shmuTrain News Archive

Positive Transitions 28 starting soon

Are you or do you know of anyone who are 16-19 and not in education, employment or training?

Date added: 20/09/2016

shmuTRAIN to win

shmuTRAIN have won the Aberdeen Guarantees award for their Positive Transitions programme.

Date added: 13/09/2016

As a part of the Positive Transitions (PT) course shmu take the participants to visit various workplaces to increase their awareness of the kind of jobs available in different industries. They get the opportunituy to hear first-hand from employers what expectations they have for new employees. As part of the PT22 course, the group were taken to the Marriott Hotel in Dyce.

Date added: 21/10/2015

Kincorth Academy's last day on shmuTRAIN

shmuTRAIN today had the Kincorth Academy Early Interventions 2014/15 year group at shmu for their last day of term.

We started working with this group in August 2014, and have seen the girls increase in confidence and gain skills to help them with their future plans. They have also participated in a school inspection on behalf of the course.

Date added: 24/04/2015

Early Interventions Radio Training

Kincorth Academy's shmuTRAIN Early Interventions group have been taking part in Employability and Radio training in school.

As part of their radio training the group have been researching, scripting and planning for many radio shows that they wish to broadcast in the future.

Date added: 22/12/2014

Positive Transitions gets musical

Positive Transitions have been busy behind the scenes, continuing their great work with young people aged 16-19.

Date added: 01/09/2014

shmuTRAIN team gains a plus one

The latest member of the shmuTRAIN team has arrived! Michelle Trail, our shmuTRAIN employability development worker, who ditched us in favour of maternity leave a couple of weeks ago, has given birth to a beautiful baby girl.

Date added: 22/05/2014

Positive Transitions 17 Graduate

The 17^th Positive Transitions graduation ceremony took place on Monday 7^th April in the grand surroundings of the Townhouse. The event was a particularly inspiring one which left a few of us with a lump in our throat after an emotional and heartfelt speech from a former trainees mum, Sharon Horne.

Date added: 10/04/2014

Graduation countdown for PT 17

The countdown is on and the Positive Transitions trainees are set to graduate in less than two weeks! The ceremony, held at the Townhouse in Aberdeen, will see the hard work that the group have put in over the past weeks rewarded with a certificate and celebration of their achievements, supported by their families, friends, shmu staff and invited guests.

Date added: 27/03/2014

Trainees look behind the bars

On Monday 3^rd March our Positive Transitions trainees and staff had a fantastic opportunity to visit the new HMP Grampian in Peterhead before any prisoners arrived. The group were hosted by Cliff Hughes and Richard Skinner, the SPS staff who are earmarked to be running the media training centre within the Prison.

Date added: 06/03/2014

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The shmuTRAIN Positive Progressions programme targets and engages young people in the Senior Phase who have been identified as being unlikely to secure a positive destination when leaving school. The programme offers an academic year-long course, which combine skills development with employability support, supported by staff from shmu based within the school.

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