Careers Curriculum: Blog items
Date: 12th Oct 2026 @ 10:59am
🚒 Fire Service Visit
Today, the Fire and Rescue Service came to visit Year 6. The firefighters began by recapping some important fire safety messages that they first shared with us when we were in Year 2. It was great to revisit this information and remind ourselves of how to stay safe at home and what to do in an emergency.
🚦 Road Safety Focus
The main theme of today's visit was road safety. As we become more independent and start travelling to and from places without adults, it is more important than ever that we make sensible choices when near roads.
The firefighters talked to us about:
- 🚶 Waiting safely at the kerb before crossing.
- 👀 Looking and listening carefully for traffic.
- 💡 Wearing bright or reflective clothing so that drivers can see us more easily, especially now that the evenings are getting darker.
- 📱 Avoiding the use of mobile phones when walking near roads.
- 🎧 Not wearing headphones, as they can prevent us from hearing approaching vehicles and other hazards.
👨🚒 Careers in the Fire Service
As well as teaching us about safety, the firefighters also spoke to us about careers within the Fire and Rescue Service. We learned that firefighting involves much more than responding to emergencies. There are many different roles available, including firefighters, control room operators, community safety officers and specialist rescue teams. The visitors explained the skills and qualities needed for these careers, such as teamwork, communication, resilience and a commitment to helping others.
❓ Questions and Learning
The children asked some excellent questions and were very engaged throughout the session. It was a valuable opportunity to learn how to keep ourselves safe while also discovering more about the important work carried out by the Fire and Rescue Service.
👏 A huge thank you to the firefighters for taking the time to visit us and share their knowledge and experiences. 🚒✨
Acorns & Blossoms - Nurse visit
Date: 12th Oct 2026 @ 10:24am
Acorns and Blossoms had a wonderful visit from Fiona, our school nurse, today! We have been learning about how nurses help to keep us healthy and how, one day, we could become nurses and help others too.
The children had lots of fun caring for their toys and taking part in role-play as nurses and doctors. They especially enjoyed bandaging injuries, applying plasters, and looking after both their friends and the dolls. It was a fantastic hands-on experience that helped bring our learning to life.
Take a look at some of the fun we had!
Year 5 - Always Time: Dreaming Big with Our Future Selves!
Date: 9th Oct 2026 @ 2:12pm
This week in Year 5, the children enjoyed a creative and thought-provoking Always Time activity that encouraged them to look ahead and think about their futures. The challenge was simple: imagine your future self, consider your hopes, dreams and career aspirations, and then bring those ideas to life using tin foil.
The classroom was soon filled with imaginative creations as children carefully shaped and moulded the foil into representations of their future ambitions. We saw aspiring teachers, footballers, vets, artists, engineers, scientists and even future entrepreneurs! Each sculpture was unique and reflected the children's interests, talents and ambitions.
As well as supporting our careers curriculum, this activity provided an excellent opportunity for children to think about the many possibilities available to them in the future. Through discussion and reflection, they explored the skills, determination and learning that might help them achieve their goals, helping to raise aspirations and encourage positive attitudes towards future careers.
Working with tin foil also helped to develop fine motor skills. Children had to manipulate, pinch, fold and shape the material carefully, strengthening hand muscles and improving dexterity and control. These important skills support many aspects of learning, including handwriting, art and design tasks.
Most importantly, the session gave children the chance to dream big. It was wonderful to hear them talk confidently about their ambitions and celebrate one another's ideas. The creativity, enthusiasm and ambition on display showed that our Year 5 children have exciting futures ahead of them! 🌟
Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 2:35pm
Today, Year 5 had the exciting opportunity to take part in a live online event hearing directly from NASA engineers Howard Hu and Branelle Rodriguez. This linked perfectly with our current learning in science, where we have been exploring the Solar System, the planets, and the evidence that helps us know the Earth is round.
The session also connected with our guided reading lessons. Recently, the children studied an interview with British astronaut Tim Peake, and they have been learning about the crew who will take part in the Artemis missions. During the event, the children learned more about the Orion spacecraft and the Artemis II mission, gaining an insight into the work of the engineers and teams who make human space exploration possible.
The event inspired curiosity, deepened the children's understanding of space travel, and helped them make meaningful links between their science and reading learning.
Date: 24th Jun 2026 @ 9:35am
🎉 Take Over Day in Year 2 🎉
We had an exciting day in Year 2 when the Year 5 children took over the school and became the staff for the day! 👩🏫👨🏫
Our new teacher and teaching assistant did a fantastic job. They were kind, helpful and made learning lots of fun. 😊 We enjoyed listening to them and taking part in all the activities they planned.
One of our favourite lessons was learning to count in 2s. 🔢✌️ The Year 5 staff helped us practise our counting and encouraged us to join in. We counted confidently together and had lots of fun along the way! 🎯👏
We were very impressed with how responsible the Year 5 children were. ⭐ They worked hard all day and showed great leadership skills. It was wonderful to see them teaching, helping and looking after everyone.
Thank you to our amazing Year 5 teacher and teaching assistant for making Take Over Day such a success. 🌈 We loved having you in our classroom and think you did an excellent job! 🌟
📸 Take a look at our photos below to see our fantastic Take Over Day activities and our Year 5 staff in action! 😄🎉
Date: 18th Jun 2026 @ 12:09pm
🌟 Year 5 Take Over Day – Maths Lesson 🌟
As part of Take Over Day, we were lucky to have two Year 5 pupils take on the roles of teacher and teaching assistant to deliver a maths lesson to our Year 4 children.
The Year 5 teacher led the session on lines of symmetry, clearly explaining the concept and confidently guiding the class through each question. The lesson was well-paced, and the children responded brilliantly to the clear instructions and examples.
Both the teacher and TA then worked their way around the classroom, supporting pupils with their learning and marking their work, offering helpful feedback and encouragement along the way.
It was a fantastic session, and the Year 4 children really enjoyed being taught by their peers.
Thank you—you were brilliant! 🌟
Date: 18th Jun 2026 @ 12:05pm
🌟 Year 5 Take Over Day – A Brilliant Morning! 🌟
We had a wonderful experience during Take Over Day, when two fantastic Year 5 pupils took on the roles of teacher and teaching assistant in our Reading into Writing lesson.
Our Year 5 teacher confidently introduced a WAGOLL for a balanced argument, guiding the children to identify key features within the text. The class were fully engaged and showed great understanding as they picked out important elements together.
With great teamwork, the Year 5 teaching assistant supported throughout, helping the lesson run smoothly and ensuring everyone stayed on track.
The lesson continued with an engaging guided reading session focusing on prosody, using “Devon Cream Tea”. The “I say, you say” approach encouraged expressive reading, and the classroom was filled with enthusiastic voices.
It was a fabulous morning, and the children thoroughly enjoyed having them lead the class.
A huge thank you to our Year 5 teacher and teaching assistant—you were brilliant! 👏
Year 5 - STEM Superstars Road to RIAT
Date: 20th May 2026 @ 2:21pm
Year 5 recently took part in an exciting live Teams meeting in partnership with the RAF and the Road to RIAT initiative. Building on their live STEM lesson from the Autumn term, the children learned more about the wide range of careers available in STEM subjects.
During the session, Krystina and Gwil shared their own experiences of working in engineering and explained how STEM skills are used in their everyday roles. The children enjoyed hearing about the different pathways into engineering and were inspired by the opportunities available within the industry.
As part of the event, the children also took part in an interactive quiz, testing their knowledge and learning even more about careers in STEM in a fun and engaging way.
Year 5 - Application Letter Writing
Date: 30th Apr 2026 @ 10:35am
Date: 1st Apr 2026 @ 9:19am
We’ve had an amazing few days exploring the world of hot cross buns, and what a delicious journey it’s been! To start the day, we looked at what a chef's job role is. Our taste-testing session was a big highlight—we sampled a whole variety of flavours, including apple and cinnamon, cherry bakewell, lemon and white chocolate, currants, and even salted caramel. Each bun had its own unique flavour and texture, and we used lots of powerful adjectives to describe them—soft, sticky, zesty, gooey, fluffy and more!
After becoming expert taste-testers, we moved on to planning our own baking. We carefully listed all the ingredients we would need and used our maths skills to measure everything precisely. From weighing flour to counting out chocolate chips, we worked like real bakers, following each step with care.
Finally, it was time to bake—and our teamwork paid off! Not only did we learn about flavours and textures, but we also practised reading, writing, measuring, and problem‑solving along the way.
A truly delicious learning experience!
Date: 20th Mar 2026 @ 10:34am
The children have been exploring our Veterinary Surgery role‑play area, where they have been busy tending to poorly and injured animals. They have enjoyed dressing up as vets, nurses and receptionists, using real‑life objects such as bandages, stethoscopes, clipboards and appointment cards to bring their play to life.
As part of the experience, the children have been using new vocabulary linked to the topic such as appointment, patient, injury, treatment, stethoscope. They have been taking turns speaking and listening, especially when deciding what is wrong with an animal and what treatment is needed and have also been answering the phone in role—using set phrases like “How can I help?” or “Would you like to book an appointment?” They worked together taking turns and sharing resources at the same time as learning about a possible future career and how vets help care for animals.
"My dog has hurt his leg- will you fix it for me, please?" Theo
"I am checking the dogs heart- it is beating" Rubie- Louise
"This budgie hurt its' wing...I'm giving it medicine...it needs a bandage" Faith A
Year 6 - Careers in the police
Date: 27th Jan 2026 @ 1:36pm
Date: 23rd Jan 2026 @ 11:56am
In Reception we have been learning about a range of different jobs in our community. We have been talking about what these jobs entail and why they are important. As part of our oracy session we talked about what we wanted to be when we grow iup. The children had to think of an occupation and say why they wanted to do that using the word because. During provision time the children drew they own pictures and labeled them.
"I want to be a bus drive" Olly
"I want to be a nurse like mummy" Ava
"I want to be a police officier becaue I want to arrest people who aren't following the rules properly" Noah.
Year 5 - Design Technology so far this half-term...
Date: 20th Jan 2026 @ 3:54pm
Year 4 - Coding a 'floor turtle'
Date: 15th Jan 2026 @ 9:06am
Date: 8th Jan 2026 @ 11:57am
Over the last week, Year 4 had the opportunity to work with Ribble Rivers Trust. Some of their team members came into school to talk to us about all the work they do. We all started our own conservation team to help RRT. We were given a model of a river and in our conservation teams, we had to label each part of the river Ribble. We had to use our oracy skills to discuss where we thought each part went. We found the tributaries, saw meanders in the river and found the source and mouth.
Helen (RRT) told us how the floodplains rich with wildlife because the river’s water creating the floodplains bring lots of nutrition for the wildlife. We looked at lots of different wildlife and decided which were freshwater and which were saltwater. We were surprised to learn that trouts all start in a river as a Brown Trout, but some migrate to the sea and become sea trouts.
Helen and Cody from RRT also told us about their jobs as engagement officers and how they work with school to help spread the word.
RRT are planting 35,000 trees this year to help provide shade for the river wildlife during hot months and they have also helped farmers pay for fences to stop their animals going near the rivers and causing pollution. Pollution such as sewage waste and litter can harm rivers and their wildlife.
In the afternoons, we were lucky enough to go out on a walk to Stanley Park. We saw lots of nature and Helen taught us about wildlife we saw there.
In a tree filled area of Stanley Park, we paused for two minutes to listen to the sounds we could hear. We heard birds tweeting, people talking walking passed and even the sealions at the zoo!
Afterwards, we picked leaves to do leaf printing back in school.
Along our walk there and back we couldn’t believe the amount of litter we saw. We spoke about how this affects wildlife and our environment.
Reception Becoming a Firefighter
Date: 7th Nov 2025 @ 10:29am
As part of our learning this week we have been finding out about the role of a firefigher within our community. We talked about the importance of this job and how firefighters help keep people in the community safe.
"They wear a special uniform to keep them safe from fire" Ava
"They help people get out of fires" Joseph
"The have a big ladder on their truck to help people who are stuck" Lockie
"If a car crashes they help people get out" Reggie
We also discussed their role on bonfire night and emphasised the importance of keeping ourselves safe during these exciting events.
The children were introduced to a range of different vocabularly and practised building sentences orally. They then enjoyed going outside into the outside area and becoming a firefighter. They responded to emergencies from 999 phone calls, drove their fire trucks and even put out fire using their hoses.
Date: 13th Oct 2025 @ 5:19pm
This week we have been reading the story 'I want to be a Princess' by Stephanie Taylor. We learnt about Maya, who initially says she wants to be a princess, but then explains she wants to be like Princess Amina, a warrior princess who defended and ruled a kingdom. We then spent some time discussing with our teachers and peers what we would like to be when we grow up and our reasons why. We talked about lots of different careers, including doctors, teachers, ice cream sellers, police officers and builders.
Year 3 - When Year 3 met Jen Carney an author and illustrator
Date: 9th Oct 2025 @ 9:17am
Year 3 had an exciting and inspiring visit from author and illustrator Jen Carney, thanks to the National Literacy Trust. Jen is the brilliant mind behind The Day My School Got Famous and The Accidental Diary of B.U.G., and we were lucky enough to hear her read extracts from both books. Her stories were full of humour, creativity, and relatable characters — we were hooked!
As part of her visit, Jen also led us in a fun and imaginative drawing activity. We each chose a letter of the alphabet and had to think of the most obscure thing that began with it. Then we got creative and drew our own unique pictures based on that word. It was amazing to see how original and quirky our drawings turned out — just like Jen’s own illustrations!
We’re also very grateful to the National Literacy Trust, who gifted our year group 40 copies of Jen’s books! We’ve been enjoying them during our daily ‘Buzzing about Books’ time and can’t wait to read more.
A huge thank you to Jen Carney for inspiring us with her words, her artwork, and her enthusiasm for books!
Date: 2nd Oct 2025 @ 7:12pm
Acorns loved dressing up as people who help us. We loved exploring the different job roles using puppets and props.
Our shared play helps developed our communication and social interaction. We developed our play alongside each other and interacting with our peers. We also had lots of opportunities to make choices between the different hats, props and puppets.
Coby "let me listen to your heartbeat"
Abrianna "police"
Omer "fire nee nah"
Date: 24th Sep 2025 @ 12:53pm
Today we were visited by local magistrates who told us all about their jobs and how they play integral roles in the court system. We then took part in a mock trial, which centred around a case of online bullying. Children were given roles to play and words to read out, these included prosecution, defence, judge, victim, court usher and witnesses. The children really got a feel for what goes on in a courtroom and some of us are even considering future careers!
Date: 26th Jun 2025 @ 3:42pm
This week we've had health week. Today, we enjoyed a scooter workshop focusing on balance and even managed to do some scooter skills. This afternoon, we looked at the life of a famous lioness, Lauren Hemp looking at what she has achieved so far in her career and how she got there.
Date: 24th Jun 2025 @ 1:23pm
As part of our DT journey, we have spent some time looking at careers related to textiles. We watched videos of a fashion designer, wedding dress designer and a tailor. Perhaps one day, one of us will use the skills we have learned in DT to support our career.
Year 5 - Flying High with Aspirations
Date: 17th Jun 2025 @ 4:27pm
Flying High with Aspirations: Our Aviation Zoom with Primary Futures ✈️
Last week, our children had the exciting opportunity to take part in a special Zoom session, set up in partnership with the amazing team at Primary Futures. The aim? To spark curiosity, raise aspirations, and open young eyes to the wide world of work — and what better theme to start with than aviation!
We were thrilled to be joined by two real-life pilots and an aerospace engineer, who each shared their fascinating career journeys, talked about what their day-to-day roles involve, and answered some very thoughtful (and sometimes very funny!) questions from our curious students.
The children were wide-eyed as they learned about flying commercial planes, navigating through challenging weather, and even helping design and maintain aircraft. It was an inspiring session that really brought home the message: you can be anything you want to be with passion, perseverance, and a love of learning.
We’re so grateful to Primary Futures and our guest speakers for helping our children dream big. We can't wait to see where their imaginations — and ambitions — will take them next!
Date: 13th Jun 2025 @ 8:12am
As part of our Year 6 trip to Manchester Museaum, we were lucky to meet Dr. Hannah Chalk - the Museum Learning Manager. She told us all about her job, what she did and her route into her chosen career. She said that she felt very privileged to do a job that she loved and explained how she had studied Geology at university before doing a masters degree in Museum Studies.
