It has been a busy month for our Year 9s where they kept exploring career via the career taster program. STEM UnitED came along to run a 2 day workshop for our students in Year 7 to 9. The students learnt about future career in STEAM (Science, Technologies, Engineering, Arts and Maths) and they got to play with robots and drones.

Additionally, some of our intrepid Year 9 student participated in a career taster at TAFE (Thornlie campus) where they learnt all about electronics components. They learnt about electricity, magnetism and the doping effect (very ingenious engineering solution to use silica in all our beloved devices). It was heavy content taster but our crusaders did Kalamunda SHS proud. 

At Kalamunda SHS our teachers are always trying to improve their teaching and engage students in their subjects. The school has purchased a subscription to the Career Department to allow students (Year 11 and 12) to learn about career and education pathways beyond school. Teachers had a professional learning sessions during Week 7 to learn how to embed career in their subject using this tool. Teachers’ feedback was really positive so students might begin to understand that learning about Maths, English, Science, HASS, etc is linked to their chosen career once they leave school. 

I am taking ‘career to the people’. Every Tuesday and Thursday lunch time, I am popping out with my career trolley to talk to our students about career choices. I enjoying meeting the students and engaging in conversation about their future. If you want to pop in to talk to me I am in the VET office Monday till Thursday.

Amanda Moreno Diaz
Career Practitioner