Congratulations to Illuminate Online – winners of the Entrepreneurs of the Year Award! The Illuminate team Rose, Orla, Ibby & Amy were nominated for the UKFast Young Entrepreneur’s of the Year award for inventing an anti Cyber BullyingContinue reading
Category: Careers & Enterprise
Careers & Enterprise
Y10 Enterprise Day
On Wednesday, the Year 10 cohort took part in an Airline Masterclass enterprise day presented and delivered by Young Enterprise. The programme aims to develop employability skills and business awareness. Students set up and ranContinue reading
The Ryman National Enterprise Challenge
Imogen, Alishba, Lauren & Rachel travelled down to Wembley Stadium with Miss Kirby on 10 July to pitch their idea of getting more girls into football by 2020. Although they didn’t get through to theContinue reading
Y12 Work Experience
Year 12 have just completed their week’s work experience in industry. Work experience placements serve multiple purposes, including experience of the world of work, employability skill development and experience to help guide future career decision-making.Continue reading
Year 8 Learn to Earn
On 10th June all of Year 8 were off timetable for an careers/enterprise event, Learn to Earn, delivered by volunteers from Young Enterprise. The programme inspires students and provides information on career options to helpContinue reading
Siemens Rollercoaster Finals at Whitworth Art Gallery
On Tuesday 18 June 2 teams of Year 10s went to the Siemens Rollercoaster finals at Whitworth Art Gallery to compete against other schools with their design and construction of a rollercoaster using a rollercoasterContinue reading
UKFast visit to meet HRH Princess Anne
Mrs Walker and Mrs Gillibrand along with two of our Y12 Digital Leaders Rebecca and Ojas were privileged to have been invited last Wednesday 1 May to UKFast to share their celebrations in being awardedContinue reading
Careers Convention 2019
We had our biennial Careers Convention evening on Weds 20th March for our Y10-13 students and their parents. The evening had a real buzz to it with 60 representatives hosting stands from companies such asContinue reading
Careers Convention 2019
Wednesday, 20th March 2019 from 6.30-8.30pm at Main School Open to all Y10, 11, 12 and 13 Students and Parents Representatives will be attending from a wide variety of employers, universities, colleges and voluntary &Continue reading
The Ryman National Enterprise Challenge
On Tuesday 14th January the Year 9’s took part in The Ryman National Enterprise Challenge whose ambassador is Theo Paphitis! The challenge this year was set by their sponsors UCFB (University Campus of Football andContinue reading
Young Enterprise Challenge Masterclass
On Wednesday 23rd January, Year 7 took part in an enterprise challenge masterclass, where in teams of businesses, they had to buy beads in order to make bracelets and necklaces to sell at a profit.Continue reading
Enterprise Competition Success
We are delighted to announce that three of our Year 12 students have been successful in an Enterprise Competition which has gained them each an individual prize of an iPad as well as a chequeContinue reading
Christmas Enterprise Markets
The Y7, Y8 and Y9 Christmas Enterprise markets were as successful and as busy as ever this year. We had a variety of creative stalls selling; fridge magnets, gift tags, friendship bracelets, origami and homemadeContinue reading
Mock Trial Success
A huge congratulations to the Year 12 Mock Trial Team. On Saturday 24th November the Year 12 Mock Trial team took part in the Sir Rhys Davies School Mock Trial Competition in the Manchester CrownContinue reading
Y12 ‘Careers Fortnight’
Between 5-16th November, we held our Year 12 ‘Careers Fortnight’. The aim of this fortnight was to provide Year 12 students with resources and information to help them to make more informed decisions about whatContinue reading
Year 11 Careers Morning, Wednesday 10th October 2018
The purpose of the morning was to get Y11 to think about their Post 16 options and to encourage them to think more widely about all of the options and opportunities available to them andContinue reading
Year 11 Top Trader Enterprise Day
On 19th September Year 11 took part in a Top Trader day trading in stocks and shares on the AGGS Stock Market. The day was delivered and run by employees of BNY (Bank of NewContinue reading
RAF talk 28 September
Year 9 and 10 linguists enjoyed a talk given by Flight Lieutenant Gemma Slaughter, who works as a linguist for the RAF. There are over 60 jobs in RAF, with only 5% of those employedContinue reading
Y12 Work Experience
Year 12 have just completed their week’s work experience in industry. Work experience placements serve multiple purposes, including experience of the world of work, employability skill development and experience to help guide future career decision-making.Continue reading
Year 10 Careers Day & Practice Interviews
On Weds, 4th July we invited volunteers into school to conduct practice interviews with our Year 10 students as part of their Careers Day. The day started off with an inspirational talk from one ofContinue reading
Y10 Enterprise Day
At the end of June all of Year 10 took part in an enterprise day run by Young Enterprise. The programme inspires students and provides information on career options to help make informed choices. StudentsContinue reading
Year 9 – Rymans National Enterprise Final
The 2018 Ryman National Enterprise Challenge final was held at The International Centre, Telford on Wednesday 4th July. The event saw the winning teams from over 150 schools come together to compete against each other.Continue reading
Year 8 WoW Day
On Thursday, 3rd May we held our second World of Work (WoW) Day for our Year 8 students. We invited in 10 of our alumnae to deliver a series of talks on what they haveContinue reading
Young Enterprise Challenge Masterclass
Year 7 took part in an enterprise challenge masterclass, where in teams of businesses, they had to buy beads in order to make bracelets and necklaces to sell at a profit. They learnt about whatContinue reading
WILLMOTT DIXON Enterprise Day – What would be your ideal school?
Last week Willmott Dixon ran an Enterprise day for the whole of Year 8. “The Willmott Dixon enterprise day is designed to encourage employability skills, whilst highlighting curriculum links to the construction industry” this dayContinue reading
Year 10 Skills NW visit to Event City
On Wednesday 21st March all of Y10 visited the Skills NW event at Event City. It was the region’s biggest careers, jobs, skills, HE and apprenticeships event to discover what their future holds. It wasContinue reading
Year 10 Computing visit to UKFast
GCSE Computing students visited UKFast this term to experience working life in a multi-award winning digital business. It’s a business renowned for its innovation and fun culture as well as being one of the UK’sContinue reading
Year 8 Enterprise Update – UKFast
The Y8 students from Illuminateonlione, Rose, Amy, Orla and Ibby visited UK Fast again last week. The platform for the anti-bullying website has now been set up and they are now designing the layout ofContinue reading
UKFast helps to brings Illuminate to life!
Last Friday the members of Illuminate; Orla, Ibby, Rose and Amy (8-6) visited UKFast in Manchester to find out if it would be possible to bring Illuminate – their cyberbullying support website to life. AaronContinue reading
Mosaic Enterprise Regional Finals
Orla, Rose, Ibby and Amy (8-6) did themselves and the school proud at the Mosaic Regional Finals. They came in 2nd place with Ladybridge being announced the NW winners. The best part of the dayContinue reading