Pre-16 Activity
Below, you will find details of the activities we offer to pre-16 students for 2024-25. You will find the title and a short summary of each activity. Each activity has been mapped against the Inspiring Choices progression framework, the Gatsby Benchmarks and the CDI Framework. This should help to give you an idea of which activities may be best for your students.
Each activity is fully funded by Inspiring Choices and you can book in more than one session to accommodate student numbers.
To book, please get in touch with your Outreach Coordinator.
Employability
| What? |
In a competitive job market, it is important to know what employability skills are valued by different employers. This package offers a series of workshops that will set them off to a good start in the world of work. |
| How? |
Content will vary depending on whether this is being delivered to a Pre-16 or Post-16 group.
There are 4 workshops on offer, that can be delivered as a series or individually:
- Transferable Skills
- CV and Cover Letter Writing
- How to Make a Good Impression
- Digital communication
Optional Addition:
- Small-scale Mock Interviews delivered by the Inspiring Choices team
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| CDI Framework Links |
Grow throughout Life 1,4
Explore Possibilities 6
Manage Career 1,2,
Create Opportunities 2,3,4
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| Gatsby |
7 |
Explore HE (Pre-16)
| What? |
This visit will start with the basics. Why go to university? What are the routes into Higher Education? Learners will explore an introduction to HE through a day of interactive activities on a university campus. |
| Who? |
Year 10 and 11 |
| How? |
1 x Talk - What is HE?*
1 x Campus Visit - Explore HE (full day for max of 60 young people)
1 x Workshop - Interactive Intro to HE*
1x Workshop- Subject- specific HE (Arts, Humanities or STEM)
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| CDI Framework Links |
Grow throughout Life 2,5
Explore Possibilities 3,
Manage Career 3,
Create opportunities 3
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| Gatsby |
3, 4 and 7 |
*These sessions can be delivered in school
Study Skills
| What? |
These workshops equip learners with the skills they need to succeed academically in Higher Education, and provide an insight into learning in a Higher Education environment. These workshops focus on revision techniques and research techniques. |
| Who? |
Year 10, 11, 12 |
| How? |
There are 2 workshops on offer, that can be delivered as a series or individually. However, revision techniques is more aimed towards year 10/11 and research techniques is more aimed towards year 12.:
- Research Skills
- Revision Techniques
All workshops will include a range of information advice and guidance centered around how to prepare for study in a Higher Education setting, incorporating various activities that can be completed individually or as part of a team.
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| Gatsby |
3, 7 |
Future Selves
| What? |
These sessions are an opportunity for students to use their imaginations to explore how their current education connects to different possible futures. Using self-reflective exercises, these interactive activities aim to help students identify their strengths and interest, develop decision making skills, and set their own goals. |
| Who? |
Year 10 and 12 |
| How? |
3 separate workshops that work best in the following order:
Passions seeks to help students identify what they are interested in, both in and out of school. Through a series of interactive activities, they are encouraged to reflect on their personal likes and preferences to help them envision possibly future pathways that might suit their personality.
Choices breaks down different decision making methods to show how an individuals ability to make choices will depend on their priorities at any given time. To do this, we play a number of games to explore how we would react in different scenarios before asking students to reflect on the methods that they personally found most helpful.
Goals outlines the differences between educational, professional, and personal goals and then demonstrates how each person will set themselves all three in order to connect present school experiences to our future selves.
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| Gatsby |
3, 4, 7 |
