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Durham University Holiday Scheme for 14+ Students

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Calling all 14+ students who would like to get out and support the local community as well as developing their coaching, sports skills and confidence.  There is a brilliant opportunity to become a Holiday Camp Volunteer as part of Durham University Holiday Scheme. Volunteers are highly valued and will be given opportunities to work with children age 5-12 on a variety of exciting activities including, sports, dance and drama. You can attend for as many days/weeks across the summer holidays as you can spare.
For more information and to sign up use the link here:

School of Sanctuary Celebrations

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We welcomed Iman Malouhi to our school to speak to Year 9 about her experiences in Durham as a Syrian Refugee. The event is part of our School of Sanctuary celebrations as we highlight our role as a welcoming school to all our pupils and staff wherever they may come from. Pupils enjoyed listening to Iman’s story and learnt much more about her experiences through a lovely Q and A session.

Speakers For Schools – Work Experience information

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Local Opportunities for our North East Students: Click on the title to apply

Please see Mr McMahon if you require further details.

The Alnwick Garden – Apply Here on 22/06/2023, Application Deadline 15/06/2023

You will be hearing from the team talking about working for the Alnwick Garden and Lilidorei, how they joined the industry, their day-to-day responsibilities, how they contribute to the success of the organisation and why they enjoy what they do.

SSCL- Apprenticeship 23/06/2023, Application deadline 18/06/2023

SSCL provides business critical support services for the largest government departments, Defence and Police. They employ more than 2,800 people the UK who work from a mix of home and office locations in six Centres of Excellence in Blackpool, Glasgow, Gosport, Newcastle, Newport and York. This virtual session will share more about what they do, their level 2 customer service apprenticeship and how your students can apply. The SSCL offices are based at Quorum Business Park. They are keen to reach as many young people as possible in and around the North East of England who may be interested in leaning more about their apprenticeship programme.

North East Chamber of Commerce 4/07/2023, Application deadline 20/06/2023 (teacher bookings)

The North East Chamber of Commerce gives a deeper insight into policy and politics. This session aimed at year 10-13 students who are interested in law, politics or debating societies aims to show that a career in politics doesn’t have to mean being an MP or joining a political party. Find out more about careers in policy, outside of London and how the Chamber works to build a stronger North East

Newcastle Castle 18/07/2023, Application deadline 4/07/2023

Talking all things heritage, history and tourism. Newcastle Castle runs this session and will cover areas such as starting a career in heritage, roles available and all about the industry. They will be sharing more about Retail, management, marketing, events and venue hire. Perfect for those interested in history, business, tourism and events.

We realise that there’s a huge appetite now for face-to-face work experience but as always there are some young people who struggle to secure a placement.  That’s where we can help.

We have so much on offer for both educators and young people that we’d like to highlight.  Below is just a sample of what’s on offer for the young people in our area.

Employer Industry Date Time Link to view more details
Karbon Homes Business, finance and marketing 04/07/2023 10am-11.30am Link
Newcastle NHS Trust Medicine and Healthcare 05/07/2023 12pm-3pm Link
University of Huddersfield Get plugged into Music 05/07/2023 10am-2.30pm Link
Network Rail Get your career on track 05/07/2023 10am-12pm Link
University of Huddersfield Electrical Engineering 06/07/2023 10am-2.30pm Link
Northumbria Police Criminology, psychology and forensics 06/07/2023 1pm-3pm Link
Sir Robert McAlpine Civil Engineering 10/07/2023 10am-12pm Link
Hart Biological Biomedical Science 10/07/2023 1.30pm-3pm Link
UK Government Civil Service 11/07/2023 1pm-2.30pm Link
Fuiji Diosynth Biomedical Science 11/07/2023 1pm-3pm Link
Cox Automotive Luxury Car Auctioning 11/07/2023 10am-2pm Link
Indigo Greens Property 12/07/2023 4pm-6pm Link
Flamingo Land A day in the life of a zoo keeper 13/07/2023 10am-3pm Link
Lewis Silkin Insight into Law 13/07/2023 10am-12pm Link
Inspire North Mental Health Wellbeing 14/07/2023 10am-2pm Link

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Also here is the link for our Virtual Parent Event on June 7th – please share with your parents/carers

 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-hybrid-work-experience-session-for-parentscarers-of-14-19yr-olds-tickets-622448218377

Speakers for Schools evening webinar. An invitation to parents and carers to hear about fully funded work experience.

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Speakers for School are holding an evening webinar for all your parents and carers, to showcase our placements, both virtual and face to face. Our placements are open to 14-19 year olds and cover all industries.

  • The session is also open to educators and students, to find out more.
  • All placements are fully funded so there is no cost to the school or student.

The date of the session is the 7th June 6.30pm. We offer placements across holidays as well as in term time.

Booking available via this link https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-hybrid-work-experience-session-for-parentscarers-of-14-19yr-olds-tickets-622448218377

 

SfS Virutal Open Evening June 7 (1)

SfS Parents Newsletter for June (1)

Careers Webinars.

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Any of our students who are interested in careers in law, medicine or finance might benefit from checking out the free webinars from Investin

Readathon

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To celebrate World Book Day (2.3.23) students will be able to take part in Readathon to raise money for Read For Good, a charity which provides books for children who are in hospital.
– Students can pick what they read-from comics to novels, anything goes!
– Friends and family can sponsor per book or per minute spent reading.
– Sponsors can pay online or cash donations can be accepted too.
More information will be given in assemblies in the week beginning 27th February and students can see Mrs Ridgway or Miss Leggett to ask any questions.