CHURCH STRETTON SCHOOL THE SCHOOL PERSPECTIVE
Ed Potter Enterprise Adviser CHURCH STRETTON Former Student SCHOOL'S ENTERPISE Local Employer ADVISER Unfortunate to be the local councillor for the two youth clubs I run
GATSBY BENCHMARKS 5 AND 6 WHAT THE Careers Day- Employment workshops, letters of ENTERPRISE application and judging team work skills in balloon tower ADVISER HAS making HELPED THE SCHOOL Careers Speed Networking- using his contacts to encourage local businesses to take part in a Year 8 event ACHIEVE Advice – regular meetings, contacts and encouragement
WHAT WENT WELL
For the last two years Ed has given up his day to help with Careers Day at the school. CAREERS DAY IN A carousal of events including the application ENRICHMENT process, what employers want, Dragons Den, WEEK curiosity museum and Jacobs’ Engineering Ed gave up time in his day to work with the groups and helped encourage other business owners and professionals to take part
On Wednesday this week, Year 8 students took part in a new event at the school. Students were able to speak to representatives of 23 different companies and organisations. The students asked questions about the different jobs, what people did, what qualifications they needed, even how much they could earn! The students were brilliant and were praised by all the visitors. Nick Henstock from Montgomery Waters comment summed it up "If they are the future we are in safe hands" CAREERS SPEED The school would like to thank the following businesses and organisations for giving up their time and speaking to our students for NETWORKING two hours non stop. EVENT The National Trust, Montgomery Waters, West Mercia Police, Agilent Technologies, Shropshire Fire and Rescue, Acekind Ltd, Isla Bikes, Hough & Son, Connexus, Teddesley Leisure Ltd, ESP Energy, Ludlow Food Festival, McConnel, Eaton Manor, The World Egg Organisation, Liz Hyder PR, Larry Wright Coaching, The Radiotherapy Dept (RSH), Ironbridge Training Consultants, Hagley Place Care Home, John Thomas Florist and Oak Apple Catering.
Regular meetings Strategy for helping the careers education offer at Church Stretton School ADVICE To increase the involvement from local businesses Contacts………….
ARMY YOUTH The team are returning in November to build tanks with Year 7 students. OUTREACH TEAM
GATSBY What is the school aiming for? At least one contact with an employer each year for every BENCHMARKS student 5 & 6 To cover as many professions and occupations as possible
Verity Howard Artist Careers within PSHE :One day we had an astrophysicist , an organic milk farmer and Shaun Whalley, Shrewsbury Town Winger! CAREERS Medical Mavericks EVENTS AT Visit to Doncasters Apprenticeship Show CHURCH Rotary Interviews STRETTON Royal Marines SCHOOL Army Youth Outreach Team Visits from National Apprenticeship Service/Get my first job Job Centre Plus – Support for schools programme Work Experience Placements
VISITS AND Verity Howard – Artist VISITORS Yr9 visit to Doncaster Shrewsbury
MEDICAL MAVERICKS
ROYAL MARINES VISIBILITY TEAM The Royal Navy have also come into school to conduct psychometric testing with yr10 students. This relates to other professions as well as the Armed Forces.
Even Better If
Dr James Mawhinney – Oxford , graduate of medicine ALUMNI NETWORK Josh Sansom – Jacobs Advanced Apprenticeship Civil engineering
HOW CAN YOU HELP Can you spare time? 15 minutes for assembly One hour for a lesson An afternoon for speed networking A day for an event – engineering with newspaper
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