Hello Parents/Guardians and Community Members,

This term we have many careers events happening, the details of each of these opportunities are outlined below. All Careers events are announced to students at year meetings, morning assemblies, posted online and in this newsletter. Please contact the careers office if you wish to seek further information about any of these opportunities for your child.

YEAR 10 Work Experience – Week 11 Term 1 – 8th April – 12th April!

Please note that Year 10 Work Experience week has been brought forward to the last week this term 8th April – 12th April! * Forms and Information packs for both Parents & Employers will be handed out in the Year Group meeting this Friday and sent home with students in Year 10. All Year 10 students are expected to be out on work experience in that final week this term, I am happy to assist students who find this process quite daunting.

Please read through all the documents carefully as they will go through the important information, requirements and steps required for all students to organise their work experience placement. While it is always preferable and encouraged that Year 10 students arrange their own work experience opportunities (this shows employers a student’s initiative and communication skills), students and families are welcome to contact the careers office to seek clarification, and support in this process.

I will need to approve all placements due to department insurance requirements and rules, so please encourage your child to come and speak with me about any ideas they have for this placement.

TAFE YES Program – Construction Commencing on 16th February – 12th April 2024 (Every Friday in Term 1).

Our next round of TAFE YES Construction courses commenced last week up at Narrandera TAFE campus. Again, this term, we have received compliments from TAFE teachers and staff about the impeccable manners and hard work our students demonstrate in these TAFE programs!

This week we would like to give a shout out to Aunty Joy for volunteering to assist up at TAFE. As always, these amazing courses are due to the tireless work and advocacy for our students by Fee Smith of Narrandera TAFE, and we also thank our TAFE teacher Col and TAFE staff for their instructions on the day.

*A note to students and families who attended TERM 4 Construction 2023 course who still need to complete their projects, that we will look at sending three students up each week to complete their chairs that they may not have had the time to do last term due to several lost days due to fire rating days as well as students being absent for excursions etc.

This week’s extra three student’s families will be contacted directly to seek parental permission for these extra TAFE sessions. We can only send three at a time to keep the safety ratio for TAFE.

Upcoming Events:

CSU School Visit for Senior Students – 6th March during the year meeting:

The Future Students Team will be at Narrandera High School on Wednesday 6th March to discuss with our senior students all things CSU, including course options, entry pathways, early entry process, important dates, scholarships and much more. This event will occur during the Senior Year Meeting and students will have the opportunity to stay back and speak directly with CSU staff to ask any further questions they may have.

CSU Explore Day 19th March 2024:

On Tuesday 19th March a group of Year 10, 11 and 12 students will be heading over to attend the CSU Explore Day. This is a fantastic day for students to immerse themselves into interactive workshops and to explore and try out University courses and see what university life is like.

All students have had the opportunity to register for this event at year meetings and in classes. This excursion is now at full capacity.

White Card Courses: TBC – Later in Term 1

I am still waiting to hear the possible date of the next White Card Safety Construction Course, so will update students and families when I know more. All students wishing to undertake White Card training are encouraged to see me to have their name put on the list. Due to the rules of SafeWork we can only host 20 students in each course. I cannot guarantee when the next course will be after this one so, students are encouraged to not miss this opportunity.

The course is completely subsidised by the Department of Education and so there is no cost for the course itself. However, the SafeWork Card does have a cost of $28.50 for each student.

*All students will need to obtain a Unique Student Identifier Number to participate. I can assist students to obtain this online but will require them to bring in a photo of their Medicare card to obtain this USI. Or students can obtain this themselves by accessing the following website:

https://www.usi.gov.au/providers/create-usi-student

Charles Sturt University – Upcoming information sessions for students and families interested:

The School of Rural Medicine are having an information session for anyone interested in studying medicine at CSU, see below link to register.

When

Wednesday 20 March 2024

6.00-7.30pm

Where

Online

https://cvent.csu.edu.au/event/7c1b0b12-d264-4043-a08a-b8360f94302f/summary

Mrs Judy Ing

Careers Adviser

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Civil Construction Apprenticeship - July 2024 Intake - Narrandera (nsw.gov.au)

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