From the Futures Team
Providing students with a future toolkit
Futures Levy
The Futures Levy will appear in charges for Term 1 for Year 10 students and new Year 11 students.
The levy covers the following components as part of the Futures Curriculum at Pymble:
| Resources | Experiences |
| •Motivational Map and Workshops by Turning Point Consulting (Year 11 – 12) •‘The Careers Department’ subscription for micro-credentials and resources (Year 11-12) •E-Work Experience •Study Work Grow subscription (Years 11- 12) | Year 10 Strengths and Skills Day (Term 1) Year 10 Future You Festival (Term 4) Year 11 Immersion Day Excursion Masterclasses (Friday during MBS) Empower Lunches (Friday lunch) Careers Expo Parent Information Session |
Year 10 Strengths and Skills Day
All of Year 10 will be participating in an incursion on Thursday 22 March hosted by the Futures Department.
Students will be asked to complete a Clifton Strengths Assessment prior to this date. The Futures Levy for each student needs to be paid prior to receipt of their personalised code to access the survey.
EmPOWER Lunch – Journalism
On Friday 1 March at lunchtime in the Library Learning Studio, our Learning Prefects will be hosting ex student Olivia Kinghorst (Chang, 2011) in our first Empower Lunch for 2024.
What is EmPOWER Lunch?
An initiative which started in 2022 and led by the Learning Prefect team, EmPOWER Lunches are open to students in Year 7-12 to meet with Alumni, guests and industry experts to learn about them and their career paths.
Our special guest, Olivia is a respected international journalist who has volunteered her time to come meet students to share her insights on working in the field of media and journalism and her career path to date.
Students who are interested need to register their place at the event for catering purposes.
An invitation link will be sent to students via email.
Masterclass
Following the emPOWER Lunch, Year 11 and 12 students are invited to join Olivia Kinghorst in a masterclass on effective communication based on her experience as a presenter, moderator and journalist.
You can read more about Olivia and her work here.
An invitation link will be sent to students via email.
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