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The children wrote down the first impressions of their Business Volunteer.
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First Impressions: They made assumptions on their Business Volunteer based on looks, presentation and communication.
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First Impressions: They ‘guessed’ on what their favourite TV programme might be.
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First Impressions: They made assumptions on where they might live
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First Impression: They made assumptions on the car they might drive
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The children shared their ‘assumptions’ with their Business Volunteer and then informed if they were correct.
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Some ‘assumptions’ were correct.
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The next task was to create a skills poster about all the skills needed for the world of work.
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The next activity was ‘What am I good at?’
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The last activity was ‘ Employability Challenge’
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The challenge was for the children and Business Volunteers to work together.
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The children ‘interviewed’ their Business Volunteer.
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The children asked the Business Volunteers questions to determine whether they were suitable for the job.
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I think the children were impressed and all Business Volunteers were ‘hired’ by the children.
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Which group could create the tallest tower?
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Using newspaper and Sellotape, which group would create the tallest tower?
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A good tactic: a triangular base!
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Rolling the newspapers into cylinder shapes made it stronger.
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The prize: Who would win the prize for the tallest tower?
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Pretty tall, but shaky, would it stay up? Is it the tallest?
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All the children rose to the challenge! The air was tense, the excitement and competition was nerve racking!
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This challenge needed teamwork! Did the children have it?
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Jobs were allocated, everyone relied on each other.
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Checking out the competition…is ours the tallest?
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Not much time left!
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This does not look very stable? Will it stay up?
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Oh no!
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Praying for it to stay up!
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The winning group!
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After all the hard work the winning group enjoyed their prize, Maltesers
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Well Done! Now for some chocolate!!