Development of the 2010 Compass Volunteer program 'Word Up' is well and truly underway with Compass staff hosting 12 Compass school representatives at Social Inclusion headquarters throughout November and December to discuss each schools' preferred volunteer program requirements.
On 19th November 90 year 9 students from Condell Park High School visited the University of Sydney. This was their first visit as part of the Compass program.
22 teaching staff from Kogarah PS, Athelstane, PS, Wilkins PS, Picnic Point PS, Condell Park PS, Condell Park HS, Yagoona PS, Marrickville HS and Marrickville IEC said that they felt "reinvigorated and recharged" after attending a Drama and Literacy workshop developed and facilitated by Professor Robyn Ewing, Acting Dean, Faculty of Education and Social Work for the Compass program earlier this week.
Year 10 is synonymous with career exploration and last week the University of Sydney's Yr 10 Compass Career Day provided 57 students from Condell Park, Kogarah and Marrickville High Schools the chance to explore their strengths in workshops aimed at focusing on careers that suit their personality and strengths.
We have received confirmation that the Sydney College of Arts (SCA) will be able to deliver film-editing workshops for our schools next year. At this stage the SCA will be able to deliver two workshops per term for 2010.
Erebus International will undertake the formal evaluation of the Compass program from November 2009 until December 2011. Representatives from Erebus will introduce themselves to staff attending the Volunteer Planning days in the coming weeks.
On 5th and 6th November over 150 students from years 4 and 5 in Marrickville, Kogarah, Bexley and Yagoona Public Schools attended Giant Science at the University of Sydney.
Global Handwashing day is an initiative by global aid agencies and industry to promote hygiene practice and to highlight how diseases can be spread. Marrickville West Public School participated in a morning of high-tech germ spotting that showed just how pervasive those pesky germs truly are!
Year 10 Marrickville High School students attended a School Certificate Preparation Workshop at the University of Sydney on October 23rd, 2009, organised through the Compass Project and staff at Marrickville.
Sixteen Year 12 students from Marrickville High School and Kogarah High School were offered free places in chemistry and physics HSC revision lectures.
Parents from Marrickville West Families in Cultural Transition program attended a concurrent Experience Day undertaking a physics session with Dr Phil Dooley, a tour of the campus and libraries, a session on higher education pathways and a visit to the Nicholson Museum.
This week the University of Sydney, in partnership with The Smith Family, is hosting two Experience Days for high school students who may never before have considered university study.
The University has invited high school students from low socioeconomic backgrounds to come to campus to experience university life for a day in a project aimed at encouraging students to aspire to higher education.
Students and staff from Kogarah Public School descended upon the University of Sydney campus for a day of activities aimed at putting real context to the the function and significance of post-secondary education.
Students and staff from Marrickville and Kogarah High Schools were delighted by the feats of just three actors delivering 37 plays condensed into two hilarious acts with The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.
Chris Johnson, Principal of Athelstane Primary School, presented a great analogy on her recent radio broadcast on ABC Radio National when she said that students can't aim for the moon if they don't know it exists.
More than 180 Year 3 and 4 students from Wilkins and Marrickville West Public Schools enjoyed a day of hands-on workshops, talks and shows covering topics from medicine to climate change as part of Science in the City this week.
The Compass program was officially launched by the Deputy Prime Minister the Hon. Julia Gillard MP and the Vice-Chancellor and principal Dr Michael Spence at the University of Sydney on the 10th June, 2009.
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Development of the 2010 Compass Volunteer program 'Word Up' is well and truly underway with Compass staff hosting 12 Compass school representatives at Social Inclusion headquarters throughout November and December to discuss each schools' preferred volunteer program requirements. 
On 19th November 90 year 9 students from Condell Park High School visited the University of Sydney. This was their first visit as part of the Compass program.
22 teaching staff from Kogarah PS, Athelstane, PS, Wilkins PS, Picnic Point PS, Condell Park PS, Condell Park HS, Yagoona PS, Marrickville HS and Marrickville IEC said that they felt "reinvigorated and recharged" after attending a Drama and Literacy workshop developed and facilitated by Professor Robyn Ewing, Acting Dean, Faculty of Education and Social Work for the Compass program earlier this week. 
Year 10 is synonymous with career exploration and last week the University of Sydney's Yr 10 Compass Career Day provided 57 students from Condell Park, Kogarah and Marrickville High Schools the chance to explore their strengths in workshops aimed at focusing on careers that suit their personality and strengths. 
We have received confirmation that the Sydney College of Arts (SCA) will be able to deliver film-editing workshops for our schools next year. At this stage the SCA will be able to deliver two workshops per term for 2010. 
Erebus International will undertake the formal evaluation of the Compass program from November 2009 until December 2011. Representatives from Erebus will introduce themselves to staff attending the Volunteer Planning days in the coming weeks.
On 5th and 6th November over 150 students from years 4 and 5 in Marrickville, Kogarah, Bexley and Yagoona Public Schools attended Giant Science at the University of Sydney.
Global Handwashing day is an initiative by global aid agencies and industry to promote hygiene practice and to highlight how diseases can be spread. Marrickville West Public School participated in a morning of high-tech germ spotting that showed just how pervasive those pesky germs truly are!
Year 10 Marrickville High School students attended a School Certificate Preparation Workshop at the University of Sydney on October 23rd, 2009, organised through the Compass Project and staff at Marrickville.
Sixteen Year 12 students from Marrickville High School and Kogarah High School were offered free places in chemistry and physics HSC revision lectures.
Parents from Marrickville West Families in Cultural Transition program attended a concurrent Experience Day undertaking a physics session with Dr Phil Dooley, a tour of the campus and libraries, a session on higher education pathways and a visit to the Nicholson Museum.
This week the University of Sydney, in partnership with The Smith Family, is hosting two Experience Days for high school students who may never before have considered university study.
The University has invited high school students from low socioeconomic backgrounds to come to campus to experience university life for a day in a project aimed at encouraging students to aspire to higher education.
Students and staff from Kogarah Public School descended upon the University of Sydney campus for a day of activities aimed at putting real context to the the function and significance of post-secondary education.
Students and staff from Marrickville and Kogarah High Schools were delighted by the feats of just three actors delivering 37 plays condensed into two hilarious acts with The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.
Chris Johnson, Principal of Athelstane Primary School, presented a great analogy on her recent radio broadcast on ABC Radio National when she said that students can't aim for the moon if they don't know it exists.
Engineering students organised a workshop to work with Year 9 students from Marrickville High School to investigate the science behind car crashes. 
More than 180 Year 3 and 4 students from Wilkins and Marrickville West Public Schools enjoyed a day of hands-on workshops, talks and shows covering topics from medicine to climate change as part of Science in the City this week.
The Compass program was officially launched by the Deputy Prime Minister the Hon. Julia Gillard MP and the Vice-Chancellor and principal Dr Michael Spence at the University of Sydney on the 10th June, 2009.
Marrickville West Public School kick-started the Compass program when 80 of its students visited the University of Sydney's Nicholson Museum.