ActivityCatalogue

Workshops and Resources for

Secondary andPost 16 students

Creativity Innovation and EnterpriseHelping people of all ages realise their potential

Welcome to our latest Activity Catalogue listingthe resources and workshops that we offer

specifically for students in secondary and post 16activities.

We are updating our range of workshops andproducts continually to meet changing needs, so to keep fully up todate why not visit our website at www.createafuture.co.uk and

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All our workshops, seminars and programmes are delivered bytrained create a future staff who are fully insured and have acurrent Enhanced Clearance check from the Criminal Records

Bureau.

Many of our programmes offer a fun and practical experience foreach learner, supporting and enhancing the current curriculum in

the classroom.We have included a number of programmesspecifically designed to meet the challenges that secondary and

post 16 students face when presented with the real world of work.

We are happy to discuss the content of any of our activities andshould you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to

contact us.

A faxback order form is enclosed with this catalogue but you canalso contact us by visiting our website at

www.createafuture.co.ukor email us at: info@createafuture.co.uk

We look forward to working with you.

From Carole Gallant,Managing Director

The create a future Key Skills Programme has been developed tohelp students gain credit for independent work undertaken as partof their day to day studies, in after school activities, as home studywork or as part of local or national scheme. Students who pass gaina recognised national qualification.

Problem Solving in Science, Technology,Engineering, MathematicsThe programme is the UK’s only accreditation scheme developedspecifically for STEM project work. If your students are working onany STEM related project, it is highly likely that they will be able togain a Problem Solving Key Skill for that work.

The qualification has been used in classroom based work, STEMclubs, GCSE project work, Nuffield Science Bursaries, EngineeringEducation Scheme, Greenpower, CREST Awards, YoungEntrepreneurs and a range of localised schemes.

Problem Solving (General)For students that are undertaking general project work in a rangeof subjects. Contact us to discuss how your work can be accredited using this system.

Improving Own Learning and PerformanceThis qualification is used in support of personal learning and thinking skills developmentprogrammes and courses, enabling students to gain a qualification as they learn new skills andcompetencies. There are many ways that these qualifications can be applied; why not contact us tofind out whether your activity can meet the criteria?

Key Skills awards are moderated and awarded by OCR and operate at:

� Level 1: worth 18.8 points, equivalent to 15% of the threshold at level 1/GCSE D-G;� Level 2: worth 34.5 points, equivalent to 15% of the threshold at level 2/GCSE A*-C;� Level 3: worth 20 UCAS points and 63 qualification points (E grade at A/S level).

Target GroupKey Stage 3, 4 andPost 16

Skill Components� Solving Problems� Communication skills� Numeracy skills� Improve thinking and

learning skills� Personal Achievement� Entrepreneurship� Innovation� Creativity� Interpretation of data� Critical Thinking� Presentation Skills

Citizenship 2.1 & Science Ethics Every Child Matters ECM1, 2 3, 4 and 5

Design and Technology All key concepts and processes School Self Evaluation 1, 3, 4, 5

Mathematics All key concepts and processes Work Related Learning Yes

PHSE Economic Wellbeing Finance Capability Thinking Skills Creativity, evaluation, reasoning

Science All key concepts and processes Personal Development Yes

Wider Key Skills Problem Solving, Improving Performance Careers Education Yes

Curriculum Links

Key Skills

CREST (CREativity in Science and Technology) is a UK-wideScience, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) awardscheme from the British Science Association. Through CREST,young people aged 11-19 explore the real nature of STEM bydoing their own creative problem solving through miniprojects.

CREST awards are available at three levels:

Bronze10 hours of project workTypically completed by 11-14 year olds

Silver40 hours of project workTypically completed by 14-16 year olds

Gold100 hours of project workTypically completed by 16+ year olds

The levels are progressive but can be awarded separatelyat any stage.

Registration Forms are available on the create a futurewebsite.

On receipt of your order form, we will dispatch ProfileForms for students to complete. Once students havecompleted their projects, please call us to set up a date forassessment. Please note that we need to see the projectwork that supports the student profiles.

Citizenship 2.1 & Science Ethics Every Child Matters ECM1, 2 3, 4 and 5

Design and Technology All key concepts and processes School Self Evaluation 1, 3, 4, 5

Mathematics All key concepts and processes Work Related Learning Yes

PHSE EconomicWellbeing Finance Capability Thinking Skills Creativity, evaluation, reasoning

Science All key concepts and processes Personal Development Yes

Wider Key Skills Problem Solving, Improving Performance Careers Education Yes

Curriculum Links

CREST Awards

Target GroupKey Stage 3, 4 andPost 16

Skill Components� Personal Development

� Personal Achievement

� Entrepreneurship

� Innovation

� Creativity

� Interpretation

� Critical Thinking

Funded by the Nuffield Foundation, the scheme offers bursaryplacements to first year post-16 science, technology, engineeringand maths (STEM) students.

The purpose of the bursary is to enable student to get an insight intothe world of scientific research and development, including areasof technology, engineering and mathematics.

Students take part in STEM based projects, lasting a minimum offour weeks, in universities, industry or research institutions duringtheir summer holidays. Students may work alongside practisingscientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians.

Students are encouraged to find their own placements, developingideas for projects that interest them. Priority is given to studentswho already have a placement set up or who have firm ideas ofwhat they want to do.

The scheme is often over-subscribed, so we do ask potentialapplicants to think carefully about losing 4-6 weeks of theirsummer break. Students are expected to do a minimum of 4 weeksfull-time with their placement host.

This programme is supported by the Nuffield Foundation andcreate a future and is free to successful students.Students are encouraged to register for a GoldCREST award and a Level 3 Key Skill in ProblemSolving, both of which require registration fees.

Target GroupKey Stage Post 16

Skill Components� Personal Development� Personal Achievement� Entrepreneurship� Innovation� Creativity� Interpretation� Critical Thinking� Problem Solving� TeamWork� Personal Management

and Development� Careers

Nuffield Science Bursaries

CREST in a Day enables students to gain a CREST award at the Bronze level.

Students are given a problem or challenge to solve which requires them to practise a range ofscientific and technological problem solving skills. A record of the work is kept and used asevidence for the CREST process.

CREST certificates are awarded at the end of the day.

For schools, we have developed a range of challenges which fit the Bronze CREST criteria. Theseawards are different to normal CREST activities in that they do not have sufficient creativity inthem to be exhibited at a Big Bang Fair, otherwise they are the same as standard CREST.

The programme is charged at our normal workshop pricing plus the cost of the CREST registration.

Suitable for Key Stage 3 and Science Clubs.

Have you ever wanted to run your own American-style science fair but did not knowwhere to begin?Included in this pack are 30 workbooks that helpstudent progress and report on their scienceprojects. Also included are teacher notes and 17project starters.

This activity offers students a chance to workindependently on a science investigation in class,at home or in an extra-curricular club.

CREST in a Day

Science Fair

Citizenship 3a, c Every Child Matters ECM1, 2 3, 4 and 5

Design and Technology All key concepts and processes School Self Evaluation 1, 3, 4, 5

Mathematics All key concepts and processes Work Related Learning Yes

PHSE Economic Wellbeing Finance Capability Thinking Skills Creativity, evaluation, reasoning

Science All key concepts and processes Personal Development Yes

Wider Key Skills Improving Performance, Problem Solving Careers Education Yes

Curriculum Links

Workshops for Schools

The create a futureworkshops programme has been developedto engage learners in a range of personal, learning and thinkingskills. All of the workshops include exercises to develop practicalnumeracy and communication skills, problem solving andproject management. Our personal development programmesenable learners to find out more about themselves and others,develop teamwork, learning and personal skills.

We have listed each of the workshops individually, over the nextfew pages. For more details, please contact us via the usualmethods. The majority of the workshops provide evidence forLevel 1 Problem Solving and/or Improving Own Learning andPerformance. Please ask us for details.

The STEM related workshops lend themselves to CREST in a day.CREST (CREativity in Science and Technology) is supported by theBritish Science Association and celebrates its 25th year in 2011.Through CREST, young people aged 11-19 explore the real natureof STEM through creative problem solving via mini projects.

Target GroupKey Stage 3, 4, andPost 16

Skill Components� Personal Development� Personal Achievement� Entrepreneurship� Innovation� Creativity� Interpretation� Critical Thinking� Problem Solving� TeamWork� Personal Management

and Development� Careers� CREST in a Day

A one day problem-solving workshop investigating climate change and itseffects. Students research climate change and prepare a poster, build a windturbine, experiment with turbine blades, interpret weather data andinvestigate food miles.

Students can gain a CREST award through their participation in this activity.

Using research skills, role play and debate, students are able toexplore the moral and ethical background to the whole area ofSTEM Cell research. Students present their findings via a range ofmedia and participate in a vote on policy positions.A “conference” report is provided for the school after the event.Students that take part in this workshop are eligible for a CRESTBronze Communication Award.

Investigating possibly one of the most controversial issues to faceus as consumers, students research and explore the concerns ofvarious pressure groups. Through debate and presentation,students develop their own views which are then combined intoa post-event “conference” report.

Students that take part in this workshop are eligible for a CRESTBronze Communication Award.

Why in the age of computer simulations, do westill do animal experiments? Using researchskills, role play and debate, students are able toexplore the moral and ethical issues raised,develop and record their own views andcontribute to a “conference” report.

Students that take part in this workshop areeligible for a CREST Bronze CommunicationAward.

Climate Change

STEM Cell Research

GM Foods

Using Animals in Experiments

Students carry out research on the history, physicsand maths of flight in a one day experientialworkshop. All participants make a standard planeto understand how flight is possible. Students arethen required to develop their own designs for thepaper airplane that flies the furthest distance orfor the longest time.

Students can gain a CREST award or a Key SkillProblem Solving Level 1 through their participationin this activity.

This workshop examines a whole range of issues aroundtravel and moving freight around the world. Specific activities

include calculating food miles, comparing fuel efficiency, journey times and total costs and anopportunity to explore future travel potential. The day enables students to develop theircommunication and numeracy skills in the management and display of information about thesubject.

Students can gain a CREST communication award through their participation in this activity.

The young people in school today will be the leaders,graduates, innovators, scientists, engineers, citizens andentrepreneurs of the future.

As educators, we need to support our young people to developthe skills that they will need in an increasingly complex world.

This workshop can be delivered as a one day launch event thatcan start this process with your students or as a stand-aloneevent. Where students come up with ideas that can bedeveloped, we can discuss with you a programme of practicalsupport.

Students can gain a CREST award or a Key Skill ProblemSolving Level 1 through their participation in this activity.

Flight

Solutions— Find a Problem, Find a Solution

Around theWorld in 80Days—Travel in the Future

Based on the acclaimed Egg Race book, students working in teams are invited tosolve a range of practical “hands-on”problems. The purposes of the day are toencourage lateral and literal thinking skills and to develop confidence inproblem solving.

Students are introduced to GRASP as a method to manage the problem solvingprocess.

Students can gain a CREST award through their participation in this activity.

A series of structured practical activities, plusresearch carried out in advance by students, formsthe basis of this day long workshop.

Using methods employed in industry, students areable to measure their own energy footprint anddevelop plans to reduce, recycle and re-use.

Students can gain a CREST award through their participation in this activity.

Perfectly Possible ProblemSolving Challenge Day

MathsWorks—Practical Maths Day

The Energy Challenge

With problems that were designed by the LiverpoolMathematical Society, our MathsWorks day presentsstudents with puzzles and mathematical problemsdesigned to apply classroom learning to practicalsituations.

Students are invited to solve as many of the problemsthat they can in the time available to them.

Work undertaken on this day can provide excellentevidence to accredit numeracy capabilities.

Why don't you teach me in the way that I learn?� Gain insights into preferred learning styles and preferences.

� Find out the differences between learning style and (multiple)intelligence.

� Discover the impact that your environment has learning.

� Understand specific ways to learn more effectively.

Students work independently to discover how they prefer to learn most of the time. Armedwith this information, they then identify their best learning styles, interests and intelligences.As part of the day, students have to solve a problem that will require them to practise workingin their preferred styles.

This workshop is built around the internationally acclaimed CRG Learning Style Indicator.create a future is the only UK licensed deliverer of this programme which has worked withover 1,000,000 people across the world.

Why don't they learn in the way that I teach?Running in partnership with the learning styles workshop is the Teaching/ Instructional Styleswhich will help you, as a teacher, to identify and develop strategies to increase learningeffectiveness. “Why don't they learn in the way that I teach?” is for anyone who can benefitfrom understanding their preferred teaching style, so is suitable for teachers, academiccoaches, mentors and classroom assistants.

The human brain may be the most complex structure inthe universe. Howwe feel, how we think and howwe actare all controlled by the brain. Our understanding of howthe brain works has increased over the last 20 years butresearch into how and who we are as human beings hasintrigued us for thousands of years.

As well as looking at the science behind our brains, thisworkshop looks at mental health, memory, the rights ofthose who are mentally ill, stress, anxiety, diet andbehaviour.

Using research skills, role play and debate, students areable to explore the moral and ethical background of brainresearch and mental health.

Students can gain a CREST award through theirparticipation in this activity.

Personal Learning and ThinkingStyles

The Brain Experts —Memory andMental Health

Opening Minds To Make A DifferenceThe GoMAD Thinking system is now available to allschools in the UK. Presented as a one day introduction toMaking A Difference, we can tailor the learning to thesituation(s) that you, as a school, department orindividual are looking to improve. Each programme istailored to your specific required outcomes, be these forSenior Management Teams, Departments, whole school staffing, or staff and students.

Why not take advantage of our 2 hour FREE seminar offer, where we come into school to outlinethe model and take you through some simple Thinking Exercises? Bookings can be made bycontacting our national office on 0121 414 3963 or via the usual methods.

Go MAD Thinking and the GoMAD Thinking System can help develop your skills and overcomechallenges in your personal life. By creating improved, sustainable thinking habits you will takepositive actions and make a difference to your life.

It is a proven model that helps people to think with speed, clarity, creativity and consistency toachieve success and improve performance in. Over the last 10 years, more than 100 companies andthousands of individuals have Made A Difference.

The key is not just about managing yourself, it is about managing your thinking in order to makebetter choices and enhance your life in all the areas that are important to you.

Delivered through an engineering focus, participants arerequired to solve a complex problem and demonstratetheir solutions using the supplied K’nex kit. Thechallenges lend themselves to any age group and can berun in a variety of contexts eg cross phase (KS2-3), familychallenge evenings, teacher team building, “taster” daysand careers workshops

We can accommodate large numbers in a hall or gym.Contact us to see howwe could customise this workshopfor your school.

Students can gain a Bronze CREST award through theirparticipation in this K’Nex activity.

GoMad Thinking Challenge

K’Nex Challenge

This course has been specifically developed for teenagers, based upon the best selling book “7Habits of Highly Effective People”by Stephen Covey. In order to make sure that this course isrelevant to teens in the UK, the Covey organisation has invested considerable resource to presentthe course in Anglicised English.

Showing them strategies to handle the stress of beinga teenager in today’s 24/7 society, teens will:

� Gain greater control of their lives

� Improve relationships with family and friends

� Increase self confidence and self-esteem

� Make smarter decisions

� Define their values and what matters most tothem

� Recognise and prioritise their goals

� Find balance between school, work, friends andeverything else

� Be happier.

This full day workshop is interspersed with games and team exercises tohelp students to understand howmoney works. It covers areas such asbudgeting, financial management, interest rates (borrowing and lending),debt, how banks work and includes our own ‘ASDA’ bingo game!

The workshop can be run for an adult or family audience also. We havebeen surprised, in the past, that teaching staff have learnt as much fromthe event as the students.

Most young people agree that money is important. However many alsofeel that they are going into the world without the confidence needed tomanage increasingly complex financial challenges. These can be everydaychallenges, like sticking to a budget and keeping your money safe, orlonger-term challenges, like understanding the financial implications ofthe choices they are making in their education, training or work.

7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

Financial Self Defence (KS4, Post 16 plus)

7 Habits of Highly Effective Teenagers is run as a 1 day intensive workshop or as a 3 day course.Participants are registered for Level 3 Key Skill (worth 63 qualification points, 20 UCAS points andequivalent to E at A/S level) in Improving Own Learning and Performance, adding value to analready beneficial experience

The “On Purpose”Workshop helps students to exploretheir own range of interests and helps them to develop a“route map”which can help them to make purposefuldecisions regarding their own careers.

It is estimated that today’s young people will experience,on average, 17 employment transitions spanning between5 and 8 occupational sectors in their work life, before theyretire.

The foundations of their career will be laid whilst they are at school and the choices that they makenowwill influence the rest of their lives.

As employers ourselves, we have noticed that many young people have no career plan and, moreimportantly, have no idea which skills could be useful to a potential employer. Additionally, theyhave not been given an opportunity to explore their interests, values, motivators or “life purpose”.

To meet this challenge, we have developed a series of workshops and materials to support youngpeople at this critical time. Our “Career Quest” supporting materials and workbooks can be used byindividuals or groups in a range of educational and home settings.

Each workshop or programme is individually tailored to your needs and outcomes, so pleasecontact us to book a visit into school.

Wanted! One Great Career

Parent SupportCareerWorkshopIn conjunction with thisworkshop, we can alsooffer workshops forparents and carers on howto support their teenagerat this critical time.

create a future, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham. B15 2TTTelephone: 0121 414 4318 | Fax: 0121 414 4337

Email: info@createafuture.co.uk | www.createafuture.co.uk