Vocational Major Update

Dear Parents and Carers,

What a week to be a Year 12 VM student! On the 6th March we partnered with Holmesglen to provide Year 12 WRS students with an immersive experience that supports classroom learning and their personal pathway planning. During the day, students toured both the Holmesglen Victorian Tunnelling Centre and the Holmesglen Chadstone Campus.

Students saw and experienced the following:

Pathway information related to a range of courses (Certificate, Diploma & Bachelor Degree)
Faculty and industry opportunities
Victorian job opportunities
VR experience: safety induction and virtually go underground to a work site
AR experience: watching a virtual TBM machine in 3D with AR goggles
Sim experience: excavator simulator

On Tuesday and Thursday last week the Year 12s visited the Salvation Army and Big Issue as part of their Homelessness Unit in PDS. Students had the opportunity to hear about the great work the Salvation Army and Big Issue do whilst also unpacking the stereotypes against homelessness and critically reflecting on reasons why a person may become homeless.

Some things to look forward to.....

20th March - Year 12 Melbourne Zoo Excursion - payment of $15 via Compass

21st March - Year 12 Year Cyber Safety Incursion

20th March and 21st March - Year 11 Escape Rooms - payment of $15 via Compass

27th March - 28th March - Year 11 VM CAMP!!!! Payment is due THIS THURSDAY

9th March is Parent Teacher Conferences, classes will be cancelled but please book in a time to see your child's teacher.

All students should now have found a work placement for a Wednesday or a Friday. Students who have not returned these forms will be required at school each Friday. During this time they will be allocated to classes and will have time to complete overdue work as well as meet with their mentor teacher who can assist them to find a work placement. Mentor teachers may help the students brainstorm where they might go as well as write a script to call a potential employer. They may also help them to look on the SWL portal for any opportunities that the school might have access to.

POSITION AVAILABLE-

1st Year Carpentry Apprenticeship

*Seeking a hard working, reliable, enthusiastic and motivated individual to work in a fast paced small team environment.

If you have a strong work ethic, confident maths skills and want to get an apprenticeship in Carpentry we would love to hear from you.

Our work is residential house framing, generally within a half hour radius of the Mornington Peninsula.

-Licence preferred

Business is located in Mt Eliza so if you

are a junior without a licence as yet must be able to get to and from Mt Eliza, or be close to obtaining licence.

Pls email hi.impactconstructions@hotmail.com with past work and school experience and/or resume or call Kate on 0438 020 619