We need volunteers for our World of Work Week!

After the success of previous years we would like to ask you for your support for this event, week beginning 20 February 2017. As part of this week we arrange for several speakers to visit to talk about the skills needed to be able to do their line of work. Curriculum for Excellence places an emphasis on equipping our children with lifelong skills which will enable them to cope with the rapid changes of the 21st century. Many of the pupils we teach today will be employed in jobs which don’t even exist.

The aim of this week is to raise awareness of the wide variety of jobs and professions which may be available to them and to give the children an opportunity to find out more about them. At West Primary we like our children to believe that through hard work and determination anything is possible.

We will also be having a focus on food technology and financial education throughout the week. Our challenge through World of Work week will be to create a product or an activity which will encourage more people to read. The children will be using their ICT skills to advertise the product to the rest of the school on Friday 24th February. Enterprising skills will be required!

If you would like to get involved and are available some point during WOW week, please complete and return the letter the children have received. Or get in touch with through the School Office and we will then contact you with further arrangements.

Also, if you have any ideas which we could incorporate into this week, we would love to hear it.

Thank you for your continued support.