Wednesday 28 February 2024
On Wednesday 28 February, a group of Year 9 students participated in the Gateways visit to the University of Manchester.
Our students were shown new sections of the University campus, including some newly built areas. Workshop sessions gave students an opportunity to explore their own potential and improve their personal motivations to succeed at both, during and after their career. Students took part in activities in groups, exploring budgeting at university, the role of a career and investigating the required transferrable skills. This helped students to realise the importance of playing to their key strengths.
The workshops were led by postgraduate students, who helped learners explore different career areas and the skills needed to succeed in each of these areas. All schools participating were entered into a competition, which consisted of a question and answer session and a creative session, where students were required to create their own society.
Our Year 9 students gave an excellent performance, outperforming all the other schools (there were 6 other teams) and convincingly attaining first place. Our students were all awarded a medal, in addition to their certificates.
All students enjoyed the day and found the activities engaging and informative. One of our students commented, ”I really enjoyed the competition, especially the creative session”.