Electives and Careers  

Term Four

We are very happy that we have been able to recommence our Electives Program, albeit slightly scaled back until we return in 2022. 

The Elective Program is an opportunity for students to engage in: STEAM : Making connection between concepts and problem-solving in new and exciting ways; to choose health and wellbeing, sport and physical development or to make community connections through Service Learning.

ART PROJECTS with Simone

This is a quiet space for students to take some time to unwind and learn a new skill; whether interested in abstract art, painting botanicals or they just want to dabble.

ANIME FILMS with Matt

Students will be watching and exploring a selection of Anime films. They can also learn more about Anime and Manga-style drawing by visiting one of the best and largest resources for quality, original Anime and Manga-style tutorials at anime outline.

ALL GAMES with Ben

Soccer, table tennis, basketball. Improve your hand/eye coordination and teamwork. Try them all! 

BOARD GAMES with Rob & Amir

These games vary from learning fun, co-operative games to more complex strategic games for advanced players, with the mindset that it is not the winning but the taking part that counts, and no prior knowledge is needed to join.

YEAR 9 PERSONAL PROJECT PREPARATION with Emily & Natalie

These sessions are an introduction to the MYP Personal Project, commencing with the nuts and bolts, inspiration and brainstorming. You'll read more about these sessions in the coming weeks.

YEAR 10 FUTURE AMP EXCLUSIVE 

Future Amp all-in-one platform helps every student build employability skills, discover industries, access career mentors and plan their career path, anywhere, anytime. Future Amp is proudly supported by the David Gonski AC national Future Minds program and the University of Melbourne’s (Innovated Program).

What else is in this issue?

• SUMMER PROGRAMS
  • Years 9 & 10 at Melbourne Graduate School University of Melbourne
• WHAT CAREER IS THAT?
  • Australian Work Skills Deficit
  • Discover Victoria's STEM ecosystem
• WHERE DO I FIND THINGS?
  • What types of courses are there?
  • What are tertiary institutions like?
  • News & Notifications
  • Links to Excellent Resources
  • Morrisby Careers Assessments
  • Making an Appointment

SUMMER PROGRAMS

Melbourne Graduate School Summer 2022

The Summer Program is a free program for students going into year 9 or 10 in 2022. It provides students with an opportunity to broaden their outlook and interests and encourages their academic learning and personal development. Classes will be on a variety of topics and subjects. Student experiences in previous Summer Programs have all been extremely positive. Due to the impact of COVID-19, the 2021 Summer Program will be delivered online

When is the Program held?

The four-day program will be held from Monday 10th January to Thursday 13th January 2022, 9:30am-2:30pm. Due to the impact of COVID-19, the 2022 Summer Program will be delivered online.

Who is eligible to apply?

Students entering year 9 and 10 in 2022 are eligible. Students who attend a majority of classes will receive a Certificate of Completion.

Register by Friday 26th November 2021.

For more information please download below.

WHAT CAREER IS THAT?

STEM CAREERS

Have you considered subjects like Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Math to name a few?

Did you know that: "Australia's workforce skills deficit will reach 29 million by 2030 (and 75% of future jobs will need STEM skills). But today's youth is not building these in-demand work skills." *Deloitte June 2019 and Future Amp. (*Post COVID, these statistics could be even higher).

DISCOVER VICTORIA'S STEM ECOSYSTEM 

Victoria's Lead Scientist, Dr Amanda Caples, encourages all young Victorians to study science and mathematics to develop transferable skills for the future. This map below shows the exciting programs and activities across Victoria to encourage young people to engage with STEM. It provides a navigational tool to enable connections across the system.

Download this map here.

The Careers Guide provides career ladders that can help you understand the level of training required for arange of jobs and occupations to help you get into your dream career. These are just two samples below. Each career links to a page with further information about the job, facts and related courses.

WHERE DO I FIND THINGS?

WHAT TYPES OF COURSES CAN I STUDY?

WHAT ARE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS LIKE?

NEWS AND NOTIFICATIONS

Please remember to log in and read your  Compass NewsFeed. 

EXCELLENT RESOURCES

Download this list of special resource links

Australian Jobs 2021 Digital edition here

MORRISBY ASSESMENTS

Recommendations are based on a series of psychometric assessments to help identify strengths, and results are combined with a more subjective questionnaire where students can state their preferences for work styles, environments and talents. Cost is a one-time $50 for lifetime access. Alternatively, you can also explore the FREE Lite version of Morrisby called Career Aspirations. Please email me if you would like access or more information.

MAKING AN APPOINTMENT

You can contact me in the Online Careers Hub in Zoom. Please use this link on the Preshil Careers website to make an appointment because it syncs to my calendar to avoid clashes. If you have any questions, concerns or need a face-to-face appointment please email me anytime at bronte.howell@preshil.vic.edu.au

Career Practitioner

Professional Member Career Education Association of Victoria (CEAV) 

Morrisby Accredited Careers Adviser

Visit: https://www.preshilcareers.com.au/

Special thanks to Jacky Burton from the Yarra Career Practitioners Group and Compass Career News who tirelessly each year puts together a lot of the one-sheet information guides that help us collate tertiary course information into the one place for students to easily access.