Elementary Careers and Trades

“The Trades Trailer” will be visiting Elementary Schools throughout the year to deliver project based learning opportunities as well as introducing students to trades and applied skills career options.

Elementary Careers and Trades

Elementary Skills Exploration

Open to Grade 5 – 7 Students

Elementary Skills Exploration

“The Trades Trailer” will be visiting Elementary Schools throughout the year to deliver project based learning opportunities as well as introducing students to trades and applied skills career options. The BIG idea is “What is a Trade?”

This Program involve mentorship opportunities from both our trades students from VIU, our Intro To Trades district program as well as local trades people sharing their skills and knowledge.


Tool Box Projects 

These projects are specifically designed for parents and teachers to be able to do with their kids with household materials

Each project will have:

  1. 1. A set of instruction with diagrams or pictures,
  2. 2. List of Materials,
  3. 3. Age target group,
  4. 4. Assessment tools (if wanted).
  5. 5. Curricular connections.

If you have any questions, or want to share your stories and or modifications you come up with please send them to  Matt Murray.

Elementary Trades – Tool Box Projects

These Projects are designed to get kids (and old kids too) working with their hands and brains at the same time to solve problems and teach fundamental skills in Math, Science, Physics, and Applied Skills. ENJOY! If you have any questions or want to share your stories and or modifications you come up with please send them to Matt Murray

Program Coordinator

Contact Matt Murray for information on the “Trades Trailer”

Phone: 250-268-5033
Email: Matthew.Murray@sd68.bc.ca