Exploring career opportunities in Hertfordshire

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The Hertfordshire Opportunities Portal is a valuable online resource designed to support students in exploring career pathways and local opportunities.

The website includes a comprehensive career directory and an employer spotlight section, which enables students to learn more about local employers offering high-quality apprenticeships, graduate roles, work experience placements, and career progression opportunities. In addition, the portal allows students to search for current job vacancies, apprenticeships, and further and higher education opportunities available across Hertfordshire.

A recently introduced feature, Career Coach, helps students to identify their strengths, build their CV, and match their skills to live opportunities. This feature can be accessed directly from the homepage of the website.

To explore the Hertfordshire Opportunities Portal, please visit the link below:

https://www.hopinto.co.uk/

Thank you.

Mrs K Davey
Assistant Headteacher

Foil Trays

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Please note that foil trays for Food Tech classes can now be purchased from our school shop.

The foil trays will cost 20p each and can be purchased with either cash or card.

Thank you,

Mrs J Johnson

The Tony Gee presentation for the design of a bridge competition

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Yesterday we were able to celebrate our winners and runners up from our recent collaboration competition with Tony Gee, who sponsored the sustainable design competition.

Our winners and runner ups redesigned the Clifton Suspension Bridge. We invited three civil engineers from Tony Gee to present to our students in Year 10 and 12 about the different roles in civil engineering and the different routes for getting to work in engineering. Students were able to ask plenty of questions about student life and jobs that can be gained at different levels.

The standard of entries was very high and the judging panel had their work cut out and awarded three runners up and two joint winners!

Congratulations to the runners up – Joshua in Year 12, Justy in Year 11 and Jessie is Year 7.

Our joint winners were Noah in Year 10 and Kye in Year 9.

Miss C Reynolds
Sustainability Lead

Find out more about apprenticeships

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During National Apprenticeships Week, Unifrog, which is the online destinations platform used by students in school to help them find out about careers, is holding an online apprenticeships fair from 4.00pm until 6.00pm on Wednesday February 11th.

Students will be able to get help with understanding apprenticeships, learning what it’s like to work in different industries and how to complete applications. This fair is a great opportunity to explore their options and get their questions answered by the experts. Students will be able to join live sessions with employers from across the UK and speak directly to their representatives to help them achieve their dream apprenticeship. To register for this opportunity students should click on the link below:

https://webapp.spotme.com/login/eventspace/apprenticeship-fair

Mrs K Davey
Assistant Headteacher

Youth Talk- Parent support groups

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Please see the below flyer from Youth Talk about upcoming parental support groups.

Parental advice for managing digital lives

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The Children’s Commission has produced a guide for parents to advise on managing children’s digital lives. 

This guide was written with the direct involvement of children in England. It is a reflection of their views. The Children’s commissioner’s office visited schools to speak to teenagers, and spoke to my Youth Ambassadors and Youth Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Panel to get their expertise on what works and what doesn’t work between parents or carers and children in the 21st Century.

Please take some time to have a look at the guide and share the activity pack with your child:

https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/resource/what-i-wish-my-parents-or-carers-knew-a-guide-for-parents-and-carers-on-managing-childrens-digital-lives/

 

Ms L Gibbons
Assistant Headteacher 

University of Suffolk Open Days

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The University of Suffolk is holding open days where your son / daughter will be able to a get a taste of student life while they explore the waterfront campus, view the accommodation, join subject talks with academic staff, and chat to the University students.

The dates for this are listed below:

  • Saturday 18 April
  • Saturday 27 June
  • Saturday 10 October
  • Saturday 14 November

To find out more information or register your interest please click on the link below:

https://www.uos.ac.uk/life-at-suffolk/visit-us/open-days/

 

Mrs K Davey
Assistant Headteacher

Sixth Form Unifrog Opportunities 

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Please find the link below to a range of opportunities for students and parents to engage with, from looking deeper into Criminology and Computer Science, to ‘how much does University really cost’ and much, much more.

 

Some may be more relevant than others, but a great opportunity for students and parents to gain a greater understanding of certain areas which may affect them.

https://www.unifrog.org/events

Mr M Tominey
Head of Sixth Form 

Winter Water Safety Advice for Schools

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Please see the below guidance from Hertfordshire County Council regarding the cold weather during the periods of snow and ice.

HfL Spring Maths Revision Masterclasses

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Please see the below flyers about Maths revision masterclasses.

Mr C Timpson
Head of Maths

 

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