Welcome Back to Term 2

Year 10 News:

Mock Interviews will be held for all V1 (Year 10 students) on Thursday, 19th May. Next week we will be starting the process of preparing for Mock Interviews, writing a resume, competing a job application and constructing a cover letter. More information about the day itself will be sent to families closer to the date.

Work Experience for all Year 10 students will be held in term 4. Students will bring home information next week regarding the work experience program which will run from Monday 28th November to Friday 2nd December.

Year 12 Career conversations

This week I have started meeting with the Year12 students in small groups to discuss their options post-secondary school. I have been really pleased that most of the students I have met with so far have come to the meeting already prepared, having completed some thinking and research about possible options for the future. Remember, Year 12’s, if you are not sure what you are going to do yet that’s OK. Come along to your scheduled meeting and we will work through some ideas for you to go away and research!!

*A reminder also that all Year 12 students will have the Tertiary Information Session (TIS) event on Thursday, 2nd June- more information to follow later in the term.

Inside Monash Seminar Series 2016

Students, check this out!…Get the inside story of what it’s really like to study at Monash. You’ll hear from a current student, a past student and an academic. It’s the best 90 minutes you could spend researching your course. Bring along your parents too! Students are reminded that the Inside Monash Seminar Series commenced in March and below is the list of seminars to still take place. A reminder that these seminars provide VCE students and parents with an insight into the courses and career options within discipline areas. The seminars are held in various locations across the Caulfield, Clayton and Peninsula campuses, and seminars with the same title have the same program. All seminars commence at 6.30pm. Register at Inside Monash Seminars

Melbourne University News…… New Bachelor of Design

With the first intake in Semester 1, 2017, the Bachelor of Design will create new pathways for students who are passionate about the use of design and creative approaches across a wide range of disciplines and professions, and give students contemporary opportunities for their graduate study and career prospects.

There will be eleven majors available:

Architecture
Construction
Computing
Civil Systems
Digital Media
Landscape Architecture
Mechanical Systems
Property
Spatial Systems
Urban Planning
Visual and Performance Design

The new degree will provide students with great flexibility in the form of new majors, double majors, minors and unique specialisations. Students will study the application of design in a wide range of contexts, from the macro-level of the metropolis to the construction of buildings, bridges, and landscapes, even right down to the small-scale of systems and micro-structures.

Interesting facts….

What’s the difference between a Physiotherapist and an Occupational Therapist?

According to the Difference Between* website, the main differences can be summarised below:

Physiotherapy deals with the muscles and limbs of a person. It helps in recovery and enables a person to move around. Occupational therapy deals with this and much more. It is all about a person making the best of his home as well as his occupation.
Physiotherapy does not involve anything about the mind. However, occupational therapy has a lot to do with the mental faculties of a person.
Occupational therapy helps a person in improving his functional abilities. Physical therapy focuses only on his physical abilities.
A physiotherapist may prescribe a few medicines. However, an occupational therapist generally doesn’t.

* OT vs. Physiotherapy

Another link to browse would be OT vs. Physiotherapy

A useful YouTube clip also addresses this question - YouTube - OT vs. Physio

Jodie McCarthy

Careers & Pathways Manager

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