This section contains lesson/activity plans for students at key stages 3 and 4 as well as for post-16 students. They refer to the factsheets and other information contained in the previous sections of the pack.
In addition there are activity/lesson plans and resources that can be used when preparing pupils for major events. The plans include activities that may be used before, during and after the event.
Purpose
These activity/lesson plans were designed to provide the person delivering the session with a structure, resources and ideas for the delivery of the subject matter.
The main focus of these is to ensure that students are well informed and armed with the appropriate and relevant knowledge to make the right choices.
The plans have been produced in a format familiar to educational practitioners and include starter and main activities as well as extension tasks and a plenary section. They have been cross-referenced to the CEG National Framework Learning Outcomes and Work related learning Framework elements.
Use
The activity/lesson plans have been identified for use at the appropriate key stages. These are only suggestions. Indeed the Key Stage 3 activity plan may prove to be useful for using with year 10/11 students as well as those in post-16 provision.
The activity plans have a standard format and refer to the resources contained in the main pack. Where appropriate work sheets for the students have been included with the plans. These are referred to in the plans themselves.
The plans have been given an approximate timing at the top. These should only be used for guidance as clearly the level and abilities of the students participating will differ and will impact on the timings.
The team who developed the plans and pack for Work Matters in Greater Manchester would appreciate – and indeed would encourage - any feedback on the plans and the activities included. There is a good practice section where this feedback can be lodged.
Technical Notes- These should be used in conjunction with the factsheets
Definitions:
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Key Sectors: The 15 Key industry sectors which are important to Greater Manchester and the Manchester City Region. Key Sectors comprise: Financial and Professional Services, Manufacturing, ICT Digital/ Communications, Creative/Digital/New Media, Retail, Construction, Contact Centres, Life Sciences, Environmental Technologies, Sport, Aviation, Logistics, Public Sector, Hospitality and Tourism, Education.
Creative/Digital/New Media is referred to as Creative Industries in the factsheets, with the aim of keeping the language as simple as possible for the target audience.
Greater Manchester is comprised of 10 districts: Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan.
Manchester City Region is comprised of the Greater Manchester districts, plus Congleton, High Peak, Macclesfield, Vale Royal, Warrington.
Area Fact Sheets:
Lists of large or significant employers in each Key Sector: The companies/organisations in each list were trading / operating at the time of publishing. Please be aware that an organisation’s status may change at any time.
The same caution should be applied to employers on the Key Sector factsheets.
Thirteen of the fifteen Key Sectors in the Greater Manchester economy are included. Environmental Technologies and Customer Contact Centres have been omitted, as relevant information is not readily available, and their contribution to economic growth is lower than that of the other thirteen Key Sectors.
Distribution of employees in each Key Sector (pie charts on each Area Fact Sheet): There is some overlap between sectors – for example, this is the case for Aviation and Logistics, where areas of work such as Scheduled Air Transport and Non-Scheduled Air Transport falls into both sectors. Thus the pie charts are for guidance only, with the intention of giving students a simple, broad overview.
Figures presented are taken from the 1998 and 2004 Annual Business Inquiry (ABI). This is a national business survey that collects both employment and financial information. The most recent ABI data available is from 2004. As it is a sample survey, not every business/organisation participates, and this should be noted when using the figures. This also applies to the Key Sector factsheets.
Please note that the ABI is employee and not resident based (i.e. it is based on employees who both work and live in an area, and those who live elsewhere and commute into an area to work).