Careers and Pathways News

Subject Selections

Subject Selection information for Years 10-12 in 2025 will gradually be rolled out from week 2 of Term 3. Please see the information below with regard to the parent and student information sessions and other important dates for the relevant year levels. Follow up and reminder emails will be sent out closer to the dates below.

Year Level

Event

Date

Year 9 into 10 Mainstream

(not SEALP)

Subject Selections 2025

Parent/Student information session

6.00pm – 7.00pm

Thursday 25th July

Venue - PAC

Year 9A into 10A SEALP

(Current 9A)

Subject Selections 2025

Parent/Student information session

5.30pm – 6.15pm

Monday 29th July

Venue - PAC

Year 10A into 11A SEALP

(Current 10A)

Subject Selections 2025

Parent/Student information session

6.15pm – 7.00pm

Monday 29th July

Venue - PAC

Year 10 into 11 Mainstream VCE and VCE-VM

Subject Selections 2025

Parent/Student information session

7.00pm – 8.00pm

Monday 29th July

Venue - PAC

Year 12

VTAC Applications OPEN

Monday 29th July

Year 12

VTAC Applications Parent/Student information session

6.00pm – 7.00pm

Wednesday 31st July

Venue - PAC

Year 8 into 9

Year 8 into 9 subject selection process outlined to students in class with forms returned by the due date.

Opens - 5th August

Closes - 16th August

Year 10 into 11 Gordon VET Students

For students currently in Yr 10 wanting to apply for a VET course at the Gordon only

Opens - 6th August

Year 10 into 11, 9A & 10A SEALP

House Leader Subject Selection Conferences – Online booking through Compass

12.00pm – 7.00pm

Tuesday August 13th

Venue - PAC

Years 9 - 12

Subject Selections DUE

Friday 16th August

Year 9 into 10 Gordon VET Students

For students currently in Yr 9 wanting to apply for a VET course at the Gordon only

Opens - 6th August

Year 12

VTAC Applications CLOSE

Monday 30th September

All students will be emailed their unique online login details for submitting subjects online and hard copy forms will be available when the subject selection process begins from Week 2 and 3 of Term 3. All hard copy forms and online receipts need to be returned to the box in the Careers room by the due date on the forms.

Year 10 into 11 VCE and VCE-VM House Leader/SEALP Subject Selection

Conferences – these conferences are for House Leaders and SEALP Leaders to discuss with the parents and students the subject selections for 2025. At this stage they will be held from 12pm to 7pm on Tuesday 13th August. No year 10’s & 9A SEALP will be required at school on that day and will be required to book a time through Compass with the HL for that day. The HL will go over the subject selections and the expectations for VCE or VCE-VM for 2025. These conferences are designed to be a validation of the subjects selected by the student. All the paperwork, VET forms, signatures and subject research should have been done prior to these conferences.

Open Days

Open days at Universities, Private institutions and TAFE’S kick off soon. Have a look at the following link and plan which ones you would like to attend. I encourage not only Year 12’s but Yr. 10s and 11’s to consider attending some of these days.

https://myfuture.edu.au/assist-others/open-days

VTAC

A VTAC presentation will held for Year 12 students and Parents on the 31st July for those wishing to apply for University, private institutions and some TAFE’s for 2025. We will go through the process of applying, SEAS, Scholarships, change of preference and offers. I encourage students to log on to the VTAC website and start the process of searching for courses that may be of interest and generate a preliminary list.

To do this go to www.vtac.com.au click on the ‘Find Courses’ tab and then into ‘Course search’. Please be aware that VTAC have not updated this website for 2025 yet, so students will be looking at current 2024 courses. Hopefully the updates from VTAC for 2025 will occur over the holidays.

There are also a huge number of resources on the VTAC website for parents and students to familiarise yourselves with before the information sessions and applications open in Term 3.

RESOURCES

The myfuture website provides resources to explore career pathways and tools to develop self-knowledge to help with career decision-making. https://myfuture.edu.au/home

Please email me at nicholas.masters@education.vic.gov.au if you have any careers related questions.

Nick Masters

Careers and Pathways Coordinator

Belmont High School

🌟 Discover Your Path with Apprenticeships and Traineeships! 🌟

Event Details:

Date: Wednesday, July 31st
Time:
1. Food and refreshments: 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
2. Panel session: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
3. Expo session: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: The Gordon East Campus

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VCE News and Key Dates

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