Regents Review Summer 2019

The Regents Review Summer 2019

GENERAL NEWS

Careers Year 10 Work Experience In May, our Year 10 students spent a week at a work placement and were lucky enough to experience a variety of different settings from construction at Crest Nicholson, childcare at Little Berries Nursery, Law at Lester Aldridge LLP, retail at Boots, and many many more. As ever, their employers were extremely impressed with their attitude and work ethic. Here are a taster of the kind of comments our staff received about them: • “ Absolutely fantastic to have around the office ” - Arash Najd • “ We would employ Marni. She is great! ’ - Marni Welch • “ E ngaged really well with the children. Come to work for us! ” - Mia Hudson-McRae • “ Really good! Well-mannered and enthusiastic. The children love him !” - Ryan Bricknell • “ Delight to have in class ” - Caitlin-Rose Harnett

future during the Work Experience de-brief on their first day back. They were able to take on- board the messages of perseverance and pursuing their dreams through a very special assembly from Michael Kurn, Premier League presenter, and also took part in various careers activities with their tutor.

Beau Biddleston at her work experience placement

We are so proud of them and pleased that they gained such invaluable experience. Here are a few comments from the students: ‘I really loved my placement’, ‘I wish it was longer’ and ‘It was fun, I enjoyed it but also learnt a lot’. Students were also given the opportunity to reflect on their week at work and start to plan for the

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