School Based Enrichment Programs
Career Development
The ‘job for life’ scenario no longer exists. In today’s world many individuals will move between a range of life, learning and work roles. Newton Moore prioritises equipping students with the knowledge and skills to design and manage their careers in a changing world of work.
Our Career Practitioner supports individual students with career-related tasks and guides the implementation of career development in the classroom.
Our Year 7 and 8 students participate in semester-long Careers programs to:
- discover their values, work preferences and developing skills
- explore future work options
- learn how to manage their career pathway
Next year, we will offer a Year 9 Careers program that students can choose as an option.
Our Career Practitioner and VET Coordinator collaborate with industry, community, further education, training and government organisations to coordinate presentations and experiences that support student learning and highlight the relevance of school.
Year 9s experience a Career Taster program where they participate in excursions and incursions to explore a diverse range of industries and occupations, and visit our local TAFE and university.
In Year 10 Careers Week, students are supported to develop an employment portfolio so they are equipped with tools necessary to obtain a job and start working.
In Year 11 and 12 a range of guest presenters visit classes and provide information so students can make better-informed career development decisions.
At Newton Moore every student completes an Individual Pathway Plan to encourage self-reflection, career exploration, goal setting and career management skills.
Bush Rangers
Bush Rangers WA is a youth-based conservation and community development program run by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions - Parks and Wildlife Service and supported by Cadets WA and the Department for Local Government and Communities. It supports young Western Australians to take an active role in the conservation of the natural environment and better understand the mechanisms for its management. Bush Rangers is a School Curriculum and Standards Authority (SCSA) endorsed program and completion counts towards meeting requirements of the WA Certificate of Education (WACE). There are also opportunities for students to complete their Duke of Edinburgh Award.
Our program has a focus in marine life along our coastline and works closely with the local environmental stakeholders. It offers students in Years 9 to 12 the opportunity to receive training in first aid, bush craft, survival, navigation, camp cooking, teamwork, leadership, initiative and problem solving through various camps and practical nature conservation projects. The program encourages students to develop an appreciation for local environmental issues and to take action for positive change. Our program is proudly supported by Lotterywest grants.
Student Leadership
Newton Moore Senior High School encourages students to develop their leadership skills to support their peers and the wider community. The opportunity to join one of our Student Leadership groups in Years 7 through to Year 12 allows students to develop the qualities that will see them succeed throughout life. Each leadership group meets regularly working as a team to raise issues of student concern. Leadership skills such as communication, management, confidence and critical thinking are developed through school events, peer mentoring and leadership forums.
The school’s leadership program culminates in Year 12 when students have the opportunity to be elected by the school community onto the Student Executive. The Student Executive act as ambassadors of the school and are guided and assisted by the Student Services Program Coordinator and Wellbeing Coordinators. Their roles include meeting people that visit the school, attending events and ceremonies, organising and conducting school assemblies and being a community contact. The Student Executive are vital to the school community as they support peers and act as an avenue for communication between the school administration, staff and students, which is critical to the school community.
Wetland Webs
A series of sites about the wetlands constructed by students as part of their Science Horizons studies and as entries in The University of Sydney Eureka Schools Prize for Biological Sciences.