The school kicked off 2018 with the two-day Design Your Life workshop, followed up by access to the digital tools for all stage three students. Judge says the momentum has gathered from there.

“An important element of this program is leading from strength,” Judge says. “The program shows primary school students how they can identify and use their strengths and passions. The students at Ermington West PS identified careers that they were interested in, explored others that they had no idea existed and captured those that held no interest for them at all.”

Through fun, interactive activities, students are shown how to look at the 'invisible jobs' all around them every day. They also learn to recognise the stereotypes and influences that are shaping their own ideas. The constant addition of new careers as time goes by is shown as proof that they will always have choices as long as they have the curiosity and skills to navigate the new world of work.

“Waiting until high school to give career advice limits a student's scope for imagination and exploration,” Judge says. “We know that the perceptions children have about certain jobs and careers are formed at a young age and can be influenced and/or restricted by gender stereotyping, socio-economic background and, importantly, who they know.

“These factors go on to influence academic effort, the subjects students choose to study and the jobs they end up pursuing.”

There are also benefits for teachers, who learn how to tap into these individual student insights to dial up the relevance and engagement in what they are teaching.

“The data we’ve seen underlines that primary students are already thinking about their future and are worried about it,” Judge says. “The program gives them the understanding and skills to be optimistic and confident about their future.”