Students get a really tasty work insight
What a tasty event this was for Wearside youngsters – and there’s much more on the way.
Work Discovery Week continued yesterday with 75 youngsters finding out about the world of retail.
Students from four schools were split into five groups as they went on a carousel of events.
They enjoyed a tour of The Bridges shopping centre and took in shops before heading to Jacky White’s Market where they were challenged with setting up their own fruit and veg stall.
Howard Kemp, head teacher at Farringdon Academy and co-chairman of Work Discovery Sunderland, said: “Work Discovery Week got off to an amazing start with more than 20 secondary schools and – for the first time – five of the city’s primary schools taking part in a range of activities.
“Students have now had the opportunity to discover at first hand the many options in the retail sector and got some real hands-on experience by putting together their own stall at Jacky White’s market, which gave them an insight into how to display and market products.
“Young people will also see the opportunities in manufacturing with visits to key companies across the region and will also showcase their business acumen at the final day problem solving challenge.
“Once again we’ve had an packed programme which can only help the city’s pupils in making informed decisions about their futures.”
Work Discovery Week continued today when students headed out to find out more about the world of manufacturing with visits to Nissan, Unipres, and Liebherr.
And still to come for the pupils on Friday is a Dragon’s Den-style challenge for students from nine schools who will present a business challenge to a panel of experts .