GISBORNE SECONDARY COLLEGE
College careers team rewarded The College’s careers team has received an award in acknowledgement of excellent work in career development for students. The Maryanne Mooney Excellence in Careers Services Perpetual Trophy for 2014 is given for building a strong career development culture in a school and, through a variety of programs, providing students with the skills to navigate the ever-changing world of further training, education and work. It recognises the commitment the school is making to acknowledge the importance of quality career
development for young people. This award recognises the work of Gisborne Secondary College’s high-performing careers development team led by Mr John Horley. The award acknowledges work that spans career counselling, work and study skills preparation, work experience and work readiness, School Based Apprenticeships, Certificate Courses and structured work placements for VET and VCAL units.
Over the past five years the teaching and support staff – Adrian Pang, Kerry Huke, Karen Hume, Sharona Smith, Jenny McCarthy, Frances Hayes, David Butler, Kushum Rattan and Ian Huke – have developed an integrated approach to careers and pathways development for students to help them achieve the best possible results. Congratulations!
The GSC Interact team with Rotary President Andrew Hall, far left, and Principal Andrew Robertson, far right.
Rotary Interact Charter Night The College congratulates the 24 students involved in the Interact Group via Gisborne Rotary. A charter night was held at the Gisborne Golf Club on November 25 when students received their certificate of organisation, their badge and polo shirt which confirm their membership on the Interact Club. Students have been working hard and have already raised close to $2500 towards a mental health program for Year 11 students. The group is hoping to work with local wildlife and animal protection groups and they are also planning a trip to Vietnam this year. The group is facilitated by GSC teacher Heather Dear and Rotary member Patti Yarwood. Fundraising has also been assisted this year by Bennett House and teacher Justin Rodda through events at the College.
School Captains Matthew Sparks and Sarah Edwards will begin their ‘What’s On at GSC’ column next month.
On the Ball at Essendon By Elise Muscat
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At the LTU Engineerin g & IT Project Showcas e ceremony in Decem ber, the ‘Best RAMP Project’ award and a cheque for $200 wa s presented to Tayler Mc Luckie by Soula Bennett , president of the Scien ce Teachers Associati on of Victoria, before an audience of about 1,0 00 people. It was for the de monstration of his ‘12V 3D Printed Robotic Ha nd’. Tony Herceg The College will ag ain be represented in the VCE Season of Excellence. Nic Pardy ’s project is shortlisted in the last 21 in Systems Engineering for the 20 15 VCE Top Designs. His name and the sch ool will be in the 2015 Top Designs Catalogu e. The exhibition will be open from February 19 to July 14 at Melbourn e Museum.
Owen, Brooke and I have been working on the ‘On the Ball’ program that Essendon Football Club runs, alongside the Bendigo Bank, Bill Hutchinson Foundation and the Para-Olympic Society. We wanted to focus on the positive side of mental health and harm prevention, rather than looking at depression, anxiety and the negative side to mental health. We decided on the topic of “Healthy Mind = Healthy Body. And a Healthy Me Makes Me Smile”. For our project we ran multiple workshops at St Brigid’s Primary School with all Year 3/4s promoting healthy eating, exercise and brain gym. We competed against four other schools and presented in front of a panel of three judges. It was such a good experience and we are all so grateful that we were a part of this competition.
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