Careers and Aspirations

CAREERS DAY - MONDAY 23RD MARCH!

Dress as the career you would like to be...adults, you too!

CAREERS FAIR FOR YEARS 4-6

MONDAY 23RD MARCH 2026

Watch out for updates soon but a huge thank you to the professionals who have agreed to join us for the morning!

SPRING TERM 2026 UPDATES

Mrs Hill has been working with the North East combined authority to review and audit our school’s current careers provision using the North East Ambition Audit Tool.

As well as auditing our current provision, Mrs Hill was given the opportunity to explore primary careers-related learning, understand the primary benchmarks, and hear from careers champions.

As a school, we have been linked to Sunderland Software City and our children have had some Intro to Tech sessions led by Caroline Williamson, their skills manager.

All adults in school we asked to complete the following sentence to share their own aspirations from when they were young children:

'When I was younger, I wanted to be...'

Mrs Gardiner and Mrs Finlay: an air-stewardess

Mrs Forth, Mrs Atkinson, Mrs Garside, Mrs Medhurst, Mrs Morris, Mrs Foster< Miss Oldroyd and Miss Routledge: a teacher

Mrs Lawrance: a Forensic Scientist

Mrs Rose: a Chef or Baker

Mr Snelson: a Footballer

Miss Ainsley and Mrs Wharton: a Nurse

Mrs Sutherland: an Art Teacher

Lisa: a Joiner

Mrs Baines, Mrs Blenkhorn and Mrs Grocott: a Hairdresser

Gordon: in Construction

Peter and Kelly: Police

Miss Gray: a Beautician

Miss Redpath: a teacher or a midwife

Mrs Hill: a Hotel Owner

Mrs Greenhow: CSI

Linda: a Gymnast

Mrs Fearby: A Paeleantologist

Mrs Hamilton: in the Forces

Mrs Killen: NASA or a teacher

Miss Weatherall: a tractor driver or a teacher

Mrs Finnigan and Mrs McCabe: a Mum

Mrs Tomys: an RSPCA inspector

Autumn 2025

Thank you to the children in Years 1 to 6 who shared their ASPIRATIONS for the future with me this week.

Year 1 children ASPIRE to be:

A Police Officer,  a footballer, an office worker, a princess, a Doctor, a Fireman, a singer, a Scientist and a Hospital worker.

Year 2 children ASPIRE to be:

A Dad, a Police Officer, a Teacher, a Chef, an Astronaut, a Youtuber, a Gymnast, a Builder, a Footballer, a Steel worker, a Pilot, a Vet and a Firefighter.

Year 3 children ASPIRE to be:

A Nurse, a Firefighter, a Doctor or a Vet, a Babysitter, in the Army, a Footballer, a Horse Trainer, a Dance teacher, a Police Officer, famous, a Motorbike rider and a Spaceman.

Year 4 ASPIRE to be:

A Teacher, a Gymnast or a Doctor, a Vet, a Chef or a Designer and a job in Crafting.

Year 5 ASPIRE to be:

A Teacher, a Builder or a Footballer, A Dentist, A Scuba-diver, an Engineer, a Doctor, an F1 racer, a Nursery Nurse, a Gymnastics Teacher and a Boxer.

Year 6 ASPIRE to be:

A Beauty Salon owner, a Marine Biologist, a Pet-sitter, a Lifeguard, an MMA fighter, a Swimming Teacher, a Horse trainer, a Police Officer, an Actor or a Teacher for Autistic children, in Anime design, a Tennis Player, a Nail Technician,  a Fashion Designer, a Footballer, a Flight Attendant, a Plumber, a Doctor and a Teacher.

I hope you all achieve your dreams and hopefully we can help you start this journey...