Author: jmcminn

Year 5 & 6
Cycle B (Term 1 )

What jobs would we like?
PSHE (Living in the Wider World)
Job skills, influences and goals

In this unit the children will:
Identify a range of jobs, as well as the skills and experience needed to carry them out
Recognise their personal qualities and strengths, and the role they place in setting goals for the future
Learn that a person’s career aspirations should not be limited by stereotypes in the workplace
Understand that some jobs are paid more than others and that money is one factor that may influence career or job choices
Practise effective goal setting, including describing the steps and challenges to achieving goals
Recognise a variety of routes into careers

Key Vocabulary
job—a task or piece of work, a position of regular employment
career—an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person’s life
skills—ability to do something really well
qualities—the standard of something measured against other things of similar kinds
strengths—a good or beneficial quality
job description—a formal list of an employees responsibilities
Aspirations—a hope or ambition
Workplace—where a person goes to carry out their work or job
Qualification—to pass an exam or official completion of a course

Key Knowledge
That jobs need a variety of different skills
That decision making has an important role in the workplace
That they have their own personal qualities and strengths
That understanding their own qualities and strengths will help them set goals
That there are a lots of different routes into careers

Quality Assured Resources
https://pshe-association.org.uk/topics/money-work