Author: N Farrell

Please click here to access the S2 curricular choice booklet.

HSBC Work Experience:

We have some really exciting news to share, HSBC Work Experience is now live!

Opportunities across the whole of the UK, in financial services, investment banking, marketing, digital, compliance and HR.

The Work Experience opportunities will be available through June to August 2021 and will be 1-week long.

Open to all secondary school or college students in Y10 / S3, Y11 / S4, Y12 / S5  Y13 / S6 & Y14, applications close on 21st February!

If you have any questions about applying, please get in contact!

Application Link:

https://bit.ly/3rjRjT2

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Marks & Spencer’s Webinar:

2020 has proven how much retail means to our communities, so why not be a part of transforming it at one of the UK’s most iconic brands.

M&S are recruiting Retail Management and Fashion apprentices across the UK, giving you the ultimate fast track to managing your own department and looking after multi million pound budgets, all while being coached and mentored by their retail management experts.

If you’d like to consider applying for a M&S apprenticeship program and are interested in Business, Retail, Management or Fashion then you can find your unique sign up application link below to this webinar!

Key Details: 

• Thursday 28th January, 5pm – 6pm
• Insight to M&S (one of the UK’s most iconic brands)
• Open to all Y12 / S5, Y13 / S6 and Y14 students
• Great opportunity for students looking to get into business, management, retail or fashion!

Webinar Application Link:

https://www.research.net/r/Marks-Spencer-Webinar

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Have a great holiday everyone.

S4 pupils have created a wall display to highlight the possible careers that can be pursued in Admin, Business, and Computing.

Well done S4

STEM Club will start Thursday 14 January 2021 in ICT 8

Please see short video: click here

We are pleased to inform you that Medic Mentor have just launched Allied Healthcare Mentor, to support all of your aspiring healthcare students with work experience opportunities during the pandemic. Students now have access to their own specific work experience programme that will be highly relevant to the following healthcare careers:

Nursing
Midwifery
Paramedics
Physiotherapists
Occupational Therapists
Radiographers
Art, drama and music therapists
Dietitians
Operating Department Practitioners
Radiographers
Podiatrists
Osteopaths
Orthoptists
Prosthetists and orthotics
Speech and language therapists

You can learn more and register for the programme here: https://alliedhealthmentor.org/nhs-healthcare-careers-virtual-work-experience/

Students will receive certificates upon completion, but places are limited and therefore they will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis to keep this fair. If you are interested you can register through the website link above. Places are just £10 a day to cover administrative costs. Financial support may be available.

 

Free Music -Here are a few useful sites to find copyright-free images and music to use on websites or in videos. These will perhaps be especially useful for the next few weeks!! https://fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/downloads-c/christmas-music/33… https://pixabay.com https://pexels.com

At Morgan Stanley, we offer a range of Apprenticeship opportunities aimed at school leavers. Apprenticeships offer an alternative route by providing the opportunity to study towards a qualification, whilst gaining practical industry experience and earning a salary. Join us at our Apprenticeship Insight Events to learn more about what Programmes we offer across our London and Glasgow offices and what it’s really like to be an Apprentice at Morgan Stanley.

Please click here to see the range of events hosted in December

 

CMS is the 6th largest law firm in the world and has recently been named in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers.  It has offices across the UK, including in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen and employs over 500 people across Scotland.

We wanted to let you know about two virtual events that our Early Talent Team are running to promote the various school leaver opportunities that we have here at CMS.

 

The first is entitled School/College Leaver Insight Evening: Opportunities in Law and will be hosted virtually on Monday 7 December, 17:00-18:15.

The event is open to students, their parents/carers and career advisors (or school staff) who would like to learn more about the following opportunities and a career in law:

• Work Experience (PRIME) – a week of employability skills, on-the-job shadowing and networking opportunities
• Law Scholarship – a £2500 grant for every year of your degree, mentoring and an internship
• Solicitor Apprenticeship – have your Law degree paid for by us, earn a salary and qualify as a solicitor within six years

To secure your place, please sign up here: https://bit.ly/2Jal1rX.

The second event is more specifically for careers advisors (or members of school staff responsible for providing careers information), parents and carers. Here we will focus on informing those of our opportunities and providing guidance on how to best support students interested in taking this route.

This Lunch and Learn session will run over lunchtime on Tuesday 8 December from 12:30 – 13:30. You can sign up by following this link: https://bit.ly/2HJ92kF.

In collaboration with the charity You Can be a Doctor and a number of other organisations we are hosting an online information evening for pupils in S1-3 and their parents who are thinking about studying medicine or simply interested in finding out more about the career:

The event is to be held on Tuesday December 15th.  7-9pm.  A recording will also go online on the charity’s YouTube channel afterwards.

There will be brief talks from consultants, GPs, junior doctors, medical students and medical school admissions specialists and weaim to give an insight into the career and how to start planning towards medical school.  There will also be live questions and answers.

The event is entirely free but to register for an access code please visit:

http://youcanbeadoctor.co.uk/

 

There are four times to choose from to attend the online events (GMT):

• Saturday 21 November, 10.00 – 13.00
• Saturday 21 November, 13.00 – 16.00
• Friday 27 November, 10.00 – 13.00
• Friday 27 November, 13.00 – 16.00

To book please click here

For live links to each section of the poster please click here.

The school librarian has created the following form which the pupils can fill in to request a book or a book suggestion from the library.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKfGWdP7SBRdGqn2xXBhQcChUNVA3R1hYNUFESjYwNjJJWFFINDdQTzNXSC4u

This request will be then processed and the appropriate books will be delivered to students when they are in English