Wellbeing
Scholarships
The Department of Education offers scholarships for grade 4 to year 11.
The Department offers approximately 20 x Year 4 to Year 11 scholarships involving up to 200 scholarship awards. Some scholarships have different eligibility requirements but the majority include demonstration of financial need. In most cases they will also ask about your school and community activities as well as your academic results
Please find the link below and follow the information to check for eligibility.
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/students/support/Pages/scholarships411.aspx
Immerse: 30 Exhibitions, 30 Days, 30 Venues in Knox
INNOVATE. SURPRISE. INSPIRE. Immerse, one of the largest and innovative exhibition programs in Australia will be surprising and inspiring audiences again in November. Developed by Knox City Council in collaboration with over 40 artists, exhibiting in 30 every day spaces over 30 days Immerse gives people the opportunity to experience artwork in unexpected places, while also supporting local artists. From street art to stencils, textiles to ceramics, sculpture to photography, glass to installation, Immerse represents an array of artistic styles and mediums. The Immerse exhibition program is open from 12 November to 12 December 2016.
Section 32 - Immerse Feature Art Project
Artists: Clare McCracken, Brienna Macnish, Robert Jordan and collaborators. Our city is in a state of flux: climate change, rapid population growth, housing affordability, technological advances such as driverless cars and shifts in the labour market are all gearing up to permanently change both the look of our city and how we inhabit it. Section 32 is a site-specific immersive installation that consumes a residential home in Boronia, creatively looking at what the stand-alone suburban house may be like by the end of this century. Knox City Council invites you to visit the house and be part of this interactive art installation. 231 Boronia Road, Boronia. Book FREE Tickets www.section32art.com
Open Mondays and Saturdays from 12 November to 10 December 2016, 10am to 4pm.
Knox Youth Events Crew
Are you creative, enthusiastic and interested in being part of something in your community? Knox Youth Events Crew is open to young people 12-25 years who live, work, study or have a connection in City of Knox. KYEC plans events like Green Foot Flicks, activities at community festivals and other places as way of encouraging young people to get involved in our community. The group meets on Tuesdays 4:30pm–6:30pm @ Knox Youth Information Centre 2 Capital City Boulevard, Wantirna South (Westfield Knox) More info contact Kate Clark on 9298 8000 or kate.clark@knox.vic.gov.au
Green Foot Flicks Youth Film Festival
We are looking for short films from local young film makers aged 10-25 years, who live, work, study or have a connection to Knox. Submit your film now to be in the running to win prizes and become a celebrity on the green carpet at Green Foot Flicks Youth Film Festival on Wednesday 5 April 2017. Films are due by Friday 17 February 2017, so you’ve got plenty of time to create a cinematic masterpiece. Finalist will be selected by a panel of young people on the Knox Youth Events Crew who plan and run the youth film festival event every year. For full details see the information download an application pack below or contact Kate Clark tel: 9298 8550, kate.clark@knox.vic.gov.au or http://www.knox.vic.gov.au/greenfoot
National Youth Week 2017 film competition open!
Do you know any young people between the ages 15-24? To celebrate National Youth Week 2017, SBS is teaming up with the Department of Social Services (DSS) and the Foundation for Young Australians (FYA) to give young people a chance to share their story on national television. No filmmaking experience necessary! Five winners will be selected to be flown to Melbourne for a 5-day filmmaking workshop where they’ll learn all about storytelling, be mentored by industry experts and get to transform their stories into 1 minute films for SBS’ channels. Last year’s films were played more than 300 times across SBS TV channels and reached over 1.8 million people on Facebook. Competition open: 4-20 November 2016. For more information or to enter visit: http://www.sbs.com.au/learn/youth-week Check out the Youth Week 2016 films here: http://www.sbs.com.au/learn/youth-week-2016
Connect – Celebrating Cultural Diversity
The Whitehorse Flying Pig Events FReeZA crew have combined forces with the Maroondah Amped Entertainment FReeZA crew to bring you an awesome event! Connect is a community event for young people on Friday 16 December at Ringwood Train Station, featuring live music with young artists performing from 4.30–8pm. There will also be food stalls, workshops, and market stalls. For more information contact Jacqueline Piper – jacqeline.piper@whitehorse.vic.gov.au or phone 9898 9340
Victoria Police conerns
We have received information from Victoria Police about local ‘pop-up’ parties and social gatherings being organised via social media which are unsafe for the young people attending.
These parties are being hosted in private homes, abandoned buildings and public halls across south eastern and eastern Melbourne.
Victoria Police acknowledges that many young people are also attending safe parties. However, Victoria Police has made a number of recommendations to ensure young people can safely attend local gatherings:
- Talk to your children and be mindful of where they are;
- Be vigilant around monitoring all of your child’s social media accounts (consider there may be multiple accounts) and look online at any events your child wants to attend;
- Investigate any party your child is attending, and be satisfied of where your child is and who they are with. If a party location is unknown one or two weeks prior to a party date, this may be of concern.
- Underage alcohol drinking and drug use is not recommended.
Students with any wellbeing concerns or issues they are encouraged to speak to our wellbeing officer.
Paul Graham
Student Welfare Coordinator