On Tuesday we had the Katie from The Highland Hospice in, delivering a session on Event Planning to our S3 Administration Studies students. The session involved a little role play, which the students aced, and a discussion around the logistics of planning an event. Katie used the Highland Hospice raft race as an example of the administration required to plan, execute, and wrap-up a large scale event. Huge thank you to Katie
To celebrate Pi day (March 14th – 3.14 in US date format) various classes across the Maths department took part in several activities related to Pi and Maths. Amongst the activities were Pi Chains, Pi-Kus, The History of Maths and finding our dates of birth in amongst the trillion known digits of Pi. Lots of fun and thumbs up all around!
For last week’s My Future Friday session we had Mike from Lifescan. He chatted about his journey to becoming an engineer and the roles available at Lifescan, including their 4-year Maintenance Engineering apprenticeship programme. The session was attended by around 60 students, with 19 staying behind to ask questions about the programme, and other opportunities at Lifescan.
Our S1 Technology class were then invited along after the session to look at how machines manufacture products. Super enthusiastic group and lots of learning was had!
Thank you Lifescan.
This morning, we had Personal Trainor Kyle from DM Elite in speaking with our senior phase PE students. He talked to them about a typical ‘day in the life’ of a personal trainer, how to start a career in fitness, and why people are becoming more interested in health and wellbeing. Huge thank you to Kyle.
Pupil’s in Mrs Skinner’s N5 Graphic Communication class had a live project with Househill Cafe in Nairn to design an advert for their social media. The 3 winners of the competition were Zara Jones, Luca Inglis and Struan Brough. Househill Cafe said they chose the designs because:
“I like them because they are clean and minimalist and would suit our social media pages. They have also made our logo really obvious and have used our brand colours.”
Well done Zara, Luca and Struan!
Following on from the Science and English interdisciplinary project, two pupils’ writing pieces were submitted into the Scottish-wide competition ran by the University of St Andrews. Congratulations goes out to Calum Kelly in S2, who was one of the four runners-up of the competition. His entry was an informative essay on the life and accomplishments of Alexander Fleming. Well done Calum!
This morning, we had Sara and Donna from NHS Highlands’ Education, Learning and Development team. They talked about the range of pathways and opportunities within NHS Highland to over 90 students from S1-S6. With over 350 different NHS careers, the session proved invaluable.
My Future Fridays are organised by the DYW School coordinator to better inform our students about local opportunities, pathways into training and the world of work, and ignite their passion for the variety of sectors we have across our region and beyond!
