Darwin primary school attracts international attention for innovative careers program
A careers program for students at Darwin’s Larrakeyah primary school has attracted international attention for its innovative approach to helping students figure out their future. From forensics to fishing and even news reporting. The award-winning quest program pairs students with industry professionals. Our reporter Jessica Rendall went along to see what they learnt.
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00:00 What do you want to be when you grow up?
00:07 It's the question every kid spends much of their childhood pondering, and this Darwin
00:13 Primary School has a program dedicated to answering it.
00:17 Our kids were saying that they were nervous about the future, about careers and secondary
00:22 education and subject selection.
00:24 Since 2018, the Quest program has been connecting students in years 5 and 6 at Larrakia Primary
00:30 with professionals in a range of industries.
00:33 From fisheries to forensics and hospitality, students are being served a taste of different
00:39 careers.
00:40 We've been learning about DNA, blood samples and how we can extract DNA from things as
00:44 simple as a cookie bite.
00:46 The program giving students clues to help them crack the career code.
00:51 It makes me want to focus in more of like a science-y area where I can like progress
00:55 the world.
00:55 Quest has won international teaching awards and has even attracted teachers from overseas
01:00 who hope to introduce it to students back home in Malaysia.
01:05 We were really, really infused by what they're doing here to try and get local communities
01:08 involved in their teaching. So what we're looking to do is hopefully borrow some of
01:11 the ideas from Larrakia and hopefully use them back in our own school.
01:16 At the end of the program, students host an expo to show their younger peers all the career
01:21 highlights.
01:23 And this is us at ABC Studios. And this is a very famous waiting room where lots of famous
01:30 people have waited.
01:32 Going to ABC and Hot 100, I like excursions but also experience what it's like in the
01:37 workplace.
01:38 We want the kids to be more hands-on and practical and actually seeing that side of the field
01:43 than just pen and paper.
01:44 There might be many years of learning left before I officially pass on the mic.
01:50 We can't wait to grow up and be the next generation's professionals.
01:52 [TAKE VO]VO
01:53 The Ohio Valley Police Department is
01:54 investigating a murder in a
01:55 nearby neighborhood. The man was