Mrs Ackerman came in to speak about her job at Deloitte and how the company is looking at careers of the future. We liked hearing about what her company does and the specific elements of her job. We learnt how robots are taking over jobs or supporting jobs and how quickly these advances in technology are happening. We looked a trump cards of different careers and saw the skills involved in different jobs and whether the amount of people doing this job has increased or decreased in the last 18 years. It linked very well our work on careers of the future this week.

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We had Mr Disley come in to speak to us about his job as a Professional Lego Builder! We found out the things that interested us when we were 4 or 5 years old could all be jobs when we are adults.

Mr Disley used to work with sound and had us do some experiments in the class with our hearing. Did you know you can hear the sound waves bounce off of our walls?

Now Mr Disley builds models of buildings with Lego. Some of his work is on display at the National Museum of Scotland.

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Our final visitor this week was Izzy’s dad. He came to talk to us about his experience of setting up a business. We learned that businesses can often start from an idea, passion or something you are good at. He also mentioned that you don’t always have to be super smart at school because sometimes, the best ideas come from people who think ‘out of the box’ and who do things slightly differently.

We were given an exciting challenge of pitching an idea for a new business and given money to invest in a business we felt would profitable.

We loved the idea of making money and pitching our ideas in a creative way!

Islay’s mum came in today to speak to us about her role as a communications manager for the company, InfraCo Africa.  The company helps countries in Africa build a more stable, accessible and sustainable infrastructure.  Her job requires many different skills and is something that she is very passionate about.

We have recently been learning about the Sustainable Development Goals  and it was interesting to hear about all the fascinating projects that are happening to help support counties achieve each target before 2030.

Maisie’s mum visited us today to talk about her role as a paramedic in the Scottish Ambulance Service. It was great to hear about what her job involves, the skills needed to do the job well and the qualifications to become a paramedic. We heard about her experiences in London and Edinburgh and the other people who work for the Scottish Ambulance Service behind the scenes. We also enjoyed asking about scary, funny and happy stories from her job. We found it really interesting to look inside the ambulance and got very excited by the siren and bullhorn.

We’ve been connecting our learning about sustainability with careers week by thinking about the sustainable skills that we use in our lives now, and might need to use in future careers. We have designed careers of the future and considered the transferable skills we would need for these jobs. We came up with flying car mechanics, virtual teachers, interactive VR footballers, space tour guides and much more! We discussed how our creativity and problem solving skills will help us deal with problems in future but that we need resilience to help us when things don’t go right. We are looking forward to discussing more about this with Mrs Ackerman who visits us on Friday.

Rachel, a florist at The Flower Bee, came to visit us to tell us about her job and what it was like to start her own business. We heard how she uses a lot of maths and art within her job. We even got to see her put together an arrangement to deliver the next day. We asked lots of questions and couldn’t believe all the names of the flowers. She left us with some flowers of our own at the end. Lots of us like idea of helping in her shop when we are old enough.

Primary 1 were delighted to welcome Leon’s Dad Henry to class today. He talked to us all about his career as an animator. We got to see some of the animations he has made and he explained some of the different jobs he gets to do.

We really loved it when he showed us how to make a simple stop-motion animation about a cat. It was very funny and has inspired us to have a go ourselves!

Today Tom and Evan’s Mum Jo came to tell us all about her job as a paramedic. She showed us some of the equipment she has to take with her when she gets a call out with her team member. We got to try on her helmet and hi-vis vest and she showed us how to put on a bandage.

Then came the really exciting bit…the ambulance! We got to climb inside and have a good look around and then she showed us the lights and siren.

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