Year 10 News
The final weeks of term two wrapping up for our Year 10 students.
Work Experience
All Year 10 students participated in work experience this term. To all our students who completed their work experience placements, well done! And to all of our students who gained employment through this experience, congratulations! It was rewarding and heart-warming to see the smiles on faces and enthusiasm to share stories when staff visited students in their workplace.
The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive with a few lucky students gaining employment because of their work ethic and attitude in the workplace. Work experience is a vital part of our Year 10 curriculum as it allows students the opportunity to experience work life and try different industries and jobs before having to make decisions about future pathways. It gives our students a better understanding of workplace expectations and future career options.
We would like to thank all our local employers who made this possible and provided opportunities for our students, without their support a program like this would not be possible.
Thanks also needs to be given to Ange Northover (Careers) for all her work in supporting our students throughout the entire process, your work is truly appreciated. Also, thanks to the staff who supported our students and went out to visit them in the workplace. Again, without your support, a program like this would not be possible. Our focus now shifts to future pathway opportunities and students will be considering and selecting their preferred pathway for 2024.
Course Counselling
Now that work experience is complete, our focus shifts, and students start their preparations for Course Counselling (CC). CC is when students start to explore their preferred pathways and subject options for 2024. CC will formally take place in Term 3, however, the conversations with students are starting now! Students’ future aspirations will direct them to do the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) or the new Victorian Certificate of Education Vocational Major, formerly known as VCAL.
Once students have indicated which pathway they prefer (at this stage) they are given instructions in "Becoming Familiar with the Kurnai VCE/VCEVM Handbook" which outlines subject descriptors. If you have any questions please email Ange: angela.northover@education.vic.gov.au (Careers) or Todd: Todd.Miller@education.vic.gov.au (Year 10 Team Leader).
The University Campus will also be holding an information evening on Wednesday 2nd of August which will provide families with more information about the VCE and VCE VM course offerings.
More information can also be found at https://www.kurnai.co/senior-campus-view and https://kurnai.co/senior-campus
May GPA All Stars
CONGRATULATIONS TO: Bethany Laws, Luisa Cardillo, Jett MacRae, Dean Xuereb, Taylor Mansfield, Cianese Bannister, Jessica Macgregor, Tahli Schmidt, Kiara Freeman, Tayla Heslop, Tamsin Schmidt, Sidney Townsend, Lexie Sykes, Ruby Turner Jellis, Declan Lazaris, Hallie Beam, Annalyse Braun, Ashton Busk, Ebony Button, Harley Scandrett, Robert Gray, Ella Hanson, Darnell Murray, Precious Glade, Daniel Lawrie, Zoe Woodward, Jarrod Thomas, Darcy Fehlberg, Archer Clark, Leandra McLauchlan, Brooke Ryan, Hannah Reynolds, Jesse Stevens, Nephi Doherty, Desiree Webb, Sky Consta, Sway Wilson, Kendra Bailey.
Art
Year 9-10 Self Portraits and Appropriation Artworks
Students have been working on two different projects. Students have been working with a variety of mediums to create artwork that reflects who they are.
The second project is an appropriation artwork, where students have chosen an old painting and a cartoon TV show. They select 3 characters from that cartoon and paint them into the scene, interacting with what is happening in it.
Todd Miller
Year 10 Team Leader