Y5/6 (A): Lesson 5: Careers

Children find out more about certain jobs and give advice to other children about the jobs they might do.

Learning objectives

  • To understand the range of jobs people might do (Y5)
  • To understand the different routes available into careers  (Y6)

Statutory guidance

  • PSHE Association’s Programme of Study for PSHE: Living in the wider world > L28. about what might influence people’s decisions about a job or career (e.g. personal interests and values, family connections to certain trades or businesses, strengths and qualities, ways in which stereotypical assumptions can deter people from aspiring to certain jobs) and L26. that there is a broad range of different jobs/careers that people can have; that people often have more than one career/type of job during their life

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Before the lesson

Classroom resources

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support:

Year 5: May benefit from support in selecting and researching a job. 

Year 6: Focus on one area, for example children, animals or food when looking at the examples.

 

Pupils working at greater depth:

Year 5: Could be asked to include further information in the final row of Activity: Job research.

 Year 6: Undertake additional research to look at the options available to get into their chosen job.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progression and understanding

Vocabulary

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