Issue 1, Monday 1St June 2015
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Issue 1, Monday 1st June 2015 BET NEWS A newsletter for all our colleagues and partners Welcome to our first edition Bath Education Trust (BET) is a schools and colleges and prepare them The articles in this first newsletter reflect partnership and collaboration of key for the opportunities, responsibilities and the work of all partners in the Trust. education providers and businesses in experiences of later life. We plan to produce two newsletters per Bath and North East Somerset. Further information about BET year and future editions will be designed Our aim is to improve the educational can be found on our website www. and produced by students from our experience of young people in our batheducationtrust.com schools and college. Three Ways School Three Ways School has worked and what fire personnel do to adapt the Award to enhance on a day to day basis. the development of lifeskills and Students, not only employability skills for their sixth enjoyed the day but, they form students. responded, listened intently The award has helped to develop and acted positively on general social skills and the information presented to students understanding that them by White watch in a the wider world will have a wide hugely encouraging way. variety of expectations. The class teacher, Kirsten Workshops, work experience Hafford said, ‘Our pupils and volunteering outside school had a fantastic time, white has hugely benefited students watch made quite an confidence and experience of impression on them! It was the working world. One student great that the activities were has worked in a party shop on a in Walcot St, Bath Party Shop and the all practical, and will be really helpful for independent living.’ weekly basis, developing interpersonal Roman Baths. skills, independence skills in travelling One of the pupils commented -: The workshops and masterclasses in to work and communication skills, a variety of settings have given the ‘I learnt they only have 5 minutes to dealing with customers. opportunity to encourage independent get ready, so they need to be well Much of the volunteering opportunities travel, experience new places and organised and have their stuff ready.’ and work experience have been a variety of unfamiliar people and Charlotte Calkin, Organiser of organised in school in order to provide settings. Tedx Junior in Bath and trainer adequate support and supervision. in Presentation skills gave a Students have helped with lunchtime The Bath Fire Station developed a workshop to introduce the students to masterclass which opened the young sports clubs, worked alongside the people’s eyes to what is important school caretaker and volunteered managing risk, working as a team and explore working under pressure. when presenting. This was hugely at therapeutic sessions in different beneficial, raising awareness of the classes. The young people, aged 16-19, and all importance of body language and eye Some pupils have extended their with learning difficulties, spent the day contact. The workshop gave students work experience by having longer role playing real life scenarios. The the chance to practice presenting term commitments to external work tasks included how to manage a chip themselves and have feedback to experience. Students have completed pan fire, what to do if you are in a fire, help move their skills forwards. supported placement at a hairdressers how to deal with different types of fire Tel: 07908 802 622 Email: [email protected] Web: www.batheducationtrust.com Twitter: @batheductrust BET NEWS Issue 1, Monday 1st June 2015 Rotork Chief Executive visits Bath Studio School Rotork is a Bath-based apprenticeships manufacturer and flow can be an control company that advantageous operates in areas of the alternative to world where the flow of universities gases or liquids need to which is now be contained. a staggering £9,000 in tuition Peter France was fees and is part appointed to the of the reason position of Chief why thousands Executive along with of school-leavers Chief Operating Officer are thinking of the company in about taking a 2008. As a young different route man, he had the vision into the world of of moving into sales work. and work with friends having previously ‘The idea of the trust is It can be a massive ‘Apprenticeships worked as a young employability. How do undertaking for both small are very interesting’, he electrical engineer at the we help the students, not and large-sized businesses said. ‘When apprentices now-defunct Stothert and just study but get ready to recruit pupils for work join, they tend to learn Pitt firm, also in Bath. He for the big, wide world of experience as it uses up about the company through subsequently joined Rotork employers? It’s exciting precious human resources working in all departments. in 1989 due to the close link to see how education has and requires effort from By doing this, it makes the with manufacturing. changed.’ its management. France individual a well-rounded was asked how difficult it person and allows them to Asked about the highlights In an interview at The Bath is for both pupils and the achieve great things.’ of his time in BET, he Studio School on 28th employer. Finally, France was asked April, France described the said that ‘seeing schools ‘I think it’s planning that about what his top tips are school as being ‘fantastic’ working together and someone needs to give for working. and said ‘it’s good to focusing on the education you information about. If see a different approach of students, instead of ‘Working hard is very focusing on things that someone can give you towards education. It’s very important if you want to get don’t add any value.’ advice, this is powerful. exciting.’ places in life. I think if I was Students need to be This was one of the being critical about young France then described interested in the work main positives he had people nowadays, they how Rotork focuses on experience but time is experienced whilst working hope that things come too employability in BET. crucial, so you need to at Rotork. easily without having to do create an environment much. where it can add value.’ He also pointed towards ‘In Bath, it isn’t easy ‘working together, the for students coming in qualifications you get because there aren’t the and the time you spend opportunities available at school as all important compared to other towns aspects of succeeding at and cities around the work. ‘Effort pays dividends country.’ and learning never ends’ France then moved were the wise words he on to talk about how added. Tel: 07908 802 622 Email: [email protected] Web: www.batheducationtrust.com Twitter: @batheductrust BET NEWS Issue 1, Monday 1st June 2015 Voluntary Work and Employablility Skills As part of the BET Award, to be careful when handling spoke clearly and people naturally a little nervous for students at Oldfield School the food and setting up understood us, we had to be our first day.” have been taking part in a the table. We had to be persuasive towards people “Barclays Bank came number of events to develop responsible with giving the so they would buy the to Oldfield to deliver a their understanding of work public change and handling cakes.” Masterclass and Beechen and enterprise and develop money. “Work Experience is our Cliff school student joined their skills for employability. We had to be neat and next challenge and this is us. Here is what two of them organised when we set from 1st to 5th June 2015. say about one of them. Our future Masterclasses up the table (making sure We have written letters, are going to be with “We took part in a charity everything was on show or attended interviews and are Action for Children and event in April 2015. We not out where it now preparing Provellio who are a Project decided to make cakes and could melt). for work Management Group and we sold them at the price experience by We had to they were responsible for of 20p - £1.50. We made having lessons organise a float repairing and re-opening a total of £80 and donated in positive beforehand Kelston Road after the £50 to Hollyhedge. When behaviour in the and we had landslide.” running the stall, Katie had workplace. to remember to wear gloves to hand Pip Pollack and Katie Coole our language We are out the food for health when we spoke both looking Pictured opposite: and safety. We had to be to people, forward to the Year 10 CoPE students punctual by arriving at 10am making sure we experience but at OldfieldSchool. to set everything up, we had Hayesfield Girls’ School Recently Hayesfield Girls’ would work well with our posters along The lemon juice school held a science fair project. with other key experiment was competition and we were the information. displayed on Before the science fair we winners. For the competition Out of school our stall along always wanted to know why we were allowed to choose we did with our other an apple turns brown, when any topic to research and various other features. Beside we got the chance to choose present at the science fair. investigations it we showed a project we thought it would Both year 7 and 8 took place to see if there half of an apple be a perfect opportunity to and there were stalls with are any ways left out I room find out about it. We started different science projects all that we can temperature to by researching the question over our science block.