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Where to find work experience in schools

Hi! I'm looking to do work experience in a school during my school's work experience week in june. I don't know if its too last minute to be finding work experience rn. Any good work experience suggestions? preferably physical work experience rather than online
Thanks :smile:

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by anxious&paranoid
Hi! I'm looking to do work experience in a school during my school's work experience week in june. I don't know if its too last minute to be finding work experience rn. Any good work experience suggestions? preferably physical work experience rather than online
Thanks :smile:

Have you tried your local schools? maybe even the ones you attended

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by FairyPeriapt
Have you tried your local schools? maybe even the ones you attended


I've asked my school and they said that we have to find work experience elsewhere

Reply 3

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by anxious&paranoid
I've asked my school and they said that we have to find work experience elsewhere

Is there any primary schools or nurseries around? It may not be the age range you're looking for but you could probably ask to look into the administrative part of how they run which can be useful

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by FairyPeriapt
Is there any primary schools or nurseries around? It may not be the age range you're looking for but you could probably ask to look into the administrative part of how they run which can be useful

Yepp! I've asked a Sunday language school if I could volunteer and they said I could! :ta:

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Many primary schools will have an issue with work-experience simply because of safe-guarding concerns but its still worth calling them to see if there are any regular volunteering opportunities like 'listening to reading' etc.

You may have more luck with summer holiday play schemes organised by the local council, sports clubs or libraries etc. Find out where they are, and phone them.

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by McGinger
Many primary schools will have an issue with work-experience simply because of safe-guarding concerns but its still worth calling them to see if there are any regular volunteering opportunities like 'listening to reading' etc.
You may have more luck with summer holiday play schemes organised by the local council, sports clubs or libraries etc. Find out where they are, and phone them.

Yeah thats true, I called a primary school couple weeks ago and they said its difficult to get work experience in their school cuz I'm under 18 :dontknow: that's fine though, I still got work experience elsewhere

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