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Page 4 – www.sandpiper.org.au News May 2011
Students enjoy Worlds of Work.
Students
have wow
of a time
By Louise Levy
Education Officer – Indigenous Education,
CEO Wangaratta
fifteen Indigenous students from across
Victoria have attended a residential program,
WOW (Worlds of Work).
WOW is a flagship initiative of the Education
Foundation, a division of the Foundation for
Young Australians.
WOW brings students into the CBD to visit
a number of workplaces and take part in workshops
designed to build on students’ strengths,
their communication skills and their broaden their
aspirations.
WOW provides students with an environment
in which they will be challenged with new contexts,
ideas and role models as they set out to find
answers to a very potent essential question:
“What does it take to succeed in the global
world of life and work?”
The process of gathering a range of data to
answer this question will inform all the activities
for the week.
Students explored this question in many different
contexts and with many different people,
including their peers. More than this the program
provides students with the tools to understand
themselves better through a process of teamwork,
reflection and analysis.
Drawing on a range of innovative pedagogies
including Experiential Learning, Reflective Practice,
Action Research, Visualisation, Role Play
and Metacognitive tools, the program takes the
students on a journey that broadens their view on
what it means to be effective in the changing world
of work.
The three main objectives of the WOW program
are:
Objective 1: To increase students’ awareness
of, desire and ability to access opportunities in life
and work outside their local environment
Objective 2: To provide new experiences, connections
and opportunities for students to explore
and expand their definitions of success in life and
work
Objective 3: To increase students’ capacity to
identify and utilise their skills and strengths to
create their own pathways and achieve their future
aspirations.
The program was fully funded by The Department
of Early Education and Workplace Relations
and the Catholic Education Commission of
Victoria.
Caring at a time of need
VAEE President Sarah Housman with Dr Kate Auty, Sharon Darling and Paul Dullard.
Teachers awarded
By Jenni Kennedy
Catholic Education Office, Bendigo
Catholic Education Sandhurst, Education
Officer Mr Paul Dullard has been
recognised as joint winner of the Victorian
Association for Environmental
Education’s 2010 Educator of the Year.
The VAEE Educator of the Year Award
was presented by Dr. Kate Auty, Victoria’s
Commissioner for Sustainability, at the
2011, Melbourne Toolbox for Environmental
Change Conference for Educators, on March
17.
Environmental Educator of the Year, in
existence since 1985, recognises individuals
who have made an exemplary contribution to
the field of environmental and sustainability
education within Victoria.
Paul shared the award with Dr Sue Lewis,
Sustainability Catalyst, Education and
Training for Sustainability, National Centre
for Sustainability at Swinburne University of
Technology.
Paul was recognised for his outstanding
work championing sustainability education in
the Catholic education system in Victoria and
Australia.
This included facilitating Sandhurst
schools to improve their resource management,
mentoring sustainability educators and
facilitators in regional Victoria and developing
Leadership for a Positive Future workshops
for students across the diocese.
An acknowledgment was also made of
Paul’s work to develop new curriculum initiatives
in Sandhurst, to create professional
networks for Victorian Catholic schools,
which in 2010 was able to coordinate and
develop better sustainability initiatives
throughout Victoria and to make links with
CEOs in other dioceses across Australia.
Paul’s project to develop, source funding
and implement a Certificate III in Carbon
Management pilot for Secondary teachers
in Victorian Catholic Secondary Schools in
2010/11 was recognised as innovative and
leading in the field of Sustainability education.
Also commended for her contribution to
leading practice in environmental education
in 2010 was Ms Sharon Darling, teacher at St
Augustine’s College, Kyabram. Sharon was
acknowledged for her consistent and strong
application of the ResourceSmart AuSSI Vic
framework in a P-12 rural school.
The award recognised Sharon’s dedication
to making St Augustine’s a leading school in
resource management in our diocese.
Dr Lewis and Mr Dullard are Victoria’s
nominations to the Australian Association for
Environmental Education’s Educator of the
Year Award.
Farewell to the Presentation Sisters
From - Page 1
Monsignor Marriott spoke on
behalf of the diocese noting the
effective contribution the Presentation
Sisters had made to this
community.
The principals of both schools
spoke on behalf of the schools
recalling the many significant
challenges the sisters faced in establishing
the schools and developing
and maintaining high educational
standards.
They also ensured the buildings
supported excellence in teaching.
The Sisters’ influence on learning
in the spiritual and faith aspects
of the life of the students is ongoing
today.
Pat Webb spoke on behalf of the
wider community and spoke of the
many challenges the Sisters’ faced
and that if anything happened the
catch cry was, “Tell Sister!”.
Pat recalled stories about stray
cats and burning tyres taking off
to see to recalcitrant boys and Deb
Balls and Mock Weddings wherein
the nuns took their part happily.
The sisters were very generous
in opening the convent grounds to
the public and many a hot scone
and cake came out of the convent
kitchen.
The first and last Principals of
Marian College was present last
Sunday, Sr Maria Therese Harold
and Sr. Liz Lamprell.
Many former principals and
teachers of St Mary’s were also here
for the celebrations.
They were delighted by the
entertainment provided by ‘Bishop
Frank’ from Melbourne and the
Nun’s Chorus.
The St Mary’s Parish Events
Committee created a wonderful
atmosphere and served beautifully
prepared food and Fr Peter and his
committee need to be congratulated
for their efforts.
The Presentation Sisters presented
to the Parish a framed image,
an iconic picture of Nano Nagle and
her works.
Fr Peter then invited Sr. Bernadette
Keating the head of the
Presentation Congregation to veil a
plaque commemorating the many of
years of service to St Mary’s Parish.
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