On Monday 25 April, the Education and Safety teams represented
the Crick at the Knowledge Quarter's Primary Careers Conference.
Young people aged 9-10, who through their family circumstances have
limited access to professionals, were selected from Camden and
Islington schools to attend the event at the British Library.
The conference provided a forum for a wide range of local
careers to be presented to the children through a series of
workshops, stalls and talks. Using iPads, they collected
information and recorded their experiences of the day to take back
to school to present to the rest of their class. By listening to
inspirational speakers, the children learn how the knowledge,
skills and values they learn at school relate to different careers,
encouraging them to engage more with their school work and broaden
their job aspirations.
Danielle Thorburn, Safety Technician, who demonstrated the
important role that careers in safety have at the Crick, commented:
"The children were really enthusiastic about taking part, and told
me repeatedly that the Francis Crick stall was the "coolest by
far"! I think they really enjoyed the opportunity to take part in
something active, and we were asked very interesting
questions."