Do you feel excited for life after secondary education, or do you find it a little overwhelming? The transition from school to further or higher education or employment is a key milestone in everyone’s journey through life, marked by celebrations such as school proms and leavers breakfasts. As exciting as this big life change can be it also comes with a large serving of ‘the unknown’, which often leaves us
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The Academy9 programme aims to bridge the gap between industry and education by bringing real life professionals into schools to deliver age and stage appropriate learning activities. This month we had the pleasure of delivering our Gateway event which saw Primary 5 pupils from associated primaries come to Grantown Grammar School to take part in some A9 Dualling-related challenges. Grantown Grammar’s S3 volunteers mentored pupils from Abernethy, Carrbridge, Daviot, Deshar,
We are delighted to announce that our Academy9 programme has been awarded the “Best Practice – Knowledge Sharing” award at the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM) Awards 2023. CIEEM is the leading professional body that represents and supports ecologists and environmental managers across the UK, Ireland and overseas. Protecting the Natural Environment The natural environment is at the heart of any major highways project like the A9
Are you a Primary level Educator looking for Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) ideas? With so many careers in STEM there are undoubtably some that are lesser known, especially to Primary School pupils. The Academy9 project aims to bridge the gap between industry and education by bringing real life professionals into schools to deliver age and stage appropriate learning activities. We had the pleasure of delivering our Roadshow event to
STEM is an acronym that we are no stranger to in the context of Education and Developing the Young Work Force (DYW) these days, but are we exposing young people enough to the wide variety of careers in STEM? It is an umbrella term that covers so many different employment sectors and career opportunities, that, as adults, even we can stumble upon job roles within STEM that we were unaware
This month the Academy9 Team worked with S1 pupils at Grantown Grammar school for a design challenge like no other – designing a whole town as part of our Town Planning event! Pupils worked in small groups over two weeks, to plan and design a sustainable town that they presented to a team of Academy9 judges. The towns were planned within the ArcGIS software and all aspects of a town
This month we are planning for a live event at Kingussie High School to support their senior pupils to take their ‘Next Steps’ post school. We will provide workshops on: Job Applications Apprenticeship vs Graduate routes Mindset and Resilience Using Social Media to find a Job More information on what these sessions involve can be seen in the gallery images below. Most of these session are also available for learners
Are you taking part in the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch from 27th – 29th January? Academy9 has been raising awareness and playing our part with a visit to Pitlochry Primary School for our Early Birds Event. We worked with the P1-2s to explore: Birds that are native to Scotland, helping them feel confident in their Bird Watching activities! Food chains and how each plant or animal plays an important
Academy9, Transport Scotland’s education programme, are now working with the RAiSE (Raising Aspirations in Science Education) network across Scotland to share engaging opportunities for delivering STEM and Careers in the Primary School classroom. The Academy9 team shared our ‘Roadshow II’ activity plans and classroom presentations, and the RAiSE Primary School Development Officers (PSDOs) tried the activities out. The Roadshow II is a nationally available resource to support teaching specifically about
Last month the Academy9 team travelled from Glasgow to Grantown and delivered our Roadshow event for 4 primary schools over two days. Young people in Primary 6 and 7 from Carrbridge, Abernethy, Deshar and Grantown all participated in our first in person event in over two years. The Roadshow event gives young people an insight into three STEM based careers, placed in the context of the A9 Dualling programme. Teachers
