Year 9 Employability Day

On Thursday 6th February our Year 9 students took part in 4 employability workshops to broaden their understanding of industry sectors and to discover what career opportunities are available to them. The students used their listening and communication skills, whilst problem solving and using teamwork to work through what was being asked of them.   

The workshops were: 

CCCU – Games Design 

"This morning’s sessions with Game Design from Canterbury Christ Church University has pupils exploring the Game Design industry and how what they love doing at school, can be turned into a career, be it as artists, writers of technology experts, all are explored through the lens of their favourite games" 

https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/courses/games-design 

https://www.instagram.com/cccu_scandi/ 

Sport Connect

This morning, we are looking at the role of a sports coach by asking the students to work in groups to design their own inclusive sport session for 10-20 people in a local park. We are then teaching them how to put their session design onto a session plan template & then giving the group a brief description of what their session is.   

Sports Connect UK | Rochester | Facebook 

(20) Sports Connect UK: Overview | LinkedIn 

Sports Connect UK (@sportsconnectuk) • Instagram photos and videos 

CCCU – Health & Care Engagement Team

The University brought in some of their simulation equipment used as part of the teaching, including, sugar cube challenge, eye condition glasses, CPR manikin, Bob with a defibrillator and stethoscopes. 

Faculty of Medicine, Health & Social Care (@cccu_health) • Instagram photos and videos 

Amey – Engineering

Introducing students to the corporate world and the different career choices within it. 

Amey | London | Facebook 

Employability Skills

The workshop tests student’s basic employability skills. Seeing how well they work as a group when set an engineering-based challenge of building a bridge using Connex which will hold weights on a platform.  It also tests how they work under a time pressure.