For KS1, LKS2 and UKS2 The University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust offers free, interactive workshops for primary school students that introduce them to a wide range of … Continue reading UHMBT Careers & Apprenticeships – Primary School Offer

Curriculum links: Science, PSHE Location: Virtual Suitable for: Y5/6 but could be all of KS2 Time: 45 minutes   From Engineers to Marketing and Project Management to Nuclear Safety – … Continue reading NEW | Meet the Employees Virtual Sessions : Orano

The RHS offer free online courses that will help you to understand the key benefits of gardening in your school and give you the skills to get growing.   Course … Continue reading School gardening teacher training courses

The RHS offer free gardening resources for primary school teachers. Resources include  Growing crops with hydroponics: Learn how tender vegetables are produced commercially using hydroponics instead of conventional soil growing … Continue reading RHS | School Gardening Resources

Fun Games Days Curriculum Links: Maths, Literacy, PSHE, Location: Face to Face at school Suitable For: FS, Y1/2/3/4/5/6, full classes Time Required: A class session, Morning or Afternoon   Transform … Continue reading Imagination Gaming | Fun Games Days

Computing: Coding Ninjas Curriculum Links: Coding, Maths, PSHE, Problem Solving Location: Face to Face at school Suitable For: Y5/6, full classes Time Required: Morning or Afternoon   Unleash the Coding … Continue reading Imagination Gaming | Coding Ninjas

Maths: Solution Squads Curriculum Links: Maths, PSHE, Problem Solving Location: Face to Face at school Suitable For: Y2/3/4/5/6, full classes Time Required: Choose a Morning or Afternoon Session Unlock the … Continue reading Imagination Gaming | Solution Squads

Literacy: Story Cubes Diaries Curriculum Links: PSHE, English, Creative Writing Location: Face to Face at school Suitable For: Y4/5/6, full classes Time Required: Choose a Morning or Afternoon Session   … Continue reading Imagination Gaming | Story Cubes Diaries

Curriculum Links: PSHE, Maths, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking Location: Face to face @ school Suitable for: Y4/5, full classes Discover the World of Business! Our Mad Scientists Workshop; - pupils … Continue reading Imagination Gaming | Mad Scientists Workshop

‘Journey into the Lakes’ promotes high standards of language and literacy by combining a series of tasks that encourage the use of reading and spoken language to ensure team success, all while developing students’ love of literature through reading for enjoyment. Students will be taken through a series of fun interactive tasks that require listening, speaking and teamwork skills.

Curriculum Links: PSHE (Sea, river, water safety) Location: School & Station Visits Suitable for: All ages Time required: 1-1.5 hours Independent Lifeboat, Flood, Swiftwater, Search & Rescue, and Drone Rescue. … Continue reading Maryport Rescue

Cumbria Traders PPT Cumbria Traders Toolkit Instruction film for Cumbria Traders workshop Feedback templates  Resources to print for the session

Science and nature workshops Sessions focused on Habitats and Living Things  View a selection of workshops ranging from Woodland Wonders to Wildlife Safaris here 

Activity Description Duration F2F or virtual Age group Business Breakfast Bites A short Q&A session where a volunteer share information about their job and the children ask questions about it … Continue reading Career Talks Toolkits

Environmentally Sustainable Practice Are you passionate about teaching children about caring for the world that they live in? Perhaps you are looking at how you can involve the children in … Continue reading Cumbria Action for Sustainability: Sustainability Workshops

Suitable for: Early Years Foundation Stage (Nursery and Reception), Key Stage 1 (Years 1-2) and Key Stage 2 (Years 3-6): Location: Ennerdale Valley, Lake District National Park Low Gillerthwaite Field … Continue reading Low Gillerthwaite Field Centre Workshops & Residentials

As Cumbria’s largest independent animal welfare charity, Oak Tree Animals’ Charity are the leading provider of education and community support regarding pets in the local area. They offer workshops to primary schools on responsible pet ownership and safety around dogs, available at a time to suit you.

Scott Findlay is the creative founder of The Ambitious Plonker Book Club, which is the foundations to what will be a series of books for both children and adults to read and take inspiration from. Not only is he a children’s author, but he is also on a journey to reach out, and inspire as many people as possible to live their best life, hence the statement, becoming an ambitious plonker. So, what is an ambitious plonker?

Run by Kaefer, students learn how to recognise individual strengths and personalities. Students, employers and the teachers will take a personality test to find which of 6 animals they are, each animal has 5 personality traits and suggested careers. This shows how we can use our strengths and personalities effectively in school or in the workplace and how we interact with those around us. This event can be combined with the Kaefer Careers Aspirations session.

Helen Haraldsen is a children’s author, English teacher at Keswick School and former school librarian. Her mission in life is to inspire young people to love reading and writing so that they have the literacy skills they need to access life’s opportunities: being Lit Fit for Life!
Helen offers in-person or virtual author visits.

Curriculum Links: PSHE: Being me in my world and hopes and dreams – Living in the wider world – Health & wellbeing Suitable for: EYFS, KS1 KS2 (nursey to year … Continue reading Scott Findlay – Cumbrian Children’s Author – The Ambitious Plonker Book Club (Resource)

This set of six lesson plans is based on one of Roald Dahl’s best-known books, Matilda. 

Your pupils will have front row seats to watch Erin’s lambing diaries, help her with rounding up the sheep and witness a live shearing!

Moodboosters have teamed up with BBC Children in Need and children’s mental health charity stormbreak, to develop a series of fun, simple and interactive classroom activities to get your class moving for mental health and wellbeing.

These energetic, movement-based classroom activities focus on promoting self-confidence in pupils by encouraging them to use movement and positive thinking to build self-esteem.

Range of resources and videos for EYFS, KS1 and KS2.

Apps for Good provide free courses for teachers to use in their classroom.

Free resources for Science from Whizzpopbang

This collection of resources from BAE Systems contains a series of worksheets for use in the classroom.

RSPCA – The education team is aiming to provide teachers, parents and carers with engaging activities that will get young people thinking and debating animal issues whilst incorporating subjects such … Continue reading RSPCA

Sustainable Learning connects teachers with free learning resources and expert knowledge to inspire children about sustainability through National Curriculum learning.

The home of our ‘STEM by Stealth’ educational approach to bringing engineering and engineers into primary classrooms and curricula.

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has an outreach programme.

The Jaguar Primary School Challenge is a STEM competition, open to students aged 6-11 years in teams of between 3 and 6 students.

Explorify provides free, high-quality science teaching resources aimed at Primary Schools.

Our award-winning FREE-OF-CHARGE programme was established to reduce and prevent the needless accidents and deaths of young people on the roads.

Public Health Nurse Practitioners are specialist nurses based within each locality and are available to work with your school to identify and address health and wellbeing needs through a school review and bespoke delivery plan at no cost to your school.

The Premier League Primary Stars programme uses the appeal of the football Premier League to inspire children to learn, be active and develop important life skills.

Lifesavers is a financial education programme for primary schools, helping children manage money wisely now and in the future.

Volunteers from Business Toolbox Cumbria, Mott MacDonald, Red Pike Education and Sellafield Ltd have developed workshops that take children on a journey which started 200 years ago with the birth of Florence to the current day with the building of the new Nightingale Hospitals used to help with the Coronavirus outbreak.

Fun, local story walks for children and the young at heart

John is a local chef who can offer cooking, food demonstrations and workshops for your pupils.

Rolls-Royce have created a range of free resources ranging from colouring in sheets to online games, worksheets, and engaging videos.

Fun and interactive morning or afternoon sessions for Year 5 and 6 pupils to broaden and raise their career aspirations.

Lakes College want to involve their level 2 and 3 students in industry projects involving designing activities/workshops for topic support in their local primary schools.

Oak Tree Animals’ Charity offer workshops to primary schools on responsible pet ownership and safety around dogs, available at a time to suit you.

They are keen to support Primary schools with, for example, raising awareness of autism, relationships, respecting differences between people, mental health.

A range of different workshops available to minimise the risk to children due to fire, water, ice and fireworks.

a whole-school approach to healthy lifestyles and engaging with pupils and their families to promote tangible health behaviour changes.

A session with year 6 children based round a monopoly board talking about profit, loss and accounting.

Age UK West Cumbria has developed FREE lesson plans to promote health and well-being.

Bridges are something that engineers working for Kier build a lot of. The aim will be to work in teams to build a bridge using a range of materials.

Get your pupils excited about maths in a fun and interactive workshop.

Make bread with the team from PhunkyFoods to help with weights and measures.

An opportunity for your pupils to question volunteers from different sectors and find out about what’s involved to do that job.

An opportunity for your pupils to question volunteers from different sectors and find out about what’s involved to do that job.