Learn locally – kick start your career
The following article appeared in the Mail newspaper (Education Week feature) – Tuesday 12th May 2015 Upper Yarra Community House has recently partnered with ECOSS in Wesburn, close to both their Yarra Junction and Mount Evelyn Campuses. This is a great opportunity for people who want to learn locally and are looking to start a career […]
Practice makes perfect
Students perform health checks on a couple of four legged volunteers. As they say practice makes perfect, and what better way to learn than to practice on the real thing? Our Certificate III Animal Studies class at Mt Evelyn got just that last week. Our Corporate Services Coordinator at the Mt Evelyn Campus bought her two […]
UYCH Bush Kinder learns about Anzac Day
You’re never too young to start learning about the importance of Anzac Day. The UYCH Bush Kinder Anzac Day program is now in it’s second year. Each year we display photos of reletives who went to war so the children can visit the wall and learn about the people in the pictures. This builds awareness and gives […]
VCAL Students visit the Essendon Football Club
A visit to the Essendon Football Club, just the thing to inspire our students… On Wednesday 22nd of April our VCAL campuses (Yarra Junction and Mt Evelyn) got together to go an excursion to Essendon Football Club. The students took the one hour bus trip out to Tullamarine to go and check out the new training […]
Shine a Light on Road Safety 2015
On May 1 – turn your headlights on to show support Many of us know first hand or know of someone that has been affected by the devastation of road trauma. Shine a Light on Road Safety is a campaign to raise awareness, to stop deaths and injuries on our roads and to raise funds […]
Words from our students
UYCH Kitchen Skills’ students were asked to write down one word each that describes how they feel about their Introduction to Kitchen Skills class. These words reflect just how important everyday livings skills are to the people in our community and the need for social interaction. Not only are cooking skills essential to a healthy lifestyle, the social […]
Keeping it real – ECEC Training Dolls session
On a visit to our Mt Evelyn campus we found a lot going on in the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) class. The day was all about simulation as the students were able to care for an infant during class, well not an infant in the human form, a training doll to be precise. […]
International Women’s Day Celebration
March 8th marked International Women’s Day, celebrating women all over the world for their economic, political, and social achievements, as well as showing appreciation, love and respect for women from different cultures, religions and political environments. The day is celebrated across the world with thousands of events such as charity functions, luncheons, forums and more. […]
We had a little visitor come to the house today
Say hello to Dobby, a three month old Brush Tail possum that was rescued five weeks ago. Dobby is being raised by Raewyn, one of our In Home Care workers, who also has a passion for our four legged friends. The community relies on volunteers like Raewyn, who is a registered wildlife foster carer, to raise injured […]
