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Students explore careers at Future You Day

By Bree Lambert

Jul 7, 2026

Campaspe Cohuna Local Learning and Employment Network project officer Beacon and work-based learning Bobbi Aitken chats to students Emily Van Berlo, Kiara McCann and Czeck Gascon about future opportunities. Photo by Bree Lambert

Kyabram P-12 College students got a glimpse of future career pathways as they participated in a careers fair and workshops as part of the school’s Future You Day on Friday, June 26.

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Held across the full school day and designed specifically for Year 5 to 8 students, the event supports them in their transition from primary to secondary school, while sparking early thinking about life beyond graduation.

“We found that Grade 5, 6 and into Year 7 is where students start to disengage a little bit, and we wanted to show them where education will lead them,” Kyabram P-12 College Year 7-12 assistant principal Rowena Morris said.

“We wanted to have a really low-stakes way of teaching kids what the future looks like and what’s out there and what careers they can do in a fun, interactive, exciting way,” Mrs Morris said.

As part of the careers fair, students were able to talk to employers and volunteer organisations to learn what different careers involve and what it means to have a career.

Student Rapa Nyamande talks with Dawes & Vary Riordan representatives Sophie Sepe and Jemima Nadias Photo by Bree Lambert

“It shows them that … school is a stepping stone to bigger things for them, but that school will help get them there,” Mrs Morris said.

“It also shows them that adults are not scary and industry is not scary, and you can talk to these people in a really fun, interactive way.”

As part of the careers fair, students were given a ‘passport’ which they had to get stamped at about 6 booths to “encourage them to have those conversations.”

Kyabram P-12 College students Archie Andison, Kade Bramley and Oscar Andison enjoyed participating in Future You Day. Photo by Bree Lambert

Following the careers fair, students participated in a range of workshops covering cooking, self-defence, sewing and car detailing.

“We’ve got an artist coming in to run an art workshop, so it’s teaching them skills, not just for careers, but hobbies and life skills and all of those sorts of things.”

“It shows them that the world is bigger than school, that school is a means to an end, not the end in itself.”