Careers in the Curriculum

During the month of November, each subject will dedicate a lesson / activity to careers for each year group. This could include:

A starter/plenary
A lesson focussed on transferrable skills eg. communication, team work, resilience, digital skills
A focus on interview skills/techniques or understanding a job advert
Research for next steps within the subject using Unifrog
A guest speaker
A study of different job roles

2023 Highlights

What a fantastic Month of careers focused opportunities our students were exposed to!

Guest speakers - Oliver Jeffers Illustrator Talk, Finance developer in SE Asia, Enterprise Security Architect for The Financial Conduct Authority, Course Leader for BA (Hons) Theatre from Portsmouth University, Gothic Author Visit, Ian Taplin, Talk from the local Lib Dem candidate

Activities - Portfolio workshops, Who am I cards, Direct discussions about future careers and pathways, Creative practice using specific movies/books, Introduction to mock trials, consideration of transferable skills, using Maths in a variety of job roles, understanding skills in hospitality

Trips - Arla food factory, Pinewood Studios

Wider Reading/Watching - super curriculum task involving careers videos put together by HOP (Hertfordshire Opportunities Portal)

The month was well received by our students, see below for some of their feedback:

'We got to see lots of careers that we might be interested in on 'Unifrog'

'We made our own Courtroom and acted out a case. It was fun and I was the defence lawyer'

'They were very inventive with what they did'

'It was a really fun lesson about the careers that could be taken in drama'

'You got to think about what your life could look like'

'Meeting with people that did it'

'They made us do a test to see what type of worker we our. I found this fun'

(It was Film Studies) 'I really like the talk from the lady currently working in the film industry, it helped to see how I can get into it and what sort of things an Assistant Producer does & I enjoyed visiting Pinewood and talking to industry professionals' :)

'Range of different things you can do!'

'It taught me about different options the future e.g Collage, Apprenticeships etc'

'We saw all the teachers career paths and did a careers match up'

'Researching the opportunities of learning or working after school/college'

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