Visit to Piramal Healthcare

8th June 2015Mrs K Shutler
DSCF5156Year 7 students have been learning more about careers in the STEM sector, by visiting local pharmaceutical company Piramal Healthcare.During their afternoon visit, the students received an introductory talk about the company before visiting the Quality Control labs, trying their hand at paper chromatography and seeing how an electron microscope works.

Speaking after the visit, Glen in 7C said: “It was good because you learnt about why medicines were made the way they were. We also saw some of the different equipment used by the scientists there.”

A big thank you to Dr Paul Nott and his colleagues at Piramal for hosting our visit.

Careers Speed Dating event for Year 8

27th April 2015J Edwards

speed_datingAt this event students got the chance to talk to a variety of people from a wide range of workplaces and find out more about their careers. In their work booklets, students recorded information about:

  • Career paths from school
  • Qualifications & skills
  • Clothing for the job
  • Usual working hours
  • Typical customers and expectations
  • The best part of their job and the part that they enjoy the least

 

 

Organisations represented were:

Sainsbury’s
Barclays Bankcareers2
Drager
EGGER
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
North East Chamber of Commerce (NECC)
NCC legal
Talking Point Events
Active Northumberland
Ashington Community Trust Charity

Newcastle University Careers Day for Year 8

15th April 2015J Edwards

Newcastle-University-300x300Recent graduates from the University of Newcastle led a visit to enable Year 8 students to find out more about going to University.

The graduates did a presentation about Student Life and ran a workshop called Universi-Tree. The presentation covered all aspects of student life from the reality of student finances to the wide range of societies on offer. During the workshop the students thought about the range of qualifications needed for a wide range of careers. Students found out more about the importance of their choices within education from GCSE to A-Level and then Degree and beyond.

unionAll students had a tour of the campus in small groups by a current Newcastle University student. This was a great opportunity to ask questions and find out more about the significance of the statues in the Plaza and see the Hatton Gallery, Library, Students Union and a wide variety of sports facilities. The tour included several Schools within the University and links to the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) and Great North Museum were made.

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