We read a great new book written by Rob Biddulph called “When I grow up” and talked about the different things we would like to be when we grow up. All the children created pictures of themselves dressed up to “go to work” and we all wrote letters to ourselves about the things we would like to do when we are grown up. These letters are to be opened when we are 18.

We also spent the time in playing at a selection of careers: some of us designed buildings and then made models of them in the “architects office”, some of us wrote, illustrated and published our own books in the “Authors office”, some of us created fitness plans in the “Hodnet Fitness Studio”. Whilst others of us worked in the “Hodnet Design studio” designing and making costumes for a selection of dolls and finally some of us worked in the ice cream shop with money. We had a lot of fun playing “when I grow up”!

We had another wonderful afternoon finding out about different careers and meeting people from the world of work!

We met:

• Police Officers – who told us about their jobs and showed us around the police car.
• A vet nurse – who helped us to bandage some animals, and told us lots about working with animals.
• A radiographer – we had to guess what parts of the body the x rays were of.
• A RAF helicopter pilot – who let us try on some uniform and showed us a video of a chinook.
• Someone who works with cakes and has connections with a Royal baker – she helped us to decorate some cakes.
• An aeroplane pilot – who told us how wonderful her job is and showed us a view from her office window.
• A tank engineer – who told us how he became interested in engineering.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

On Monday afternoon we had the opportunity to meet:

• A blood scientist (she told us how she tested blood in a lab)
• A zoo keeper (he told us lots of exciting facts about being a zoo keeper)
• A nurse (she told us about her job and helped us understand why it is important to clean our hands carefully and taught us how to wash our hands like a nurse!)
• An archaeologist  (he showed some of the things he has found and some of the tools he would use)
• An RAF representative (who told us about the different jobs we could do in the RAF)
• A Firefighter (who told us lots about their job including how many cats they have rescued from trees!)

It was a really informative and inspirational afternoon.

On Tuesday of our Careers and Aspirations week we met an Author, we found out lots about writing books and we were very inspired!