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__** //My Work Experience #1// **__ ** Where did you go on your work experience? ** // Alumwell Junior School. // ** How did you arrange your work experience placement? ** // The H //// eadteacher told me to go down and apply for myself, so I wrote a letter to her asking for a place and I was accepted. // ** How did you feel before your started your placement? ** // I was excited as it is my old junior school and I was excited to meet the teachers again, as well as meeting all the new students as none of them were there when I was there and I wanted to see what they are like. // // ** What was the best part/s of your work experience? ** // // Meeting all the student as they are all different and it was good to meet so many different personalities. // ** If you had another work experience opportunity, what would you do differently? ** // I would be a bit more initiative and find more jobs to do rather than waiting to be told what to do. // ** How has your work experience made you think about your future? ** // It has made me realize just what teaching a mixed ability primary class entails and it has made me think about whether teaching is what I want to do. // ** What do you need to do to be successful over the next school year? ** // I need to start thinking about what I am going to do when I leave school; finding out about different universities and do more work such as volunteering so that I have a lot of different tasks to put on my application form so that my application looks better than every one else’s. // // I also need to think about what I would do if I couldn't get into university, and investigate those ideas. // ** What could stop you from doing well in your exams/coursework? ** // Not listening in class, not trying hard in class, leaving coursework to the last minute and not doing work independently. // ** If you were to have a successful in life what would it look like? ** // I would be a primary school teacher with my own home and maybe be in a relationship. // ** What is your dream career? ** // My dream career is to be a primary school teacher as I have always wanted to work with children. I have chosen primary as they will probably listen to me, unlike senior children. //

__** //My Work Experience #2// **__ ** Where did you go on your work experience ** // I went to AAINA Women’s Centre in Caldmore. // ** How did you arrange your work experience placement? ** // It was already my placement that I have been to all year once a week through my Vocational Qualification Course. I just had to go there for my work experience this week. // ** How did you feel before your started your placement? ** // I felt confident and a bit scared but overall I was excited because I already knew the placement from before also I felt that I was very organized for my work. // ** What was the best part/s of your work experience? ** // The best part was when we had to help cutting out cards and shapes also creatures on paper for the children’s holidays activities. We were helping them with the work needed and also sorting out the activities needed for the children. // ** If you had another work experience opportunity, what would you do differently? ** // I would go out to a place that is different to what I was doing before and learn more about it so I know what its about. // ** How has your work experience made you think about your future? ** // Its made me think because its really hard and you have to work hard to get paid. Also all the things have to be appropriate in the workplace. // ** What do you need to do to be successful over the next school year? ** // Study and learn well so that I can have good qualifications for my job that I am looking for. Also attend 6th Form for my A-Levels. // ** What could stop you from doing well in your exams/coursework? ** // Allowing people to distract me from my learning. // ** If you were to have a successful in life what would it look like? ** // A successful life is having lots of money and cars and nice big houses with a loving family. Also to work alongside people who have great jobs who are smart and successful in life. // ** What is your dream career? ** // My dream career is to be a billionaire living in America and Dubai with lots of places to live in and lots of money to spend. Also to have great times with my friends and family. //

__** //My Work Experience #3// **__ ** Where did you go on your work experience? ** // On work experience I went to BTC Active Wear. // ** How did you arrange your work experience placement? ** // A family member helped me think of this place and I said yes. // ** How did you feel before your started your placement? ** // I was feeling nervous because I have never met the people and I also felt excited because I had never experienced a job before. // ** What was the best part/s of your work experience? ** // The best part of my work experience was when I was demonstrated how to drive a sky pick truck, picking and consigning. // ** If you had another work experience opportunity, what would you do differently? ** // If I had another opportunity of having another week I would want work in places that I have not been yet. // ** How has your work experience made you think about your future? ** // My work experience made me think about the future because all the different jobs you can have and what you will gain doing the different jobs that are available. But to get these I need to get good GCSE grades. // ** What do you need to do to be successful over the next school year? ** // To become what I want to become I need to concentrate hard and work hard in Year 11 as I may need to go to college or university for the job I want. // ** What could stop you from doing well in your exams/coursework? ** // Not concentrating on tasks that are given to me, doing coursework at the last minute and not revising much for my exams. // ** If you were to have a successful in life what would it look like? ** // My successful life would be that I will have a successful job and have a big house and my dream car. I will have a wonderful wife and family and we will live in a rich, peaceful area. I will help my kids into a successful job, to allow them to follow in my footsteps of success. // ** What is your dream career? ** // My dream job is to work in a successful company and maybe become a designer which will allow me to create things and put them into production. I also want to become a car test driver, which can allow me to check the cars performance and to let the maker know if there is a problem with the car. //

__** //My Work Experience #4// **__ ** Where did you go on your work experience? ** // Lodge Farm School // ** How did you arrange your work experience placement? ** // A family contact spoke to the headteacher who agreed my placement at the school. // ** How did you feel before your started your placement? ** // I was a bit nervous and shy before I started. // ** What was the best part/s of your work experience? ** // Working and socialising with the children in different year groups. // ** If you had another work experience opportunity, what would you do differently? ** // I would choose a different school to see what that school is like. // ** How has your work experience made you think about your future? ** // I’m not sure, but it has made me think what I might like to do in my future. // ** What do you need to do to be successful over the next school year? ** // I need to start to be an independent worker at home. Do work/revision for about 4 times a week. // ** What could stop you from doing well in your exams/coursework? ** // The stuff that can stop me from doing well in my exams/coursework is lack of concentration and revision. // ** If you were to have a successful in life what would it look like? ** // I think I will become a teaching assistant. // ** What is your dream career? ** // My dream career is to be teacher assistant at an infant or junior school. //

__** //My Work Experience #5// **__ ** Where did you go on your work experience? ** // Creative Alliance. // ** What do you need to do to be successful over the next school year? ** // To become successful over the next school year I have to concentrate more to achieve my aim of getting the job I most want. I have to also study at home to boost my knowledge and learn new skill so I can be successful at college after Year 11. // ** What could stop you from doing well in your exams/coursework? ** // By not concentrating in lessons and missing days at school will stop me from doing well in my exams and coursework. // ** If you were to have a successful in life what would it look like? ** // I would have a beautiful wife, a house which is big enough for my family and my dream car. I would like to have to one boy and one girl also to be part of the creative industries for my job. // ** What is your dream career? ** // My dream career would be to work with Noel and his company Creative Alliance. This would involve helping people to understand what the creative industry is all about and to encourage schools in the West Midlands to take part in regional creative events. //

__** //My Work Experience #6// **__ ** Where did you go on your work experience? ** // I went to Sure Start in Birchills, a nursery form children aged between six months and four years. // ** How did you arrange your work experience placement? ** // I went to Sure Start Birchills because I wanted to work with young children. I had left my number and address and they called me back to say that I had a work experience placement there. // ** How did you feel before your started your placement? ** // I felt nervous at first because I didn't know how the staff were going to be when I got there. I was also excited because there was a lot of children there that I cold play with. // ** What was the best part/s of your work experience? ** // The best part of the work experience was when I was allowed to feed the children and when I was playing with the children. I liked it when the children use to come up to me and ask me to read a story for them. // ** If you had another work experience opportunity, what would you do differently? ** // If I had another chance to work in the same Sure Start I would ask the staff for more help and so they could tell me what to do and how to change the baby's nappies. // ** How has your work experience made you think about your future? ** //The work experience has made me think that I want to work with disabled children.// ** What do you need to do to be successful over the next school year? ** //I need to put my head down and work hard from September. In the holiday I should do some voluntary vocational work.// ** What could stop you from doing well in your exams/coursework? ** // The thing that distracts me is when my friends are around because I talk a lot when they are around. I could ask the teacher to sit me away from them or even on my own. // ** If you were to have a successful in life what would it look like? ** // I will have a big house, lots of money and some nice cars. // ** What is your dream career? ** // My dream career is to become a clinical psychologist or working with disabled children. //

__** //My Work Experience #7// **__ ** Where did you go on your work experience? ** // For my work experience I went to the Children’s Center at Bentley West and I worked in a class with about 18 children and 3 Nursery Nurses. // ** How did you arrange your work experience placement? ** // I used the Walsall EBP website and looked under ‘Child Care’ and I found a placement at the Children’s Center in Bentley West. I liked the look of it so I phoned them up asked for the placement and I got it. // ** How did you feel before your started your placement? ** // Before I started my placement I felt nervous and excited. // ** What was the best part/s of your work experience? ** // The best parts of my work experience was getting to work with the children and also meeting the Nursery Nurses that I worked with. // ** If you had another work experience opportunity, what would you do differently? ** // If I had another work experience opportunity I would choose something different to do so that I could experience what other jobs are like to help me to consider further what I would like to do for my future job. // ** How has your work experience made you think about your future? ** // Before I went to my placement I never thought about working with children, but after my placement I would definitely consider it. // ** What do you need to do to be successful over the next school year? ** // Over the next school year I need to work more independently at home as well as at school. // ** What could stop you from doing well in your exams/coursework? ** // Messing around, not working hard enough, not listening to the teacher and not focusing on what I need to do to be successful in my exams/coursework. // ** If you were to have a successful in life what would it look like? ** // If I was to have a successful life, I would have good job and a happy family. // ** What is your dream career? ** // My dream career is to work with animals because I love animals. //

__** //My Work Experience #8// **__ ** Where did you go on your work experience? ** // Bruno’s Hair Design. // ** How did you arrange your work experience placement? ** // I went into the shop and asked for a work placement. // ** How did you feel before your started your placement? ** // I was nervous and excited at the same time. // ** What was the best part/s of your work experience? ** // When I was able to wash people’s hair. // ** If you had another work experience opportunity, what would you do differently? ** // I would pick a different placement. // ** How has your work experience made you think about your future? ** // Yes, because I no longer want to be a hairdresser. // ** What do you need to do to be successful over the next school year? ** // I need to work independently at home at least four evenings a week. // ** What could stop you from doing well in your exams/coursework? ** // Lack of concentration or lack of revision. // ** If you were to have a successful in life what would it look like? ** // Running my own business or being a social worker. // ** What is your dream career? ** // A social worker. //

__** //My Work Experience #9// **__ ** Where did you go on your work experience? ** // Jane Lane School, a local school for children aged between 6 – 18 with learning difficulties. // ** How did you arrange your work experience placement? ** // Phoning the school to check availability on work placements. // ** How did you feel before your started your placement? ** // Nervous about the experience and what people would think of me being the new person… There was nothing to be scared of, the people were really friendly and treated me like one of their own staff members. // ** What was the best part/s of your work experience? ** // Communicating with different people with different needs… Talking to staff who were in the same situation as myself when they were my age including studying similar subjects. // ** If you had another work experience opportunity, what would you do differently? ** // Nothing at all, I loved every minute of my work experience at Jane Lane School. It was everything I’ve wanted to do. // ** How has your work experience made you think about your future? ** // Yes, work experience has given me an insight into what working life is about. It has made me feel more interested about my own future, about what I could be. How children look up to you in the work place as a role model was interesting. // ** What do you need to do to be successful over the next school year? ** // Concentrating during lesson time is something I need to focus on the most. I aim to complete the BTEC Health & Social Care course to the very best of my ability and look into studying at the local College in more depth. The course I’m most interested in is childcare. // ** What could stop you from doing well in your exams/coursework? ** // Lack of taking part in lesson times and I’m only interested in the lessons I feel I need. Im a very easy distracted person, and my friends very easily distract me during lesson time. // ** If you were to have a successful in life what would it look like? ** // A house in a less deprived area. // ** What is your dream career? ** // Classroom support worker in a school for children around age 5 – 8 with learning difficulties. I would much rather work with children with mental disabilities than physical. //

__** //My Work Experience #10// **__ ** Where did you go on your work experience? ** // Hatherton Sure Start Children's Centre. // ** How did you arrange your work experience placement? ** // I was already doing a vocational course there on a weekly basis. // ** How did you feel before your started your placement? ** // Nervous but confident and enthusiastic. // ** What was the best part/s of your work experience? ** // Being active and working with the children. Getting involved with a wide variety of activities. // ** If you had another work experience opportunity, what would you do differently? ** // Try to interact with the staff more and take longer breaks when offered. // ** How has your work experience made you think about your future? ** // It has made me consider different aspects of admin work. I have realized that working in the areas of child care is not the best career for me. // ** What do you need to do to be successful over the next school year? ** // How I work, think and achieve within the next school year will determine the kind of life/future I will have. // ** What could stop you from doing well in your exams/coursework? ** // Distractions such as boys, parties and prioritising social life over revision. // ** If you were to have a successful in life what would it look like. ** // Living in a two bedroom apartment, nice simple car, a stable job and good happy social life. // ** What is your dream career? ** // Fashion show organiser. Or anything within the areas of fashion/retail management. //

__** //My Work Experience #11// **__ ** Where did you go on your work experience? ** // I went to Caldmore Care & Support at Tanners Court for my work experience. This is a Young Parents’ Scheme, where young women can go if they get pregnant and their parents make them leave their homes. They give them flats to live in and they do not have to pay much to live there. It will depend on how much income they have get coming in. // ** How did you arrange your work experience placement? ** // I myself chose to do a vocational course where I go out every Tuesday to a placement for experience. So I decided that I should do my work experience there because I know the place very well and already enjoy it there. // ** How did you feel before your started your placement? ** // I felt a bit nervous because I didn’t know what my placement experiences were going to be like and I was getting worried that I might not like it and I was unsure about what exactly I would be doing. // ** What was the best part/s of your work experience? ** // I love all of it! Every moment in this placement was fab because I got along with everyone and enjoyed it. // ** If you had another work experience opportunity, what would you do differently? ** // I would want to do my work experience a bit longer for more experience and to get to know people and how they must feel being in this situation. // ** How has your work experience made you think about your future? ** // It has made me think about my future by making me think that it is really hard to get a job and how hard you have to work for it when you have one. // ** What do you need to do to be successful over the next school year? ** // Work harder in school and go through everything learnt in school every day for an hour to recognise and remember what has been learnt. Year 11 success will effect what sort of job and opportunities I can have in my future. // ** What could stop you from doing well in your exams/coursework? ** // I could just stop and give up if I think that the work gets too hard. I must try not to get distracted and try my best in everything and always think positive not negative. // ** If you were to have a successful in life what would it look like? ** // I think a successful life for me would be as a happy and successful primary school teacher, with a fulfilling family life. // ** What is your dream career? ** // I have always wanted to be a teacher and I still would want to be because I love working with little children. //

__** //My Work Experience #12// **__ ** Where did you go on your work experience? ** // For my work experience I went to Alumwell Infant School. // ** How did you arrange your work experience placement? ** // I arranged my work experience by meeting up with one of the teachers I ended up working with at the school. // ** How did you feel before your started your placement? ** // I was nervous a couple of days before I was supposed to go there because of all the staff I was going to work with. // ** What was the best part/s of your work experience? ** // The best part of the work experience was being able to talk to the children in the school, to get their views about school and have personal conversations about their lives. // ** If you had another work experience opportunity, what would you do differently? ** // I would choose a different place that is a different to working in a school, like working in a shop. // ** How has your work experience made you think about your future? ** // The work experience has made me think how I am going to get to my job that I want to get. // ** What do you need to do to be successful over the next school year? ** // I need more GCSE success by concentrating and listening to what advice my teachers give me about my future. // ** What could stop you from doing well in your exams/coursework? ** // Not being focused and not trying hard enough can stop me from doing so well in my exams. // ** If you were to have a successful life what would it look like? ** // I would have a nice loving family, with a big house and a swimming pool with loads of luxuries. I would be well known to the world and I would have successful, trustful friends. // ** What is your dream career? ** // My dream career would to be a Sifu master in the 1900’s in China because the culture at this time was amazing and beautiful. //

__** //My Work Experience #13// **__ ** Where did you go on your work experience? ** // A package designing company called Euro Packaging. // ** How did you arrange your work experience placement? ** // A member of my family already works there and managed to get me in. // ** How did you feel before your started your placement? ** // Nervous but excited as I didn’t know what to expect. // ** What was the best part/s of your work experience? ** // Experiencing different parts of the company and seeing what they have to do on during working day. // ** If you had another work experience opportunity, what would you do differently? ** // I’m not sure but something more physical. // ** How has your work experience made you think about your future? ** // It made me think a lot about my career; the days are long and can be a hard going depending on what you’re doing. // ** What do you need to do to be successful over the next school year? ** // Revise more and do as well as I can in my exams. // ** What could stop you from doing well in your exams/coursework? ** // By not revising and being too lazy. // ** If you were to have a successful in life what would it look like? ** // I’ll have a wife, kids and will live my life to the full. // ** What is your dream career? ** // A successful Graphic Designer. //

__** //My Work Experience #14// **__ ** Where did you go on your work experience? ** // I went to Tanners Court in Caldmore. It’s were young parents could go if they never had a home or if they had any kind of problems e.g. domestic violence, problems with the child’s father etc… // ** How did you arrange your work experience placement? ** // It was already arranged for me through PTP because I do a vocational course. I go there every Tuesday so I was used to the people there and I was familiar with the tasks I was given. // ** How did you feel before your started your placement? ** // I was nervous but I felt excited too because I was with a friend. // ** What was the best part/s of your work experience? ** // Nothing in particular because I enjoyed every task I did. // ** If you had another work experience opportunity, what would you do differently? ** // I wouldn’t do anything differently; I enjoyed my time at Tanners Court. I was always on time and I believe that I was successful in every task I was given. // ** How has your work experience made you think about your future? ** Yes it has made me think about the future; I don’t want to be working in a shop. I want to be a qualified professional. ** What do you need to do to be successful over the next school year? ** // Work hard; don’t mess about in lessons and start doing work at home. // ** What could stop you from doing well in your exams/coursework? ** // Any kind of distraction such as my friends. // ** If you were to have a successful in life what would it look like? ** // I want a well paid job so I can afford to have a nice house with an expensive car and to go on holiday at least twice a year. // ** What is your dream career? ** // My dream career is to be a primary teacher. //

__** //My Work Experience #15// **__ ** Where did you go on your work experience? ** // On work experience I went to Creative Alliance, the Custard Factory in Digbeth, Birmingham. It was a creative company that does projects in schools and youth centers and also helps students who want to get in the creative industry; they do this by Apprenticeships and Internships. // ** How did you arrange your work experience placement? ** // We did some projects with them in school e.g. Fashion shows or Photography & Media projects. Then the director of the company (who was impressed by mine and my friends work on our school projects) asked me and my friend if we wanted to do work experience with them. As it is something we are very interested in (the creative industry) so we said right away thaw we would do it! // ** How did you feel before your started your placement? ** // I felt apprehensive on the first day as it was a new environment from school but it was alright as I knew some of the people there. The next day was even better as we had an opportunity to meet all the people there. // ** What was the best part/s of your work experience? ** // The best part of my work experience was when we were given our task to design t-shirts for an event called Creative Journeys. It was the best part as we went to the Bullring and did some market research on t-shirt designs. We went out and met a wide range of people and had some experience with negotiating and bartering with them. // ** If you had another work experience opportunity, what would you do differently? ** // I would do it in another sector of the creative industry as I would like a broader knowledge of doing work as a Graphic Designer. // ** How has your work experience made you think about your future? ** // It made me think that looking for jobs in the current climate is hard and all of the different stages involved in applying for a job are really important. I also learnt you have to be proactive and give applications to as many people as you can if you are looking for your preferred job. The company manager said that in the creative industry employers are looking for people with both qualifications AND experience & evidence. // ** What do you need to do to be successful over the next school year? ** // I need to meet deadlines for my BTEC coursework and do more of my GCSE revision work at home. I should also take part in more arts/creative workshops to improve my skills further. // ** What could stop you from doing well in your exams/coursework? ** // Others distracting me can stop me from being successful in Year 11. I need to listen to my teachers advice on how to improve on my coursework and focus on all exam revision opportunities. // ** If you were to have a successful in life what would it look like? ** // My successful life will include: having a job that I enjoy and provides opportunities to experience the world. // ** What is your dream career? ** // I would like to have a job in the creative industry, preferably as a Graphic Designer. //

__** //My Work Experience #16// **__ ** Where did you go on your work experience? ** // I went to Birchill’s Sure Start Children’s Centre. // **How did you arrange your work experience placement?** // My ////M//// om knew a person that worked there. I called the centre and asked to speak to her so I could ask for a work experience placement. // ** How did you feel before your started your placement? ** // I was nervous yet excited at the same time. I didn’t want to go on the first morning, but I got my strength and courage together and went. I put a smile on my face and was friendly. // ** What was the best part/s of your work experience? ** // On the third day of my placement, a child come in with a disability, the muscles in his legs weren’t as strong as they should have been, but he could crawl and drag himself across the floor. He was lying alone on the floor after we’d had a sing song, so I went up to him and asked him if he wanted to play with some toy animals. He smiled at me and said yes. So I got out the toys and started playing with him. We chased each other’s animals shouting “you can’t catch me, you can’t catch me,” he was laughing and playing as well as smiling. Seeing his smile was the only thing I needed to determine me in what I wanted to do in future. I want to work with children that have special needs, whether that is as a nursery nurse or as a children’s doctor. // ** If you had another work experience opportunity, what would you do differently? ** // No, I did everything I wanted and needed to do: working with the children, interacting with them, singing with them, reading to them, cleaning up after they’d eaten, smiling and welcoming them every morning, helping them butter their toast at breakfast etc. I didn’t just stick with one child or one single age group, I explored and interacted with all the children In a different way. // ** How has your work experience made you think about your future? ** // It has made me confident in working with other people’s children as well as getting the experience to interact with children with problems and also children that don’t have problems; basically with children with all kinds of personalities. //

__** //My Work Experience #17// **__ ** Where did you go on your work experience? ** // I went to Matalan. // ** How did you arrange your work experience placement? ** // To arrange I phoned them and asked for a work experience placement. // ** How did you feel before your started your placement? ** // Worried and excited at the same time. // ** What was the best part/s of your work experience? ** // Starting real work straight away from the very first day. // ** If you had another work experience opportunity, what would you do differently? ** // No change – it was a great experience! // ** How has your work experience made you think about your future? ** // I now know what working in retail is like as an option for my future. // ** What do you need to do to be successful over the next school year? ** // Good qualifications and the will to succeed. // ** What could stop you from doing well in your exams/coursework? ** // Not revising properly. // ** If you were to have a successful in life what would it look like? ** // A well paid job with a happy family life. // ** What is your dream career? ** // A well paid job that I enjoy. //

__** //My Work Experience #18// **__ ** Where did you go on your work experience? ** // I went to a Pharmacy linked to the Little London Mid Counties Co-operative in Wasall, Caldmore next to the Doctor’s Surgery. // ** How did you arrange your work experience placement? ** // I went there in person to ask for a placement before it was taken. // ** How did you feel before your started your placement? ** // Before I started the placement I was a bit nervous and a little scared. After a while I started to feel more confident; I started talking to the workers who worked there and felt much better. // ** What was the best part/s of your work experience? ** // The best part was when I started serving people and using the till. I was also allowed to unpack the medications and sort everything into piles on the work table, before they stacked them onto the shelves where they belonged. After a while I started remembering many of the medication names. It was interesting and I looked forward to returning to work there each day. // ** If you had another work experience opportunity, what would you do differently? ** I would do it somewhere different like in a hospital, nursery or somewhere else because these are the kind of things I would be interested in also. ** How has your work experience made you think about your future? ** // It made me think because it can be really hard to get all the things you need to do in the right way. It has also made me think that you have to wear appropriate smart clothes, have good personality and work with people in a polite way. // ** What do you need to do to be successful over the next school year? ** // Study and learn well so that I can get into the Sixth From and have a good job that needs qualifications. I need to do my best to get good qualifications so I can get somewhere with my life rather than sitting at home and just living on benefits. // ** What could stop you from doing well in your exams/coursework? ** // If people distract me, my friends talk to me in class or they repeatedly ask to copy my work which can lead to it all being ripped up so I get nothing at all. // ** If you were to have a successful in life what would it look like? ** // If I was to have a successful in life it would involve having lots of money from a good job. I want a nice car, a big house. I also want a family and friends to go out with. // ** What is your dream career? ** // My dream career involves living and working in Dubai. //

__** //My Work Experience #19// **__ ** Where did you go on your work experience? ** // I went to Palfrey Infants School and I worked in Year 2. // ** How did you arrange your work experience placement? ** // We filled a form in and then Mr. Benson phoned the work experience place and confirmed it. // ** How did you feel before your started your placement? ** // Nervous and scared but also a bit excited. // ** What was the best part/s of your work experience? ** // The last day when I got cards and presents off children which I thought was very sweet. If I did it again in the same place I would be very comfortable. // ** If you had another work experience opportunity, what would you do differently? ** // I would do it in a town shop such as Matalan, or in the Manor hospital. Wherever I go it will give me valuable experiences. // ** How has your work experience made you think about your future? ** // It has made my eyes open thinking how hard and tiring some jobs are, and I thought that whatever job I did would need qualifications and good GCSEs. // ** What do you need to do to be successful over the next school year? ** // My concentration levels need to be better as I get distracted very easily, even if I am doing important pieces of work. If this continues to happen next year, then I won’t get the good grades I’m aiming to get. // ** What could stop you from doing well in your exams/coursework? ** // What could stop me is the amount of revision that is needed before an exam because I cannot concentrate longer than about 20-25 minutes. This is not very good, I need to learn to concentrate longer. // ** If you were to have a successful life what would it look like? ** // Having good higher grade GCSE passes will help me out if I am trying to find a job. But having a happy family is important as well as education, your welfare family will always help you to do better. // ** What is your dream career? ** // My dream career would be Child Minding, because I like look aftering children and that is probably what I am good at. //

__** //My Work Experience #20// **__ ** Where did you go on your work experience? ** // I went to the AAina Women’s Centre in Caldmore. It is a centre to empower the local Asian women by providing courses to enable them to learn new skills and to access employment. Also women could bring their children who can undertake holiday play sessions, they also provide help and support for women who suffer domestic violence. They also give practical help and advice on health matters such as skin problems and family planning/support. A translator is available for those who don’t speak English. // ** How did you arrange your work experience placement? ** // As part of my college course I do vocational group every Tuesday so the people who do that organized my placement. // ** How did you feel before your started your placement? ** // I felt a bit nervous just in case I might not do well or if I don’t get along with all the people there. When I arrived the people there where very welcoming and made me feel at home. // ** What was the best part/s of your work experience? ** // The best part of my work experience was when I got praise from my supervisor saying how well I had done and how quick I was fulfilling the tasks she had gave me. // ** If you had another work experience opportunity, what would you do differently? ** // I would not do anything differently because I think I already done my best and there is nothing I would change. // ** How has your work experience made you think about your future? ** // It has made me think that there are many opportunities out there and you should just believe you can do anything if you put your mind to it. // ** What do you need to do to be successful over the next school year? ** // I think I need to work hard and grab any opportunity that comes my way to support me with my studies. // ** What could stop you from doing well in your exams/coursework? ** // I need to work harder and more independently. Thinking negative or being distracted about my work could stop me doing well in my GCSEs. // ** If you were to have a successful in life what would it look like? ** // I would have a well paid job that I love doing. I would be very wealthy and have a very happy life. // ** What is your dream career? ** // I don’t really have a dream career because I believe a career is just what you make it; it is only a dream if you love what you are doing. This is a very exciting time because there are many opportunities I have not yet discovered. //

__** //My Work Experience #21// **__ ** Where did you go on your work experience? ** // Hair of the Dog. It’s a grooming parlor in Walsall and I worked with a lady called Kayleigh and a man called Andrew. // ** How did you arrange your work experience placement? ** // I phoned the shop and spoke to the manager about whether she would accept placements and what I would need to do. // ** How did you feel before your started your placement? ** // I was excited about trying something new but I was also a little worried about what they would think of me. // ** What was the best part/s of your work experience? ** // Working with all the different breeds and finding out how to care for them and keep them looking nice. I liked learning how to control the dogs if they were scared and wouldn’t co-operate. // ** If you had another work experience opportunity, what would you do differently? ** // Try going somewhere else to see if I liked a different sort of work. // ** How has your work experience made you think about your future? ** // It made me think about what I really want to do in the future and whether I would be good at interacting with other people in difficult situations. It made me realize how important it was to get good results so that you have many options and opportunities open to you. // ** What do you need to do to be successful over the next school year? ** // I need to revise at home more often to improve my grades in some subjects. I should ask more questions in lessons if I don’t understand how to do the work. // ** What could stop you from doing well in your exams/coursework? ** // Not revising or trying hard in lessons, messing around in class. Not asking for help when I need it. These could stop me doing well because it would affect my education and stop me learning what I need to know for the future. // ** If you were to have a successful in life what would it look like? ** // I would have a job that I liked and that provided enough money for me to live off. A family to look after and spend time with when I wasn’t working and friends I could spend time with when I wanted to relax. // ** What is your dream career? ** // I would like to go into child psychology because I would like to learn how people think and why they do things and also I like working with children. I would like to help people with problems when they are young because it means they would have a better life in the future. //

__** //My Work Experience #22// **__ ** Where did you go on your work experience? ** // EJ Bowman’s Ltd // ** How did you arrange your work experience placement? ** //  A family member works there, so when I couldn't get into a primary school I just asked him if I could go and he checked with the General Manager (Wayne Moseley) to see if I could. // ** How did you feel before your started your placement? ** // I was very nervous because I am shy around new people, but also excited. // ** What was the best part/s of your work experience? ** // I met with the General Manager just before leaving on Thursday and he thanked me for my hard work, and said if I was ever looking for a job I could get one there. Also, I liked seeing how the order goes through to so many people before it can finally be dispatched because it made me realise how the different areas of the company had to work together to finish a job. // ** If you had another work experience opportunity, what would you do differently? ** // I would try to be more outgoing towards other workers because I was very shy and timid, so I would try to be more confident. // ** How has your work experience made you think about your future? ** // I always thought I wanted to be a teacher, but compared to this 9 til 5 job, it is something that takes up a lot of time, and is always on your mind about certain children or marking. This job is not something I would be worrying about at home. // ** What do you need to do to be successful over the next school year? ** // Not be distracted by other pupils and try to revise subjects I think are particularly hard or confusing, like the lots of different names in Biology, or the sheer amount of workload in History. I also need to be thinking about applying for colleges or sixth forms, and maybe volunteering to make my CV more special than other people’s, and gain more experience. // ** What could stop you from doing well in your exams/coursework? ** // Not revising enough, or not asking for help if I am stuck. // ** If you were to have a successful in life what would it look like? ** // I would have a stable job, a happy loving family and great friends, own my own house, and have a pet dog. // ** What is your dream career? ** // My dream career would either be a Primary School Teacher because I love kids and my Primary School was great, and I want to see other children enjoy school, while helping them to grow and develop as people. However, I would also like to be some sort of a Progress Manager as it is a role that deals with lots of different people and countries, so no day is ever the same, and my placement workplace is a good environment, and very stable in its turnover and customers, because they are worldwide suppliers. //