Work experience at school



Ahhh mate it must be so hard for all of yous and I really hope he gets sorted and defo I wish I could keep mine as a bairn too it's just scary when you see the world the way it is.
Thank you very much for that link, I'll have a read through it.

It's really difficult as my 23 year old daughter is severely disabled and in a wheelchair and I'm a single Mam (their Dad hasn't been involved for years). If I could drive I could drop him off at college/work but as it is I can't so doubt he could even get there. I really wish I had learnt when I was younger - it would change my life but I don't have the confidence now. I can't imagine him ever being able to get on a bus on his own or cross main roads, the thought terrifies me. He is in his own little world most of the time. I worry about them both nonstop.
 
Mine was in Sunderland civic centre, longest week of my life. One day I had to spent deleting any files that appeared on a certain printer queue, I kid you not, and it was a green screen mainframe so nothing else to do on it.

It still happens at school. My lad is doing it this year and has applied for Williams F1 HQ, already sounds a million times better than mine :lol:

So you will have been using CICS on the telex machines. Loading discs for periodic billing and running punch cards to update the mainframe. I did mine there back in 1986.
 
Ryhope Hospital with the porters in 1987.

Wouldn’t be allowed nowadays. I was a 15 year old bairn helping to move dead bodies from the wards up to the mortuary out of the main door at the top of the bank. Mental when I think about it.

We also were allowed to drive the little electric buggy things with me and my mate sharing who rode in the trailer :eek:
 
Thank you very much for that link, I'll have a read through it.

It's really difficult as my 23 year old daughter is severely disabled and in a wheelchair and I'm a single Mam (their Dad hasn't been involved for years). If I could drive I could drop him off at college/work but as it is I can't so doubt he could even get there. I really wish I had learnt when I was younger - it would change my life but I don't have the confidence now. I can't imagine him ever being able to get on a bus on his own or cross main roads, the thought terrifies me. He is in his own little world most of the time. I worry about them both nonstop.

Some councils/schools etc do free transport, not sure if this would apply to you but worth a try.
 
Thank you very much for that link, I'll have a read through it.

It's really difficult as my 23 year old daughter is severely disabled and in a wheelchair and I'm a single Mam (their Dad hasn't been involved for years). If I could drive I could drop him off at college/work but as it is I can't so doubt he could even get there. I really wish I had learnt when I was younger - it would change my life but I don't have the confidence now. I can't imagine him ever being able to get on a bus on his own or cross main roads, the thought terrifies me. He is in his own little world most of the time. I worry about them both nonstop.
Not sure if my mate could get the insurance for work experience as he has a groundwork firm and picks the lads up from pallion/ millfield every day but could ask and he also has an autistic son so would know some of the challenges your going through. I really wish you all the best all of yous.
Ryhope Hospital with the porters in 1987.

Wouldn’t be allowed nowadays. I was a 15 year old bairn helping to move dead bodies from the wards up to the mortuary out of the main door at the top of the bank. Mental when I think about it.

We also were allowed to drive the little electric buggy things with me and my mate sharing who rode in the trailer :eek:
How times have changed ha.
 
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Going to Germany today to my company HQ and my daughter is coming with me to do a week in the marketing department during her week off 6th form college.
My work experience (Cookson Industrial Materials in Elswick) had a lasting impression on me when I was 16 and kind of shaped my career. I even worked there for a year and probably wouldn’t be in the job I’m in now without it.
 
Going to Germany today to my company HQ and my daughter is coming with me to do a week in the marketing department during her week off 6th form college.
My work experience (Cookson Industrial Materials in Elswick) had a lasting impression on me when I was 16 and kind of shaped my career. I even worked there for a year and probably wouldn’t be in the job I’m in now without it.
So pleased mate and I definitely think if you have a good work experience in a good industry or even with good people it can change the rest of your life.
 
@rubberface is your son in Year 10?
My son is in year 9 at the same school but with his autism he can't even leave the house on his own so there's no way he will be able to do work experience.

I done mine at Ryhope Infant School, not sure if it's still there now or if they have a new school.
Do they not have someone 'shadow' kids now who find it difficult? I'm not sure?
 
When I went to school it was two weeks. These days it’s 3 days minimum
I'm wracking my brain trying to remember if it was one or two weeks that we done too. Can't remember as it was back in the mid 90's
A friend of mine worked at roker park for his. He wanted to do be a PE teacher so they had him working with the groundsman :lol:
I wanted to be a chef but they had me working with Steve Smelt, he gave me a shot of healing Tommy Hauser, I didn't really do a good job there
 
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Some councils/schools etc do free transport, not sure if this would apply to you but worth a try.
I think he would need an education health care plan which he hasn't got. I tried to get him one in primary school but then covid hit and he didn't end up getting it. His secondary school won't apply for one as he is in all the top sets in his lessons (he has high functioning autism) and he is really quiet and causes no bother. They said he wouldn't qualify which is ridiculous as he has a load of other problems, social, emotional and his communication is terrible. He has no idea how to hold a conversation, can't talk on a phone etc. My daughter who is severely disabled has had taxi's provided for her all the way through school/college but don't think my son would qualify.
 
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Aye 2 weeks when I did it in the early 90’s. Did it at my old junior school with a mate - helping with PE lessons mostly, helping kids with reading, fetching cups of tea. Basically some sort of Teachers Assistant before such a thing existed 😂. Now when I go to my bairns school there seems to be as many adults as kids in the classroom! Must cost a fortune to run a school these days.
 
Not sure if my mate could get the insurance for work experience as he has a groundwork firm and picks the lads up from pallion/ millfield every day but could ask and he also has an autistic son so would know some of the challenges your going through. I really wish you all the best all of yous.
Thanks so much for that but doubt he'd be any good, he has problems with anything physical as he has dyspraxia aswell as autism. I think the only work he could go into would be something to do with computers as it's the only thing he has any interest in, and even then he'd have to work from home. It's going to be a nightmare.
 
Thanks so much for that but doubt he'd be any good, he has problems with anything physical as he has dyspraxia aswell as autism. I think the only work he could go into would be something to do with computers as it's the only thing he has any interest in, and even then he'd have to work from home. It's going to be a nightmare.
Ahhh bless him not sure if my old company could get something in like hr would be probably zoom meetings and stuff.
 

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