From the Futures Team
Welcome back from the Futures Department!
For those new to the College, the Futures Department help students to explore and discover their future pathways by supporting them to learn about themselves and the world of work.
We’re excited to be hosting a variety of events for students and the community this year, starting with the following:
Futures Calendar of Events – Semester 1
| Year 10 Skills and Strengths Day | Thursday 22 February | Whole Day incursion with all of Year 10 students participating in workshops. |
| Overseas Insight Evening | Monday 18 March | Information evening for students interested in an post school overseas study pathway, with particular focus on UK. |
| Year 11 Uni Immersion Day | Thursday 4 April | Whole Day excursion to universities with all Year 11 students |
| Careers Expo | Friday 3rd May | Community Expo featuring guest speakers, university, TAFE, College and industry representatives. |
Work Experience Stories
Over the summer break, recent Pymble graduates from Year 12 (2023) participated in work experience at Arup, a global firm of engineering consultants, designers, development planners and project managers. Alice Windybank, Ning Ning Jin and Abigail Taylor spent a week at the Arup headquarters in Sydney.
Hear about their experiences below:
Thank you so much for setting up the work experience week with Arup!
Abby, Alice and I really, really enjoyed it. We learned so much about the industry and all the different disciplines within engineering and architecture from so many different people. It was super interesting to see all the projects they were working on and all the behind-the-scenes that goes into their designs.
I don’t think I can share anything about the specific projects because many were confidential (which was also super cool to be let in on!). We got to see the behind-the-scenes for all the different disciplines within engineering and architecture, and met many people in the industry who were very passionate about their work. Facades, drainage, and hydraulics engineering were just a couple of the niches we got to experience and learn more about. Arup is also super big on sustainability so it was really interesting to see how that shines through and is taken into consideration during each step of their design process.
I feel so much more excited to actually start uni now and have a much better idea of what fields I can go into in the future! It was such a rewarding and special week, I’ll never forget it. – Written by Ning Ning Jin (2023)
Opportunities to develop skills for work
If you are interested in learning skills to be a barista, check out this opportunity through our Co-Curricular program!
Here’s some further information on how to find a job as a barista:
