Year 12 Post-GCSE Options Parent Presentation Tuesday 30 th January 2018
Welcome & Who’s who… • Mrs S Stewart: Head of Key Stage 3&4 Careers • Mr S Robb: Head of Careers • Mrs K Henry: Vice-Principal • Mrs N Madden: Principal • Mr Nash: Head of Year 12 • Mrs R Skuce: Careers Assistant • Mrs P Boyle: EA Careers Advisor
Agenda • Personal Career Planning • Career Trends • Subject Choices & Careers • Further EducaGon OpGons • Subject Choices Forms • What Next? • QuesGon Time
Personal Career Planning
Career Planning Help Sheet – Year 12 Step 1 & 2: KNOW & EXPLORE Thinking about your abiliNes & Interests
Icould: www.icould.com/buzz/
NI Direct: www.nidirect.gov.uk/Careers
Success at School
U Explore: A new and extensive website which pupils can access using the login details on the back of your page. Explore skills, interests, courses and careers.
• www.ucas.com - enables you to research higher educa6on courses. • If they have a career area in mind they should be able to describe the entry requirements (including relevant subjects), skills required . University / college websites can help. • Contact someone already working in the sector.
Step 3: PLAN • Acquire skills and develop those that you already have: perhaps through clubs outside school or voluntary organisaGons. (Eg: Red cross, St John’s Ambulance, GB/BB, Scouts/Guides, sports teams). • Develop vital transferable skills: like teamwork, ICT skills, communicaGon, leadership skills, presentaGon skills etc. Look at the school website for more ideas of Extra-curricular areas to get involved in. www.limavadygrammar.org.uk • Volunteer: in a chosen career sector during a school holiday or at the weekend .
Agenda • Personal Career Planning • Career Trends • Subject Choices & Careers • Further EducaGon OpGons • Subject Choices Forms • What Next? • QuesGon Time
What’s Trending! Future Job OpportuniNes in NI & Globally There are Job opportuniGes across all occupaGonal areas in Northern Ireland BUT there is higher demand in occupaNons relaNng to Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). As the world becomes increasingly technology dependent it is anGcipated that STEM areas will grow significantly . This will require people to get a good educaNon in STEM subjects.
The following areas are extremely important to the Northern Ireland economy : • ICT: So`ware development, database development, systems architecture and internet specialist skills, mobile communicaGon, computer games, touch screen technology, satellite navigaGon devices . • CreaNve and digital media Cloud compuGng, mobile technologies, computer games and digital entertainment, cyber-security products and services. • Agri-food sector Laboratory technicians, food scienGsts, bio-technology, machine operaGves, butcher, supply chain manager. (Cafre)
The following areas are extremely important to the Northern Ireland economy : • Business and financial services Accountants, bank officials, underwriters, insurance and investment brokers, actuaries and pensions advisers. • Advanced manufacturing and engineering This includes careers requiring CAD skills, mechanical and electrical engineering skills including at technician level. • Renewable energies and recycling Mechanical engineers, research and development managers, physical scienGsts, design and development engineers, biological scienGsts and biochemists. • Health and life sciences Ambulance paramedics, Physiotherapists, DenGsts, Veterinary Nursing, Pharmacists, Nurses, Doctors, Dental hygienists, occupaGonal therapists etc.
Agenda • Personal Career Planning • Career Trends • Subject Choices & Careers • Further EducaGon OpGons • Subject Choices Forms • What Next? • QuesGon Time
Which subjects should they choose? 1. Think about their career goals – if they have one. 2. What subjects are needed for that career? 3. Help them weigh up their options. 4. Make the decision 5. Check/Reflect: Has he/she made a good choice? 6. What would this subject combination rule out in terms of careers?
What subjects are they best at & what types of work do they enjoy doing? 1. Project work 2. Working with numbers 3. Writing assignments 4. Laboratory work 5. Learning languages 6. Using computers 7. Designing and drawing 8. Playing sports 9. Performing in plays or concerts 10. Making things 11. Working with others 12. Meeting deadlines
What do they enjoy doing in their spare Nme? 1. Playing sport or exercising 2. WriGng 3. Playing computer games or using the internet 4. Building or repairing things 5. AcGng, singing, dancing or playing musical instruments 6. Designing and making things 7. BudgeGng your money 8. Aiending youth clubs and meeGng friends 9. Organising Events eg: parGes or trips 10. Being outdoors whatever the weather
Agenda • Personal Career Planning • Career Trends • Subject Choices & Careers • Further EducaGon OpGons • Subject Choices Forms • What Next? • QuesGon Time
Where to next….
OpNons…. • Sixth Form in LGS • Sixth Form in another school • Further EducaGon • Training or ApprenGceships • Employment
Sixth Form Study in LGS Before applying to stay at LGS to study A levels ask these quesNons: • Are they good at studying? • Do they enjoy studying? • Have their results been good enough for further study? • Do they need to study further for the type of job they want to do? • Do they understand the volume or difficulty of work expected at A level? • Even more importantly…
Will they be able to sNck another two years?!
Further EducaNon
Link or Leave? • This morning pupils received a presentaGon on the link course opGons available through NWRC and Limavady High School. • Engineering • Health & Social Care • ConstrucGon (TBC) • Applied Health Sciences (TBC) • Moving Image Arts • Performing Arts However for some students it may make sense to consider NWRC as an opGon for all their course requirements.
• NWRC Open Days q Strabane – 6 th Feb q Derry/Londonderry – 7 th Feb q Limavady – 8 th Feb • ApplicaGon forms for NWRC should be submiied as soon as possible. • Check their website for addiGonal course informaGon.
ApprenNceships 2 weeks ago there were taster sessions at which some students heard from NWRC about ApprenNceships available. However please note: • Many apprenGceship courses at the North West Regional College must have “ C ” grades in English and MathemaGcs.
NIE apprenGceship programme – Closing date 16 th February
evels els A Lev A L
Aim High but Stay Local… • HND – A level Entry (UCAS pts) – Progress to 2 nd /3 rd Year at uni – Work placement included • Foundation Degree – A level Entry (UCAS pts) – Progress to 2 nd /3 rd Year at uni – Employer focussed study • Higher Level Apprenticeship – A level Entry (UCAS pts) – Progress to Employment or further study – One day at college 4 days working (Earn while you learn)
Aim High but Stay relaNvely Local… Lecerkenny InsNtute of Technology
University: To go or not to go? www.which.co.uk/university
www.ucas.com
www.studeneinanceni.co.uk
AS Levels
AS Levels in LGS u The First Year of an A-level Course and is a qualificaGon in its own right. u Two units comprise the AS Level and are normally studied in Year 13. u Two units are studied at A2 Level in Year 14. u Combining the AS (40 %) and A2 (60%) produces the final A level grade.
Why Study AS/A Levels? • AS/A-levels help you develop skills that are required for all careers. • They enable you to keep your opNons open much longer than many other vocaGonal-type courses. • They remain the most popular, and many would argue the most valued, means by which students can gain access to degree programmes and the world of higher educaGon. • Pupils can study 4 AS subjects in Yr13 and carry 3 or 4 subjects through to complete the full A level in Yr14.
Points to Consider 1. GCSE Performance: A student scoring approximately 16 points should be capable of four AS Levels. A = 3 points B = 2 points C = 1 point 2. The Entry Requirements for your chosen course. Each subject has its own entry criteria listed in the subject choices booklet.
Points to Consider 3. The differences between GCSE & A Level Content Be sure they discuss the differences with subject teachers and listen to their advice. 4. Coursework (Controlled Assessment) vs Exam Coursework is great for gaining confidence, gaining marks, relieving exam pressures etc. BUT…. Are they good at meeGng deadlines? Organised? Etc
Agenda • Personal Career Planning • Career Trends • Subject Choices & Careers • Further EducaGon OpGons • Subject Choices Forms • What Next? • QuesGon Time
You should be aware that: 1. All AS subjects have entry requirements . Read the subject booklet carefully and make an informed choice. 2. Higher educaNon courses ohen require you to study certain courses. Study the booklet. You should always ask a member of the careers staff if you are unsure. (Some are outlined on the back of the subject booklet)
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