Thom’s family has been looking at the photos of our visit to Tesco:
“We were in Tesco and Thom showed me the door that led to the very cold fridge and freezer! He also told me about the tokens and what charities they were for, he enjoyed the visit very much.”
Well done Thom for remembering all about your visit. I think we all enjoyed it and learned lots about working at Tesco.
Shoppers at Tesco may have been a little surprised recently to see lots of Nursery children looking round the store as part of our World of Work Week. We went from the heat of the bakery ovens to the chill of the walk-in fridge and freezer to learn about how food is stored and baked. The area where the lorries make deliveries and the equipment that is used to move them showed the children another side to work at Tesco that they never normally see. The checkout was also popular as everyone had a turn to scan items through the till. We tasted different fruits, watched the chickens turning and heard about all the different types of milk they need to store … it really was a very busy visit.
Thank you to all the Tesco staff who were so patient and helpful on our visit as well as to those parents who came with us on our visit. We learned lots about working in Tesco and everyone was delighted with their goody bag to take home.
The recent visit from a postal officer made the children think about how letters and parcels reach their doors. There were some interesting ideas but Lenny the Letter’s DVD helped the children to learn about a letter or parcel’s journey. We then heard about the different equipment a postal officer uses, including an exciting visit to the playground to see the postal van, and we were amazed that our special visitor even knew where lots of us lived. I wonder if any of our Nursery children will end up delivering our post in the future?
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There have been so many great jobs to find out about during World of Work week and one of the visitors adding to the children’s career ideas was our local police officer. Although the main suggestion from the children was that a police officer spends the day putting bad people in jail, they started to think about what other things they might do and came up with some good ideas. Once our visit was over, a few decided to act the part of a police officer and looked quite the part. We are all looking forward to visiting the police station soon when we can find out a little more about this popular job.
One of our visitors during last week’s World of Work activities was Jim’s Mum who told the children about her work on the farm. We appreciated the time she had taken to bring photos of the farm and the animals as well as some samples of animal food which you can see the children examining in several photos. Some children thought that the cow’s food didn’t smell very nice but Ben pointed out “That’s ’cause it’s for cows. They like it”. Thank you to Jim’s Mum for providing the children with a great insight into working life on a farm.
Thom’s family has been looking at the photos of our visit from the fire officer and the engine:
“it looks fab….Thom was keen to tell me all about this and how loud the siren was and how they had to cover their ears. What a fantastic week its been with so many visitors”
It was a great week and the children really enjoyed having all the visitors in talking about their different jobs so thank you to everyone concerned.
Jenson’s Dad does a job that lots of Nursery children aspire to so we were delighted when he came in to talk to them as part of our World of Work week, explaining what fire officers do and why they need to wear a special uniform. He also very kindly arranged for the fire engine to be there in the morning which helped the children to understand what equipment the engine carries and what it is used for. Huge thanks to Jenson’s Dad for giving us so much of his time – the children thoroughly enjoyed your visit and learned about the world of work first hand.
After learning about the type of work that a nurse does, it was interesting and quite different to hear about a Countryside Ranger’s job.
The children had to work out which animals Duncan might look after in his work which was tricky but good fun and we heard about all the important work he does in the woods near Annan. The children seemed to like the sound of a ranger’s job even after some had realised that a Countryside Ranger is not quite the same as a Power Ranger.
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The afternoon children had a visit earlier this week from a nurse who talked to them about her job and what it involves. Janet also brought along an exciting bag of equipment and the children had to put on their thinking caps to work out what each piece of equipment might be used for. We had some thoughtful answers and everyone was interested to have a look at the equipment closely. Thank you very much to Janet for an interesting visit which made the children think about what a nurse does in their job.
World of Work week in Hecklegirth is bringing lots of exciting visitors to Nursery as well as a visit to Tesco later this week. In preparation for a week of learning all about different jobs and the skills needed to do them, the children had a little think about what jobs they might like to do when they are older. Here are some of the ideas from the Sunshine Room. I wonder if any of their dreams will come true?
Tom: a racing car driver. I’ll need to practise racing.
Michael: work on cars.
Ellie: an artist who’s good at pictures.
Gabriel: work in a shop and sell cars.
Hannah: I want to be a farmer. I’ll have a sheep dog and feed the animals.
Kayla: a hairdresser. I need to be good at doing hair.
Lexie: I would like to be a princess.
Rory: I want to work with Daddy. I need to be good at driving a lorry.
Ewan: I want to do people’s eyes. I’ll be good at putting glasses on.
Jayden: I want to be a hair cutter using scissors. I would cut men’s hair. You would have to be nice to people.
Neve: fix people’s teeth.
Jim: I want to work like my brothers. They do slurry and cows. I need to be good at feeding.
Wareeshah: I want to be a chef and bake cakes.
Grant: I want to be a salesman selling tractors and fixing them.
Kenzie: a vet. I need to be good at wrapping plasters and stitching skin together.
Mollie: I would like to be a hairdresser and cut hair.
Ben F: drive an electricity van and a Tesco van. I need to be good at driving.
Kacper: play football.
Erica: I want to be a ballerina. You need to be good at dancing on your toes.
Joshua W: a doctor. I need to be good at medicine.
