SuffolkSkillz

Year 11

Moving On

Students will get the opportunity to analyse a job advert, identify personal skills, and participate/observe live interviews taking place, replicating the stressful environment of a real interview.

Joining The Dots

To get delegates to work in a team to assemble components (supplied) in a way which delivers a ball from Point A to Point C via Point B and then to adapt the model to work in a broader team

Where is the future?

A visit to see where some of the new technology is heading and how it will impact on your lives

K'Nex Challenge

To get delegates to work in a team to assemble a working model from components (supplied) capable of delivering a specific function, and feeding back on the processes involved.

Web of Talent

Experience what it is like to undertake a ‘user experience design’ in order to simulate building a new website home page for a very important customer!

Stop and Search

Experience carrying out a stop and search. To recognise that having power is not everything and that skills are needed - Communication, confidence, ability to deal with conflict etc

Introduction to Local Government Services

To get students to review a poster of a typical street scene and identify activities and services being shown which involve and are influenced by Local Government

Create the Park of your Dreams

Students will be asked to re-design a run-down park. They will be given a budget for the redevelopment of the park. They will be asked have to decide how to spend the budget and how this will improve the park

Eat, Drink, Stay...

The students will take part in three practical activities to give them an insight into the skills required to work in the hospitality industry

What lurks beneath?

Students will take part in fun practical activities to discover the importance of disease prevention and how their actions affect others.  They will discover how the microscopic things that you can't see can have a huge effect on their wellbeing.

Incident Commander

Students get the chance to work as a team to manage an emergency by making critical decisions, using effective communications and selecting the right equipment to deal with the incident.

Shop Without Walls

Students will use active listening to learn how to extract the important points from a large amount of information, identify unique selling points & undertake customer needs analysis.

21st Century Careers

During the course of the session, learners will participate in a variety of activities that will enable them to increase their understanding of:
The factors that cause jobs to change
Careers that will increase or decline
The meaning of the word "career" and what is involved in managing a career path through life