1. Birmingham NEC Friday 14 th November 2014

2. The Skills Show, the nation’s largest skills and careers event, is helping to shape the future of a new generation. Attracting over 75,000 visitors, the show provides hands-on experiences that inspire young people to explore further education, skills and Apprenticeships.

5.  The Building – including bricklaying, carpentry, gardening, plumbing …  The Studio – including digital and gaming, design, fashion, film, music …  The Works – including automotive, mechanical engineering, mobile robotics, welding …  The Business – including banking, insurance, IT support, web development …  The Street – culinary arts, hairdressing, retail, floristry …

7.  You will need to get into the North hall by 8:20am and into your ‘fire lines’.  You will be registered at 8:25.  Latecomers will not be welcome on the trip.  Each tutor group will be led onto a coach and counted on by their tutor ( or ‘tutor for the day’)  The coach will be leaving at 8:30!  You will be given a card with Phone numbers on it.

8.  You will be assigned a coach there is no changing coaches.  Phone numbers will need to be given to a member of staff on the coach.  You are not allowed to eat on the coach so make sure you have eaten breakfast.  Music must be kept in headphones and noise kept to a minimum.  Seatbelts are a legal requirement so must be worn at all times.  Journey around 2 hours.  When we arrive you will need to remain in your seats until told to get up.

9.  Once we arrive at the NEC there will be security checks which will take some time to get through.  Bags  After the security checks you will need to register with your tutor before leaving the main foyer.  You will be allowed to explore the show in your own groups.  You will then need to register with your tutor at the main foyer between 12:30 and 1:00  You will need to register again at 2:00 before we leave.  We will return to school at around 4:30pm

10.  Uniform  Free School Meals pupils – Today at break time.  Lunch  Medication  Lateness  Phone numbers  Behaviour  What to do…

11.  Those who are not coming  Register with Mrs Barry  You will be told what room to go to for the day (M8)  Maximise