Plug + Play Videos
Designed to be fun and interactive, our Plug + Play videos are an engaging way to introduce new job roles to children.
Each video has a theme and includes two to four volunteers talking about their job. This can range from pilots to professional crafters.
You can use them as a standalone lesson using the teacher plan and worksheets provided, or split into smaller sections to intersperse with other learning. The different theme of each video makes them ideal to create cross-curriculum learning and introduce careers education.
EXAMPLE VIDEO
In the Uplifting Futures – Tackling Gender Stereotypes KS2 video pupils meet the following people:
- Arborist/Tree Surgeon
- Early Years Educator
- Subsea Engineer, and
- Mental Health Nurse.
Children see how people work in diverse jobs, with a guessing game to challenge gender assumptions.
Why use it?
To help students question gender stereotypes and see that anyone can do any job.
As soon as you’re signed up to Primary Futures, you can access the videos, worksheets, and lesson plans on the home page of the platform.
Contact the Primary Futures team
We’re here to help – email us at enquiries@inspiringthefuture.org or call us on 0207 566 4880.