Partner School sharing and planning

In May we held a very successful MITS/Partner school sharing and planning afternoon at 364 Church Street, Richmond, MITS's newest boarding house. All Partner Schools were represented and many important learnings and practices were shared - we set goals around Cultural Safety, Transition to Partner Schools and Career Planning for MITS students. We will have follow up meetings and a second afternoon workshop in October.

Work Experience

The Pathways Team together with our Partner Schools are providing work experience opportunities, so that MITS Alumni can learn about different career options.

Here is Antwan, on the job at Pathways Plumbing - an all-Indigenous plumbing company who we are proud to work with.

GHD (a large consulting company with opportunities in engineering, web and graphic design, and construction), and John Janke from Rork Projects (a nationally accredited Indigenous business delivering everything from fit-outs to multi level new building projects) came and met with our students, to talk about their work experience program. We finished with a challenge to build a structure which was able to stand on its own and hold a marshmallow! (everyone was successful and the results were happily eaten!)

Cecil and Max are doing furnishing, carpentry, plumbing and electrical trades through their new school, Parade College.

Camberwell Girls Grammar School

Our girls meeting with Murrundindi at school, as part of the school’s embedded Cultural Program.

St Kevin’s

Woodwork masterpiece by Adam in Year 10.

Sport

Students are playing in many different football matches each weekend. There were many terrific banners and smiles at the recent Indigenous Round.

Alumni Boarding at MITS

What a term it has been for Alumni boarding at MITS, we have opened our brand new boarding house at 364 Church Street. We have welcomed back 36 alumni students on to Richmond Hill. They have all settled back into their routines, sport, and their Partner Schools extremely well.

A few highlights from this term include the AFL Dreamtime game Richmond vs Essendon, St Kevin's social dance for the Year 10's, going out for lunch, Bounce, hiring out our own cinema at Hoyts, The Long Walk event at Fed Square, welcoming back volunteers into the boarding house, RJFC games from Under 13's all the way up to Under 16's, APS sports through Partner schools and are students participating in many Reconciliation events such as the Worawa Reconciliation sports day.

They are all working hard at the moment finishing off their assessments and exams at the end of the Semester 1 for 2022. Well done to all Alumni mob not only in the boarding houses at MITS but everywhere on a deadly term.

Anthony Wilson

Anthony Wilson who was in our first MITS class in 2016 recently visited Melbourne and celebrated his birthday with his host family, the Lefroy's. It was great to see how well he is going as a young adult after enjoying his time at MITS and then Trinity Grammar!

MITS Family Newsletter 2022

Respect, Courage, Culture & Care

June · 10 Jun 2022

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