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Students Learn About Apprenticeships |
 
Some Varndean School students took part in Apprenticeships Day on 27th January, as part of a citywide programme run by Brighton & Hove City Council. An ‘Apprenticeships Bus’ visited the Surrenden campus and careers advisors explained that apprenticeships can be a suitable start to some career paths.
Commenting on the initiative, Cllr Ted Kemble, Brighton & Hove’s cabinet member for enterprise said: “We’re the city’s largest employer and have already created over 70 apprenticeships within the council and are now encouraging more local businesses to follow our lead. We hope to have an extra 500 apprenticeships by 2012 and are relying on local businesses to work with us and build a strong workforce for the future. Today is all about getting everyone to work together.”
At Varndean, Dominic Cleary and Lauren Catt were amongst a number of students who boarded the bus. On board were advisors from National Apprenticeship Service, Brighton & Hove Training Association and Brighton & Hove City Council.
Dom Cleary said: “Apprenticeships interest me because I am crazy about guitar and doing a GCSE at the moment in Music. I have played a few performances…one in school and one at Patchfest [local community festival]. When I go to college I can learn classical music but if I do an apprenticeship at the same time, it can give me a boost and I can work toward getting more accessories for it that makes it easier to play. It will be helpful for work experience too."
Lauren Catt added: “First I wanted to be a teacher now I’ve changed my mind and now I want to go into construction and do something like plumbing. I think the apprenticeship is good because I can learn and also have a route into having a fulltime job”
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Open Maths Project Workshops |
Varndean will host a series of parent/child Maths Workshops throughout 2010 for Y7 students.
The Maths department are treating this as a ‘family event’ with the aim of helping parents/carers (or older siblings, grandparents etc if parents cannot attend) understand more about what their child is learning in the classroom, as research shows that if parents know how to support their child they can achieve more academically. In addition, the workshops will show how Maths can be fun - with mathematical games and activities.
Each Y7 tutor group will be invited individually to attend a workshop, the first one will be held at 9.10am on Wednesdsay, 10th February.
More information is available from Adam Otulakowski (Maths teacher) or Sandra Knights (Y7 Student Co-ordinator).
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