Health Services Assistance

Last Friday, the AIN girls completed their practical assessment for this semester. It involved them reading a scenario, then acting it out as if they were in a hospital ward. Carmille and Stella worked as a team and showed confidence and skill in handling a difficult, complaining patient!

Working co-operatively, they moved the patient safely to the bathroom for a shower then returned her to the bed for a meal, all the time communicating in a friendly, positive manner. Together with their written assessment of 50 questions, and an oral test last week, this puts them at 85% finished for their Certificate lll. A terrific effort! We are attending a 2 -day First Aid course on Dec 1st and 2nd to complete another competency.

Ms Rosemary

Children Services

Congratulations to Karen Noah, who this week finished all her theory for the Cert III Children Services Course. She is also half way through her practicals and now needs to go more often to practicals to get this side of the competencies marked off.

Students in Year 11 and 12 have started planning for the Childcare Room at the Year 10 Subject Selection evening. The first thing they have done is to find and assess spaces within the school for their appropriateness for children. Last year the parents that had children appreciated being able to leave them with the girls so that they could talk to the teachers/tutors on their own.

Ms Cate

11B Leadership Class

Elisa Mara's brilliant animations


The 11B Leadership class has been working on a variety of projects with the latest being exploration into the latest and greatest in IT. Thanks to Mr Aaron who has set up the Cybrary and given students access to try out the best in digital technology. Here are some early trials and experimentation from the students...

James Gaiden

Arthur Dau

Rosie Stafford

Fredson Akiba - DC HILL


Francis Manas

Elisa Mara

Arthur

Annie Strikes Gold

Congratulations to Annie Mabo who is one of the leading TAVE students at DC. She recently acquired a QCE by completing her courses in 2010.

Annie is an excellent touch football player and coach. She has completed a certificate III in Health and Nursing that are worth maximum points each along with a number of other completions that include:

BSB20101 - Cert II Business - 1 Credit
BSB20107 - Cert II Business - 4 Credits (currently finishing off)
Cert III Children's Services - 8 credits
Cert III Health Services Assistance - 8 credits
English Communication - 4 credits
Prevocational Maths - 4 credits
Religion and Ethics - 4 credits

We wish Annie all the best for her future and is a great example of what happens when you put your best foot forward and complete courses in the TAVE year.

Student star of the term is Judith Carney

The student star of the term is Judith Carney who is the first year 12 student to complete all of her work. This comes on the back of being a good mother to Reeko, while setting an outstanding example about how to acquire and education with competing interests. Judith’s greatest asset is her deep reflective thinking and an analytical mind that is complimented by her strong will and determination. It is interesting to note that everyone loves Reeko, and from what I observe, he exudes a great deal of his mother’s delightful and insightful nature. Perhaps this is the start of a new dynasty where children like Reeko follow in their parents footsteps by acquiring an education and a successful career as a result. Judith is seen here wearing the new senior school shirt for 2010.

Everyone in the school loves Reeko and everyone loves what Judith has achieved.

Health Services Assistance

Both groups of students are working hard to finish assessments for the end of the year. We have been working as a group on a wiki about Culture and Health, and last Friday, the students presented this to the group. It is great to see how confident and well spoken the students are.

We have been doing practicals at TAFE for the last few weeks and on Friday,
were tested on bedmaking (with and without clients), and moving patients with a sling out of bed and into a shower chair. More able patients use an assisted walker. We also learnt how to give a client a “bed-bath”. Here is Stella practicing on “George”, our patient.

Ms Rosemary

Children Services

This week students in Year 12 and TAVE finished their theory unit on “Working Effectively With Families” in the one day! Well done Kernisha, Tiaella and Natalie! It was the Year 11 students' turn to perform observations on students in Ms. Sian's class. They wrote good observations for their first time and will complete the unit next week. Kernisha has been our star student, attending practical days and progressing very well through her theory. Well done Kernisha! Unfortunately, Aileen was absent.

Ms Cate

Clothing Production News 27/08/10

Since the beginning of this term April has shown a high level of motivation in Clothing Production. She has worked industriously and tirelessly. Her target was to produce her own graduation gown. She did everything possible to finish her gown in time. This includes staying behind after school, paying attention to detail, and of course, following all the teacher’s instructions. Today she is obviously proud of her production. She shows off to her friends about her talent in this course. She cannot wait until she wears it on the formal night. Lane Ingui has also produced a magnificent purple gown but you will have to wait and see both girls on the night!

Miss Leni