Activities
The High Performance Podcast enables access to a wide range of entrepreneurs, athletes, visionaries and leaders from across the world.
This set of resources are designed to challenge, prompt and inspire your students. All of it is FREE with only one request. If you find it useful please pass it on to a colleague or fellow educator. You can also share your thoughts and feedback by using the hashtag #HighPerformancePodcast.
The 10X Challenge, from Young Enterprise, is a free national enterprise programme providing young people aged 11-19 with a highly interactive way to develop employability skills, apply academic learning and build career readiness, using real money and business experience.
Download our Careers Week assembly for KS3/4, over 18 thousand downloads last year! PDF and PowerPoint versions are included in this download.
Check out this free pack of 4 amazing lessons from Ivy House. If you want to access all the associated resources you’ll need, register on the Future Leaders Project website.
CareerSense is aimed at improving employability prospects for the future workforce. It’s completely free and designed to support teachers with careers education. Inspiring future generations to develop their skills, experience and career opportunities is our aim.
Download these useful worksheets to use as discussion starters on: leadership, attendance, punctuality & co-operation. Now modified so you can type straight in!
Who Can I help? is a discussion and drawing activity for your learners in KS2 to help explore the key skills people in the real world need every day
Careers Cafes are an opportunity for young people to speak to adults who are not teachers, who work in local companies. This is a great way to help give young people an insight into working life and different careers in your local area. Use this handy set of resources to help get your Careers Café project started
Help engage your students with key employability messages regarding the importance of punctuality, attendance, behaviour and target setting. This booklet is ideal to use during tutor time over the course of the year to ensure students focus on forming good habits that will serve them well in the future.
A quick & easy activity to get kids of all ages to start talking about what they’ve got to offer besides exam results.
The dice games are a set of three simple resources you can use to get students thinking about their own skills, and their future careers. Really quick and easy to use.
A useful evaluation sheet that can be used to review the quality and usefulness of employer engagements during Careers Week
Download and print these frames to fill in to show the world your aspirations. Tweet a photo and tag #NCW2023 for a retweet!
Our sponsors have created for us some great crosswords with loads of keywords relating to their industry sector to share with pupils. Clues are provided to make it a real learning experience and each is provided with a word bank to support younger students.
Our sponsors have created for us some great word searches with loads of keywords relating to their industry sector to share with pupils.
The Skills Suitcase is a great individual or paired activity to help students recognise key skills they may not realise the importance of. Can be used in conjunction with the Student Profile. Quick to prepare for and easy to deliver to groups of all sizes.
Facilitate some great discussions at home or school about careers with our, “Home school careers conversations” resources now available for download.
This is your big chance for your students to get involved in National Careers Week and work together to create something special. The Job Journey App Challenge, designed for students in Key Stage 2-4, allows groups of students to exhibit their creativity and design skills
High performance is delighted to partner with National Careers Week for #NCW2022. Get all their superb resources for FREE here.
We inspire young people, whatever their background, to choose high-quality apprenticeships and technical education as prestigious career routes. Check out this amazing student focused advice site, with over 40 industries to choose from.
Skills competitions provide employers, colleges and independent training providers with a proven method of upskilling and developing young people from all backgrounds and abilities.
We’re updating the assemblies for this year, but the old ones still work great for in class activities. You can use them alongside the ‘”Future Of Work Guide” for older students.
We’re updating the assemblies for this year, but the old ones still work great for in class activities. You can use them alongside the ‘”Future Of Work Guide” booklet for older students.
We’re updating the assemblies for this year, but the old ones still work great for in class activities. You can use them alongside the ‘”Who Am I” activity for younger students.
Think Logistics works to make the logistics, transport and supply chain profession an attractive career of choice. Check out some great video resources they have just published, and get signed up for their free webinar.
Career Leaders and other school staff can gain virtual access to an amazing range of thousands of diverse volunteers without being limited by geography, to inspire Y7 – Y13 students about subject options, post-16 options and pathways to their dream job. With live virtual sessions or pre-recorded sessions, we can support you to maximise volunteer encounters to meet Gatsby Benchmarks 4-7.
We’ve decided to do something to link what we do in delivering the biggest celebration of careers in the UK, with World Book Day for primary pupils.
Skills Builder Benchmark is an online self-assessment tool where you can discover your essential skills strengths and areas for improvement. It is a useful, reflective tool for anyone who would like to learn more about themselves and be able to talk confidently about their skillset.
Lots of easy to pick up short lessons covering loads of topics covering body language, handling disagreements, motivation and more.
Amazing ready to deliver workshops covering lots of key skills including problem solving, teamwork, leadership and more.
Check out the superb range of assembly resources covering key skills. Ready to go in a flash.
Explore a range of engaging resources, which includes; assemblies, stand-alone lessons and complete schemes of work.
Explore the hundreds of different careers with the British Horseracing Authority.
There are plenty of exciting careers in the maritime sector to choose from – both on and offshore. Find out more here
Make a difference with a career in health. Get all the information you need to take the next step in your career. Explore the roles available and find your career.
Here you will find some of the very best careers videos from around the UK to share with your students. Each month new films will be added to our channel, so keep an eye on it.
IMI Autocity is the one-stop-shop for impartial careers information and advice on careers in the Retail Motor Industry. Whether you are an individual looking to start or progress your career, or a teacher or careers advisor who supports others in making their career choices, Autocity is the place to start.
Listen to six professionals working in non-stereotypical roles and industries which rely on computing skills to show how essential it is to have a foundational knowledge of the subject.