WCHS Year 9 Careers Padlet by L Grenaghan

Careers linked to GCSE Subjects

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It's worth exploring jobs linked to GCSE subjects, because if you are struggling to choose between subjects, knowing what kinds of jobs a subject could lead to might help you make some decisions. However, if you have a specific career in mind, make sure you speak to Miss Grenaghan to check your choice and get advice. Use the icould website below to help you learn about the jobs linked to GCSE subjects.

Keep your options open

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School ensures you are studying all the facilitating subjects that help to keep all your career options open. This includes Maths, English, Science and Humanities.

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Work Skills

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The skills you develop when studying GCSE's are very important because employers value these skills just as much as the grades you achieve. Communication, leadership and teamwork are just a few examples. Consider what skills you need to develop and explore the GCSE subjects that will help you develop them. If you are struggling to choose between certain subjects, considering skills may help you decide. For example, you might be struggling to choose between Art and Drama; you plan to be a teacher when you're older and you know you need to develop confidence for this job role so Drama would be the better choice because performing in front of people will aid your teaching skills and push you out of your comfort zone and help you develop your confidence. Read the articles below to learn about the specific skills each GCSE will help you develop.

Art

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Business Studies

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Computing

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Cooking and Nutrition

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Design and Technology

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Drama

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Geography

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History

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Music

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PE

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Sociology

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Spanish

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Through out your time at school, you should regularly do your own careers research. Your career interests will be wholly unique to you and you're the only person who can know what will and won't be of interest. Every time you decide to do your own research, before you start to explore the world of work, you should first reflect on who you are! Knowing ourselves well helps us to understand which types of jobs, options or opportunities would suit us best. Take the buzz quiz below to help you get started.

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Within the UK there are alternative options to GCSE study, the most common is to attend a University Technical College. For more information, check out the link and ask Miss Grenaghan for further advice. The nearest UTC to Whitworth is currently Bolton UTC.

This year you will be choosing your GCSE Options. This involves dropping some subjects. This padlet will give you extra information and help you reflect so that you make well informed choices. You can use this padlet in your own time, however, your form tutor will be going through this padlet with you over the coming months.

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How to choose

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The most important thing that you should be guided by when choosing your GCSE options is what you enjoy. When you enjoy something you will feel naturally motivated and therefore are more likely to achieve high grades. And it's high grades that employers and universities most value. However, it's important to reflect on whether it's the actual subject that you genuinely enjoy, rather than the teacher you have or the friends you're with, or just one topic of the subject etc. Please play all the videos below to help you reflect on this.

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Make sure you click on the 'in a job' tab once you know what animal type you are, as this is where it lists the jobs that might suit you!

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icould website

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Many young people don't understand that what they learn in school is incredibly useful in the real world of work. Use the links and videos below to learn about why your compulsory GCSEs (Maths, English and Science) are so important to future jobs!

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Maths

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Click on the image above to take you to the 'Maths, Why Bother' website and click on any video to learn more about why maths is so important to such a wide range of jobs!

English

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Click on the image above to take you to the 'English, Why Bother' website and click on any video to learn more about why maths is so important to such a wide range of jobs!

Science

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Click on the image above to take you to the 'Science, Why Bother' website and click on any video to learn more about why maths is so important to such a wide range of jobs!