Citizenship /Leisure & Tourism
WORK EXPERIENCE:
We are always looking for a range of more unusual work placements for pupils who perhaps want a practical experience or indeed an opportunity to find out more about a high powered professional career that they aspire to. Our placements can be from one week to an extended placement of 1 day per week. Pupils in Year 10 and Year 12 all have a week of work experience per year and many are linked to courses they are following e.g. Business, Textiles, Sport and Leisure, Construction, Tourism.
CAREERS TALKS – 2007/2008:
Thank you to all parents who offered to talk to Year 9 pupils about their jobs over the year. We are now looking for more volunteers for our next academic year. This is a really wonderful opportunity to inspire pupils and encourage them to have real aspiration for their futures. Only 20 minutes of your time is needed between 8.50am and 9.10am, yet it could make a huge difference to some pupils. If you are interested please contact myself, Mrs Susan Moss at the school. We are also looking for employers who would be willing to work with teachers in designing a learning activity board at their workplace for a specific group of pupils. If you think you can help, again, please contact myself, Mrs Susan Moss at the school.
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS DAY – YEAR 9:
Year 9 pupils had an interesting day visiting Didcot Power Station and Sutton Courtenay Field Centre. The purpose of the day was to find out about how energy is produced and the current issues which face us as non-renewable forms of fuel are disappearing and we are becoming more aware of energy efficiency. The power station seems much bigger when you stand beneath the cooling towers. These landmarks which can be seen from many parts of Oxfordshire may not be with us by 2012 when the use of coal to generate electricity at Didcot is set to end. What will be the future? A tour of the power station shows us how coal arrives by train, storage of coal etc. At Sutton Courtenay the environmental centre has been designed with lots of energy efficient ideas and renewable, recycled materials. South facing windows, natural ventilation, recycled plastic work surfaces, moss roof, use of rainwater, waterless urinals etc. Many ideas for those who are interested in becoming more `green`. We had a really enjoyable time and were pleased to have good weather!
LIVING RAIN FOREST VISIT – YEAR 7:
Later in July Year 7 pupils will be visiting a `tropical rainforest` at Chievely (amazing what you can find in the UK!) Insects, plants and small wildlife will be explained through workshops to illustrate how important the rainforests of the world are to medicine, food and climate.
Date: 02-07-2007