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Access Monash - Mentoring Program

Access Monash is a great program that sets challenges for students that aren't afraid to reach for the sky. It is a program guided by Monash University mentors, to teach selected Killester students about leadership and life after high school. In this developing project, we had to build our research and presentation skills, to enable our group to create and deliver an engaging, interactive and informative project. Once the research and our project about tertiary education was completed, we presented it to our year level and the school community. At the end of the program, Presentation Day gave us an opportunity to reflect on our project to an audience that included our school community, the Monash Access team, the Monash University community and other schools.

Over the course of three months, we discovered many things. Our Project findings included learning about the four different forms of tertiary education: University, TAFE, Independent Colleges and apprenticeships, and considered where we may like to go after secondary school.

Because of this opportunity, we were able to present in front of our year level. We, all from Killester College, enjoyed this experience. We have gained so much from this project and we have widened our minds to new-found knowledge.

Harleen Kaur

Year 9 St Emilie

Year 10 Work Experience

From the 2nd - 6th of September all Yr 10 students got to do a week-long work experience placement and I was fortunate enough to get to do mine at the Bureau of Meteorology. My experience was incredibly interesting and unique; in the very best way. 

Throughout the five day period, I learned a lot about the different occupations one can have in the Bureau, and  gained a lot of knowledge that I most certainly did not have prior to the experience. I got the opportunity to learn about the most fascinating things, — from what it looks like to monitor volcanic ash levels, to everything about marine, aviation and extreme weather job positions, as well as hydrology and how to use McIDAS software to create weather forecasting radars on my very own. I also learned a bit of coding when in the computing sciences area, and how to collate large amounts of data when in the water and accounting regulations area too.

I particularly liked spending time in the National Operations Area, and also going to the training centre in Broadmeadows, where I got the chance to witness firsthand the launch of an ozone hydrogen balloon test - by actually being a part of the launching process myself, which was very exciting. I met people from all walks of life; some from Melbourne, some from interstate, and I even met someone who worked in America for NASA. I learned a lot about myself by doing this placement as well, which will definitely help me in future employment, and I found the Bureau of Meteorology to be a very welcoming environment for me. I would highly recommend it to future work experience students, it is a very rewarding experience regardless of what your aspirations may be. 

My general feeling about my work experience week with the Bureau is that it was an absolute blast and completely out of this world; I enjoyed every minute of it! 

Ebony Dewadasa

Year 10 St Margaret