FAMILY MATTERS School report
It’s time for Year 11 students to make an important decision, local news, plus the rise of forest schools Words Caroline Knight
E
aster is upon us and for Year 11 students this marks an important spring.
Students can leave school on the last Friday in June, provided they will have reached the age of 16 by the end of the summer holidays, but they are no longer allowed to simply disappear into the world at large. Until they reach the grand age of
18 these pupils need to do one of the following: • Stay in full-time education at school or college. • Commence some sort of approved apprenticeship or traineeship programme.
• Continue in part-time education or training whilst spending 20 hours or more a week working or volunteering.
APPRENTICESHIPS – WHAT ARE THEY? These training schemes suit those young people who want to work and train at the same time. They are generally open to 16-year-olds or older and they will work alongside experienced people in order to gain skills. The scheme generally includes training ‘off the job’ to work towards nationally-recognised qualifi cations. Apprenticeships take between one and four years to complete, depending on the job. All apprentices must be paid at least the national minimum wage and they work for at least 30 hours per week. There’s no doubting that for some, an apprenticeship is the right choice, offering on-the-job training combined with off-site study or event e-learning, guaranteed pay while working towards qualifi cations, as well as the chance to meet other apprentices in similar roles. There’s a wide range of career opportunities offering
apprenticeships – from desk jobs such as social media and administration through to hairdressing, electrical engineering and construction, the opportunities are both extensive and interesting, with more than 270 different types of apprenticeships available.
• For further information and to see examples of current vacancies, visit
www.apprenticeshipguide.co.uk or
www.fi ndapprenticeship.service.gov.uk
64 Young artists chance to shine
The 2017 International Art Fair Schools Competition, part of the International Art Fair, Sevenoaks, this year moves to a new venue – The New Beacon School in Sevenoaks. It is open to all local schools to submit a maximum of 10 pieces of artwork chosen by the art department from students in the age range 12-15 and 16-18 years to be submitted to a panel of judges for selection to be included in the International Art Fair in Sevenoaks, which runs from 1st-4th June. There is no brief as to subject/theme but students are asked to
produce an original piece of artwork on A4 size. The work can be a painting, sculpture, ceramic or mixed media – no photography or giclee prints – and in any medium (acrylic, watercolour, oil, gouache, pencil, crayon, any metal, wood, ceramic, glass). This year’s judges include Anthony Broad from Claremont
Modern Art Gallery in Sevenoaks, Louise Giblin MA ARBS body cast sculptor and Nick Hebditch, artist. • For more information, email
victoria@seeartfair.com or visit
www.internationalartfair.co.uk
One small step for…
After one of the biggest moments in UK space history, Year 8 students from The Skinners’ Kent Academy visited the Soyuz capsule at London’s Science Museum. The newly-displayed Russian capsule, which carried Major Tim Peake to and from space, inspired the students to see how the world of science really can launch you into thinking more deeply about the world in which we live. Being the fi rst human spacecraft to be displayed by the London’s Science Museum, students witnessed fi rst-hand
the spacecraft that, although refurbished, still bore the burn marks from the earth’s atmosphere in June last year.
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