Resources
Resources designed to help teachers deliver Gatsby Benchmarks and PSHE Programme of Study outcomes.
Contents
- Exploring the world of work
- Linking learning to careers
- Pathways and careers
- Living in the wider world
Each resource is flexible enough to use in a lesson, during tutor time, or as homework.
1. Exploring the world of work
Lesson plans and career videos where people share what their job involves, who they work with, how they got started, and more.
Supports Gatsby Benchmark 5 (Encounters with employers and employees).
- What does leadership actually look like?
- What does a zoologist actually do all year?
- What does it mean to tell stories for a living?
- What does it mean to design how something feels?
- What if your job could take you anywhere in the world?
- What skills actually matter most when you get to work?
- What does it actually mean when the buck stops with you?
- What's it like to work with people you never see in person?
- What does the work behind a creative job actually look like?
- Do you have to be the person other people decided you are?
- What if the real question isn't who made the mistake but why?
- What does it take to turn something you make into a business?
- What happens when someone tells you you're not good enough?
- What happens when you change your mind about what you want to do?
- How can following what you enjoy lead to a career you never expected?
- What happens when you stop following the crowd and find your own path?
- What if you know what you want but don't feel like the right person to do it?
- What happens when the thing you love most becomes the hardest thing you do?
- What does it take to stay calm and make the right call when lives are on the line?
- What does it mean to be the person who keeps everything (and everyone) moving?
2. Linking learning to careers
Lesson plans and subject videos where teachers explain how their subject builds skills and knowledge for a wide range of careers.
Supports Gatsby Benchmark 4 (Linking curriculum learning to careers).
- Coming soon
3. Pathways and careers
Lesson plans and pathway videos where educators explain options for studying subjects beyond school and the careers they open up.
Supports Gatsby Benchmark 7 (Encounters with further and higher education).
- Coming soon
4. Living in the wider world
Lesson plans and videos exploring PSHE themes relating to work, careers, learning skills, pathways, financial choices, and more.
Supports PSHE Association Programme of Study (Living in the wider world).
- Who gets to do what?
- Does it matter what you study?
- What's it like working for yourself?
- How do you know when you belong?
- Is it ever too late to change direction?
- Where does curiosity actually take you?
- What would you do if you weren't afraid?
- What do you do when things don't go to plan?
- What happens when you create your own opportunity?
- What does it take to turn something you love into a job?
- More coming soon