{"id":4228,"date":"2021-03-31T13:14:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T13:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/?page_id=4228"},"modified":"2025-08-19T14:12:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T14:12:48","slug":"work-experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/work-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Work Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><u data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">To Parents\/Carers of S4 Pupils<\/u><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The following information about work experience placements will be shared with all S4 pupils at Wellbeing and in PSE classes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"x_elementToProof\"><i>All S4 pupils have the opportunity to attend a work placement throughout the course of the year, usually for one week.\u00a0 This can take place any time throughout the year, but you should try to avoid the run-up to prelims and exams.\u00a0 There are some work placement opportunities available on WorkIt and you will shortly receive an email to your Glow inbox with a username and log in which will allow you to access the site.\u00a0<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"x_elementToProof\"><i> Your PSE teacher will show you how to navigate the site.\u00a0 You can also take part in a self-found work placement if you have family or friends who would be happy for you to engage in a placement with them.\u00a0 Please come and speak to me if you wish to pursue this.<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"x_elementToProof\"><em>In addition to the above, some self-found placements will require a health and safety check to be completed before placements take place and the school is responsible for organising these checks.\u00a0 Naturally, this can take some time to organise so can you please ensure that your children and young people take this into account when considering a self-found placement.\u00a0 In short, we need some notice to facilitate these types of placements.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To Parents\/Carers of S4 Pupils The following information about work experience placements will be shared with all S4 pupils at Wellbeing and in PSE classes: All S4 pupils have the opportunity to attend a work placement throughout the course of the year, usually for one week.\u00a0 This can take place any time throughout the year, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/work-experience\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Work Experience<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9402,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4228","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4228"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6734,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4228\/revisions\/6734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}