Hello Parents/Guardians and Community Members,

I want to remind all of Year 12 that I am available to assist with any questions you may have or assistance you may need as you start to prepare Uni, TAFE or Job applications. I have your leavers packs ready in my office, and I will also be emailing you all with various resources and scholarship information as well as job opportunities that come into the careers office. Please reach out if you need any assistance at all.

UAC Schools Recommendation Offers Released

13th November

On 13th November the Schools Recommendation University offers come out through UAC. Please let me know if you have received an offer and seek assistance with accepting these offers. Please note, that if your offer is with a university in which you already have an accepted offer, you will need to be careful accepting your new offer as this will replace the old one. You can only have one active offer with each university at any one time. So, if you accept a new offer and it is not your preferred course, you will be removing an offer you prefer. Please reach out if you have any questions at all!

Narrandera Shire Council & Narrandera TAFE Partnership Providing Workplace Training Courses to Year 12 Students – RSA, RCG

Thank you to Narrandera Shire Council Youth Coordinator Nyoka Prior who has worked in partnership with Fee Smith of TAFE & TAFE Narrandera, to provide our Year 12 graduates & the Youth of Narrandera Shire the following short courses to enable them to better transition into post school employment (Some of these dates are yet to be confirmed):

Responsible Service of Alcohol – November 19th *Can be 17yrs to do the course but cannot use the qualification till you turn 18yrs
Responsible Conduct of Gaming – November 21st *Must be over 18yrs to sit the course

I have emailed all graduates who have elected to take up this opportunity with the tentative times, dates and contact details to follow up on these course sessions. Any Youth or Graduates who wish to enrol in these courses need to ensure you enrol as soon as possible! Each course has limited spots, and it is open to the wider community. So, it will be first in first served.

Once I have the link to the courses, I will email you all! You must also bring with you 100pts of ID on the day ready for your ID to be validated by the trainer!

Any questions please reach out to:

Nyoka Prior - Youth Coordinator of Narrandera Shire Council via email Nyoka.Prior@Narrandera.nsw.gov.au

Fee Smith - Schools, Partnership & Growth Coordinator on email Fiona.smith99@tafensw.edu.au

TAFE YES Animal Care Program

For the past few weeks, a small group of Year 9 & Year 10 students have been participating in the TAFE YES Animal Care Program up at Narrandera TAFE CLC. Students had a great start with furry visitors and had the real-life experience providing first aid to the actual dogs who travelled all the way from Wagga with the teacher. These were very educational activities such as:

Handwashing Challenge – Students rubbed a special “germ” solution on their arms and sang Happy Birthday while scrubbing away, learning the importance of hygiene in animal care.
Bandaging Skills – Using cohesive bandages, they practiced wrapping animal paws (well… each other’s arms!) and learned how to care for our furry friends like true professionals.

In the second week students had been excited to meet and work with very special furry friends: Spot, Fred, Trev, Blaze, Tia, and Milo! Students learnt that dog washing is more than just bubbles and wagging tails — it’s a chance to learn about animal hygiene, safe handling, and building trust. Everyone showed care, patience, and professionalism as they scrubbed, rinsed, and pampered these pups. From gentle scrubs to blow dries and soft brushes, it was a day full of learning and love. So far it has been a fantastic mix of learning, laughter, and lots of wagging tails! We can’t wait to see what the next few weeks bring. Stay tuned for more updates from our YES Program adventure!

Thank you to Sheridan Scali for all your organisation of this opportunity for our students and to TAFE Teacher Tamara Percival for all your fantastic knowledge with animals.

Year 10 Successful Seniors

Week 5

After the introduction of our program ‘Successful Seniors Week’ last year, we are rolling out another highly informative and jam-packed week in week 5 (next week) for all our Year 10 students who will be staying on as senior students. This used to be a traditional work experience week (which is now earlier in the year) and is now specifically designed to support students as they transition from their junior years of high school into their important senior years of study.

This year’s program will incorporate:

Formal introduction to NESA requirements
The structure of the HSC
Senior Assessment requirements – Expected format & IT Tips & Tricks for assessments
All My Own Work (a compulsory program to education students on referencing, plagiarism and academic writing)
CSU visit and workshops with teachers from NHS – Academic Writing, Referencing & AI
How to approach written assessments – ALARM/IDEA
Study Skills and Habits for Senior Students
Youth Mental Health & Wellbeing
Minimum Standards Testing
STEM Activities, Problem Solving & Lateral Thinking challenges
Scavenger Hunt & Some fun team building activities
Excursion to Griffith (Friday 14th November) to Country Unis Centre & Ten Pin Bowling & Pizza.

*Those students looking to leave school or aiming to secure work or School Based Apprenticeships or Traineeships may undertake work experience this week but need to come and see Mrs Ing to discuss the options and collect the work experience packs.

Industry Tours with Grow Our Own – Interested students in Years 9 & 10 & Seniors:

Coming up on the 3rd of December we will have another round of Industry Tours on offer for our current Year 9 & Year 10 students and any interested senior students. Any students interested in these tours needs to come to the careers office to put your name down. These tours have been organised by Katie Pastro from ‘Grow Our Own’ who has worked in partnership with our local employers. Thank you!

Narrandera Shire Council – Tour held 3rd December
Narrandera Fisheries – Tour to be held 3rd December

Any students or parents that have any questions, please contact the school for more information.

Mrs Judy Ing

Careers Adviser

Student Sporting Achievements

Congratulations Archer