Innovate Her – Guest Speaker
Innovate Her are a STEM organisation dedicated to improving diversity in careers related to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Kimberley Clark will be coming to talk to our students about her career, the importance of encouraging diversity, and is designed to empower …
ASSEMBLY: What is vocational education? with MidKent College
As part of their preparation for making their GCSE option choices next year, Year 8 will be joining Key Stage 3 students from across Kent and Medway to find out about vocational education. This is a live event held online, and students …
.CAREERS SESSIONS: PSHE and Careers
In their fortnightly careers sessions this term, Year 8 will be focusing on activities that support the PSHE content that is being delivered. This includes examples of LGBTQ+ workplace diversity schemes and the Stonewall top-ranked employers. …
.CAREERS SESSIONS: Rights within the workplace
In their fortnightly careers sessions, Year 8 students gain a greater understanding of the world of work. They will be introduced to what is involved when calling in sick to work and how this might affect pay, or might need supporting documentation. …
.CAREERS SESSIONS: Entrepreneurship challenge
Year 8 students will undertake an entrepreneurship challenge across their fortnightly careers sessions, and have the opportunity to understand the different elements involved in being self-employed. …
.CAREERS SESSIONS: How to make decisions
In their fortnightly careers sessions, Year 8 students will work through a BBC Bitesize careers workshop which helps them to consider the different decisions they need to make with regards to their careers and how to think about their interests. In addition …
.CAREERS SESSIONS: Work/life balance
In their fortnightly careers sessions, Year 8 students explore the role that work/life balance has in our careers and how the wage or salary is not the only consideration to make when deciding on a career. We will also introduce the role …
Launch Work Shadowing Day
Work Shadowing Day is in Term 6 and offers our students in Year 8, 9 and 10 the opportunity to accompany a family member to work for a day to gain an first-hand experience of a workplace. In this session, students are …
Veterans and careers
As part of remembrance week, Year 8 will consider the secondary careers that veterans often choose and why. They will look at different roles within the armed forces and how these choices can prepare a person for other career sectors and roles. …
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