Careers News
With all the changes which have occurred in recent weeks, I would like to bring to your attention these matters:
- Work experience is still on hold until further notice and hopefully this will resume in Term 3.
- Please keep an eye on the McCarthy Careers page for information on pages set up for each Year group and for updated university and application information as it becomes available. This site is constantly being updated.
- Visits by universities have been replaced by some online webinars which are communicated to students via morning notices or posts in their Google Classroom.
- A visit this week by ex-McCarthy student Jye O’Dell who is now Lieutenant Commander Jye O’Dell, Royal Australian Navy in his role as Regional Senior Military Recruiting Officer based in Sydney. Jye spoke to me about plans for getting information to our students in 2021 about ADF Gap years, entry pathways (Trades, General and Officer entry), university scholarships, Royal Military College at Duntroon and ADFA. More information will be coming in later months and in 2021.
Jye also took the opportunity to tour the College and to meet several of his former teachers.
Year 12 Students
Information is being provided to Year 12 students via their Google Classroom each week. This includes careers newsletters and other matters including apprenticeships and gap year options for 2021. Students are advised to check this regularly and parents can also access these newsletters which are updated weekly on the McCarthy Careers page in this section: Career Newsletters
Several university early entry schemes are now open and some are accepting students on the basis of their Year 11 results.
UAC have made the following online resources also available to assist students at this time and all courses being offered in 2021 will be available on their website from early August:
White Card Courses held in Week 9
In Week 9 McCarthy had 40 students in Years 9-12 choose to do the White Card Course to enable them to do work experience or paid work on construction sites. This is needed by apprentices, labourers, some engineers and architects.
The facilitator of the two courses was very impressed with the conduct and behaviour of the students who attended.
Careers Booklets on University Info Evening 2020, UAC 2021, Year 12 2020 and Year 10 2020
These booklets have been printed and made available to students this term. Please ask your child to see their copy if you are interested.
University Reforms regarding course costs
Recently, Federal Minister for Education, Dan Tehan, made announcements which will impact on students attending university from 2021.More details and FAQ can be found here:
- https://www.dese.gov.au/document/better-university-funding-arrangements-reducing-complexity-and-targeting-job-ready
- More opportunities for regional students
July Holiday Activities and Online HSC Revision Webinars
- Winter Engineering online free events: for all students (plus parents and teachers) who are interested in Maths, Science and Engineering. You will need to register using the link.
- JMC Academy holiday workshops: first ever series of Online High School Workshops. These workshops have been designed for High School students in school years 9-12 and provide an insight into life at JMC Academy. All workshops will be held online, via Zoom and will be interactive:
- Character drawing
- Electronic music production
- How to create content for social media
- Sketchnoting
- Songwriting and production
- FREE HSC Study Support from Macquarie University: for science subjects - free access for students plus teachers to HSC Study Lab until November 2020 and covers the HSC syllabus through video lessons and animations, interactive activities, and hundreds of practice questions. McCarthy’s unique Year 12 coupon code has been posted in the Google Classroom and gives students access to Year 12 Biology, Chemistry and Physics courses.
- InspirED HSC subject revision lectures over 22 HSC subjects: If students are experiencing financial hardship and are unable to pay the cost of InspirED revision webinars, students are asked to see me as I have an option which may enable them to participate by way of a code from the University of Newcastle.
- Free online lectures from ATARNOTES: June 28 - July 17, 2020: Live-streamed July lectures, from the comfort of your own home.
- Free Ace the HSC webinar: recording from last week which will be available for the next 7 days only.
Study facilities available in the library during Week 2 of the holidays for Year 12 students - details are in their Google Classroom.
Mrs Susan Barrett - Careers Adviser