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  3. Key stage 2
  4. Year 3
  5. Citizenship: What careers do people choose and why?
  6. Lesson 1: What careers do people have?

Lesson 1: What careers do people have?

Exploring what a career is and the different ways people can prepare for one.

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Optional : remind the children of the PSHE agreement they created in the Introductory lesson: Setting rules for RSE & PSHE lessons and recap the rules they agre…

Show the children the Presentation: Guess the job. Explain that a job is work people do to earn money. Click through the pictures and ask the children to sugges…

1. Show slide 1 of the Presentation: What is a career? Click to reveal and recap the definition of job, then introduce career as the job or jobs a person does o…

Ask the children to reflect on the enquiry question: What careers do people have? Ask:

External visitors Invite a member of the school or wider community to talk about their job or career and answer the children's questions (see Teacher knowledge)…

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  • Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y3: Citizenship: What careers do people choose and why?

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    Lesson 1: What careers do people have?

  • Lesson 2: What influences career choices?

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  • Lesson 3: What job might be for me?

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  • Lesson 4: Should your gender affect what job you do?

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  • Lesson 5: How can gender stereotypes be challenged?

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  • Lesson 6: Why might someone make a career change?

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Last update: 27 October 2026
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