Tees Valley Education Trust academies engage with local Port
Year 5 children from within four Tees Valley Education Trust academies visited PD Ports to learn about local industry and inspire their future job prospects.
Exposure to business
Tees Valley Education Trust believe that partnering with local businesses provides their schools and children with opportunities to engage, learn from, and work with a range of industries. The trust has a dedicated Business, Industry and Enterprise (BIE) curriculum that considers the context of the current landscape in Teesside and beyond. Their research shows that ‘children’s career aspirations are linked to their motivation and persistence at school, their subject choices and even to their later occupations’.
Tees Valley Education Trust commented:
“We pride ourselves on our dedication to our business industry and enterprise offering. It is something that is lacking in Primary Education despite studies showing that exposure to different businesses and industries at a young age heavily influences a child’s future job prospects and career decisions.”
Within the trust’s BIE curriculum they also consider how gender and career stereotyping shape children’s career perspectives at an early age. They aim to provide their children with meaningful encounters and interactions with real-world business and enterprise. The trust has partnerships with pioneers and innovators in the community. One of their key partnerships is PD Ports.
PD Ports trip
Recently, the Tees Valley Education Trust Year 5 students from Pennyman Primary Academy, Wilton Primary Academy, Dormanstown Primary Academy and Brambles Primary Academy spent an afternoon with the PD Ports team.
The children visited the Harbour Office, Harbour Police, Container Terminal and Rail Terminal to meet the PD Port staff. It was an excellent way for the children to see all the different roles and what goes into keeping the business running. Tees Valley Education Trust stated that they ‘love finding new ways to inspire young minds and love when businesses like PD Ports support this vision’.
Chris Zarraga, Director of Schools North East commented:
“We love seeing the work Tees Valley Education Trust does to inspire their students’ future career prospects and that they work alongside local business and enterprise. It is great to see that the trust focuses on building the best possible outcomes for their students and that they recognise the regional context when developing their curriculum.”
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