Middleton-in-Teesdale Primary recognises the important role that is played by primary schools in enabling children to have high aspirations about their future through independent and impartial careers advice.
As a school, we endeavour to provide children with a range of meaningful experiences, visits and visitors too, that teach them about the world of work and provide information about future careers.
Our aims are to:
· To aspire children to think of the future, increasing aspiration for all
· To develop and encourage a sense of ambition towards a future career
· To understand the basic skills and attitudes needed to be successful in the world of work and provide experiences of meaningful interaction with the world of work
· To provide high quality information from a wide variety of sources –curriculum lessons, growth mind set/learning power sessions, PHSE
lessons, a careers week and visitors from a variety of careers
· To challenge all forms of stereotype (by background, gender or diversity groups) and preconceptions
· To develop self-evaluation skills and make plans for the future
· To increase knowledge of post 11 and post 16
· To understand employment-related vocabulary
· Learning about what jobs are available, and thinking about what jobs they would possibly want themselves
· Thinking about how jobs in the future will be different from now, learning how to make a positive contribution, and exploring how
relationships work within the workplace
· Understanding that we all have jobs at home and work, and that we need to carefully balance how much time we spend working, and how much
time we spend relaxing
· Understanding how to use money in real life, including the idea of spending, saving and budgeting
