Careers and Jobs Event at West Derby School

About the Business Leaders

These business leaders have been chosen because their companies are growing quickly.

About the teacher and students

The event was created by Carmel Jones for 200 students at West Derby School aged Age 13 - 14.

Event description

West Derby School Careers Carousel

Would there be any chance that you could attend our Careers Carousel for our Year 10, 11, and sixth form students on December 21st? You would be providing our students with access to the social capital that many of them miss out on because our school is located in an area of high deprivation.

Each of our contributors will have a large desk / stall and our students will circulate in pairs around the room.

They will have 5 minutes to talk to each of our contributors before a whistle is blown and they move on to the next stall. The students will be given questions to ask, but the majority of our contributors, during previous careers events, have found that most of our boys will freely engage in conversation. We usually have between 30 to 35 contributors from industry, employment and careers advisors and from further education establishments.

The careers event takes place over the whole of the school day. The timings are as follows:

Period 1: 9:20am to 10:20am
Break: 10:20am, to 10:35am
Period 2: 10:35am to 11:35am
Period 3: 11:35am to 12:35pm
Lunch: 12:35pm to 1:25pm
Period 4: 1:15pm to 2:15pm
Period 5: 2:15pm to 3:15pm

If there is any other information that I can provide you with please let me know.

We will provide refreshments and lunch for all of our contributors on the day.

Thanks once again for your support and goodwill; it is greatly appreciated.

Carmel Jones
West Derby School