Learning area 4

1. Learning area 4 Exploring jobs in my community

2. What does community mean to you? • A community is a group of people that have contact with each other and usually live near to each other. • There are lots of different kinds of communities. • Communities can be all different sizes. Slide 2

3. What does community mean to you? • These are all examples of communities: • Your family • This class • This school • This town / village / suburb • The local church / mosque / synagogue / temple • The school football club • Local Brownies / Scouts • The local choir • Ethnic / cultural community group. Slide 3

4. What does community mean to you? • We all belong to some communities, and there are other communities that only some of us belong to. Slide 4

5. My community - post it wall • Can you think of somebody from your community who helps you? Slide 5

6. My community - post it wall • Write down: • their name • a little bit about them and what they do • how they help you. Slide 6

7. Community interview • You are going to interview people in the local community. • Remember to always be polite. Slide 7

8. Community interview • You are going to find out things like: • Person’s name • Person’s age • Where they live • What they do for a living • What a normal day is like for them • Who they work with • Whether they’ve done different things for a living in the past • Whether they went to university / college / do any other courses. • What careers advice they would give to people now in primary school. Slide 8

9. Mystery guest • We are going to have a mystery guest in today’s class. • You have to find out what the guest does for a living. Slide 9

10. Mystery guest • You can ask the mystery guest questions about what they do, but the guest can only answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’. • For example: Do you wear a uniform for your job? • Put your hand up to ask a question. Slide 10

11. What’s in your brain? • What have you learnt about jobs in our community? • Fill your ‘brain’with everything you have learnt. Slide11