Career News

2026 has certainly begun with much energy. Busy, busy.

Our eVET students are well underway with their TAFE studies and despite it being tricky to balance school work and TAFE, they are enjoying the opportunities that TAFE offers. This year we have students in Early childhood, Human Services, Information and Digital Technology and Marine Mechanics. Term 2 Year 10 will receive information regarding eVET and year 10 students interested in doing a TAFE course will need to add this into their subject selection form. The eVET portal opens in term 3 around July and closes mid September. These courses are popular and many fill up quickly and there are not many places available for later enrolments. If year 11 students are interested in eVET, they will need to approach Ms Evangelista or Ms Venkatesan. They can only choose a 1 year course. We have students completing TAFE taster programs, like the YES program and the new Non-EPP tasters in term 2. This is a great way to see if TAFE suits you.

In term one I make a number of visits to Universities and learn about the latest entry and course information. Soon I will present to Year 12 providing them with this information. This year has been a year of change. The government has reinforced course caps to numbers allowed into various courses, this means that universities must adhere to strict numbers in each course. There is also a plan to encourage regional students to attend their ‘local’ university. This is to increase engagement with university and hopefully address the daunting cost of attending university. UAC opens April 8 and your student will be able to use the PIN they received in their email to log into UAC. There is an early bird fee of $82, which ends September 30, the fee increases after this date. See key dates attached.

Mindspot is a great mental health tool being run by Macquarie University. You can access resources here, https://www.mindspot.org.au/resource-library See the  attached checklist you can do.

Year 10 will be receiving information and necessary forms for finding work experience. Work experience is on in the week starting November 30 and runs for 5 days. Students should starting looking for work experience as soon as possible. Forms are due September 18 in term 3. Year 10 will have access to a google classroom with copies of all forms and information, this will include a timeline of key dates and work experience information from previous years that students can use for contact information.