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Eisteddfod builds performance and vocational skills

Jacinta Drummond will experience the 2024 Sydney Catholic Schools Eisteddfod from both sides of the stage.

The singer and songwriter, in year 11 at St Ursula’s College Kingsgrove, is also an external Vocational Education and Training (VET) student at Southern Cross Catholic College Burwood.

When not defending consecutive first and second place wins at past Eisteddfods with her original material, Jacinta will help with backstage elements of the multi-day event.

These include audio and stage management as part of a 20-hour work placement for her VET Entertainment course.

“The skills I have gained in Entertainment this term have been invaluable to my growth in the performing arts field,” Jacinta said.

“I hope to pursue it as a career in the near future.”

Defending talent

Jacinta and her band placed first in the Stage 6 Advanced Rock Band category of the 2023 Eisteddfod.

Aiming for a back-to-back win, they will perform an original composition she has arranged on June 14.

The event is one of five Jacinta will compete in this year. Choir and solo vocal performances round out her performance schedule.

In 2022 at her first SCS Eisteddfod, she debuted an original song she had penned, Somebody Like That, in the vocal solo category of the awards.

“It has been an extremely rewarding experience to be a performing arts student at Sydney Catholic Schools,” – Jacinta Drummond

Jacinta said she appreciated music’s ability to create a connection between the performer, audience, and surrounding world.

“Music is a universal language,” she said.

“To write music which can transcend all boundaries …

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VET students recognised for workplace achievements

Talented Vocational Education and Training (VET) students from Sydney Catholic Schools have been acknowledged with a slew of awards this year.

Vocational Education and Training students at Sydney Catholic Schools scooped almost a quarter of the honours given at the MLWP Work Placement Awards.

Two students took out three of 16 awards at an event held by the not-for-profit youth career development provider in March. Another two were finalists.

Each of the winners and finalists studied at Southern Cross Catholic College (SCCC) Burwood, either full-time or by completing a VET course at the college as an External VET (EVET) student while enrolled at another Sydney Catholic school.

Emma Ayoub, an EVET student from St Vincent’s College Ashfield, won the Automotive category of the awards.

Sky MacIntosh, an EVET student from Aquinas Catholic College Menai, won the allied health category of the awards and was also named the MLWP awards’ Student of the Year.

SCCC student Breeanna De Florian was a Hospitality – Kitchen Operations finalist, while her peer Bianca Villari was a finalist in the allied health category of the awards.

Well placed for future employment

Jobs in the allied health sector have grown by 8.4 per cent, or 24,400 jobs, according to the federal government’s 2023 Annual Jobs and Skills Report.

The report also notes that growth in the care and support workforce over the past five years has been three times faster than total employment.

Allied health roles including for occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and …

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Meet our VET Student of the Year

People, food, and seeing fare migrate from paddock to plate – Charlize Ashby has a passion for all things hospitality and the award to prove it.

The Brigidine College Randwick Year 12 student was named ‘VET in Schools Student of the Year – NSW Central and North Sydney Region’ in the 2023 NSW Training Awards.

The awards are held annually to recognise outstanding achievement in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector.

Charlize, who has completed a Certificate II in Kitchen Operations, is now one of three finalists for the state-wide award from a pool of 40,000 students.

“It was so amazing that the hard work I put into hospitality paid off,” she said.

“I’d see it on my timetable and think ‘I’m so excited for that’.”

VET ambassador

Part of being a NSW Training Awards regional winner and state finalist is to be an ambassador for VET, speaking with other students and schools about her experience as a hospitality student. As a self-described people person, she relishes the opportunity.

“I love how hospitality is inclusive of everyone.” – Charlize Ashby

“There is a mix of theory and practical skills,” she said.

“You can stop thinking about the books for a moment and create something in the kitchen to eat, serve to your friends or take home to your family.”

Charlize has put her hospitality qualification and Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) gained through her school to work in her roles at Mad Mex and Merivale Venues.

She has also catered for 800 school open day guests and was booking manager at Kingsford restaurant Pinocchio’s for a night.

Classroom and career

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Eisteddfod builds performance and vocational skills

VET students recognised for workplace achievements

Meet our VET Student of the Year

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