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Are you looking for someone to deliver a practical, hands-on course for all your staff?
Would you appreciate someone designing and delivering courses to meet your needs? Do you like the idea of someone providing all the equipment and materials needed to run a course? Would you like a course that is educational, enjoyable, effective, interactive, interesting and inspiring? Resources Plus designs and delivers in-service training courses for primary and secondary school teachers. We have a number of popular courses which you can choose from, but we will also design courses to meet your specific needs. All our courses are based around active involvement in practical activities.  We aim to design and deliver courses that are educational, enjoyable, effective, interactive, interesting and inspiring. Typical events include:
All you have to do is to contact us with your requirements. We will do the rest. We will design a programme for the day and, once agreed, we will undertake all the planning and organisation, as well as providing all the necessary equipment and material. Trained staff will lead your teachers through all the activities and provide assistance, support and advice as required. Recent INSET courses have included days on:  
If the course you are looking for is not listed, just contact us with your requirements and we will design a course for you (no extra charge). You can contact us using the enquiry form or by telephone, post or email.  |
| Title | Description | Subject Area | Examples from INSET courses |
| Homes | Investigate and learn about: structures; doors, windows and roofs; electricity; finishing techniques Make demonstration boards for use in the classroom. Design and make a model home Suitable for Key Stage 1 and 2 |
design and make joining techniques basic tools shapes and sizes materials hinges electrical circuits |
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| Fairgrounds | Investigate and learn about: pulleys; gears; electrical circuits; joining techniques; finishing and decorating techniques. Design and make a working model carousel Suitable for Key Stage 1 and 2 |
design and make pulleys gears electrical circuits structures |
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| Vehicles | Investigate and learn about: designing for a purpose different types of wheels and axles; electrical circuits; switches; motors. Design and make a simple vehicle or controllable motorised vehicle Investigate options for special needs Suitable for Key Stage 1 and 2 |
design for a purpose wheels and axles electrical circuits motors switches |
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| Christmas Special | Choose from such activities as: Santa jumping out of a chimney (pneumatics) Santa being winched from a chimney (pulleys) Rudolf with moving antlers (pneumatics) A motorised sleigh (electric circuits) Lights on a christmas tree (electric circuits) Reindeers with moving legs (levers) Santa jumping up and down (levers) Suitable for Key Stage 1 and 2 |
pneumatics pulleys electric circuits levers |
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| Bob the Builder | This course uses Bob the Builder as the context for a range of activities, including: Design and make Scoop Design and make Muck Design and make moving models of Bob, Wendy and Pilchard Design and make a controllable, motorised vehicle Suitable for Key Stage 1 and 2 |
design and make levers cams electric circuits forces pneumatics |
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| Springtime | Choose from activities such as: Making 3D flowers from card Chicks hatching from eggs (levers) Bees pollinating flowers (levers) Birds with flapping wings (levers) Lambs gambolling (levers) Chicks hatching from eggs (cams) Bees pollinating flowers (cams) Frogs jumping (cams) |
design and make levers cams |
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| Cams |
Investigate and learn about: Wheels and axles; Cams. Design and make models using simple cams. Design and make a clown in a car. The clown bobs up and down in the car as the vehicle moves. Suitable for Key Stage 2 |
design and make wheels and axles cams |
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| Introduction to Primary Technology | A practical introduction to equipment, materials, processes and products relating to: cams electric circuits gears levers pulleys pneumatics Produce demonstration boards and simple working models for use in the classroom. Suitable for Key Stage 1 and 2 |
cams electric circuits gears levers pulleys pneumatics |
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| Magnetism | Investigate and learn about: Magnetism Electromagnetism Materials Make your own magnets Make your own electromagnet Build your magnet into a working model, such as a sorting machine. |
design and make magnetism electromagnetism materials |
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| Early Years D&T | Choose from themes such as: All Around Us Pets (and other animals) Fairy Tales Celebrations Ourselves Seasons |
design and make simple structures sliders and levers making and modelling |
pictures to be added |
| Flight | Choose activities from: Air resistance Parachutes Rubber band powered aeroplanes Pneumatic helicopters Paper aeroplanes |
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| Monsters | Choose activities from: Simple pneumatic monsters (squeezy bottles and balloons) Pneumatic winged monsters (syringes) Moving-eyed monsters (pulleys) Cam creatures (cams) Monsters with moving limbs/wings (levers) |
design and make pneumatics cams levers pulleys |
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| Wizards | Choose activities from: Enchanted houses and castles Flying cars and magical buses Wizard wear Flying broomsticks Magical monsters - dragons, spiders |
design and make sliders and levers pneumatics pulleys cams gears |
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| Key to Success | Take a virtual tour of a chocolate making factory. Visit the Marketing, Human Resources, Production and Finance Departments. Find out what they do in each department and how each contributes to the success of a product. |
Business Studies ICT Food Technology |
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"An
excellent course. Lots of practical hands-on activities. I
could easily have spent twice or maybe three times as long on
each"
teacher, Harpole VC School
"Everything we did was extremely useful and the course leader was very helpful. The practical ideas were very beneficial. A very useful day. Thank you" teacher, Calton Junior School
"All the activities developed my confidence in D&T and reinforced ideas that could be used in the classroom"
teacher, Darton Manor Junior School
"The ideas for introducing cams were fantastic. I'll be incorporating all the areas in school."
teacher, Rowanfield Junior School
"I thoroughly enjoyed the technology session and feel more confident about delivering technology sessions in the classroom - a good workshop - thank you."
teacher, Galashiels
"Everything we did was extremely useful and the course leader was very helpful. The practical ideas were very beneficial. A very useful day. Thank you" teacher, Calton Junior School
"All the activities developed my confidence in D&T and reinforced ideas that could be used in the classroom"
teacher, Darton Manor Junior School
"The ideas for introducing cams were fantastic. I'll be incorporating all the areas in school."
teacher, Rowanfield Junior School
"I thoroughly enjoyed the technology session and feel more confident about delivering technology sessions in the classroom - a good workshop - thank you."
teacher, Galashiels
Unit 22b, Fareham Enterprise Centre,
Hackett Way, Fareham, Hampshire, England, PO14 1TH
Tel: +44 (0)1329 825550
Email: info@resourcesplus.co.uk
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