Wow Project

Working with older children, many of whom lack the knowledge and skills required to make well informed and realistic career decisions, it became apparent that the foundations of career planning needed to be in place much earlier. With the scaling down of Careers Services, the teaching of careers education is arguably falling more and more to teachers who have little time and few resources. Recent reports by Donaldson (Wales) and Gatsby (England) also highlights the link between experiential learning and economic & social wellbeing. WoW was developed to target learners in transition from Primary to High school but has subsequently expanded its remit to cover ages 4 to 19. The project provides a springboard to enable learners to gain valuable career related life skills in a fun and interactive setting. WoW complements many other areas of the curriculum notably, literacy, numeracy and digital competence. The project also provides a vehicle to enable children to acquire broader social and emotional skills by linking with key aspects of the curriculum.