Oxfordshire Careers Hub
Green Careers Week Resources
Green Careers Week 2024 takes place from 4th to 9th November. These ready to use resources featuring Oxfordshire businesses include films and lesson plans that you can use in the classroom.
The resources have been created in partnership with Oxfordshire Careers Hub by Lindsay Powell, Director and Founder at Elvee Skills Solutions and The Plastic Goldfish Company. Each film comes with an accompanying lesson plan and resources that include activities for older and younger students. Please share these resources with the relevant departments in your school.
Beard
Download the lesson plan and resources:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hAeImyGRafbQ0N690b9Daicrrj0eSmak
Activity: Bid writing
Younger students: Write a paragraph responding to a tender to say why Beard are the right construction company for that job
Older students: Exploration of the aspects of bid writing and how to open your bid in the more persuasive way
Video: Gavin Bonney and Sekai Mpedzisi, Quantity Surveyors (Sekai is a degree apprentice)
Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons
Download the lesson plan and resources:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wYv0syLyoi8UC655Lqt6wvAYWT4i80wr
Activity: Supply chains
Younger students: Consider your school lunch yesterday and the origins of the food that made up that meal.
Older students: Consider the variety of supply chains within a hotel / restaurant setting. How far back can you take a supply chain? How difficult is it to make a supply chain net-zero?
Video: Rhodri Williams, Facilities, Environmental and Sustainability Manager:
Oxford Bus Company
Download the lesson plan and resources:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aPTD-XaPL_X5GW_JMmZwhTZwFtv9Rzn6
Activity: Competition to redesign the bus charging zone
Open to all students: Schools select their 2 best entries and send to lindsay.powell@elveesolutions.com. Winning school will receive 10 trees to plant
Extension for older students: Consider the bus redesign needed and issues arising for an electric bus where the battery contributes significant weight
Video: Luke Marion, Managing Director:
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Download the lesson plan and resources:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OVtfZvElnNb8IDHODrb0jHK3zWEyrLUJ
Activity: Lower Emissions = Lower Admissions
Younger students: Design a logo to encourage people to think about sustainability within the NHS around the line Lower Emissions = Lower Admissions
Older students: Write a persuasive headline / article to encourage people to engage with the NHS mission to net zero
Video: Wendy Cheeseman, Head of Sustainability and Carbon Management:
Earth Trust
Download the lesson plan and resources:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hAeImyGRafbQ0N690b9Daicrrj0eSmak
Activity: Plan a project for collecting and analysing data on nature. Terry Hurley is a Trustee of Earth trust and gives an insight into the Earth Trust as well as how to develop your green skills through volunteering with organisations such as Earth Trust.
Video: Terry Hurley, Trustee:
Here’s what some of our careers colleagues have to say about the resources:
“The Green Careers Week materials are brilliant! They are designed so that anyone can deliver them and offer different activities and thinking points for all ages. We are looking forward to launching these resources to bring Green Careers Week to life.” Jessica Manns, Careers Lead, Greyfriars Catholic School
“The resources look amazing and will work well within the classroom, I look forward to implementing them.” Claire Christiansen, Careers Lead, Larkmead School
Other resources
Here are some links to other resources you might find useful:
Green Careers Week
The Green Careers Week website has some 2024 resources you can download, including posters, certificates and The Green Careers Download Magazine.
Speakers for Schools
www.speakersforschools.org/work-experience-opportunities
Speakers for Schools have a wide range of virtual work experience placements and insight days coming up this autumn, including sessions linked with Green Careers Week and Creative Careers Week to inspire students during these themed weeks.
Green Careers Hub
www.greencareershub.com/green-careers-week
The Green Careers Hub features job profiles, outlining tasks and skills that support the green agenda, video content, career journey stories of individuals in the workplace, current job opportunities that align to the green agenda and careers advice and support.
Amazing Apprenticeships
https://amazingapprenticeships.com/green-careers-week
Amazing Apprenticeships have a range of resources to support Green Careers Week, including a green apprenticeships film, sustainability quiz and top tips for finding a green apprenticeship.
WorldSkills UK
www.worldskillsuk.org/careers-advice/upcoming-events/green-careers-week-2024
As the official technical education partners of Green Careers Week 2024, WorldSkills UK are hosting free interactive online events for students from KS3 to KS5. This includes a green technology and engineering event with British Airways.
Farming Virtual Work Experience
This on-demand Springpod programme is for students aged 13+ and includes an introduction to the sustainable food production process, a deep dive into animal welfare and environmental management and the opportunity to explore a range of rewarding careers in farming.
Oxfordshire Careers Hub
Oxfordshire Careers Hub, which is delivered in partnership by OxLEP and The Careers & Enterprise Company, can support your school or college to deliver high quality, meaningful careers education for your students based on the Gatsby Benchmarks.
