Making the most of your time in sixth form
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How to make the most of your time in sixth form or high school: a presentation by someone with the best job in the world!
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Making the most of your time in sixth form
- 1. Making the Most of Your Time in Sixth Form
- 2. When I was here…
- 4. My Hobbies…
- 5. My Job!
- 6. What school is about… • Learning a LOT • Honing your skills • Teamwork and communication • Understanding people • Having fun and discovering what you most enjoy doing • Working out the lifestyle you want • Preparing for a career which will get you that lifestyle!
- 7. Top ways to make the most of sixth form
- 8. 1. Clubs and activities you can try! And if the club you want to join isn’t on this list, why don’t you start it up?!
- 9. 2. Develop a self-employable skill. Salut!
- 10. 3. Challenge yourself. • Turn £1 into £200! • Build a website • Change your life one swap at a time! • Raise money for charity • Plan an adventure to go and see something you’ve studied at school • Start a magazine or a blog…
- 11. 4. When it comes to your career, think about the sort of lifestyle you want and try to achieve it by doing something you’re passionate about…
- 12. 5. Become a leader of the school
- 13. 6. Do internships and work experience
- 14. 7. Keep up your languages!
- 15. The Year Abroad [it’s not just for linguists!]
- 16. What’s the point? Adding to your CV while you get to know yourself better.
- 17. 8. Leap at opportunities
- 18. 9. Join in. • House Drama • World Challenge • Meet first years • Outward Bound • School events • Sixth Form Play…
- 19. 10. Start something new and be creative! • Organise a charity event • Start a club • Write a blog • Plan a project • Go on an adventure • Have fun!!!
- 20. Good luck! Lizzie Fane lizzie@thirdyearabroad.com Twitter: @thirdyearabroad
Editor's Notes
- In the seven years I was at school, I did drawing and painting, Italian, Guitar, Piano, Netball, Squash, Set Design for our Sixth Form play ‘An Absolute Turkey’, a Netball Tour to Barbados, a History of Art trip to Rome, 3 Italian trips to Florence and Perugia… it was amazing! I was the prefect in charge of Charities, and I was the lead guitarist in our band, Endemic. Last but not least my A Levels were in Italian, Art, History of Art and Chemistry – I wanted to be an Art Crime Detective or an internationally successful forger…! Unfortunately I never did enough public speaking at school, which would have come in handy today!
- Learning as many new skills as possible is so important – whether you think they could come in handy or not. This is the theme for my talk. Here’s a video to inspire you!
- So as an example, here are my hobbies…
- And this is my job! I’m the Founder of ThirdYearAbroad.com. I have the best job in the world, I help people and have a lifestyle with a lot of freedom, and it’s all thanks to the skills I developed at school and university – it has been hugely helpful and the fact that I can do my own illustrations, translate French and Italian text, make things, etc. has saved me a huge amount of money!
- One of the biggest benefits of boarding is that you are surrounded by things to do 24/7 !
- Make the most of your summer holidays! Check out Enternships, Inspiring interns, Rate My Placement, Wexo and Brave New Talent!
- The one thing ALL my friends and colleagues say now is “I WISH I’d kept up my [insert language here]” – don’t go down the same route! Keep your languages fresh by planning a gap year in a country that speaks your language, travel there with friends in the holidays, read books and watch films in that language. I promise you won’t regret it!
- Whether or not you study languages, you are eligible for a year abroad. It’s something you should be aware of NOW so you can make good choices when picking your university course. There is a huge amount of support available to you. Find out more on my website, ThirdYearAbroad.com.
- Young Enterprise, Shell liveWIRE awards, Smarta, The YES Network…
- The world is your oyster