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E ngā waka, ngā iwi, ngā hapū o tēnā pito, o tēnā pito, o tēnā pito o te ao, tēnā koutou.

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

In Social Sciences, ākonga (students) explore how societies work, and how they can participate and take action as critical, informed and responsible citizens. Social sciences, with its focus on people, places, history and economies, links in well with career education. By building career-related activities into the Social Sciences’ learning area, ākonga will develop the understandings, skills and attributes that they need to make positive career decisions throughout their lives.

The College provides ākonga with Careers education, information, advice and guidance. Our careers programme aims to support ākonga to develop their academic, social and employability skills needed for lifelong success in a diverse and changing world of work. Ākonga will take part in different activities and events to help them with this. Through impartial Careers guidance, we will encourage all ākonga to have high aspirations for their careers. More than this though, it speaks to our core RŌAR values.

One of the action goals of the Social Sciences’ Department is to continue to review career pathways for ākonga to ensure that we have a school wide focus to provide quality information to ākonga (and their parents/caregivers) on their learning and progress and future pathways.

We understand that it is important for ākonga to develop themselves through careers, employability and enterprise education. It is also vital that they learn about careers and the world of work, and develop their career management and employability skills. We want to support ākonga with making decisions about their progression pathways and to investigate different careers. As a part of the Year 10 Social Studies Programme, ākonga will complete a career’s unit called “Careers, Employability & Enterprise.” In this topic, we will use the online digital platform MyMahi to better discover, develop and manage their future pathways. We encourage students to have ongoing conversations with their whānau.

Your child will use The Real Game, a career education resource designed for junior students. It introduces the world of work and helps ākonga develop an understanding of the options and opportunities available to them and the implications and importance of their choices. 

The Career Profile and The Real Game will help your child to understand the bigger picture of the working world and give them the chance to learn about things such as job satisfaction, budgeting and planning for the future. 

We are very fortunate to have an excellent Careers and Gateway Department. Stephanie Putt and her team offer amazing services which we encourage ākonga and whānau to investigate further.

Any support or time that you can give will be greatly appreciated. For example, you could:

• Provide a work experience opportunity for a day at your workplace for a Year 10 student during the school holidays or weekends.

• Ask your child regularly about what they have been doing in The Real Game.

• Help your child with any tasks they bring home.

• Encourage your child to have a live CV which they can add/change.

• Introduce your child to people whose occupations they express an interest in.

If there is anything you would like to discuss about The Real Game or ways you would like to participate, please feel free to contact your son’s Social Sciences teacher.

Nā māua noa, nā,

Jarrad Porima Stephanie Putt

Assistant Principal

Acting Curriculum Leader Social Sciences Curriculum Leader Careers

jpr@otakicollege.school.nz spt@otakicollege.school.nz 

Links used in this document:

MyMahi https://mymahi.com/

The Real Game https://www.careers.govt.nz/resources/tools-and-activities/the-real-game/