Book a Tour

Careers

Year 10 Work Experience

Work Experience is an important part of our career education program at Auburn High School. It helps students to explore potential jobs, develop employability skills, understand workplace expectations and make informed education and career choices.

This is a compulsory part of our Year 10 careers education program where students will:

  1. Develop employability skills and understand employer expectations.
  2. Learn about careers you didn’t know existed and speak to employee about their education and career pathways.
  3. Add to your resume and improve your chances of getting interviews because you have experience and a good referee.
  4. See if your ‘dream job’ is what you imagined. This is integral timing as Year 10 students prepare to select their Year 11 program and subjects for 2026.
  5. Best of all –increase their self-understanding, maturity, independence, and confidence!

Key Dates:

Common questions you might as you support your child to find a placement:

Once my child has a placement what do they do?

Our school is lucky to have early access to the Department of Education’s new digital work experience application portal. The portal replaces paper forms and is designed to save time by simplifying the process for families and employers. Families can fill out and sign the form from a mobile phone or computer. The digital work experience forms are securely stored in line with Victorian privacy laws.

Please download the 2025 AHS Work Experience Handbook V2 from Compass to assist with these steps. You may also like to download the Study Work Grow Work Experience Guide for students and their families as an additional resource.

Students can see the following staff for additional support:

We look forward to all of our Year 10 students experiencing a Work Experience placement in Week 11 and thank you for your support.

Senior School Programs in 2026

We had over 100 families log in to our Webex last week that introduced our community to our Senior School Programs in 2026. Thank you to everyone who attended. We appreciate your involvement in this partnership as we collectively support our Year 9, Year 10 and Year 11 students to select their 2026 programs. The recording and slides from the session can be found on Compass under School Documentation – Course Selection Documents.

Fostering our Auburn Learner Quality of Communication at Year 10 we encourage questions and curiosity from our students and families in order to access and process the information about our programs in 2026 in preparation for course counselling next term.

We have the follow upcoming information sessions:

If you are able to attend these on-site sessions, please RSVP using the form on Compass.

How Parents and Careers can support their child to prepare for course selection:

  1. Explore Future Options Together.
    • Talk to your child about what they want to do after school — whether it’s work, further study, or training.
    • Discuss their interests, strengths, and which subjects they enjoy most.
    • Read the school’s Curriculum Handbook (when released) to understand subject choices and requirements.
    • Look at the ‘Where to Now?’ guide, which explains pathways and options beyond school.
    • Visit tertiary institution websites to check prerequisite subjects for courses your child may be interested in.
  2. Keep attending our sessions!
    • Attend further information and Q&A sessions to clarify your questions.
    • Attend our Senior School Expo next term and encourage your child to speak with current Year 10 or 11 students.
    • Go to university open days to explore post-school opportunities.
  3. Encourage conversation at home:
    • Talk regularly with your child about their ideas and decisions.
    • Encourage them to seek advice from friends, teachers, or mentors.
    • Review your child’s Morrisby Test results with them and talk about what those results might suggest for subject or career choices.
    • Use the school’s Careers Department website for tools and advice tailored to your child’s goals.
    • Ask your child to share the goals they have set in their My Learning Growth Profile.
    • Review your child’s recommendation letter with them (released later this term)

We look forward to working with your child in the coming months as they choose their individual pathway!

Careers Expo 2025

Our Year 10, 11 and 12 students recently visited the Careers Expo earlier this term as part of their careers program. The Careers Expo included exhibitors from universities, TAFE colleges and training providers. Students were able to attend subject specific seminars to support them with their academic studies, as well as hear about areas of interest in the workforce. We had students inspired by GAP year programs and international exchange opportunities, and those who were considering contributions to society through organ donation. It was fantastic to see our students proactively asking questions at the stalls, seeking information to understand the possibilities that exist beyond Auburn. In the afternoon, we were so lucky to be able to take these three Senior School to an array of afternoon sessions that complimented industries of interest for our cohorts. Students had the opportunity to visit: SeaLife Aquarium, The Melbourne Theatre Company, The National Gallery of Victoria, The Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS), panels from members of our alumni community. A huge thank you to our Senior School Team who organised these fantastic opportunities for our students in order to complement their experience.

Some student reflections on the afternoon sessions can be found below:

Attending the Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) was an excellent event for the year 11-12 career expo that I would highly recommend to others. Admittedly, I chose to attend the VIS because all the other events scheduled seemed boring, however I learned a lot from the VIS about the harsh conditions and training that athletes subject themselves to in order to be the best. Methods like the climate chamber, like we saw in the VIS, were particularly impressive for the training of these amazing athletes. If you’re interested in any sports, athleticism and even how the body responds to harsh stimuli, I highly recommend attending the VIS next year at the Career Expo.

After the Careers Expo, a group of students got the opportunity to tour the Melbourne Theatre Company’s (MTC) HQ. We met our tour guide, a company member who has experience being in several plays. To start, we listened to an engaging presentation on the process of making a production come to life, from the initial plans to opening night. We saw costume plans, and miniature sets they make on a 1:25 scale.

Once the presentation finished, we were given a tour of the inner workings of the MTC. Starting with the costume storage, there were racks and racks of costumes, all meticulously sorted, and even a huge wall solely dedicated to different stage shoes. Next, we visited the milliner’s room, where they custom-make hats for theatre, and we learnt about how the role of hats has evolved through history. Adjacent to the milliner’s room was the wig room. MTC is one of the last places that make their wigs. Did you know they get all their hair from Germany? Human hair is important as it means they can manipulate the hair with heat easily.

Heading into the more industrial areas of the MTC, we got a special look at where seamstresses turn those costume plans into reality. They had just bumped out of the room for a production that was about to begin, but that didn’t mean taking a break; it just meant starting on new costumes. After that, we saw the prop warehouse, a massive room with props of every kind. Phones from every era, any type of chair you could think of, and also a creepy mannequin… Then we went downstairs to the large workshop where they build all of their set pieces.

Our final stop was the rehearsal rooms, where we could imagine actors preparing for upcoming productions with a newfound appreciation of all the work that goes in.

Ella Price

Assistant Principal (Teaching & Learning | Senior School)

Skip to content