What a week we had at Darley Dale Primary School! We have been exploring, finding out and learning about so many different jobs.

To kick off the week in style, the children and staff dressed up as their future selves, showcasing the careers and aspirations they dream of pursuing. It was wonderful to see such creativity, ambition, and enthusiasm on display!

Year 1 and 2 started the week learning about veterinary nursing. Laura and Nicky told us all about how they look after animals: cleaning their teeth, picking out ticks, keeping animals calm and even looking after the vets! We looked at lots of exciting things like x-ray, ticks and teeth.

The Junior children had the opportunity to choose which careers thy would like to find out more about. 

Paul is a firefighter he came and told the children all about his job and brought the fire engine so they could have a look at all of the equipment and use the hose!

Lots of children learned about wedding planning and floristry with Bethan, they had a wonderful time and learned some tricks of the trade.

Rachel is a life coach, she talked to the children about her role, the children had lots questions and were really interested in how she supports mental health.

Nathan talked some of the children about his adventurous role as a Mountain Leader. The children loved hearing all about this and exploring the equipment that he brought to share with us.

Some children we inspired by Lydia's sporting challenge of the completing the London Marathon. Maybe we will see some DDPS children competing in the years to come.

Other children chose to hear about the work Charlie does working with museums and national heritage and all of the exciting places it has taken her.

Lauren has travelled the world working in hospitality. She wanted to share this with the children and reaffirm that they are capable of anything!

Chris shared his job in Data Engineering and Programming. We had lots of children really interested in this area and they couldn't wait to find out all about it!

Meanwhile, the Infant children had a visit from PCSO Hayley and her friend, serving police officer. He showed us his uniform and explained why he had to wear certain things, he answered lots of questions and even showed us around a police car.

On Tuesday, the Juniors were visited by staff from Derby County Academy. They all had different roles within the academy and we learned lots about the different. We heard what it was like to be the Head of Education at the academy and we learnt what the Player Care Lead's role is. A Sports Analyst brought in a drone and showed the children how they use this in within their job. We also learned all about the role of a physiotherapist and the Sports Psychologist taught the children how to use breathwork. Not only that, we were visited by a special guest too...Rammy dropped by to say hello.

Year 1 and 2 loved their afternoon finding out all about becoming a lorry driver. Dom told the children all about his job, the children loved exploring the truck, especially where the drivers sleep!

In the Juniors, we had a lovely actress called Fiona, who spoke to the children about her experiences and many of the roles she had as an actress. The children had lots of questions to ask.

On Wednesday, we were visited by working artist, Rebecca, who talked to the children about her art and inspired lots of the children in their own art. Jo, is a community nurse and the children loved finding out about her role, they even practised bandaging each other up and taking each other's blood pressure. Meanwhile, other children were watching Jimmy work on a carpentry project and now the children know how to hang their own door!