SMSC and Career Opportunities
What is SMSC?
SMSC stands for spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. All schools in England must show how well their pupils develop in SMSC.
At Snettisham Primary School SMSC is developed in the following way:
In addition, we promote Career opportunities linked to the Gatsby Benchmarks. This is vital to our community as we believe that our context is rural, isolated with higher disadvantage than national averages. Increasing potential opportunities, broadening horizons and skills to raise aspirations is an important part of our school values. Career opportunities are embedded into the curriculum to enhance our pupils' and families' resilience, confidence and aspiration.
Sample of what we do.
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WANT Primary Careers Education |
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Gatsby Recommendations: > Introduce pupils to various careers and professions through age-appropriate activities and discussions. |
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> Use storybooks, videos and interactive sessions to familiarise pupils with different jobs and concept of work. |
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> Encourage class discussions about what pupils want to be when they grow up, fostering curiosity and early career exploration. |
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> Engage parents and carers in career-related activities to create a supportive learning environment that values future aspirations |
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Where it takes place at West Norfolk Academies Trust: |
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> Pupils learn about careers through the unit People Who Help Us in EYFS (YR) with stories, videos and visits from police, RNLI, dentists, nurses and other professionals. >In KS2 (Y4) a unit called My Dream Job encourages discussion, personal qualities, aspiration, money and financial tracking > Lessons from the unit Dreams and Goals in EYFS/KS1 and KS2 |
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> Apprenticeship day is for all key stages, where pupils dress up as the profession they are interested in and share with the class why they chose that career. >Parents and Carers are invited to a workshop at the end of Apprenticeship Day. > Parents and Carers are also involved in Life Skills Workshops annually. |
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