To celebrate Careers Week 2023 the children in years 5 and 6 at St James’ C of E Primary School took part in a variety of tasks including interviewing successful business professionals to explore the question of ‘What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?’ as a part of their PSHE studies.
There was a diverse amount of industry experts with professions including a Military Police officer, a TV producer, a championship racing driver, hairdresser, investment banker and a midwife, who were all impressed by the questions asked by the pupils.
Harlow Council’s Regeneration Team also spoke to the year 5 and 6 children about their plans for the town centre who said “Thank you for inviting us to your careers fair, we really enjoyed talking to the children about the work we are doing to regenerate the town centre.”
The key element to the career week guests was to open the pupils’ eyes to job possibilities that may have not been known about. The school also wanted the professionals to be as relatable as possible. Most of the professionals were known by someone at the school.
Following the career week, a project where year 6 pupils will be given their own funds to set up a business will take place, giving the children a chance to compete for the most successful organisation amongst their classmates. The advanced assignment will give a key insight to pupils about how businesses operate and the roller coaster of experiences it entails, whilst allowing the children to gain tools on real life experiences to enrich their education going forwards.
