It’s that time of year again – when we hold our Careers Days across both Springview and Waterside Campuses. On Tuesday 3rd May and Wednesday 4th May, we welcomed a range of businesses into school.
Pupils visited each interactive session in their class groups, enjoying activities led by the following businesses:
- Worldwide Fruit:preparing fruit and making a smoothie. Tasting different fruits and textures.
- LCC SEND Employment Project: physical activity to use the smoothie bike to make a drink.
- Pets at Home:exploring animals and the items they need. Exploring pet toys and costs of different pet products.
- LCC Highways: remote control mini digger. Build a bridge. Drone demonstration.
- The Clancy Group:interactive digger experience (using all the buttons under supervision). Traffic management (learning how to use a pedestrian crossing). PPE.
- Sainsburys:security tagging. Guess the amount of shopping. Taste testing, Nutrition. Age restrictions. Packaging and pricing.
- Ark ICT Solutions: exploring tech toys.
- Tilbury Douglas and Enva: building a recycling tower. Creating a biodegradable bird feeder.
- NHS: career Jenga. Different roles within the National Health Service. Blood pressure machine. PPE.
Head of School, Zoe Williams, said:
“This is a really important day in our school calendar. It’s a chance for pupils to experience different types of future employment possibilities, as well as an opportunity to learn about different companies and what they do.
I’d like to specifically thank Bill Baird-Parker from LCC as well as teacher Dominic Mason, for their huge support in organising the day. It has been a team effort with planning beginning in September as it’s a ‘whole school’ event so that children of all ages can take part.”
Bill Baird-Parker, LCC Employment Officer:
“I started my SEND journey at Tulip Academy as a volunteer in 2017. The pupils and staff are truly inspirational, giving everybody the opportunity to get involved and have fun.
Exciting interactive careers events can only take place if you have supportive employers who are prepared to go the extra mile and showcase their businesses in interesting and imaginative ways. This will mean that pupils will remember the day long after it’s finished. Thank you to all the wonderful employers who supported this career event.”
