UPCOMING EVENTS

COLLEGE ORGANISED EVENTS

Please contact Ms Dimasi if you would like further information or are interested in attending any of the above activities – your details will be noted and information provided closer to the date.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Work experience is the short-term placement of students with employers to provide insights into the industry and the workplace in which they are located. Students are encouraged to organise their own work experience placement early so that they have the greatest chance of securing their place of choice. 

• It provides students with the valuable opportunity to: 
• Develop employability skills. 
• Explore possible career options. 
• Understand employer expectations. 
• Increase their self-understanding, maturity, independence, and self-confidence 

Term Three School Holidays - Final day to return work experience arrangement form Friday, August 25

If you need assistance in making arrangements, please contact Ms Dimasi prior to the above date. 

VCE REGIONAL EDUCATION SUPPORT NETWORK (RESN) PRESENTATION

RESN’s is a free online learning platform that aims to counter disparities between regional and metropolitan education resources and improve academic outcomes for students. Our organisation is staffed entirely by passionate university student volunteers, who coordinate a network of over 100 high-achieving tutors with study scores above 40. Our tutors have a strong knowledge of the VCE syllabus, confident teaching methods and a passion to relay knowledge in a way that is engaging and informative for students. Our services are designed to reinforce and complement in-class learning and provide more out-of-school opportunities to consolidate students’ understanding of the syllabus. 

Our suite of services is completely free, and is composed of: 

• RESN Help: an original question-and-answer service, where students can submit a question or unmarked essay and receive a detailed answer from our tutors within 24 hours. 
• RESN Learn: a resource database where students can preview, learn, and revise syllabus content with our custom content summaries and practice questions. 
• RESN Live: subject-specific tutoring sessions with high-achieving tutors, and rural and regional peers, over Zoom. 

In particular, the RESN Help platform effectively builds students’ confidence through detailed explanations of concepts, personalised essay feedback and answers to any queries regarding life after university. RESN’s median response time to Help questions is nine hours - this efficiency helps minimise students’ stress and reduce the marking burden on teachers during time-strained periods. 

In Person Presentation: Monday, August 21 – lunchtime in the Seminar Room, Library.   

THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

It is important to consider your accommodation options when moving away from home for university. University College (UC) is one of the ten residential colleges situated near the University of Melbourne. 

They also accept students from other nearby universities.  

They will be visiting to speak about the College experience, the benefits of College life, how to choose the right college for you, the application process, scholarship opportunities and answer any questions you may have.  

When: Tuesday, August 29, 5:00pm 

Where: M11 

Please email fdimasi@sjcmda.vic.edu.au to register your interest in this event 

FLINDERS UNIVERSITY

Flinders University will once again be offering uniTEST to your current Year 12 students as an entry pathway for 2024.

uniTEST is an aptitude test that has been developed to assess the kinds of generic reasoning and thinking skills that underpin studies at higher education and that are needed for students to be successful at this level. uniTEST is offered to your students at no cost and they cannot be disadvantaged by participating

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Selection Process

Flinders University will select applicants based on both their Year 12 results (60% weighting toward the ATAR selection rank) and uniTEST results (40%). Flinders will also consider applicants based on their uniTEST results (100%) as a standalone entry score (subject to SACE completion and any course pre-requisites or specific admissions requirements).

Delivery Mode

The college will administer the online delivery of uniTEST, under examination conditions, on Wednesday, August 23, 2.00-5.30pm in Q5. 

How to Register

To confirm your registration to sit the Flinders’ University uniTEST, please contact Ms Fiona Dimasi with the following information:

• Date of Birth 
• SATC ID number (Students will only have this number if they have registered course preferences through SATAC – can be added later)
• Personal email account (other than students school email account)
• Residential suburb and postcode

NURSE FOR A DAY - LA TROBE UNIVERSITY & MILDURA HEALTH PUBLIC HOSPITAL

EVENT SCHEDULE

Quick chats from:

• Nursing
• Midwifery
• Mental health

Students rotate through three stations:

• ST1: FWT, stools, wound dressing
• ST2: BLS, dummy, PPE
• ST3: Mental health/head phones

Date: Tuesday, October 3

Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm

To register your interest, please email Ms Dimasi.