30 Jun 2023
All students will need to see me to receive the necessary paperwork for work experience. This paperwork includes a Student Placement Record (SPR) that will need filling out by all parties involved in work experience (Students, School, Work Place, Parent/Guardian, then School again) this order is a requirement from the Department of Education. There will also be an information guide for Parents and Carers and an information guide for the employers, please take the time to read the parent/carer guide and make sure that your child hands the employers guide to the workplace as they need to know what their rights and responsibilities are as well.
Two copies of the SPR and Employers Guide are needed due to two weeks of work experience being undertaken. The aim for each child is to complete these weeks at two different places, if your child is extremely interested in one specific field, two placements in that field are fine. Otherwise it would be fantastic for students to be able to try two different types of work. Please support the child to ring businesses and walk into a business to ask for opportunities, this can really help students to get a yes to work experience!