10-14^th July has seen careers week in school.

 

Many activities took place, including work placements, virtual work experience, talks from employers and workshops. Feedback from students has been amazing and we hope they got lots of meaningful experiences from the week as they start to prepare for their next steps!

 

Students have had the opportunity to self-place on a work placement to give them first hand experience of the working world. Students also participated in ‘Be Your Own Boss’ which allowed them to explore key skills needed in the workplace including financial management, problem solving, networking, marketing and more.

 

For those in schools we’ve had key talks in each day from various industries. We heard from Dell Technologies for students who have a keen interest in computing, technology, media or engineering for a insight into what’s needed to get into the industry. HiyaTech also came into school to talk all things technology, students found the talk extremely informative with Bradley from Year 10 commenting “I thought that Dean's talk was very helpful and informative, and he did a great job of explaining what recruitment which has shown me what I could possibly go into, I am very thankful as I hadn't been very interested in much, but Dean's talk has inspired me and really made me think on different opportunities.”

 

Simon Artley from Elevated Knowledge spoke to our students about engineering. Our students were able to ask a wide range of questions about engineering and learn about different areas of industry where engineers work and what they can expect on apprenticeships. Gary from Year 10 commented “I thought that Simons talk was informative and made me more interested in engineering and made me want to study it more and look into engineering even more. I was already interested in engineering but Simon made it sound more interesting and made me realise how many different opportunities there are."

 

Other talks during the week included Candy’s Cupcakes who gave insight into starting your own business and the Former Head of Science at Manchester United delivering a practical session in soccer skills and a talk in coaching careers and how to get into the sports industry!

 

The week has been a great success in informing students of the pathways available to them and how they need to prepare to get there.

 

Elsewhere in school Year 8 and 9 Excellent Choices groups completed their six weeks careers course and presented the business ideas that they have been working on. A huge thank you to Hannah Smallwood from BDO who has been working with our students.

 

A huge thank you to all employers who have taken the time to support students this week, we know the experience will be invaluable and raising aspirations!