Work Related Learning
We start to introduce our students to the world of work and their future throughout their life in the department. This involves visits from different services, visits to different places of work,Crucial Crew visits, Work Experience opportunities and Mini Enterprise initiatives including ‘S’ Factor,
Christmas and Summer fetes
Many students take part in work placements throughout the year. Many students work in shops and businesses in our local community or near their own homes and other students take place in In-House placements in the office or working in Lower school. We strongly believe in student voice and through
Person Centred Reviews we endeavour to facilitate work experience placements which meet the
individual needs and interests of our students.
They also run enterprise initiatives such as a café, lunches for staff, Avon, fruit and vegetables mini-enterprise and seasonal schemes.
Key stage 4 students experience community life as part of their week which consists of being educated out of school,applying skills they have learnt lower down the school in a practical way.
Developing life skills such as shopping,travel training and communication.
We also have a college link with RCAT for our year 4 as part of their transition,as many of our students move onto a college course Post 19.
We also visit Day Centres and other facilities throughout Post 16 to ensure students experience all avenues.
Many of our students move onto a college course when they leave. As part of our Vocational Studies we also visit the Day Centres and set up links for those students who will go there at 19.
Some of our 14-19 students are also working with Speak Up and Rotherham Advocacy to help our young people gain the skills needed to enable them to effectively deal with their life and to express their wishes and worries of the present and the future.
At 16 our students have an annual Personal Centred Review that enables students, family and carers to have some input into the direction that the student’s path will take. A lot of this work is done through a series of lessons to prepare for the review. Personalised timetables are built around the action plans from these reviews.
The school works closely with parents in an effort to plan and facilitate a smooth transition to Post 19 provision. We provide guidance and information to enable parents and students to make effective decisions about services available once they leave school.
Finance
We look at grants and fund raising to support the wide range of additional activities that take place in our department. We are grateful to parents’ £1.50 weekly class funds and for supporting our mini-enterprise schemes and other fund raising events.
Without these funds we would not be able to -
Subsidise outside visits to cafes, garden centres,etc
Buy juice,yoghurts for breaks
Fund leisure and sporting activities in the community
Help towards bus costs
Help towards the extra costs of meal preparation
And much more.
Students in Post 16 department are taught to prepare and cook snacks and meals for themselves,
fellow students and staff.
Without these funds we would not be able to -
Subsidise outside visits to cafes, garden centres,etc
Buy juice,yoghurts for breaks
Fund leisure and sporting activities in the community
Help towards bus costs
Help towards the extra costs of meal preparation
And much more.
Students in Post 16 department are taught to prepare and cook snacks and meals for themselves,
fellow students and staff.
