| Activity | Description | Duration | F2F or virtual | Age group |
| Business Breakfast Bites | A short Q&A session where a volunteer share information about their job and the children ask questions about it | 30 mins | Either | KS1, KS2 |
| Career Carousel | Children work in small groups to ask guest speakers about their jobs | 2 hours | F2F | KS1, KS2 |
| Careers Top Trumps | Students compare different jobs with a fun game | 30 mins | F2F | KS2 |
| Dream Big Aspiration | Students learn about different careers in Cumbria through famous Cumbrians and examples of local produce.
They are able to interview guests about their careers. |
2 hours | F2F | KS1, KS2 |
| Virtual live Q&A | Students get to meet a range of employees from different organisations with different jobs or from one organisation showcasing the variety of jobs within it.
This workshop can be done with multiple schools and multiple year groups at the same time. |
45 mins to 1 hour | Virtual | KS1, KS2 |
| Insights | The trainer shares what the love about the subject (science in the example) and gets the students to discuss the kinds of jobs that use science.
The material can be easily adapted for other subjects. |
1 hour | F2F | KS2 |
| What’s my Line? (Panel) | Students ask a panel of guests questions to work out the jobs that they do. | 45 mins | F2F | KS1, KS2 |
| What’s my Line? (Individual) | Presentation to inspire children about a particular job role and an opportunity to show pupils how what they learn at school is used in the real world.
The plans are from the Environment Agency but can be easily adapted for other roles or organisations. |
30 mins | F2F | KS1, KS2 |
| Who uses this? | The activity gets students to think about the tools and equipment used in different jobs and the skills needed | 30 mins – 2 hours | F2F | KS1, KS2 |
| Dress up day | This is a fun and exciting way to help younger children explore their futures. | 30 mins to whole day | F2F | EYFS, KS1, KS2 |
| Ideal Me | Ideal Me is a tool that allows each pupil to create a vision for their future and to start to develop an idea about their plans to get there. | 30 mins 1 1 hour | Either | Y6 |
| My Crest | My Crest allows insights into what makes each pupil who they are. Children complete a crest like a school badge, football team crest or family crest, which allows children to easily draw what they like onto their shield and create a motto for themselves. | 30 mins | F2F | EYFS, KS1, KS2 |
| Who Does this? | This activity features a template that encourages children to draw what they think jobs look like. It found that children’s ideas about stereotypes start as young as seven years old with gender typing of roles such as Firefighters, Nurses and Doctors all showing marked signs of gender bias. | 1 to 2 hours | Either | KS1, KS2 |
| Site visit | This activity gives the children the opportunity to visit a real place of work and explore the variety of different jobs available in one organisation. | 1 to 2 hours | F2F | KS1, KS2 |
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