We were a little concerned that we had a lot of visitors who hadn't signed in on the last day!!! It was actually BIG ME day, and it was wonderful to see the range of career choices that the children are currently aspiring to.
We were well represented by aspiring emergency service personal and budding sports stars. We also had archeologists, paleontologists, authors, astronauts, zookeepers, a judge, a wildlife photographer, an estate agent, scientists, an air force pilot, an engineering project manager, a fashion designer, a number of chefs, an entomologist and even a tooth fairy!
Big Me day is a day for our children to think about future aspirations and careers, whilst also considering and appreciating all they have in the current economic climate. As part of our global citizenship development and PSHE education, we aim to provide our children with the opportunity to explore careers - including enterprise, employability and economic understanding.
Each class participated in bespoke PSHE lessons linked to the theme of money and careers.
Early years explored physical money and talked about what jobs they knew of. The talked about what they would like to be when they grow up.
Year 1 and Year 2 Money matters lesson - Want or need? These classes learnt about the difference between needs and wants; that sometimes people may not always be able to have the things they want.
Year 3 and Year 4 Money matters lesson - Where does money come from? They explored that there is a broad range of different jobs/careers that people can have; that people often have more than one career/type of job during their life. They also learnt that some jobs are paid more than others and money is one factor which may influence a person’s job or career choice; that people may choose to do voluntary work which is unpaid. They also explored the kind of job they wanted to do when they're older and considered different routes into this - e.g. college, university, apprenticeships.
Year 5 and Year 6 Money matters lessons - Look after it! and Value for money and ethical spending. As part of these lessons the children learnt to recognise that people have different attitudes towards saving and spending money; what influences people’s decisions and what makes something ‘good value for money’. They discussed risks associated with money (e.g. money can be won, lost or stolen) and ways of keeping money safe. They were able to recognise that people have different attitudes towards saving and spending money; what influences people’s decisions and that people’s spending decisions can affect others and the environment (e.g. Fair trade, buying single-use plastics, or giving to charity)
During the day we also raised £100 for Action Aid - thank you for your support.
