A Day of Great Conversation!
Education Scotland together with partners held a conversation day in Lochgilphead on 20 May, involving 10 schools and 78 pupils from local primary schools. Young people talked in their groups about what they wanted to be when they were older.
Some examples of future careers in consideration:
- Games designer
- Navy (Royal or Merchant)
- Scientist (Experiments)
- Chef
- Diver
- Architect
- Olympic swimmer
- Vet
- Radiographer
Rufus (aged 9) attended the event and said: I really enjoyed the day and I learned the skills that you need for different jobs. The part I most enjoyed was programming the robots to do what you wanted them to do.
Rufus’s Mum said: My son Rufus had a fantastic day at the Developing Scotland’s Young Workforce event at Lochgilphead Joint Campus. He came home absolutely buzzing and did not stop talking about the event until he went to bed. He gave us a full presentation on what he had done, showing us the worksheets and talking about the skills analysis activities. The day was fun, engaging and a really positive learning experience. Thanks so much to the facilitators!
These conversation days for teachers, pupils and practitioners aim to start conversations about careers early in young people’s experience, ensuring they have more choices earlier in their learning and understand how their learning connects to the world of work. This is one part of many activities by Education Scotland, Scottish Government and delivery partners like Skills Development Scotland and the Scottish Funding Council – to deliver the recommendations from the Commission for Developing Scotland’s Young Workforce.
Aileen Goodall DYW representative for Argyll and Bute Council spoke about the day by saying a “Huge heartfelt thanks to the Education Scotland team for researching, developing and hosting the event. Our staff and pupils have got a considerable amount out of attending the event”.
We would like to thank the following partners that helped make the conversation day a success:
- Argyll and Bute Council
- Generation Science
- Close the Gap
- Young Enterprise Scotland
- Skills Development Scotland
- Young Engineer
- STEM Ambassador through UHI
Career education and work placement standards – Have your say. New standards for ‘Career Education (3-18)’ and ‘Work Placements’ have been developed and Education Scotland is looking for feedback on the work so far.
Tell us what you think?
Take the Career Education standard (3-18) survey.
Take the Work Placement Standard survey.
Both surveys will be open until 03 July 2015.
For more, join our mailing list, explore the Developing the Young Workforce pages on Education Scotland’s website and use #youngworkforce to share your DYW stories. To post a blog, email youngworkforce@Scotland.gsi.gov.uk
