At ReachOut London, we had a very busy half term.
On Monday, our year 7 boys went to Macquarie Group to learn to code with help from some of the staff there.
On Wednesday, girls and boys from the ReachOut Club at Redlands Primary School went to Portcullis House where they planned a policy to improve their school and presented it to the ‘Education Minister’. Afterwards, they went on a very exciting tour of the Houses of Parliament to see where their policy ideas might be debated and discussed if the Minister liked them!
Meanwhile, our Junior Mentors from Bishop Challoner School were at Macquarie where they had a working lunch and networking session with several Macquarie employees. Afterwards they learnt about trading using a highly valuable commodity….Jaffa Cakes!
On Thursday, the year 8 boys were at Barclays where they learnt presentation skills from some enthusiastic Barclays employees. On top of this the volunteers kindly gave all the boys goody bags and took the them on a tour of their offices – all the way up to the 30th floor for a panoramic view of London.
For the last day of half term, a few of the boys from our Junior Mentors project went to visit their mentors at work. They ran bake sales in their mentor’s offices to raise money for Meningitis Now, a charity doing research into the disease and providing support to those who have lost a loved one to Meningitis. The boys baked carrot cake, shortbread and apple pie themselves and sold it to some lovely staff at Mediaocean and Galliard Health Communications.
We haven't been slouching around in Manchester either.
Last Wednesday, eight mentees from our Post 16 and Junior Mentor Projects in Manchester went on an employment workshop to the Royal Bank of Scotland offices.
In the morning our young people prepared short presentations about topics they were passionate about. Their performance was evaluated by the RBS staff who gave helpful advice on how to improve presentation skills for the future.
Just before the midday break, one of the directors of the Manchester office gave us a brief talk on how to approach the world of employment as a young person. His contribution was particularly useful as he told us many details about his own career.
For the afternoon our hosts planned a "Dragons Den" style competition. Our young people were split into groups of four and had to prepare and present a business idea to a panel of senior RBS employees. They then selected the winning proposal and gave useful feedback to all competing teams.
On Monday, our year 7 boys went to Macquarie Group to learn to code with help from some of the staff there.
On Wednesday, girls and boys from the ReachOut Club at Redlands Primary School went to Portcullis House where they planned a policy to improve their school and presented it to the ‘Education Minister’. Afterwards, they went on a very exciting tour of the Houses of Parliament to see where their policy ideas might be debated and discussed if the Minister liked them!
Meanwhile, our Junior Mentors from Bishop Challoner School were at Macquarie where they had a working lunch and networking session with several Macquarie employees. Afterwards they learnt about trading using a highly valuable commodity….Jaffa Cakes!
On Thursday, the year 8 boys were at Barclays where they learnt presentation skills from some enthusiastic Barclays employees. On top of this the volunteers kindly gave all the boys goody bags and took the them on a tour of their offices – all the way up to the 30th floor for a panoramic view of London.
For the last day of half term, a few of the boys from our Junior Mentors project went to visit their mentors at work. They ran bake sales in their mentor’s offices to raise money for Meningitis Now, a charity doing research into the disease and providing support to those who have lost a loved one to Meningitis. The boys baked carrot cake, shortbread and apple pie themselves and sold it to some lovely staff at Mediaocean and Galliard Health Communications.
We haven't been slouching around in Manchester either.
Last Wednesday, eight mentees from our Post 16 and Junior Mentor Projects in Manchester went on an employment workshop to the Royal Bank of Scotland offices.
In the morning our young people prepared short presentations about topics they were passionate about. Their performance was evaluated by the RBS staff who gave helpful advice on how to improve presentation skills for the future.
Just before the midday break, one of the directors of the Manchester office gave us a brief talk on how to approach the world of employment as a young person. His contribution was particularly useful as he told us many details about his own career.
For the afternoon our hosts planned a "Dragons Den" style competition. Our young people were split into groups of four and had to prepare and present a business idea to a panel of senior RBS employees. They then selected the winning proposal and gave useful feedback to all competing teams.
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