The prospect of moving from the more-structured environment of primary school to the big wide world of high school can be a daunting prospect for some. Funding received by Tenterfield High School, however, is making the transition for this year’s batch of Year 6s an exciting prospect.
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The high school secured one of five $20,000 grants offered by the NSW Department of Education - Rural and Distance Education to assist with the implementation of a rural and remote career initiative. This allowed the school to partner up with The Sir Henry Parkes Memorial Primary School, St Joseph’s Primary School and Mingoola, Drake and Jennings Public Schools in a number of activities to engage the students in the importance of their education.
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The initiative aims to encourage the awareness of career planning, motivation and the importance of and understanding of employability skills from a much earlier age.
First activity was a field trip on July 31 and August 1 taking the Year 6 students and the high school's Year 7 students to Brisbane and Gold Coast to motivate them about career options and skills they may need for their futures.
Over the two-day excursion the group visited Amberley RAAF Heritage Centre Museum, toured Suncorp Stadium, explored the Cube Experience interactive displays at Queensland University of Technology, visited Griffith University and Acacia Ridge Skills TAFE for some hands on activities and enjoyed a very informative tour of the Port of Brisbane.
On Tuesday, August 14 year six students intending to attend Tenterfield High School next year got a taste of what’s in store, undertaking a science, cooking or woodworking class onsite.
The science students explored the forces of friction, designing a balloon-powered vehicle to overcome friction to achieve momentum, with mixed success.
The cookery students learned the importance of procedure to create a dish, while the woodworking students explored a number of techniques including pyrographing their names into timber.
Some other events planned for the remainder of the year include local business visits and interviews, career dress-up days, and a reciprocal visit by Year 10 students to the primary schools to implement some career games and activities they have developed.
A community career skills and wellbeing event for all schools to be held at the high school is also being organised for later in November.
