Career Events
September |
Year 11 Personal Statement Tutor Period Year 11 Positive Steps @16 Introduction Year 10 Parents Information Evening Year 11 Parents Information Evening KS4 Cambridge University Talk |
October |
Year 9 Tutor period – Communication Year 11 Post 16 Options Evening Alumni Talk - Local college WQE (open to KS4) |
November |
Year 11 Apprenticeship Workshop Positive Steps (PS@16) deadline Tutor Period – Year 11 PS@16 Career Talk – Sainsbury’s (open to all year groups) Alumni Talk – 3rd year uni medicine (open to Y9,10,11) |
December | Career Talks** |
January |
Year 11 College Interviews Tutor Period – Year 7 – First Impressions |
February |
National apprenticeship week** National Apprenticeship Assemblies Year 7 – LEBC – Learning Styles and Pathways Year 8 – LEBC – Transferrable Skills and Pathways Year 9 – Options – Pathways Year 10 – Leicester College - (All NAW events and opportunities including webinars for parents and students will be published on school website and Satchel One) Tutor Period - Year 9 Options Hour |
March |
National careers week** Year 7 Assembly – Guess my job Year 8 Assembly – Motivation Year 9 Assembly – Motivation Year 10 Assembly – Apprenticeships Tutor Period – Year 10 – Thinking WOW (world of work) Engineering Workshop NHS/Healthcare Workshop IT/Digital Media Workshop |
April |
Alumni Talks,* Year 8 – Speedy Speakers Event (TBC) |
May |
Tutor Period – Year 8 – Skills and Qualities Year 9 – DMU bespoke workshop (TBC) |
June |
Year 10 Leicester College – Discovery Day Tutor Period – Year 9 – Thinking Ahead Tutor Period- Year 10 – Preparing for WOW Week |
July |
Year 10 World of Work (WOW) Week. Activities include, CV writing Visit to a workplace Finance workshop Career carousel workshop |
*We are looking to build our alumni network. Alumni can relate to students on a different level to teachers and employers. If you would like to talk with our students about your journey since leaving SVC, please do contact careers@soarvalley.leicester.sch.uk
** We are always looking for employers / parents / carers who would be willing to come and talk to our students about the world of work, decision making, getting work ready, writing a CV or any other employability themed idea. Where you see ** are opportunities where you could support us with this. If you think you could contribute towards this programme, please do contact,