WOT IF Day

On Wednesday 20 October, the College ran the inaugural WOT IF Day for students in Years 6,7, and 8. WOT IF stands for What’s OUT There…Inspired Futures and we  hope that this day will provide our students in the Middle Years the opportunity to start thinking about career options by considering what they like, whether are they are good with their hands, do they like being outdoors etc. It was a very busy day for our students, and I was able to see some interesting paddle pop bridges and coffee / hot chocolate making taking place. We were very blessed to have some fabulous presenters.

We welcomed Kilcoy Global Meats and during their session (thank you Mr Price, Miss Price’s Dad for travelling up to see us for the day) students produced some interesting marketing ideas and learnt about the parts of the beast. Mr Price also went through all the incredible employment opportunities there are in this sector of the Agricultural Industry.

USQ once again presented some fantastic career opportunities to our students. These included aviation, engineering, and health. We will welcome them back again later in the term when they will be completing career rotations with our Year 9 students.

Another huge shout out must go to Mel Harms from Urban Paddock Cafe. Mel brought in a coffee machine for the students to see and use on the day. Not only did she supply the machine, the coffee, and the milk she sent the wonderful Lizette MacDonald to work with our students showng them how to operate the machine and what a coffee barista is required to do. This amazing lady did not stop all day and I know from the feedback from students, this was one of their favourite activities. Thank you so so much Lizette.

Thank you also to TAFE Southwest for giving up their time to present to the students. Lastly a great big thank you to Miss Jacinta Willocks who ran our Virtual Reality (VR) Equipment through out the day. Using the VR equipment, students were able to experience coffee making in the visual reality world before moving to Lizette to experience it for real. This fabulous equipment was donated to the College by the Endeavour Foundation and Arrow Energy and will become an integral part o,f not only Careers Education at the College, but other areas of the curriculum as well. During our lunch break, the official media launch for the VR rquipment was held and our students were able to show off their talents.

All in all this was a brilliant day that we will grow even bigger next year. 

Congratulations to Hayden Taylor from Year 10 who is undertaking a Certificate III in Agriculture with employer TG & FL Reed. We thank the Reeds for providing Hayden with this opportunity and look forward to his success in the agricultural field.

Libby Baxter

Careers Development Practitioner