All the students of Senior 4 & Senior 5 take part in both school based work experience and also spend some weeks in work outside the school in a variety of settings.
This is one of our Senior 4 students working on removing rust from an old sewing-machine base prior to repainting it.
	This student found a bike in the river and undertook a project to restore it.

Our senior students do in-school work experience where they are given certain tasks and are supervised as to how well they carry those out.

Staffroom Shopping	Bins	Messages
Recycling	Dining Room Duty	Milk and Pots
Towels	Cutlery	Chairs
Staff Room	Staff Lunches	Windows

School based work experience.

 

As well as the above mentioned work experiences each of the students in Senior 4 & 5 go out on work experience settings in a variety of situations.

They go to dedicated Training Centres and also to local enterprises. Their performance is monitored and discussed with them when they return to school. The following are some of the types of work that students have been engaged in.

Box Making	Basic Computer Skills	Welding
Cookery	Canteen Work	Art & Craft
Woodwork	Gardening	Café
Pottery	Childcare	Butchering
Agriculture	Builder's Labourer	Domestic Work
Light Assembly	Hairdressing	Garage WorkB
Bag Packing	Shelf Stacking	Storework

The importance of this time in a student's life of moving on from the sheltered environment of school to that of the workplace is one that we are very aware of and great care is given to help each student make a success of that transition.