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The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) today announced the launch of its primary schools programme 'Building the Future', in partnership with CITB-ConstructionSkills.
The programme, which is being developed for use by children, schools and parents in 2005, aims to introduce 7 - 11 year olds to the building industry and to the wide range of exciting career opportunities that it has to offer.
Resource packs are being developed in close collaboration with primary school teachers, to ensure that the content complements the National Curriculum and that it is both informative and fun. The packs, which will also be suitable for use in the home, are intended to promote a more positive image of the industry, particularly amongst teachers, children and their parents.
This exciting initiative is being announced during this year's National Construction Week (6-13 October), which is managed by CITB-ConstructionSkills. This annual event promotes and supports a massive programme of events for thousands of young people throughout the country, providing them with some first hand experience of what the building industry has to offer.
Ian Davis, Director General of the FMB said:
"The 'Building the Future' programme is our response to the demand from primary school teachers for suitable support material to introduce construction-related topics into the classroom and to generate greater interest in construction generally."
Julian Humphreys, Business Area Manager for CITB-ConstructionSkills adds:
"We are looking forward to this collaboration and we will be working closely together over the next few months to develop the programme. We need to encourage more young people into the industry and what better time to start talking to them than through schools."
The FMB and CITB-ConstructionSkills are working with specialist education agency EPR to ensure relevance to current National Curriculum thinking and to maximise the reach of the programme. The programme will have a cross-curricular focus covering exercises in Design & Technology, maths, science, art, ITC, geography and history as well as an overall focus on PSHE and Citizenship.
First posted: 11 October 2004. Last modified: 11 October 2004.
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