Work Experience
At the beginning of the term, our Year 10 students embarked on an important journey of exploration and growth through our work experience program. This initiative provides our students with the invaluable opportunity to step out of the classroom and into the real world, where they will gain firsthand insights into various professions and industries.
This term, our Year 10 students have participated in a variety of activities and sessions focused on exploring possible future careers.
For the first three days of Term 3 the girls completed work experience. They went to a variety of workplaces to have a taste what it is like in the careers they are interested in.
A few of the many exciting career areas that the girls explored over their three-day work experience included physiotherapy, dentistry, real estate, architecture, radiology, engineering, and retail.
The girls all worked hard and were praised by their hosts at their workplaces for the enthusiasm, dedication, and professionalism they showed. Many of the girls’ choices in workplace reflected the certificate or diploma that they are currently completing during the time that they are provided in grade 10.
Some of these include diploma of business, certificate II and III in health services assistant and certificate II in animal care.
Over the three work experience days, the 25 girls completing their certificate II and III in Health Services Assistant travelled to the Mater Hospital in Brisbane where they were able to get experience working in the hospital, even getting the chance to work with real patients.
Through this experience, the girls learned about midwifery, patient care, feeding rehabilitation and building meaningful connections with patients. This experience was invaluable for the girls and is thanks to Fairholme College’s partnership with Mater education.
Following work experience the girls were involved in a series of career sessions that were held on campus as a part of the Pathways Week Program. One of these insightful sessions included a panel consisting of Rachel Young (midwife and business owner), Annabelle Allpass (working for Headspace after having studied and worked in Marketing and Public Health), Sophie Knauth (currently interning at Fairholme while she studies Primary Education), Amy Fischer (part of the Fairholme College Learning Enhancement Centre team, also experienced in sport and exercise science and teaching), and Wendy Lohse (data management, including experience in both local government and with National Archives).
The girls learnt a lot from this panel and Fairholme is proud to have past students that have gone onto to so many exciting career endeavours. Pathways Week is a great chance for the girls to think about their future careers paths and get a chance to have firsthand experience in the areas they are interested in.
Experiences like this are extremely valuable for the girls and are all thanks to the amazing Fairholme College Pathways Centre which focuses on helping girls be prepared for their future outside the College.
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