Within our Reception curriculum we motivate, encourage and support pupils to be inspired by professionals from different places of work and environments so that our pupils are exposed to the world of employment. We ensure that all pupils aspire to become confident, ambitious and optimistic about their prospects. We also explore the skills and interests needed to do different jobs and enable children to see that any person can do any job as long as they have the right skills, talents and interests.
During the Autumn Term the children have been finding out about Scientists and what their job entails. We learned the word prediction and talked about what it meant and also how to conduct an experiment. As part of our pirate topic we helped Granny Pirate from the story we have been reading to determine which type of bag would keep her treasure dry if it were to fall in the sea. The children made their own predictions, tested them out and then discussed the results, explaining why they thought some materials were waterproof and some were not.
In the Summer Term we thought about all of the different jobs that the children might have when they are older. We discussed what they would have to do in these jobs and then the children decided which one they would like to do when they grow up.
