To provide exposure to, and information about, the world of work to a year group at once, including information on apprenticeships and job whole roles,
Desired outcomes: a more in depth understanding of all of the above points, plus raising aspirations,
Benchmarks aspiring to achieve.
How did you do it?
Wessex Water’s Early Careers Team worked with Avanti Park School to create an ‘Insight Week’ for all Year 8’s,
A blend of visits to head office and in-school sessions,
Each day of the week had a different theme, eg: Construction, Science, Corporate Business,
Each day combined different activities,
Wessex Water created log books for the students to record their learning.
Challenges and solutions
Organisation and logistics – close liaison between Wessex Water and Avanti Park School, with a dedicated member of Wessex Water’s Early Careers Team coordinating activities.
Results
The blend of in work and in school activities and breadth of subject matter enabled the aims to be achieved,
Feedback forms were completed by Wessex Water and by Avanti Park students,
Improvements detailed:
holding the sessions over a 5-week
adjusting the timing
holding a short introductory session
