Year 12 placement is more strategic than Year 10's. Students choose placements that test their post-18 leaning — a marketing internship if eyeing degree apprenticeships at agencies, NHS shadowing if eyeing medicine. Reflection feeds personal statement and DA applications.
Learning outcomes
- I can secure my own placement aligned to my post-18 leaning
- I can extract personal-statement and DA-application material from a placement
- I can build a workplace contact for future reference
Success criteria
- Placement secured + completed
- Three personal-statement-ready evidence pieces from placement
1
Placement strategy
task · 15 min
1-to-1 with adviser: which placement best tests your post-18 leaning?
2
The placement
task · 30 min
Structured workplace journal — daily entries, contact details, observations.
Builds: Listening
3
Statement-ready evidence
reflection · 15 min
Pull three concrete pieces of evidence from the placement that you can use verbatim in personal statement.
📓 Chapter timeline: Save 3 statement-ready evidence pieces to Chapter as DA application building blocks.
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Chapter Student Game
+100 XP
Action: Add your work experience reflection to Chapter as Y12 BM6 evidence
Save 3 placement-derived evidence pieces to Chapter — usable in your personal statement.
Skills: Adapting, Speaking
Plenary discussion
Pair-share for 2 minutes: one thing you'll take from this lesson into next week.
Homework / follow-up
Y12 placements should be strategic, not random. Help students align placement to leaning.