H2U Vol 7 Issue 3 Jan 2008.pub - Highcliffe School

ments: Construction, who
specialise in actually building
the properties; Land
and Planning, who work
with all the issues with the
council regarding it’s title;
Sales, (self explanatory!)
and finally Accounts and
Buying, who work with the
money and all the queries
to do with the purchasers.
In my opinion the employees
would need sufficient
knowledge in the following
subjects we have at school
to work their jobs to the
max: technology, maths,
English, geography, ICT,
textiles, PE, and art.
I did all sorts of things that
my mum would regularly
do in a working day. I
completed my booklet in
the morning and then in
the afternoon, after a 1hour
lunch break, my
mum, Danny, Luke and I
went out to one of Pennyfarthing’s
developments in
New Milton. We had site
induction meeting with the
site manager and then
looked around at all the
machinery and the employees
and how the site
was organised.
After my long day at
Pennyfarthing’s I was exhausted.
The day was
much longer than an average
school day and working
my way to the site and
back tired me out! My
mum and I departed from
work at 5.15pm and
headed straight for home.
The highlight of my day
was learning about the
workplace and the day has
given me a taster of what
challenges lie ahead in my
future career. I enjoyed
my day at Pennyfarthing
Homes and would definitely
like to go and visit
again.”
Report by
Georgia Wright 8.6
“I went to Burness Corlett
Marine, Naval Architecture
and Engineering. My working
day was very hectic as I
had loads and loads of questions
to find out for the work
booklet from school. I spent
3 hours on finding the answers
to all the questions.
That left me 2 hours to see
what the employees did during
their day. I designed a
sailing yacht using software
called Maxsurf 3 Professional,
which was fun. To
become a marine/naval architect
you have to be very
good at maths and ICT.
They are useful subjects to
study for this job.
There is no uniform, however
they do prefer you to
wear a smart shirt and grey
trousers but they are not as
strict about what you wear
as they are in school. The
working hours are 10.00am
to 1.00pm, with an hour for
lunch and then 2.00pm to
4.00pm was computer designing.
I would like to do
marine and naval architecture
when I am older. I certainly
preferred my day at
working to going to school,
as it was shorter hours and
more fun – perfect for me!”
Report by Theodor Turner
The Real Game
During activities week
last summer, the Year
8s spent a day taking
part in a work-related
activity called the
Real Game that is designed
to deliver personal
and economic
well-being, and financial
capability. The
event has been part
of the Key Stage 3 careers
programme at Highcliffe
for several years and is
normally held in the hall
and tutor bases. However,
due to the school’s investment
in ITC, and thanks to
a sophisticated rota drawn
up by Mr Evans, the Year
8s were allowed access to
the Real Game online.
The aim of the Real Game
is to give students an insight
into the world of
work, making links with
education, lifestyle choices
and ambitions, and realising
that it can be hard
work fulfilling your dreams.
The Game starts with the
students creating their
Dream Cloud – an ideal
lifestyle of houses, cars
and hi-tech gadgets. They
are then brought down to
earth with a bump when
the computer allocates
them a job, and a salary.
Here the reality check
starts as the students begin
to see that education
and qualifications do make
a difference to career prospects
(unless you are incredibly
lucky).
The students were allowed
time to discover more
about their allocated career
and compare their
earnings with their peers,
before looking closely at
whether they could afford
their dream lifestyle.
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