A round-up of how career-related learning at London’s Madame Tussauds can enhance pupils’ learning and their future prospects.
There is no escaping the invaluable benefits of bringing learning to life outside the classroom. But what about careers? Would you ever plan a school trip around developing essential skills such as communication, teamwork, problem-solving and creativity?
Career-related learning isn’t just about choosing a job, by introducing students to the concept of careers early on it helps to raise their aspirations in school and beyond.
Motivation and goal setting are powerful personal development skills and a central pillar to mastering social and emotional well-being, essential life skills you need to grow into a competent adult.
Challenge the stereotypes! Students are so easily influenced from a young age, it’s vital to recognise and create opportunity that allows students to explore beyond what otherwise might have been ignored due to perceptions based on gender, ethnicity and social background.
Career-related learning helps students make more informed decisions about their future educational and career pathways. School trips to an attraction push the ideation of the range of careers out there.
To put this into context let’s layer with an incredibly unique learning outside the classroom experience…
Let’s talk about Madame Tussauds London
By immortalising celebrity, Madame Tussauds recreates iconic moments of fame and lets you get close to the stars. But behind the astonishingly life-like figures, interactive sets, and cutting-edge technology is a wealth of real-world career related content.
To support learning, you can download the Careers Activity Pack for students aged 7-14. Designed with pre, onsite and post learning in mind, the activities and tasks will encourage students to explore a range of diverse careers related to Madame Tussauds London and the skills required behind them.
The on-site activity booklet encourages students to interact with all the attraction has to offer, with the famous figures helping to bring real world relevance to students’ learning and broaden their career awareness and aspirations.
By working through each activity, students will:
- Be introduced to the founder of Madame Tussauds London, Marie Tussaud, and explore what it takes to be an entrepreneur.
- Explore the figure-making process and the variety of skills adopted by proficient craftspeople.
- Discover various sets from iconic movies, shows and moments in time and consider the different job roles behind them.
- Explore and appreciate that behind-the-scenes job roles are just as important as the celebrity themselves – teamwork!
- Consider what different job roles exist and the skills required to operate an attraction such as Madame Tussauds London.
So, broaden your students’ horizons, challenge stereotypes, and inspire careers they may not have previously thought about as they celebrate extraordinary people and feel a sense of connection to significant moments of fame.
For more information about educational visits to Madame Tussauds London, go to: www.madametussauds.com/london/schools
