What is your school's policy on this?
Dd is in Year 11 at a girls' grammar. In previous years, the girls were supposed to organise a week's work experience for the last week of June after GCSEs have finished.
We have had an email from the school to say that this year will be slightly different - for the last week of June, girls will be expected to attend school for various enrichment opportunities both on and off site. That all sounds fine to me. However, the work experience is still to go ahead and girls should arrange it at a time convenient to them.
I am a bit annoyed about this. Firstly dd is planning on attending a youth residential camp just for Year 11s which starts in early July. After that we'll be having a family holiday. I'm not sure when she's supposed to fit this work experience in.
Secondly, how useful is a week's work experience for a 16 year old who could have at least 5 more years studying to do? It just seems like a box-ticking exercise to me.
Dd is already stressed about the exams and I'd like her to have a week of down-time to relax after the exams. Plus writing a CV and sending it off to companies will be just another thing to worry about in the run-up to the exams.
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Dancergirl · 20/09/2018 13:44
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