My First Careers PlanYear 7 reflection and goal-setting

Why this matters

End-of-year consolidation. Students review the year (subjects to careers, apprenticeships, local LMI, skills baseline), pick three things they've discovered about themselves, and set one tangible Year 8 goal. The output is a one-page 'Year 7 Careers Passport' they keep.

Learning objectives

By the end of this lesson

I can summarise three things I've learned about myself this year

I can name two careers I want to know more about

I can write a clear, dated goal for Year 8

ActivityActivity 1: Year-in-review reflection

On your own15 min

Three sentence stems: this year I discovered… I'm now curious about… I've grown in… Students fill in privately.

ActivityActivity 2: The passport

On your own30 min

Build a one-pager: three discoveries, two careers to explore, one Year 8 goal, three strengths. Beautifully printed.

ActivityActivity 3: Show, don't tell

Whole class15 min

Pair-share passports. Partner has to ask one curious question. Passport goes home for parent conversation.

Success criteria

How we'll know it worked

Year 7 Careers Passport one-pager completed

Goal stored in Chapter goals with target date

Chapter Student Game

Action

Complete your Year 7 Careers Passport and save to your Chapter timeline

Skills: Planning, Creativity

Save your Year 7 Careers Passport to Chapter as a permanent timeline entry - your first careers milestone.

What's next

This is the Y7 capstone. The output is a beautiful one-pager students show parents at the end-of-year review. Print on good paper.