City LLEN News
School Slam Tournament
Participants in the Flexi Schools Network identified a need to provide more opportunities for their students to engage in competitive sport. As a result the City LLEN in partnership with The Huddle at North Melbourne Football Club created School Slam, a day of round robin tournaments in basketball and futsal. Students from the River Nile School, Kensington Community High School, St. Joseph’s Flexible Learning Centre and Hester Hornbrook Academy enjoyed a fantastic day of sporting activities which generated new friendships and a spirit of cooperation and teamwork. It was great to see so much laughter and excitement amongst the 60 students who took part, including SEDA students who organised and officiated all the matches. Special thanks to Emma Kearney from The Huddle who did an amazing job bringing everything together through the True North program. Students enjoyed pizza for lunch provided by the LLEN and left the day asking when can we do it again!
University High School Progression Program
Each year the CityLLEN works with University High School to design a program to support Year 10 & 11 students to explore alternative pathways to further education, training and employment. This year the program began with an afternoon session which included a fantastic presentation from Innocent Karabagega about his journey from Burundi through the refugee camps to Australia where he began a certificate level TAFE course which lead on to University and now to the start of a career as a practising lawyer. This inspirational story was followed by a presentation from the CityLLEN School-Community Engagement Officer on a range of pathways including VCAL, VET, School Based Apprenticeships, and TAFE.
The second day of the program began with a visit to Kensington Community High School to find out more about VCAL. Students toured the facilities and engaged in a presentation on the range of subjects offered and the day to day life of a VCAL student. This was followed by a visit to RMIT where students were exposed to TAFE studies in Information Technology, Electrotechnology, Plumbing and Building & Construction.
Catholic Education Pathways Day
The City LLEN in partnership with the Catholic Education Melbourne Office facilitated a Pathways Day for Year 10 students from seven Catholic Colleges from across the metropolitan region. The day began with a visit to RMIT TAFE where students learned about careers and courses in electrotechnology, instrumentation, air conditioning, plumbing and building and construction. They also enjoyed completing a hands-on activity learning how to join cross-linked polyethylene piping to create a geometric shape. Students then travelled by tram to William Angliss Institute where they enjoyed a pizza lunch in the student lounge provided by the LLEN. Students then toured the campus learning about careers and courses in hospitality, hotel management, tourism, flight attendant and much more. Students and teachers came away from the day much better informed of the wide range of career and pathway options available through study at a TAFE institution.
Guiding Circles Workshop
The School-Community Engagement Officer for the CityLLEN facilitated a Guiding Circles workshop for teachers from River Nile School, Kensington Community High School, Hester Hornbrook Academy, Victorian College for the Deaf, University High School and Parkville College. Teachers learnt about some of tools included in this fantastic Canadian designed program that they can use in the classroom to develop a holistic student centred careers program in their schools. Thank you to the River Nile school for hosting the event. For more information on the Guiding Circles program visit:
http://discoveringstrengths.com
The Future Me program at St. Aloysius College
The City LLEN in partnership with the RMIT Skills and Job Centre has been delivering resume writing workshops to Year 10 students at St. Aloysius College in North Melbourne. Students learnt how to write a job specific resume as well as how to construct a cover letter. In Term 4 the City LLEN has organised follow up activities including a presentation from Groomed to Go and a program of mock job interviews for every student.
