It has been an exciting term with lots of activities and experiences for the students doing the Vocational Major (VM) in 2025.
In Year 12, students were actively involved in the visits to Mount Waverley North Primary School (MWNPS). In small groups, they read to the Foundation students, helped out with afternoon sports, and assisted in the maintenance program. They have done this in conjunction with the Year 11 VM students.
The Foundation students have been excited to see the “big kids” at their school. The program covers the community engagement activities for PDS (Personal Development Skills) and team-building activities from the WRS (Work Related Skills) course. We will continue with this in Term 2. Also, students in Year 12 VM helped out with the MWNPS House Athletics Day and visited the Village to see how percentages and ratios are used in small and large businesses.
In Year 11, as well as being excellent participants in the MWNPS program, students went to the F1 at Albert Park and immersed themselves in learning about businesses in the Innovation Park, as well as watching the Supercars and Porsche cars roaming around the track.
Most of the students also attended a Food Handling course from an external provider to increase skills for the workplace. A Barista course will be made available in Term 2. Some of the Year 11 VM students will also be obtaining their White Card for construction work. In Hands-On learning with Mr Shaw, students have designed and constructed coffee tables for the resource centre.
All students are attending their VET courses on Wednesdays, and most of the Year 12’s have found Structured Workplace Learning opportunities on Fridays. Thanks to Mr Newnham for all his work in this area.
The staff taking VM in 2025 are also doing several professional days with our colleagues from Highvale SC and Box Hill SC. Like us, these schools did not have a VCAL program, so we are working together to make our programs work for our local area.
As always, thank you to the VM staff for allowing these students to improve their skills and knowledge of applied learning in and out of the classroom.
The staff for 2025 are:
Year 11 Numeracy – Mr Johnston
Year 11 Literacy – Ms Rogers
Year 11 Personal Development Skills (PDS) – Ms Robotham
Year 11 Work Related Skills (WRS) – Ms Lockhart
Year 11 Hands-on Learning – Mr Shaw
Year 12 Numeracy – Mr Griffin
Year 12 Literacy – Ms Smith
Year 12 Personal Development Skills (PDS) – Mr Bartlett
Year 12 Work Related Skills (WRS) – Mr Newnham
The students are lucky to have adaptable, collaborative, innovative teachers who instill skills that will help them on their way to a successful career.
Mr Wayne Griffin
Head of Senior Pathways