Primary
START SMALL DREAM BIG
The project
Start Small, Dream Big is a one-year pilot project for primary schools in Somerset funded by the Department of Education through the Careers and Enterprise Company.
Aims of the project
This project aims to improve outcomes for Somerset primary students by broadening their horizons, challenging stereotypes and developing aspirations of primary students. This will be completed through:
- Increasing awareness and aspirations amongst primary aged children of the range of jobs and career pathways available to them in the future.
- Decreasing the extent to which stereotypes limit children’s thinking about their future careers.
- Providing children with a forward looking, realistic view of the jobs and the way we work.
- Developing understanding amongst children of the link between what they learn in school, skills and the world of work.
- Increasing parental engagement in supporting children to think broadly about future careers.
What will it involve?
This project aims to improve outcomes for Somerset primary students by broadening their horizons, challenging stereotypes and developing aspirations of primary students. This will be completed through:
- An assigned Lead Teacher from each school will complete a programme of CPD delivered by Teach First to support the creation of a whole school careers strategy to embed careers education across the school.
- Participation in baseline and endline evaluations.
- Planning for and delivering employer encounters for pupils to increase their exposure to the world of work. Children will meet inspiring employers so they can explore different local jobs and understand the skills they’ll need for the future.
Why?
Research shows that children can fix their aspirations and create future-limiting stereotypes by as young as six years of age.
Research has also shown that Career-Related Learning (CRL) can widen aspirations and challenge stereotypes so that children keep an open mind about the world of work as they move through education.
To learn more about the programme, click here
News
This section contains the projects newsletters, which includes milestones and a selection of some of the exiting activity that has taken place.
December - Launch
March - World Book Day
March - Careers Resources Padlet
Resources
We want to ensure that all primary aged students can have a positive start to their careers education journey. See below our employer directory that has a list of all the employers in Somerset who we have worked with and are able to support you & our Primary Education Padlet, which has library of resources available to support you.
For any Somerset business wishing to be included in the Directory, please complete this form Employer Profile for Somerset Primary Schools Directory to create your profile or contact [email protected]
Employer Directory