Fitzroy High School


Telephone: 9488 1900 • Fax: 9481 6135 • info@fitzroyhs.vic.edu.au • Falconer Street NORTH FITZROY 3068
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Advance

Advance provides practical opportunities for young people to work in partnership with community organisations that contribute to building their community. Delivered through a partnership between the Office for Youth, Victorian Government secondary schools and community organisations, Advance aims to enable young people’s participation and volunteering in community life.

Advance is about giving young people opportunities to do something with their community, based on their choice, in partnership with a community organisation. Working with community organisations, young people participate in challenging activities that develop community connection, communication and project management skills. Importantly, the program is based on a youth development approach in which young people have a role in decision-making and planning projects.

Through Advance, young people, schools and community organisations develop networks of relationships while achieving shared goals. The program also encourages communities to support and recognise young people’s participation and positive role in society. The Office for Youth has developed a range of tools for schools and community organisations to help deliver Advance.

Fitzroy High School delivers the Advance program through the following programs.

The community training program which provides students with choices in:

1. Pre-driver education which aims to:

Raise the awareness of safe driving principles and techniques
Promote the importance of positive attitude and behaviour
Improve cognitive processes and driver assessment skill acquisition
Raise the awareness on road trauma, human and social costs of fatalities and injuries
Safe driving principles, driver safety awareness & improving driving standards and road safety.

2. Emergency first aid level 1 including:

How to manage an unconscious casualty, apply basic first aid,
How to summon medical assistance, cardiopulmonary resuscitation,
how to manage shock, bleeding, asthma and choking.

The statement of attainment that is valid for 3 years.

3. Peer skills training to:

Develop skills that help young people to cope with, and respond to everyday issues.
Increase young people's confidence with listening, problem solving and helping their friends.
Increase knowledge of which helping agencies are available and become more confident to ask for help or refer a peer to a helping agency.
Enable young people to better negotiate their relationships, support their friends and to more effectively manage their own lives.

4. Bronze medallion training to develop the knowledge, judgement, techniques and physical ability required to carry out safe water rescues.

5. Community Action Placements

The program comprises training and a six week placement supporting the local community. Students work in a range of community services such as cooking for the soup kitchen, working with the elderly, working with primary age children, supporting learners at the Fitzroy Learning Network, supporting the local environment through work at the Merri Creek

6. Student participation in the Duke of Edinburgh Awards

Telephone: 9488 1900 • Fax: 9481 6135 • info@fitzroyhs.vic.edu.au • Falconer Street NORTH FITZROY 3068