To begin our National Careers Week activities, we welcomed Anita from DWP into school.

A group of Year 7 students enjoyed a lesson delivered by Anita this morning. Working together they were able to apply their critical thinking and numeracy skills to a fictitious pizza company’s financial records to determine their tax payments.

Anita was really impressed with their questions, application and attitude to learning.

Following her presentation to Year 7, Anita then worked with a group of Year 9 students to consider different careers within DWP, and to learn the difference between skills and qualities.

The class explored a range of skills valued by employers, and completed individual skills and qualities questionnaires which offered tailored careers sectors to consider based on their responses. Students were thoughtful, reflective and immersed themselves fully in the activity making this a great start to Careers Week!

We’d like to thank her for coming in to speak to our students today in order to help them link curriculum learning to the world of work.