Image of Year 6 - Aspirations - Day 5 - Local Artist!
5 July 2019

Year 6 - Aspirations - Day 5 - Local Artist!

Year 5 and Year 6 loved a visit from Thomas Johannessen's dad, Les, who showed his amazing artwork. Members of staff asked to purchase some of his work - amazing!  The children were blown away and loved their session. Delph Side can't wait to get Les back in soon!

 

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Image of Y6 Aspirations - Day 5 - PCSOs
5 July 2019

Y6 Aspirations - Day 5 - PCSOs

Year 5 and Year 6 were treated to a talk with our local PCSOs, who talked about their role in the community and how to join the Police Force. Both classes loved our talk and asked superb questions, yet again. Great work Year 5 and 6.

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Image of Y6 Aspirations-Day 5   - Lathom High perform for us!
5 July 2019

Y6 Aspirations-Day 5 - Lathom High perform for us!

Lathom High paid us a special musical visit to inspire us into musical careers! Year 7 to Year 11 children performed some fantastic pieces for us, before we asked questions about their musical talent. A great start to Day 5.

 

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Image of Year 6 Aspirations Week - Day 4 - Fire Service!
4 July 2019

Year 6 Aspirations Week - Day 4 - Fire Service!

Year 6 loved meeting our fire fighting visitors, who showed us some of the life-saving equipment they use and even allowed us to handle some!

 

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4 July 2019

Year 6 Aspirations - Day 3 - West Lancs Visit!

Year 5 and Year 6 were treated to fantastic tour of West Lancs College, courtesy of Mrs Hughes! We enjoyed a tour of the kitchens, lecture theatre, garages, plumbing and bricklaying workshops - and walked away with a goodie bag each! Lots of us already want to enroll for a college course, but…

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Image of Year 6 - Aspirations Week-Day 3- Paramedics!
4 July 2019

Year 6 - Aspirations Week-Day 3- Paramedics!

Year 5 and Year 6 were amazed when they found an ambulance parked on our playground! We met 3 paramedics, one of whom is Daisy's dad. We learnt CPR, used some life-saving equipment and got to see inside the ambulance - what an experience!

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2 July 2019

Year 6 Aspirations Day 2 - author visit

Year Six loved Ewan's mum popping in for a chat about her career as an author, and asked some inspiring and deep questions about her writing process! Mr Morris and Mrs Gwyther immediately purchased copies of 'Ropes' through Amazon!

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2 July 2019

Year 6 Aspirations week Day 2 - RAF Q&A

Year Six were fascinated when they met Neil, a former RAF serviceman, and current aeronautical engineer! Neil showed us some incredible videos of his time in the RAF and how planes refuel mid-flight! Ultra-cool!

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Image of Year 6 Aspirations week Day 2 - Monty the Dog
2 July 2019

Year 6 Aspirations week Day 2 - Monty the Dog

Year Six absolutely loved meeting Monty Dog and his owner, Mark! We learnt about being an author and about the process from writing to publishing. 

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Image of Aspirations Week-HM Prisons
1 July 2019

Aspirations Week-HM Prisons

Year Six had a blast learning all about a career with HM Prison as Prison Officers, and we even met The Governor! We met Hunter, a puppy spaniel, and Alfie - a fully trained sniffer dog. We asked some brilliant questions, and had some children already thinking of a career with HM…

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Image of Aspirations Week-Career research
1 July 2019

Aspirations Week-Career research

Year Six mapped out their dream careers and talked about how we could make them happen. We then researched salary prospects in our chosen careers.

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Image of Year 6 Aspirations Week - Day 1
1 July 2019

Year 6 Aspirations Week - Day 1

Day 1 of Aspirations week started brilliantly, with Mrs Gwyther's son, Oran, coming in to talk all about Criminology and Higher Education.

We asked fantastic questions and learnt lots about psychology and career paths after University.

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