Journalistic skills put to test

Journalist Jessie Johnson led two sessions during the academy’s Careers Week on the skills needed to join the profession.

The popular workshops included a practical exercise on writing in a journalistic style.

Here are extracts from some of the many articles written by students, documenting the success of the week:

Careers Week is a perfect opportunity to pick apart qualified professionals who’ve lived a story = and are excited to tell it.

All week, each day will be filled with lectures about dreams which have come to life, from journalism to photography, live music to theatre, filling students with knowledge until they are bursting with inspiration for their own story, starting at the first chapter.

Isabelle Bryant, Year 10

One of my personal favourite sessions has been with Francesca Young, a local artist from Cleethorpes.

She paints pictures of iconic buildings around Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Hull. She taught us how to paint pictures in her style of art using watercolour paints.

Other students and myself learned lots of new skills.

Flossy Waters, Year 9

vCareers Week is an amazing opportunity for students to broaden their horizons and learn more about different pathways they can pursue after education.

A range of people with a variety of different careers came in to talk to students.

Bathany Turnstill, Year 10

Careers Week is to help Waltham Toll Bar students find what they want to do later in life, with interactive and fun workshops ranging from being a chef to a nurse.

I have fully enjoyed this year’s Careers Week as it is my first. My favourites have been with the artist Francesca Young, who is known around Grimsby for her creative and unique style, and Jessie Johnson, who is a local journalist.

Preston Gamble, Year 7

Careers Week is important because it will help the children pick their future jobs and what they will do in later life.

It is also important because often children will not know at all what it is like in the world outside of school, so it gives them a taste of the real world.

Cohyn Dobbs, Year 7