Tonight we hosted Springfield Primary School’s first Careers Fayre for our P5, P6 and P7 pupils together with their parents, carers and families as part of our Skills for Learning, Life and Work programme. We had a huge turnout, with the children able to visit the stalls of 20 local professionals, businesses, colleges and universities. They asked questions, gained an insight into a wide variety of career opportunities and were even lucky enough to get some free goodies for their efforts! A huge thank you to those of you who were in attendance and made this such a great success, and also to those who kindly agreed to run a stall on the evening. Without all of your support we could not have provided the children with such a valuable learning experience. Have a look at the pictures below to see what was going on!
Skills for Learning, Life and Work
Last session we successfully launched our Skills for Learning, Life and Work Programme in P7 and welcomed over 25 working professionals into class to deliver talks and presentations. Over the remainder of this academic session, both P7 classes will be developing their enterprising, pre-vocational, personal and employability skills in a practical context. An important aspect of this, is to make the link between the classroom and the workplace in order for the children to see the value of their learning and how they can contribute to their school, community and wider economy.
We would like to invite any parents or carers who would be willing to deliver a short talk about their occupation or line of work. It would be hugely beneficial for the P7 pupils to learn about a diverse range of careers and roles. We hope to build their knowledge and understanding of the workplace, and give them an insight into what employers may expect of them and what they should expect from employment. Our work this year will culminate in the organisation of a P7 Careers Fayre and a ‘Take Your Child to Work Day’.
If anyone is willing to give up some of their time, or any of last year’s volunteers would be willing to visit us again, could you please email me (ewan.logan@westlothian.org.uk) with a note of interest and your line of work. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards
Mr. Logan
