Flip Out for Fun at the Wellingborough Pancake Race!
Ready, set, flip! Gather your friends, family, or colleagues and join the Wellingborough Pancake Race on Saturday, 1st March 2025!
Where: Market Street, Wellingborough
When: From 11am
Entry Fee: Absolutely FREE!
Whether you’re a pancake-flipping pro or a first-time flipper, this is your chance to show off your skills, have a laugh, and race for glory.
Enter your team today or run on your own!
Dress up, flip pancakes, and race to win a shiny medal !
How to Enter: Visit https://www.wellingboroughtowncouncil.gov.uk/council_events/wellingborough-pancake-race/
Hurry— you won’t want to miss the most flippin’ fun event of the year!
Let’s make this year’s race the best one yet.
Category: Partner
Empowering Apprenticeships
Join us for a lunchtime networking event during National Apprenticeship Week (10th–14th February 2025) to explore the incredible opportunities apprenticeships offer in Northamptonshire.
This event brings together employers, apprentices, and those looking to learn more about apprenticeships.
Over a buffet lunch network with employers & providers in the room before finding out more about Apprenticeship & Apprenticeship Levy Reforms with talks from:
Helen Russell – The Right Track Consultancy ltd.
Rebecca Moore – Reed Recruitment.
Cassandra Campbell – Northamptonshire Manufacturing Alliance .
Plus speak to Providers about the Apprenticeships they offer.
Whether you’re an apprentice, a business already engaged in apprenticeships, or an employer seeking insights, this event is for you. Let’s connect and shape the future workforce together!
(* for any specific dietry requirements & allergens please email : Helen@therighttrackconsultancy.com)
🥈NNBN’S START UP BUSINESS OF THE YEAR: RUNNER UP 🥈
What a night! Full of great entertainment, amazing food, and surrounded by inspiring businesses. I’m still buzzing from it all!For those who don’t know, Northants Fashion & Textiles School was announced as Runner Up in this year’s @nnbnawards Start Up Business of the Year category – and I’m still in shock!To be honest, I went into the evening just hoping for a fun “date night” with my husband and couldn’t believe it when we were called as runners up. Such an unexpected and incredible moment!A huge thank you to @nnbnltd for hosting this amazing celebration of local businesses and to our category sponsor @business_doctors_northampton for their support.
A special shout-out to the team at @yokehillwellbeing for cheering us on like we were a massive brand – you made the night so much more fun!
But, most importantly, THANK YOU to every child, parent, and carer who has supported Northants Fashion & Textiles School on this journey so far. This recognition is all because of YOU. 💜
Build a Sustainable School for the future (Hybrid Work Experience)
This is a hybrid work experience opportunity – 2 days face to face and 2 day virtual and will be delivered to students who are located in Northampton.
Amey are a leading provider of full life-cycle engineering, operations and decarbonisation solutions, for transport infrastructure and complex facilities.
Our purpose is to deliver sustainable infrastructure solutions that enhance life and protect our shared future.
We deliver bespoke asset and facilities management services designed specifically for our clients who operate in complex environments – including defence, justice, education, and health. We deliver essential services across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland – looking after 141 schools and colleges, 18,000 military homes and 60 prisons. We support the UK justice sector by providing secure Facility Management within prisons, court and transport services, and prisoner escorting. We are one the UK’s core defence contractors and ensure our UK Armed Forces have suitable workplaces, vehicles, equipment, and housing.
This opportunity will:
Provide an insight into a leading Infrastructure and Engineering company
Explore the work of operations on one of our contracts within our Complex Facilities business (including an on site visit)
Discuss the opportunities available through our various early careers’ pathways
Hints & tips for useful transferable skills and interview skills
Group project work based on ‘How to build a sustainable school for the future’
Date: 17/02/2025 – 20/02/2025, 10am – 2pm
Free virtual work experience events with National Highways this November
Digdata is thrilled to announce free virtual work experience events with National Highways this November and December. These career challenges are designed to develop key employability skills such as problem solving, data literacy, storytelling, and presentation. Hosted on Microsoft Teams, these sessions take place outside of school hours, making them easily accessible.
Students will enjoy: • A 45-minute briefing with the National Highways team • The opportunity to complete a career challenge at their own pace • Certification upon completion
These events provide valuable insights into emerging careers and help students build skills that will enhance their future education and employment choices.
Please can you share the below with your students – registrations are now open!
First Step – for students in the following year groups
England and Wales – years 7,8,9
Northern Ireland – years 8NI, 9NI, 10NI
Scotland – years S1, S2, S3
Wednesday 27th November at 4.30pm (45-minute briefing session on MS Teams)
Gain virtual work experience with National Highways!
How did the hedgehog cross the road?
Next Step – for students in the following year groups
England and Wales – years 10,11,12,13
Northern Ireland – years 11NI, 12NI, 13NI, 14NI
Scotland – years S4, S5, S6
Wednesday 11th December at 5pm (45-minute briefing session on MS Teams)
Gain virtual work experience with National Highways
Where there is Wi-Fi there’s a way!
We invite you and parents to attend either or both events! Register Now!
Students – How To Find a Great Work Experience Placement!
60 minutes of really practical advice to help young people connect with employers and find a GREAT work experience opportunities.
TUESDAY 12TH NOVEMBER – 6.30PM
We will be covering:
💥 How to use social media to find work experience
💥 What your parents / relatives can do to help you
💥 Why your ‘adult network’ is key…and who is in it?
💥 How to demonstrate to an employer that you’re serious about their work
💥 An email template you can use to contact employers
💥 Why developing ‘relationships’ is your key to getting people to help you
💥 How to prepare to get the most from your work experience
💥 What you need to do after your work experience
At the end of the session, you’ll have a list of things that you can do that will really help you find a great placement……and you’ll be able to get straight to work! Click the link below to book your FREE ticket:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-find-a-great-work-experience-placement-tickets-1059512503419
We’re hugely grateful to East Sussex Careers Hub for supporting this webinar, which is also open to young people and parents from all locations.
Apprenticeships – South Midlands Vacancy Report
To access the latest vacancy report with apprenticeship vacancies across the South Midlands region please click below.
My Great First Job – Degree Apprenticeships, what are they all about – Webinar Recording
A few weeks ago we ran a webinar all about Degree Apprenticeships – we were joined by 3 young people who were either about to start their programmes, or who were going into their final year.
The link to the recording of the session is on our website – feel free to use it as a resource in your school, or to forward it to anyone who might find it helpful.
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https://www.mygreatfirstjob.com/post/degree-apprenticeships-what-are-they-all-about-1
Degree Apprenticeship Mentoring Programme
Our Degree Apprenticeship Mentoring Programme starts in 2 weeks – just 20 places available!
Our experience is that a lot of young people who are applying for Degree Apprenticeships are ‘flying solo’…..they’re trying to figure out on their own how to present their CV, how to navigate a video interview, and what research to do for an assessment day.
Our Degree Apprenticeship Mentoring Programme is here to help them, and give parents the piece of mind that their son/daughter is not missing out on opportunities because of a lack of knowledge.
The 4 month mentoring programme includes small group sessions, personalised feedback and 1-2-1 action planning meetings.
We’re running ‘Insight Sessions’ so young people and their parents can find out more, and figure out whether the support we offer will work for them.
We also offer an entirely bespoke 1-2-1 programme so we’ll be covering that too.
This is a paid-for mentoring programme with a cost of £55 a month for 4 months for the ‘group’ programme.
If you have pupils who could benefit from the programme please could you forward this email to their parents.
They can then click one of the links below to book a spot on one of the free 30 minute Insight Sessions – they’ll just need to attend one of them.
The next programme starts on 18th November 2024.
Tuesday 5th November – 5.30pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2rJK94_-RM-CUVBLDlN2eg
Friday 8th November – 6.00pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kEkEqzfARtCE-vI5IFqMGA
Saturday 9th November – 11.00am
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_n5WIQxO-TO2wS935DvxIzw
Tuesday 12th November – 5.00pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BQHWRqE5RmeoWcYotAbWqA
At the end of each session, there will be a QR code that attendees can use to book a place, if they think the programme could be helpful.
If your school has a number of students who would benefit, and you would like to chat about running the programme in your school, do get in touch.
ET Education supports STEM teachers by providing a range of resources linked to the UK curriculum and partnering with organisations to create experiences that inspire teachers and students alike.
- Teaching resources – Our free teaching resources for primary and secondary aim to enhance teaching and bring students’ learning to life. The resources are designed to support the delivery of key topics within design and technology, maths and science. They provide practical activity ideas that could be used as one-off activities or linked with other areas of the curriculum and are all fully editable so you can tailor them to your students’ or school’s needs.
- Faraday Challenge Days – An annual competition of STEM activity days with a real-world challenge for pupils aged 12-13 years. We also offer printable resources and guidance for schools to run their own Challenge, choosing a time and theme that suits their students.
- FIRST® LEGO® League – We deliver hands-on STEM experiences for children aged 4-16 years through our three FIRST® LEGO® League divisions across the UK and Ireland.
- Volunteers at your school – Our Education Volunteers can be invited to bring real-life experience to your engineering related STEM activities, such as adding context to lessons in the classroom, enhancing after school clubs and youth organisation groups, and providing engineering career expertise at career events.
- Visual aids and certificates – Our visual aids bring engineering to life in your classroom or home learning space, with posters for both primary and secondary covering a range of topics and primary certificates for teachers to award to their star pupils. With free hard copies and PDF downloads available, there’s something for everyone!
- Colouring book – These fun downloadable colouring sheets aimed at primary and produced by The Faculty of Engineering at the University of Leeds and the Leeds College of Art showcase the breadth and importance of engineering careers and roles in our everyday lives.
- Primary adventure magazine: Zoom to the Moon – Zoom is a little alien who’s got lost and ended up on Earth. He needs students’ help to build a spaceship to get him home. Students must think like an engineer to work their way through the magazine deciding on the best use of materials, fuel and communication methods for their space rocket to get Zoom back where he belongs. Join us on this exciting adventure and find out about a range of energising careers on the way to inspire your students and open their minds to a whole new universe of engineering jobs in Space!
- DIY STEM Experiment videos – We are working with STEM ambassadors, IET Education Officers, teachers and parents to bring you a range of videos that can be watched at home or in school showing you how to create some fantastic STEM experiments using everyday items!
- Teacher membership – At just £30 per year we offer a bespoke educational package designed specifically to meet teacher’s needs as education professionals.
Complete Careers free online upcoming Conferences
Complete Careers primary careers conference ‘Everywhere is a workplace’
13th November see here for more information: https://complete-careers.com/complete-careers-primary-conference-2024/
Complete Careers Conference – ‘education is careers education’
20th November. See here for more information and for booking: https://complete-careers.com/complete-careers-free-conference/