ID insight: Work Experience

For the last two weeks, Year 12 ID students have been doing full time work experience placements, in a range of different work environments.

Placements this year have included designing promotional materials and t-shirts for events, shadowing professional photographers, IT support, the engineering and assembly of a new brewery, being a gym assistant, developing skills in architecture, working in hotels, marine biology at Ocean Park, being teaching assistants, and working at Cathay Pacific.

As the placements draw to an end, I want to thank all companies that have hosted our students. They have all had a thoroughly enjoyable and rewarding experience; too good by the sounds of it for some, and I am a little worried others won’t want to come back to school next week!

This experience is a valuable part of the ID course we do at WIS, which really helps students develop interpersonal skills and their ability to work within a team, as well as giving students a sense of responsibility as they applied for their own work placements, some roles involving face to face interviews before the placements could commence. It is really enjoyable as a teacher to visit students whilst they are out on placement, and see the rewarding experience they are getting.

Ms Emily Clarke