Careers Programme 2021-22
At Corbridge Middle School we want all our young people to understand the full range of opportunities available to them in today’s world and help them to acquire the skills and qualifications they will need to succeed in the workplace today and in the future. We believe that every pupil should have multiple opportunities to learn from employers about work, employment and the skills that are valued in the workplace. We also aim to prepare our pupils for the opportunities in the next stage of their education, a time when they will make choices about their future study
All of our pupils from Year 5 to Year 8 will have access to a planned careers education information and guidance (CEIAG) programme which supports us in achieving our aims. In Years 5 and 6 this will be delivered as part of PSHE within our Care & Culture curriculum and all teachers will support our whole-school approach to careers education information and guidance by making explicit links within their own subject areas/specialisms and sharing this with the children they teach. In Year 7 and Year 8 pupils participate in a weekly timetabled Ambition lesson as part of our school curriculum as well as discrete units linked to the work of work as part of the weekly PSHE curriculum and independent guidance from a professionally qualified careers advisor.
By the time pupils get to the end of Year 5 they will have had the opportunity to:
By the time pupils get to the end of Year 6 they will have had the opportunity to:
By the time pupils get to the end of Year 7 they will have had the opportunity to:
By the time pupils get to the end of Year 8 they will have had the opportunity to:
School Careers Programme Leader Mr D Johnston
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Next Careers information review - September 2022
All of our pupils from Year 5 to Year 8 will have access to a planned careers education information and guidance (CEIAG) programme which supports us in achieving our aims. In Years 5 and 6 this will be delivered as part of PSHE within our Care & Culture curriculum and all teachers will support our whole-school approach to careers education information and guidance by making explicit links within their own subject areas/specialisms and sharing this with the children they teach. In Year 7 and Year 8 pupils participate in a weekly timetabled Ambition lesson as part of our school curriculum as well as discrete units linked to the work of work as part of the weekly PSHE curriculum and independent guidance from a professionally qualified careers advisor.
By the time pupils get to the end of Year 5 they will have had the opportunity to:
- Explore how they will need money to achieve some of their dreams
- Investigate a range of jobs carried out by people they know and will have explored how much people earn in different jobs
- Gain an understanding of a range of Jobs they would like to do when they are older, what motivates them and what they need to do to achieve it
- Learn about the dreams and goals of children in a culture different to theirs
- Find out about a range of ways in which young people can support each other here and abroad
- Learn about the world of work from various visiting speakers.
By the time pupils get to the end of Year 6 they will have had the opportunity to:
- Identify own personal learning strengths and understand why it’s important to stretch the boundaries of their own current learning
- Learn how to motivate themselves and set success criteria
- Identify some ways they can work with other people to make world better place
- Complement other people and recognise their contribution and achievements
- Participate in a five week programme of Mindfulness delivered by an external certified coach, learning strategies and physical exercises in order to relieve stress, anxiety and to help them cope in challenging situations
- Learn about the world of work from various visiting speakers.
By the time pupils get to the end of Year 7 they will have had the opportunity to:
- Identify and challenge stereotypes whilst learning about the world of work and why it is important
- Explore through self-assessment - personal aspirations for work/areas of interest and why self-evaluation is important
- Identify their own characteristics, strengths and preferences
- Complete the Buzz Quiz - a self-evaluation tool to support pupils in exploring career pathways they may wish to consider
- Investigated and researched a variety of identified roles from Buzz Quiz
- Participated in The Real Game exploring future lifestyle choices and learning about the realities of managing time, budgets and responding to external influences in a particular job role
- Explored a range of Jobs / careers and occupations
- Learn about aspects of employment law relating to young people’s permitted hours and types of employment; and know how to minimise health and safety risks to themselves and those around them
- Recognise when they are using the qualities and skills needed to be enterprising
- Learn about volunteering: the rewards and benefits
- Describe different ways of looking at people’s careers and how they develop
- Identify different kinds of work and why people’s satisfaction with their working lives varies
- Describe the organisation and structure of different types of business
- Tell their own story about what they are doing to make progress, raise their achievement and improve wellbeing
- Explain how they have benefited as a learner from career related learning activities and experiences
- Recognise the qualities and skills needed for employability and provide evidence for those they have demonstrated both in and out of school
- Learn from Career Ambassadors who participated in an annual Careers Fair visit
- Learn about the world of work from various visiting speakers.
By the time pupils get to the end of Year 8 they will have had the opportunity to:
- Learn about the North east of England - Geography and labour market of the North East of England: Be aware of what job and labour market information (LMI) is and what is can do for them; employment/unemployment compared to UK and other relevant statistics
- Explore Job and industry classification and distribution of sectors locally
- Prepare for employability: identify, develop and improve soft skills
- Recognise the qualities and skills needed for employability and started to gather evidence for those demonstrated both in and out of school
- Learn about resilience and why it is important for people seeking work
- Learn about Social Media and careers
- Explore careers and how these may change in the future
- Write personal statements and meet an independent careers advisor
- Learn how to manage money well - personal budget, contribute to household and school budgets.
- Explore current education pathways
- Identify and make the most of your personal network of support including how to access the impartial careers information, advice and guidance that you need
- Know how to negotiate and make plans and decisions carefully to help you get the qualifications, skills and experience you need
- Investigate what is meant by and how to achieve a work life balance
- Learn and develop employability skills
- Link career ambitions to GCSE options choices
- Learn from Career Ambassadors who participated in an annual Careers Fair visit
- Learn about the world of work from various visiting speakers.
- Participate in workshops delivered by Newcastle University STEM Ambassadors ‘Careers in STEM’
School Careers Programme Leader Mr D Johnston
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Next Careers information review - September 2022
Careers Fair 2020
| KS3 Careers Fair - impact |
This event was very successful in providing Key Stage 3 pupils the opportunity to explore a variety of industries which may be of interest as a future career. Twelve different exhibitors were present; some were parents who were contacted via a parent ‘work’ audit which was undertaken in the Autumn term, some were arranged by our connections with the NE Local Enterprise Partnership (NE LEP).
