Wex at Highshore

Work Visits

Groups of students may visit businesses or organisations on trips to get a greater understanding of the work of work.

Enterprise stalls or selling opportunities

Sixth form students have one day a week allocated to enterprise education where they make products to sell. Pupils have previously sold items on Tooley street and in neighbouring schools.

Internal Placements

Internal work placements are an opportunity for pupils to develop their work skills and independence before moving to external work placements. they work on a weekly rota and develop their skills over a school term. Whole school internal roles include:

• Staff & Seasonal Post Duty: Pupils collect, sort a deliver staff post to pigeonholes and seasonal cards to their classmates.
• Canteen Duty: Pupils wrap cutlery, arrange jugs an cups on tables, hand out cutlery, serve from the salad bar and help pupils at lunchtime.
• School Library Duty: Pupils monitor and tidy the library, whilst also checking pupils books in and out.

For our Key Stage 5 pupils that have a one day a week placement but perhaps aren’t yet ready for an external placement, specialist roles have been developed. Pupils follow a personalised, weekly routine. This helps as a reminder of their responsibilities and is a way to help them gain independence in their role. These include:

• Stock and Resources Assistant: Pupils check and replenish stock of beverages and classroom resources across the school. They also prepare and make resources for teachers for example printing, laminating or ICT presentations.
• Classroom Assistant: Pupils work in classroom to support other pupils, prepare the classroom for lessons, pack away equipment. Some pupils specialise in a subject area that they are interested in e.g. PE or work in different classes where support is required