Year 10 Choices Week 8 –12 July 2013 Your chance to try practical and vocational post-16 courses at college Dear Year 10 Student Free taster sessions How do I sign up? How do I get help? Bradford Confederations are a We want to help you make the best 1. You need to get an application form There are a number of people partnership of the all secondary possible choices about your post-16 from your school. You will see posters in school who can help you, schools and academies, FE education and training, and so we up in school telling you which member including: colleges, apprenticeship providers are organising a week of free taster of staff has these forms. • Your tutor courses where you can try out subjects and other providers of 14-19 2. Fill in the form and sign it. It would and courses that might interest you. • Your Head of Careers education and training across be very helpful if you could give us a or careers teacher Bradford District. In this booklet you will find a list of all mobile number so that we can confirm the sessions that are being offered. your places and communicate with Raising the Participation Age • Your Connexions You may attend up to two sessions, you by text. Personal Adviser You may already know that the law but please also give us a third choice in 3. We also need your address as most is changing this summer, so that you case your other choices are full. of our colleges will send bus tickets so must stay in education or training until We hope you find this an This booklet does not include courses you can get to the sessions free. The at least your 18th birthday. exciting opportunity and that your school will be offering to colleges do not have to do this, and that you really enjoy your its own students only. Schools will your school is not obliged to provide Your options include: taster sessions! arrange for you to find out about these transport, so you may have to pay for • full-time education, such as school internally. The sessions offered here transport yourself. or college are at places that you would transfer Contact numbers for more 4. Get a parent or carer to sign the to at the end of Year 11, but you are information on sessions: • work-based learning, such as an form. By signing, they are giving welcome to try the tasters even if you apprenticeship their permission for you to attend the think you are most likely to stay at your Accent Motive8 sessions. • part-time education or training for own school. 01274 303255 01274 411691 young people that are employed, 5. Then get the named person at your Several schools have Year 10 students Barnardo’s Panache self-employed or volunteering for school to sign it. This means they are out on work experience during the 07767007119 01274 223211 more than 20 hours a week. giving you permission to go. They same week as Year 10 Choices. If you may refuse if they feel there is a good Bradford Prism Bradford It is important that you make plans would like to attend the taster sessions reason why you should not attend, College 01274 543500 for how you will progress post 16 to during your work experience week, and in that case you may not go. 01274 433084 achieve your goals and make the most we hope you will be able to arrange Prism Keighley of your entitlement while your that. It will be up to you to make those 6. Hand the form in at school and they Bradford Foyer 01535 680696 education is still free. will send it to a central point to be 01274 200500 arrangements, but please make sure Shipley both your school and your employer processed. Keighley College know what you will be doing. There are taster sessions in: 7. Applications close on Wednesday Campus, 01274 327281 26 June 2013. Leeds City ● ● ● Workquest Animal Care Arts & Media Beauty Therapy Bicycle Repair & College ● ● ● ● 8. You will hear from the colleges and 01274 270494 Maintenance Bricklaying Construction Business Carpentry & Joinery 01535 685052 ● ● ● ● ● ● other organisations you have applied Catering Childcare Computer Technologies Early Years Electrical YTA Training Fabrication & Welding ● Film & Television ● Hair & Beauty ● Hair & Make up ● to whether you have a place, and they 01274 684984 Hairdressing ● Health & Social Care ● ICT ● Joinery ● Mechanics & Car Body will give you all the information you ● ● ● ● Repair Motor Vehicle Nails & Beauty Painting & Decorating need. For general enquiries or if you ● ● ● ● ● Plant Care Plastering Plumbing, Public Services Science need to cancel your booking, ● ● ● 9. For taster sessions that last all day Skills for independent Living Sport Travel & Tourism Woodwork. the college will provide lunch, but for call Maggie Peel on 01274 So plenty to choose from! half day sessions they will not. 385625. Subject Dates Time Venue Session number 1 Animal Care Mon 8 July or 13.00 – 14.15 Prism City Farm, Walker Drive, Girlington. BD8 9EZ. 2 Wed 10 July 13.00 – 14.15 3 Art & Design Tue 9 July or 9.30 – 15.00 Shipley College, Salt Building, Victoria Road, Saltaire. 4 Wed 10 July 9.30 – 15.00 BD18 3LQ 5 Arts & Media Mon 8 July 13.30 – 16.30 Bradford College, Lister Building, Carlton Street, Bradford. BD7 1AY 6 Beauty Therapy Thu 11 July 9.30 – 12.30 Bradford College, Appleton Science Building, Tumbling Hill Street, Bradford. BD7 1AY 7 Bicycle Repair & Maintenance Mon 8 July 13.00 –16.00 Barnardo’s Bikes, Springfield Mills, level 1 Oakworth Road, Keighley. BD21 1SL 8 Bricklaying Thu 11 July 9.30 – 12.30 Bradford College,Trinity Green Campus, Easby Road, Bradford. BD7 1QX 9 Brickwork Tue 9 July 9.30 – 12:00 Keighley Campus, Leeds City College, Bradford Road, Construction Skills Levels 1-3 Keighley. BD21 4HQ 10 Introduction to Brickwork Fri 12 July 10.00 – 12.00 Accent Business Centre, Barkerend Road, Bradford. BD3 9BD 11 Business Wed 10 July 13.30 – 16.30 Bradford College, Westbrook Building, Great Horton Road, Bradford.BD7 1AY 12 Care & Early Years Tue 9 July or 9.30 – 15.00 Shipley College, Salt Building, Victoria Road, Saltaire. 13 BD18 3LQ Wed 10 July 9.30 – 15.00 14 Carpentry & Joinery Mon 8 July 9.30 – 12.30 Bradford College, Trinity Green Campus, Easby Road, Bradford. BD7 1QX 15 Catering Wed 10 July 9.30 – 12.30 Bradford College, Westbrook Building, Great Horton Road, Bradford.BD7 1AY 16 Catering Mon 8 July 9.30 – 12.00 Motive 8, The Old School House, Huddersfield Rd, 17 Childcare Mon 8 July 9.30 – 12.00 Wyke.BD12 8AA 18 Computer Technologies / Tue 9 July 9.30 – 12.00 Keighley Campus, Leeds City College, Bradford Road, Business BTEC Levels 1-3 Keighley. BD21 4HQ 19 Careers in Construction Mon 8 July or 9.00 – 12.00 YTA Training Ltd, Unit 35 Dudley Hill Business Centre, 20 Fri 12 July 9.00 – 12.00 Knowles Lane, Dudley Hill, Bradford. BD4 9SW 21 Early Years, Health & Care Fri 12 July 13.30 – 16.30 Bradford College, McMillan School of Teaching Health & Care, Trinity Road, Bradford. BD5 0JE 22 Electrical Tue 9 July 9.30 – 12.00 Keighley Campus, Leeds City College, Bradford Road, City and Guilds Levels 1-3 Keighley. BD21 4HQ 23 Fabrication & Welding Fri 12 July 9.30 – 12.00 NVQ PEO Levels 1-3 24 Introduction to Film & Television Mon 8 July or 10.00 – 15.00 Bradford Foyer, 1 Coates Street, Bradford.BD5 7DL 25 Tue 9 July 10.00 – 15.00 26 Foundation Learning & Entry Wed 10 July or 9.30 – 12.15 Shipley College, Salt Building, Victoria Road, Level - choose from cookery, Saltaire. BD18 3LQ 27 art, IT and sport Thu 11 July 9.30 – 12.15 28 Hair & Beauty Mon 8 July 13.00 – 15.00 Keighley Campus, Leeds City College, Bradford Road, VCTC Levels 1-3 Keighley. BD21 4HQ 29 Hair & Make-up techniques Thu 11 July or 10.30 – 12.00 Panache, Carlisle Business Centre, 60 Carlisle Road, Bradford. BD8 8BD 30 Fri 12 July 10.30 – 12.00 31 Hairdressing Mon 8 July or 9.30 – 12.00 Motive 8 The Old School House, Huddersfield Rd, Wyke. BD12 8AA 32 Tue 9 July 13.30 – 16.30 Bradford College, Appleton Science Building, Tumbling Hill Street, Bradford. BD7 1AY 33 Health & Social Care/Childcare Tue 9 July 9.30 – 12.00 Keighley Campus, Leeds City College, CACHE/BTEC Levels 1- 3 Bradford Road, Keighley. BD21 4HQ Shipley College, Salt Building, Victoria Road, Subject Dates Time Venue Session number 34 Horticulture - maintaining outdoor Tue 9 July or 9.30 – 15.00 Shipley College, Salt Building, Victoria Road, 35 plants Wed 10 July 9.30 – 15.00 Saltaire. BD18 3LQ 36 ICT Tue 9 July 9.30 – 12.30 Bradford College, Westbrook Building, Great Horton Road, Bradford, BD7 1AY 37 Joinery Tue 9 July 9.30 – 12.00 Keighley Campus, Leeds City College, Construction Skills Levels 1-3 Bradford Road, Keighley. BD21 4HQ 38 Mechanics & Car Body Repair Tue 9 July or 10.00 – 16.00 Workquest, 38 Peckover Street, Little Germany, 39 Thu 11 July 10.00 – 16.00 Bradford. BD1 5DT 40 Media, IT & Business Wed 10 July or 9.30 – 15.00 Shipley College, Salt Building, Victoria Road, 41 Thu 11 July 9.30 – 15.00 Saltaire. BD18 3LQ 42 Motor Vehicle Tue 9 July 13.30 – 16.30 Bradford College, Automotive Centre, Bowling Back Lane, Bradford. BD4 8SA 43 Motor Vehicles Fri 12 July 9.30 – 12.00 Keighley Campus, Leeds City College, ABC Levels 1-3 Bradford Road, Keighley.