Year 10 Careers Interviews Tuesday 26th March

25th March 2019Emily Gillespie

Careers interviews with Mrs Gillespie on Tuesday 26th March in the Careers room (on the top corridor, opposite A1)

10:25 Aston Wright 10SRI
11:25 Tyler Griffin 10SKA
13:10 Matt Selfe 10CNO
14:10 Josh Fradsham 10CMN

Year 10 Careers Interviews Thursday 21st March

20th March 2019Emily Gillespie

Year 10 careers interviews on Thursday 21st March with Mrs Gillespie in the Careers Room (on the top corridor opposite A1)

10:25 Ned Vero 10CMN
11:25 Owen Stirk 10SPK
13:10 Russell Gamage 10CMN
14:10 Daniel Wilkinson 10KTO

Careers Events and Open days

19th March 2019Emily Gillespie

Toyota/Marks and Spencer L3 Engineering Apprenticeships open evening Thursday March 21

Open evening for three level 3 engineering apprenticeships on Thursday March 21 at the Toyota Training Academy at Burnaston, Derby DE1 9TA, 4.30pm-7pm. Parents are welcome to come along, the vacancies are suitable for school leavers with at least 4 good GCSEs including maths, English and science. The successful applicants will train at Burnaston, but then move into an engineering role at M&S Castle Donington.

 

MIA Motorsport and Automotive Jobs Fair, Tuesday April 2

Do you have students interested in a careers in automotive or motorsport? This Spring there is a MIA MOTORSPORT & AUTOMOTIVE JOBS FAIR in association with National Motorsport Academy. Taking place on 2 April 2019, 10.00 am-4.00 pm,  within Hall 1 of the Silverstone Wing at Silverstone Circuit. This is a free-to-attend event with over 30 high-profile companies exhibiting from the motorsport and automotive sectors. A wide range of roles and opportunities will be available on the day, including jobs in engineering, design, manufacturing, sales & marketing and motorsport events.  See more on: https://www.the-mia.com/Job-Seekers-Registration-MIA-Motorsport-Automotive-Jobs-Fair-in-association-with-National-Motorsport-Academy-1147

National College for High Speed Rail open days

To help students see what being a learner at the NCHSR is like, there are rail taster events at Doncaster (March 20, April 10) and Birmingham (March 21, April 9), suitable for year 10 upwards.

Can you write a 100 word survival saga?

9th March 2019Miss A Masih

Creative writing competition for 11-18 year olds themed Survival Sagas: Mission Contamination. Write a mini saga, a story in 100 words telling us your version of events..

The unthinkable has happened. A wave of contamination so epic, it has almost eliminated the entire human race. Will the survivors manage to build resistance or will too many become infected, changing the world forever…

Hand in your entries to Mrs Griffiths in the compass. Deadline 12th April.

Careers in Medicine Event at Leicester University

8th March 2019Emily Gillespie

Year 10 and Year 11 Medicine Calling – Thursday 11th April, 5:30-8:30pm, University of Leicester

An evening for students in Year 10 and Year 11 and their parents, carers or teachers to find out more about what is needed to study medicine, with a spotlight on psychiatry and mental health careers. This evening will give students the opportunity to speak to current doctors, take part in a practical workshop as well as find out about all the support on offer from the University of Leicester. Refreshments are provided.

To book a place at this free event, please to email [email protected]

Macbeth Curve Young Company

7th March 2019Miss A Masih

Year 9 enjoyed the adaptation of Macbeth performed by the Curve Young Company today, just in time for their assessments next week!  Here’s what they had to say:

“I really enjoyed Macbeth, the thing that intrigued me the most was the different actors playing different personalities…” Neely Gale

“…I liked it how the witches had control over Macbeth.” Ella Priestley

“It was highly intriguing and I thoroughly love it all.” Emily Smith

“The Macbeth performance was amazing…” Lauren Walker

 

 

E-safety Alert: The Momo challenge

5th March 2019Miss K Henshaw

Please can parents be vigilant regarding the Momo challenge which is currently popping up on YouTube, Minecraft, social media and Whatsapp.

The Momo Challenge – facts for parents:

  • Momo is viral game that encourages players to perform a series of challenges in order to meet ‘Mother Bird’ – a disfigured character This game encourages children to perform a series of progressively risky challenges
  • MOMO is easily accessed via pops up through social media shares on Facebook, YouTube, and Whatsapp
  • The challenges issued in this game present a serious risk to the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people , as does the distressing content when a player refuses to carry on

How it works

  • Players are encouraged to contact Momo and provide their mobile number
  • They will then receive instructions to perform a series of challenges, via SMS or Whatsapp
  • Player refusal can trigger abusive messaging and their mobile device being hacked
  • A person doesn’t have to be searching for Momo themselves to be exposed to it and, unlike other games that children enjoy, there is no positive side to this

Teachers and parents need to educate/reinforce online safety, and in this way encourage children and young people to make the right choice and avoid this game.

Stress the importance of confidently saying “no” to invitations to play games from strangers, know why they should not click on unidentified links and know how to ‘block’ unknown numbers and friend requests.