This is a wonderful time of the year celebrating the many Youth Partnerships programs that have run across the schools in the Campaspe region. We have had a very successful inaugural Goulburn Murray I CAN Expo and Imagination Club celebrations. Eleven Junior Park Rangers celebrated their program at the Kyabram Fauna Park in November along with teachers and parents. The MATES end of year gatherings have been held in both Kyabram and Echuca to say a thank you to our twenty community volunteers and students who have participated in the program.
The Murray Life Adventures program continues to be an engaging and valuable program. Hands on Learning is running at three locations at Kyabram P-12 College, Echuca College and at St Joseph’s College combined with Echuca Specialist School students.
Over 160 young people have been engaged in our programs throughout the year, making it our biggest year yet.
I CAN Network
The I CAN mentoring programs have run in both Kyabram and Echuca throughout the year. The secondary programs were celebrated in a combined end of year Goulburn Murray I CAN Expo in November at Mooroopna attended by over 150. Our schools that participated in the Expo included Kyabram P-12 College, St Augustine’s College, Echuca College, St Joseph’s College, River City Christian College and Echuca Specialist School. The I CAN talks by the students were inspiring. The very successful expo highlighted many positive outcomes for our young people embracing their autism.
The Kyabram Imagination Club (Kyabram P-12 College, Rushworth P-12 College and St Augustine’s College) celebrated their year on 25 November and the Echuca Imagination Club with students from Twin Rivers PS, Echuca Primary School and Echuca Specialist School on 26 November.
Junior Park Rangers at Kyabram Fauna Park
Eleven primary school students from Echuca Specialist School, Rushworth P-12 College Kyabram P-12 College and St Augustine’s College completed the Junior Park Rangers program in November and loved meeting the new dingo pups, enjoying a celebration party and receiving a certificate of achievement. The students have gained confidence, social skills team work and skills in handling snakes and lizards.
MATES Mentoring
The MATES mentoring program has expanded this year and we now have 20 matched mentors and mentees across St Augustine’s College, Kyabram P-12 College, Echuca College, St Joseph’s College, Echuca Specialist School, Rushworth P-12 College and Cohuna Secondary College. MATES end of year celebrations have been held in Kyabram at St Augustine’s College with a delicious morning tea and in Echuca we had a BBQ lunch at Apex Park.
Murray Life Adventures
St Joseph's College took two groups of students to Murray Life Adventures for three Wednesdays for each group, as part of a longer program that included health, fitness and personal development. In December the Echuca College and Echuca Specialist School combined group returned for one more, highly anticipated, day to revisit their learnings from their six week program earlier in the year. Schools are reporting that students are more engaged in school with improved confidence in their abilities.
Hands on Learning
You can read more about this here.
November 2019
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