Year 9 Options Day

On Friday 7th December Somervale held its first ‘Options Day’ for Year 9. The day involved Year 9 pupils, in their tutor groups, going round to different workshops, each period, run by groups from outside the school. The workshops were run by Bristol University, Bath Spa University, University of the West of England and Norton Radstock College, each of them doing activities and talking to pupils about different types of careers and further education routes available to them when they leave school. Pupils also had a go on ‘Plan-it’, a computer program helping pupils plan what they want to do in the future and how they are going to get there. At lunchtime Sergeant Phil Higgins came in to talk to pupils interested about joining the army.

Overall, the workshops went well and both pupils and the visiting staff enjoyed the day.

 

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