Christmas Careers Roundup!

On Monday we welcomed two speakers from Morrisby to introduce the Lower Sixth to a new module named ‘Morrisby Higher’, designed to support university research.  This new module means that pupils can do a simple update to their profile and use it to research courses linked to their individual interests and career ideas.

On Tuesday our two Lower Sixth Young Enterprise (YE) teams, Scentra and Rooted Reflections, had their first chance to present their business ideas to external judges in an area-wide ‘Pitch to the Panel’ competition. At the time of writing, we are awaiting feedback from the judging panel, but this was a great opportunity to refine their business propositions and learn how to handle unexpected questions! 

Rooted Reflections are hoping to have a stall at the Cooper’s Artisan Christmas Market in Old Amersham on Sunday 15th December.

Following on from the previously reported success of our Stylux team in the PJF Tycoon competition, the new Divs team (yet to be named!) had their orientation meeting with their business mentor Georgiana on Wednesday.

Samay from Stylux joined the meeting to pass on some advice in person. He commented “the Tycoon Finals Event was an event to remember; featuring speeches from an enthusiastic motivational speaker to numerous awards handed out in this large celebration hosted by the Peter Jones Foundation. We had a fantastic time presenting our ideas to Peter Jones, other schools, and judges regarding our stylus accessory business and we were thrilled to win the Innovative Business award - an award which was judged across all age groups. We are thankful to the Careers Department and Georgiana for supporting us through our journey and would recommend this opportunity to other future entrepreneurs!”  We are looking forward to following the new team’s progress next year.

Thursday will finish with the last CityZen meeting of this term. Next term our two teams will be developing their civil and structural engineering ideas to improve the local area and creating presentations to submit for this prestigious national competition run by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).

The Careers team have been busy this week preparing for our next event which is our first ever ‘Ace that Interview’ week for the Upper Sixth in January. We’ve been overwhelmed by the positive response from parents and OMTs who have offered to interview the students and are busily reaching out to everyone to respond before the Christmas break. Watch out for a review of this initiative in a future issue!

Dates for 2025!

We are planning for three major events next year. Please save these dates:

Saturday 1st February - MTS Medicine & Dentistry Convention, MTS Exam Hall 10am-12.30pm

Thursday 13th March – MTS & RMS joint ‘Careers in Sport’ Careers Fair, hosted at RMS, 5.30-7.30pm

Thursday 1st May – MTS Languages in Careers Convention, MTS Exam Hall, evening (exact times tbc)

We are looking for volunteer speakers/exhibitors for all three events, so if you think you may be able to support any of these, please complete the relevant offer of support form below and we will get back to you.

Offer of support for Medics & Dentists Convention: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QJHZFGF

Offer of support for Careers in Sport Fair:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S6X3YYJ

Offer of support for Languages in Careers Convention: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RKR86L5

The Careers team would like to thank all our supporters in 2024 for their amazing contributions to our programme – it really makes a difference to the pupils!

With best wishes for the festive season,

Sue Grice

Head of Careers